Rintarō Nishi

Rintarō Nishi
Native name	西 凜太朗
Born	Kazuaki Kurita (栗田 和晃, Kurita Kazuaki) (1965-07-15) July 15, 1965 Osaka, Japan
Occupation	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1991–present
Agent	Office Osawa
Spouse(s)	Yūko Nitō

Rintarō Nishi (西 凜太朗, Nishi Rintarō, born July 15, 1965 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Office Osawa. His real name is Kazuaki Kurita (栗田 和晃, Kurita Kazuaki).

Filmography

Television animation

1990s

• Ganba! Fly High (1996) – Zenkō Kaizuka
• Cowboy Bebop (1998) – Asimov Solenson

2000s

• Initial D: Fourth Stage (2004) – Shūichi Matsumoto
• Samurai Champloo (2004) – Hanjirō
• Bleach (2004) - Tetsuzaemon Iba
• Beet the Vandel Buster (2005) – Baus
• School Rumble: 2nd Semester (2006) – Mr. Suō
• Death Note (2007) – Eiichi Takahashi
• Ghost Hound (2007) – Seiichi Suzuki
• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (2007) – Jiguro
• Soul Eater (2008) – Free
• One Piece (2009) – Heracles

2010s

• House of Five Leaves (2010) – Jin
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2010) – Charlie
• Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin (2010) – Aoki
• X-Men (2011) – Jake
• The Knight in the Area (2012) – Masakatsu Kondo
• Space Brothers (2012) – Freddie Saturn
• Attack on Titan (2013) – Moblit Berner
• Ace of Diamond (2014) – Raizō Todoroki
• Akame ga Kill! (2014) – Gozuki
• Kill la Kill (2014) – Taro Genbu
• The Seven Deadly Sins (2014) – Bartra Liones, Narrator

Original video animation (OVA)

• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1998) – Karl von der Decken
• Demon Prince Enma (2006) – Manager
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2010) – Saboa

Theatrical animation

• Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) – Machira
• Nasu: Summer in Andalusia (2003) – Pizzaro
• Mind Game (2004) – Yakuza
• Bleach: Memories of Nobody (2006) – Tetsuzaemon Iba
• Bleach: Fade to Black (2008) – Tetsuzaemon Iba
• Bootleg (2009) – healthy
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles—Animal Adventure (2012) – Arco

Video games

• Star Wars: Republic Commando (2005) (Japanese dub) – "Boss"
• Ryū ga Gotoku 5 (2012) – Masaru Watase
• Killer Is Dead (2013) – Damon
• Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! (2014) – Sasaki Tadasaburō
• Soul Sacrifice (2014) – Mordred

Television dramas

• Mito Kōmon (2011) – Shuzen Watanabe

Tokusatsu

• Gosei Sentai Dairanger (1993–1994) – Commander Shadam
• Kamen Rider Den-O (2007) – voice of Crow Imagin
• Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (2009) – voice of Doukoku Chimatsuri
• Samurai Sentai Shinkenger The Movie: The Fateful War (2009) – voice of Doukoku Chimatsuri
• Samurai Sentai Shinkenger vs. Go-onger: GinmakuBang!! (2010) – voice of Doukoku Chimatsuri
• Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Returns (2010) – Drunk drinker
• Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters (2012) – voice of Burnerloid

Stage

• Julius Caesar (1990)
• The Cherry Orchard (1993)

Dubbing

Live-action

• 2 Fast 2 Furious (2006 TV Asahi edition) – Orange Julius (Amaury Nolasco)
• Andromeda – Tyr Anasazi (Keith Hamilton Cobb)
• Die Another Day (2006 TV Asahi edition) – Mr. Kil (Lawrence Makoare)
• Edge of Tomorrow – Skinner (Jonas Armstrong)
• The Expendables – Hale Caesar (Terry Crews)
• The Expendables 3 – Hale Caesar (Terry Crews)
• Four Brothers – Jeremiah Mercer (André Benjamin)
• Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance – Moreau (Idris Elba)
• Gone Baby Gone – Devin (Michael K. Williams)
• Hero Wanted – Liam Case (Cuba Gooding, Jr.)
• The Lone Ranger – Barret (James Frain)
• Magic Mike XXL – Big Dick Richie (Joe Manganiello)
• The Manchurian Candidate – Al Melvin (Jeffrey Wright)
• Mortdecai – Jock Strapp (Paul Bettany)
• Oblivion – Sykes (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau)
• Pitch Black (2014 Blu-ray and DVD editions) – Richard B. Riddick (Vin Diesel)
• Prison Break – Fernando Sucre (Amaury Nolasco)
• Punisher: War Zone – Paul Budiansky (Colin Salmon)
• The Way Back – Valka (Colin Farrell)
• Withnail and I (2014 Blu-ray and DVD editions) – Danny (Ralph Brown)
• Wrong Turn – Scott (Jeremy Sisto)
• XXX – Xander Cage (Vin Diesel)

Animation

• Ben 10 – Clancy
• The Powerpuff Girls – Big Billy
• Queer Duck: The Movie – Oscar Wildcat
• Spider-Man – Blade
• Tron: Uprising – General Tesler

External links

• Rintarō Nishi at Office Osawa (Japanese)
• Official blog (Japanese)
• Rintarō Nishi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Rintarō Nishi at the Internet Movie Database