Minoru Inaba

Minoru Inaba
Born	(1951-11-08) November 8, 1951 Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	1970-present

Minoru Inaba (稲葉 実, Inaba Minoru, born November 8, 1951) is a Japanese voice actor from Shizuoka Prefecture. He is affiliated with Ken Production.

Inaba is best known for his roles in Disney productions (as Dale), Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (as Buzz Lightyear), and The Transformers (as Cyclonus and Razorclaw).

Roles

Television animation

1979

• The Ultraman - Fisherman
• Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman F - Gyarakuta members

1980

• Nodoka Mori no Dobutsu Daisakusen - Adam
• Densetsu Kyojin Ideon - Rekuran
• Space Warrior Baldios - Morgan, Robot Soldiers

1981

• Ogon Senshi Gold Raitan - Futoshi "Bikku" Mizumi
• Voltron - Cobra
• Meiken Jolie - Barber, Pastor, General Store

1982

• Gyakuten Ippatsu-man - Sankano & Tome
• The Super Dimension Fortress Macross - Linn Shaochin, Maistroff, Oigul
• Ai no Senshi Rainbowman - Doctor Giruma

1983

• Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman - Joe
• Akū Daisakusen Srungle - Sazaar
• Armored Trooper Votoms - Mekitto
• Magical Angel Creamy Mami - Hiroshi, Shingo's Father
• Cat's Eye - Shunzo Kagawa
• Ginga Hyōryū Vifam - Mel's father

1984

• The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross - Capt. George Lombar
• Ginga Patrol PJ - Pierre
• Yoroshiku Mechadock - Marukawa

1985

• Touch - Sakada
• Aoki Ryūsei SPT Layzner - Building, James, John

1986

• Uchūsen Sagittarius - Gamin President
• Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ - Dune, Magany
• Seishun Anime Zenshu - Takashima
• Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos - Grujios, Dart, Guruzios
• Sangokushi II: Tenkakeru Hideotachi - Military commander
• Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers - Cyclonus, Razorclaw/Predaking, Scattershot, Swerve

1987

• City Hunter - Sabou
• ESPer Mami - Yamada
• Machine Robo: The Running Battlehackers - Sorikondar, Rikimines

1988

• Tatakae!! Ramenman - Longwei, Miedeyama, Zhanma
• Sakigake!! Otoko Juku - J.J. George
• Mashin Eiyuden Wataru - Don Goro, Zan Kokku
• Oishinbo - Tamio Hidesawa

1989

• Bio Armor Ryger - Captain Katagiri
• Lupin III: Bye Bye Liberty Crisis - TV Announcer
• Miracle Giants Domu-kun - Motoshi Fujita
• Madō King Granzort - Huge Whale
• Aoi Blink - Editor
• City Hunter 3 - Ambassador
• Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl - Coach Ishikura
• Magical Hat - CO2

1990

• Mashin Eiyuden Wataru 2 - Dotsuitaru Shougun, Marudaruma, Mutchirini
• Nadia - The Secret of Blue Water - Captain Neoatoran
• Edokko Boy: Gatten Taro - Hey-ji, Man A (ep 8), Pedestrian (ep 3)

1991

• The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird - Captain
• Future GPX Cyber Formula - Announcer
• Matchless Raijin-Oh - Satan Jr., Yakuza A (ep 5)
• Kikou Keisatsu Metal Jack - Chief Shirogazaki
• 21 Emon - Yamada-Sensei
• Oniisama E... - Mathematics Teacher

1992

• Mama wa Shougaku Yonensei - Daisaku Yamaguchi
• Space Oz no Bouken - Aruherihito
• YuYu Hakusho - Iwamoto, Ogyoku

1993

• Wakakusa Monogatari Nan to Jou Sensei - Engineer
• Yūsha Tokkyū Might Gaine - Upper
• Kenyū Densetsu Yaiba - Miyoshi Seikai Nyudo
• Nintama Rantarō - Judayu Unazuki, Tobizou Katou

1994

• Mobile Fighter G Gundam - Jack in Dia
• Yamato Takeru - Baafs, King, Germain, Inaba, Coyotes
• Mahoujin Guru Guru - Kasegigorudo, Tatejiwa, Ukka XII, Agubyi

1995

• Magic Knight Rayearth - Innkeeper
• Ninku - Byakko
• Romeo and the Black Brothers - Rizzo
• Juu Senshi Garukiba - Mirage
• Mobile Suit Gundam Wing - Dr. J
• Soar High! Isami - Golden Tengu
• Dokkan! Robotendon - Garapon father, Doctor

1996

• Saint Tail - Fukuyama
• Rurouni Kenshin - Sakata, Tsukio
• Meiken Lassie - Henry
• Brave Command Dagwon - Desukoppu
• Midori no Makibao - Beard cyclone
• After War Gundam X - Rike Anto
• Akachan to Boku - Kindergarten Principal's Older Brother
• Chōja Reideen - Dorsal

1997

• Mach GoGoGo - Daisuke Hibiki
• The King of Braves GaoGaiGar - Producer
• In The Beginning - The Bible Stories - Ham
• Slayers Try - Firioneru = El-di = Seirun
• Chō Mashin Eiyūden Wataru - Kamen
• Fortune Quest L - Anri

1998

• Berserk - General White Tiger
• Gasaraki - Gen. Wayne

1999

• Chiisana Kyojin Microman - Chain Spider
• Jibaku-kun - Jiya
• Infinite Ryvius - Yoshikichi Shimomura
• Weekly Story Land - Teacher, Uncle, Salaryman
• Gozonji! Gekkō Kamen-kun - Valiance Alien

2000

• Inspector Fabre - Chief Valerie
• Brigadoon - Doctor
• Argento Soma - Director
• Clockwork Fighters Hiwou's War - Tadanari Iwase

2001

• Project ARMS - Stinger
• Gekito! Crush Gear Turbo - Ichidou Takekura

2002

• Seven of Seven - Handa
• Daigunder - Shuriman
• ATASHIn'CHI - Colleague
• Witch Hunter Robin - The Professor
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Maritime Self-Defense Forces Colonel
• Mobile Suit Gundam Seed - William Sutherland
• Barom One - Shiratori Kenichi

2003

• Tantei Gakuen Q - Hiromichi Kamihara
• Rumiko Takahashi Anthology - Doctor
• Mermaid Forest - Soukichi
• Gilgamesh - Doctor

2004

• Madlax - Senior Managing Director
• Monster - Former Secretary
• Gigantor - Chief Ohtsuka
• Kurau: Phantom Memory - Director Saito
• Beet the Vandel Buster - Mugain
• Black Jack - Tsubo-chan
• Yakitate!! Japan - Yulrich Rame

2005

• Kaiketsu Zorori - Wandokku Doctor, Witch
• Kotenkotenko - Dharma, Elder Bag
• Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny - William Sutherland

2006

• Ayakashi - Takuetsu
• The Story of Saiunkoku - Seikintou leader
• Demashitaa! Powerpuff Girls Z - Silk Hat
• Project Blue Earth SOS - Tony Kimura
• Kemonozume - Kyuutarou Ohba
• Souten no Ken - Tian Xuefang
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion - Atsushi Sawazaki
• Bartender - Ryuuji Mineyama

2007

• The Story of Saiunkoku Second Series - Danna Dai
• Kaze no Stigma - Hyoue Kazamaki
• Mononoke - Sakae Kadowaki
• Shigurui: Death Frenzy - Mariko Hikobe
• Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro - Kouji Umino
• Blue Drop - Hasegawa
• Rental Magica - Principal
• Elec-king The Animation - Sleepy Dad, Kaito, Director

2008

• Gegege no Kitarō - Guha, Hata-on-ryou, Hyakuma
• Our Home's Fox Deity - Minamoto-san
• Hakken Taiken Daisuki! Shimajirō - Gao-Gao
• Top Secret ~The Revelation~ - Soichi Enoki
• Slayers Revolution - Philionel El Di Seyruun
• Ryoko's Case File - Inspector Maruoka

2009

• Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger - Mr. Sakaguchi
• Shin Mazinger Shōgeki! Z-Hen - Count Brocken
• Cross Game - Coach Sentarō Maeno
• Sōten Kōro - Yan Zhong
• InuYasha: The Final Act - Master of Potions

2010

• Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri - Urashima
• Shimajirou Hesoka - Gaogao-san
• Stitch!: Zutto Saikō no Tomodachi - Tarou Nomimon

2011

• Gosick - Maurice
• Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up - Shappoji
• Tamayura - Hitotose - Fū's grandfather
• One Piece - Neptune, Naguri

2012

• Aquarion Evol - Elco

2013

• Gundam Build Fighters - Chin'an Shishō
• Pocket Monsters: The Origin - Old Man Fuji

2015

• Overlord - Khajiit Dale Badantel

Theater animation

• Ninja Hattori-kun + Paaman Chō-Nōryoku Wars (1984) - Man
• Grey: Digital Target (1986) - Mei
• The Venus Wars (1989) - Bartender
• Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991) - Boris
• Doraemon: Nobita's Fantastical Three Musketeers (1994) - Soldier Length
• Doraemon: Nobita's Genesis Diary (1995) - Yorimitsu Minamoto
• Eiga Nintama Rantarō (1996) - Tobizou
• Slayers Return (1996) - Elderly Sorcerer
• Well Gree Slayers (1997) - Old Man
• Daigekisen! Microman VS Saikyō Senshi Gorgon (1999) - Chain Spider
• Gundress (1999) - Ali Jaheeve Hassan
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King (2000) - Doctor
• Stuart Little (2000) - Race Announcer
• Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (2007) - Kamitaira
• Summer Days with Coo (2007) - Husband
• Tetsujin 28-go: Hakuchū no Zangetsu (2007) - Chief Ohtsuka
• Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009) - Don Paolo
• Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker (2012) - Koji Matsuzaki
• Dokidoki! PreCure the Movie: Mana's Getting Married!!? The Dress of Hope Tied to the Future! (2013) - Silver Clock

OVAs

• The Samurai (1987) - Kagemaru Toki
• Kizuoibito (1988) - Colonel White
• Assemble Insert (1989) - Old Man, Prime Minister
• Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1991) - Villy Gradoll

Video games

• Langrisser: Kōki no Matsuei (1993) - Albert
• Langrisser III (1996) - William, Christ, Gaieru, Glob, Ovu~a
• Langrisser V: The End of the Legend (1998) - Gaieru, Gorudori
• Ape Escape (1999) - Poppa
• Gunparade March (2000) -
• Tetsujin 28-gō (2004) - Chief Ohtsuka
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The One Year War (2005) - Woody Malden
• Beet the Vandel Buster (2005) - Mugain
• The Sword of Etheria (2005) - Toto
• Soul Calibur III (2005) - Lock
• Kingdom Heats II (2005) - Dale
• Professor Layton and the Curious Village (2007) - Don Paolo
• Kingdom Hearts Final Mix II (2007) - Dale
• Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (2007) - Don Paolo
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: Lost Colors (2008) - Sawazaki
• Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (2008) - Don Paolo
• Kingdom Hearts Coded (2009) - Dale
• Tales of Vesperia (2009) - Boniface
• Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (2010) - Dale
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (2011) - Ramses
• Glass Heart Princess (2012) - Osamu Himeno Kado
• Batman: Arkham Knight (2015) - *Alfred Pennyworth

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• Armored - Duncan Ashcroft (Fred Ward)
• Batman Begins - Carmine Falcone (Tom Wilkinson)
• The Closer - Andy Flynn (Anthony Denison)
• Daredevil - Leland Owlsley (Bob Gunton))
• The Double - Tom Highland (Martin Sheen)
• Dragonworld - Brownie McGee (Jim Dunk)
• Ed Wood - The Amazing Criswell (Jeffrey Jones)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Glóin (Peter Hambleton)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Glóin (Peter Hambleton)
• Pitch Black (2014 Blu-ray and DVD editions) - Abu 'Imam' al-Walid (Keith David)
• The Player - Tom Oakley (Richard E. Grant)
• Snake Eyes - Jimmy George (Michael Rispoli)
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Quark (Armin Shimerman)
• The Terminator - Dr. Silberman (Earl Boen)

Animation

• Disney productions (Dale)
• Animaniacs - Pesto
• Bee Movie - Martin B. Benson
• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command - Buzz Lightyear
• Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (second dub) - Dale
• Dragon Storm - Theldag (Tony Amendola)
• Happy Feet - Nestor
• The Lorax (Uncle Ubb)
• Over the Hedge - Vincent
• Recess - Principal Prickly
• The Simpsons - Ned Flanders, Moe Szyslak
• The Simpsons Movie (Moe Szyslak (theater and DVD edition), Ned Flanders (DVD edition))
• The Transformers - Cyclonus, Razorclaw, Scattershot, others
• Treasure Planet (Doctor Delbert Doppler)
• Cars - Van, Jay Limo
• Shrek series - Magic Mirror

See also

• Minoru Inaba at Anime News Network's encyclopedia