Yasunori Matsumoto

Yasunori Matsumoto
Native name	松本 保典
Born	(1960-02-07) February 7, 1960 Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Occupation	Voice actor
Agent	Sigma Seven

Yasunori Matsumoto (松本 保典, Matsumoto Yasunori, born February 7, 1960 in Matsudo, Chiba) is a Japanese voice actor. He is affiliated with Sigma Seven.

Career

Some of Matsumoto's most notable roles are Wataru Akiyama in Initial D, Jean Havoc in Fullmetal Alchemist, Magnum Ace in Shippū! Iron Leaguer, Gourry Gabriev in Slayers and Ryo Hibiki in Sonic Soldier Borgman. His wife was voice actress Junko Sakuma, who died in March 2011.

Filmography

Anime

• Anime Ganbare Goemon – Goemon, Goemon Impact
• Bodacious Space Pirates – Kenjo Kurihara
• The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird – Yutaro Katori/Fighbird
• The Brave Express Might Gaine – Black Gaine/Black Might Gaine
• Brave Exkaiser – Shuntarou
• Initial D – Wataru Akiyama
• Kaiji – Takeshi Furuhata
• Lady Blue – Kyoshiro
• Adventure Kid – Kazuya
• Urotsukidoji – Takeaki and Buju
• Tenkū Senki Shurato – Fudō Myō-ō Ācalanātha
• Star Ocean EX – Bowman Jean
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00 – Alejandro Corner
• Captain Tsubasa – Napoleon
• Darker Than Black – Gai Kurasawa
• Doraemon – Nobita's Dad
• Elven Bride – Kenji
• Eureka Seven – Stoner
• Fullmetal Alchemist – Jean Havoc, Dolchetto
• Futari wa Pretty Cure – Juna
• Get Backers – Wan Paul
• Gravitation – Hiroshi Nakano
• Growlanser III: The Dual Darkness – Kenneth Leymon
• Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor – Archanfel
• JoJo's Bizzare Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - Anubis
• Kannazuki no Miko – Tsubasa
• Koutetsu Sangokushi – Sonsaku Hakufu
• Kuro no Shishi (OVA) – Shishimaru
• Kyou Kara Maoh! – Raven
• Idol Angel Yokoso Yoko - Yutaka Tokudaiji
• Idol Defense Force Hummingbird – Shunsaku Kudo
• Love Hina – Noriyasu Seta
• Lost Universe – Spreader of Darkness
• Shippū! Iron Leaguer – Magnum Ace
• Madara – Kaos
• MÄR – Galian
• Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 – Kouji Sugimoto
• Naruto: Shippuden – Ganryu and Kizashi Haruno
• Paranoia Agent - Zebra
• Please Save My Earth – Shukaido
• Pokémon – Adult Lunick/Adult Kazuki
• Princess Tutu – Neko-sensei
• Puyo Puyo~n – Schezo Wegey
• RG Veda – Kujaku
• Shinesman – Hiroya Matsumoto / Shinesman Red
• Silent Möbius – Ralph Bomerz
• Slayers – Gourry Gabriev
• Slayers Revolution (2008) – Gourry Gabriev
• NG Knight Ramune & 40 – Queen Cideron
• VS Knight Ramune & 40 Fire – Narcist Dandy
• Soul Eater – Captain Nidhogg
• Tekkaman Blade – Noal
• Trinity Blood – Virgil Walsh
• Twelve Kingdoms – Kantai
• YuYu Hakusho – Toya
• Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo! – King Donuts
• Zoids Genesis – Major Zairin
• Fresh Pretty Cure! – Wester
• Nangoku Shōnen Papuwa-kun – Umigishi
• Yoroiden Samurai Trooper (Ronin Warriors) – Cale Cale (Yami Mashou Anubis)
• Go! Princess PreCure - Haruno Ibuki

Original video animation (OVA)

• Kyou Kara Ore Wa!! (1994) - Takahashi Mitsuhashi
• Starship Troopers (1988) – Johnny Rico
• Sonic the Hedgehog (1996) – Knuckles the Echidna

Drama CD

• Abunai Series 2: Abunai Summer Vacation – Yoshiaki Sawatari
• Abunai Series 5: Abunai Shiawase Chou Bangaihen – Yoshiaki Sawatari, Chief, Kyou Sakuranomiya & Midori-san
• Abunai Series side story 1: Abunai Ura Summer Vacation – Yoshiaki Sawatari
• Analyst no Yuutsu series 1: Benchmark ni Koi wo Shite – Yoshio Kawaguchi
• Boku no Gingitsune – Takayuki Watanabe
• C Kara Hajimaru Koi mo Ii – Takatsugu Oda, Tadanori
• Endless series 1: Endless Rain – Atsui Katou
• Endless series 3: Endless Love – Atsui Katou
• Gin no Requiem – Dylan
• Gohan wo Tabeyou series 1, 2, 4-6 – Kaiou Hishida
• Mayonaka ni Oai Shimashou – Yamabuki Kaidouji
• Mirage of Blaze series 1: Mahoroba no Ryuujin – Shuuhei Chiaki
• Mirage of Blaze series 4: Washi yo, Tarega Tameni Tobu – Shuuhei Chiaki
• Mou Ichido Only You – Taniguchi
• Muteki na Bokura Series 1 – Kaoru Tachibana
• Muteki na Bokura Series 2: Oogami Datte Kowakunai – Kaoru Tachibana
• Muteki na Bokura Series 3: Shoubu wa Korekara! – Kaoru Tachibana
• Muteki na Bokura Series 4: Saikyou na Yatsura – Kaoru Tachibana
• Muteki na Bokura Series side story 1: Aitsu ni Muchuu – Kaoru Tachibana
• My Sexual Harassment series 1 – Junya Mochizuki
• Osananajimi – Takeda
• Pretty Baby 1 – Touru Makihara
• Shosen Kedamono Series 1: Shosen Kedamono – Tsukasa Muromachi
• Shosen Kedamono Series 2: Youko Nitsumaru – Tsukasa Muromachi
• Shosen Kedamono Series 3: Ryuuou no Hanayome – Tsukasa Muromachi
• Shosen Kedamono Series side story 2: Souko Gekka ni Hohoemu – elder Souko/Red Hair

Tokusatsu

• Tensou Sentai Goseiger – Hognlo Alien Powereddark of the Mutation
• Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters – Danganloid
• Ressha Sentai ToQger – Type Shadow
• Ultraman X – Narration, Alien Fanton Guruman

Video games

• Logos Panic
• Initial D Arcade Stage series – Wataru Akiyama
• Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II – Hercules
• Tales of the Abyss – Guy Cecil
• Rockman X4 (Mega Man X4) – Double
• Tengai Makyou: Fuuun Kabuki Den – Karune
• Super Robot Wars Original Generations series – Folka Albark
• Super Robot Wars Series – Alejandro Corner, Doctor Minami
• Resident Evil: Revelations – Raymond Vester

Dubbing

Live-action

• Adam Sandler
  • Reign Over Me – Dr. Charlie Fineman
  • Jack and Jill – Jack and Jill Sadelstein
  • Just Go with It – Dr. Daniel "Danny" Maccabee
  • That's My Boy – Donald 'Donny' Berger
  • Grown Ups 2 – Lenny Feder
• David Arquette
  • Eight Legged Freaks – Chris McCormick
  • Riding the Bullet – George Staub
  • RPM – Luke Delson
  • See Spot Run – Gordon Smith
• Ryan Reynolds
  • Green Lantern – Hal Jordan
  • Safe House – Matt Weston
  • R.I.P.D. – Nick Walker
• 1492: Conquest of Paradise – Diego Columbus (Juan Diego Botto)
• 54 – Greg Randazzo (Breckin Meyer)
• 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag – Charlie Pritchett (Andy Comeau)
• 200 Cigarettes – Kevin (Paul Rudd)
• A Guy Thing – Paul Coleman (Jason Lee)
• The Absent-Minded Professor – Biff Hawk (Tommy Kirk)
• Addicted to Love – Sam (Matthew Broderick)
• Aliens – Private Spunkmeyer (Daniel Kash)
• Almost Famous – Ben Fong-Torres (Terry Chen)
• Anaconda (1999 TV Asashi edition) – Gary Dixon (Owen Wilson)
• Armageddon – Oscar Choice (Owen Wilson)
• Assassins – Bob (Reed Diamond)
• Atomic Twister – Deputy Jake Hannah (Mark-Paul Gosselaar)
• Babel – Richard Jones (Brad Pitt)
• Backdraft – Washington (Richard Lexsee)
• Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever – Agent Harry Lee (Terry Chen)
• The Benchwarmers – Gus Matthews (Rob Schneider)
• The Bible: In the Beginning... – Abel (Franco Nero)
• Blossom – Anthony "Tony" Russo (Michael Stoyanov)
• Boogie Nights – Eddie Adams/Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg)
• Broken Arrow – Captain Riley Hale (Christian Slater)
• The 'Burbs – Ray Peterson (Tom Hanks)
• Center Stage – Cooper Nielson (Ethan Stiefel)
• Chicago Hope – Billy Kronk (Peter Berg)
• Cool Runnings – Derice Bannock (Leon Robinson)
• Cradle 2 the Grave – Ling (Mark Dacascos)
• Curse of the Starving Class – Wesley Tate (Henry Thomas)
• Dark Angel – Det. Matt Sung (Byron Mann)
• Dark Skies – John Loengard (Eric Close)
• Damages – Josh Reston (Matthew Davis)
• Dead Poets Society – Todd Anderson (Ethan Hawke)
• Detention: The Siege at Johnson High – Jason Copeland (Ricky Schroder)
• The Distinguished Gentleman – Arthur Reinhardt (Grant Shaud)
• Enemy of the State – David Pratt (Barry Pepper)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Joel Barish (Jim Carrey)
• Fever Pitch – Ben Wrightman (Jimmy Fallon)
• Final Destination 2 – Officer Thomas Burke (Michael Landes)
• Finding Forrester – Massie (Glenn Fitzgerald)
• The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas – Chip Rockefeller (Thomas Gibson)
• Flirting with Disaster – Tony Kent (Josh Brolin)
• Frankenstein's Army – Dmitri (Alexander Mercury)
• Frankie's House – Tim Page (Iain Glen)
• The Freshman – Steve Bushak (Frank Whaley)
• Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan – Sean Robertson (Scott Reeves)
• Fried Green Tomatoes – Buddy Threadgoode (Chris O'Donnell)
• Futuresport – Tremaine "Tre" Ramzey (Dean Cain)
• Gone in 60 Seconds – "Kip" Raines (Giovanni Ribisi)
• Growing Pains – Sandy (Matthew Perry)
• Hannibal – Matteo (Fabrizio Gifuni)
• Her – Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix)
• Home Alone 3 – Jack Pruitt (Kevin Kilner)
• Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey – Chance (Don Ameche)
• Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco – Chance (Don Ameche)
• I Want You – Martin (Alessandro Nivola)
• The Irrefutable Truth about Demons – Harry Ballard (Karl Urban)
• The Immigrant – Bruno Weiss (Joaquin Phoenix)
• In Bruges – Ray (Colin Farrell)
• Independence Day (1999 TV Asashi edition) – Captain Jimmy Wilder (Harry Connick, Jr.)
• The Intern – Paul Rochester (Ben Pullen)
• Invincible – Keith Grady/Metal (Dominic Purcell)
• Jack – Brian Powell (Brian Kerwin)
• Jarhead – Cpl. Alan Troy (Peter Sarsgaard)
• Jason and the Argonauts – Jason (Jason London)
• Keeping the Faith – Father Brian Kilkenney Finn (Edward Norton)
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events – Lemony Snicket (Jude Law)
• Licence to Kill – Truman-Lodge (Anthony Starke)
• Life Goes On – Tyler Benchfield (Tommy Puett)
• London Boulevard – Harry Mitchel (Colin Farrell)
• Magnolia – Phil Parma (Philip Seymour Hoffman)
• Martians Go Home – Joe Fledermaus (Dean Devlin)
• Meet Joe Black – Drew (Jake Weber)
• Merlin – Mordred (Jason Done)
• Miami Vice – Det. James "Sonny" Crockett (Colin Farrell)
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie – Rocky DeSantos (Steve Cardenas)
• Mo' Better Blues – Bleek Gilliam (Denzel Washington)
• The Money Pit – Walter Fielding, Jr. (Tom Hanks)
• Mr. Magoo – Waldo Magoo (Matt Keeslar)
• Murder in the First – James Stamphill (Christian Slater)
• Must Love Dogs – Jake Anderson (John Cusack)
• My Cousin Vinny – Stan Rothenstein (Mitchell Whitfield)
• My Super Ex-Girlfriend – Matthew "Matt" Saunders (Luke Wilson)
• One True Thing – Jordan Belzer (Nicky Katt)
• The Others – Mark Gabriel (Gabriel Macht)
• The Pallbearer – Tom Thompson (David Schwimmer)
• Pensacola: Wings of Gold – Lieutenant Wendell 'Cipher' McCray (Rodney Van Johnson)
• Point Break – FBI Agent Alvarez (Julian Reyes)
• Private Practice – Dr. Eric Rodriguez (Cristián de la Fuente)
• The Quick and the Dead – Fee "The Kid" Herod (Leonardo DiCaprio)
• The Returned – Jack Winship (Mark Pellegrino)
• A River Runs Through It – Paul Maclean (Brad Pitt)
• Sabrina – David Larrabee (Greg Kinnear)
• Scream 2 – Derek (Jerry O'Connell)
• seaQuest DSV – Sensor Chief Miguel Ortiz (Marco Sanchez)
• The Sentinel – Blair Sandburg (Garett Maggart)
• Seven – Detective David Mills (Brad Pitt)
• The Sky's On Fire – Racer (Ben Browder)
• Snatch – Tommy (Stephen Graham)
• Stealing Home – Teenage Billy Wyatt (William McNamara)
• Terror Tract segment "Make Me an Offer" – Allen Doyle (David DeLuise)
• The Third Wheel – Stanley (Luke Wilson)
• The Three Stooges – Moe Howard (Chris Diamantopoulos)
• Tremors – Melvin Plug (Robert Jayne)
• U-571 (2004 TV Asashi edition) – Lieutenant Pete Emmett (Jon Bon Jovi)
• The Untouchables – Agent Tony Pagano (John Newton)
• Veronica's Closet – Josh Nicolé Blair (Wallace Langham)
• Warriors – Alan James (Matthew Macfadyen)
• White Fang – Jack Conroy (Ethan Hawke)
• White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf – Jack Conroy (Ethan Hawke)
• Wing Commander – Lt. Christopher Blair (Freddie Prinze, Jr.)
• Woman on Top – Toninho Oliveira (Murilo Benício)
• The Wraith – William "Billy" Hankins (Matthew Berry)
• The X-Files – Alex Krycek (Nicholas Lea)
• The Young Riders – Noah Dixon (Don Franklin)

Animation

• Aladdin – Mozenrath
• Batman: The Animated Series – Dick Grayson/Robin
• FernGully: The Last Rainforest – Zak
• Flushed Away – Roddy
• ReBoot – Bob (Fuji TV dub)
• Turbo – Turbo
• Up – Dug

External links

• Sigma7 profile
• Yasunori Matsumoto at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Yasunori Matsumoto at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database (Japanese)
• Yasunori Matsumoto at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database