is a Japanese voice actor.
He has portrayed several notable roles in television anime series such as Kenshiro in Fist of the North Star, Ryo Saeba in City Hunter, Shutaro Mendo in Urusei Yatsura, and Kogoro Mori in Detective Conan. In mecha anime, he voiced Ryoma Nagare in Getter Robo, Akira Hibiki in Brave Raideen, Sanshirō Tsuwabuki in Gaiking, Roy Focker in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, and Sincline in Beast King GoLion.
Biography
Early life Kamiya was born in Yokohama. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Shiba Commercial High School and became a freelancer after being affiliated with Theatre Echo, Aoni Production, Production Baobab, Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society and Ups. Kamiya then founded Saeba Shoji, a talent agency.
Background His father ran a furniture manufacturing factory, but it suddenly closed and his parents divorced. After that, Kamiya's mother raised him and his brother. As a result of his mother's search for work, he attended many schools over the years, from Aoki Elementary School in Yokohama to Higashidai Elementary School in Tsurumi and Aioi elementary school in Ota-ku, Tokyo. The presence of actor Shoichi Ozawa as the eldest of Aioi Ko led Kamiya on the road to drama.
After that, he entered the Tokyo Metropolitan Tateshiba Commercial High School via Misono Junior High School. Kamiya's friend invited him to join the drama club, saying that, "I think Kamiya has a good voice." At that time, it was more difficult to become an actor than previously and difficult to advance in the field. Kamiya told his mother, "I want to be an actor. I will do my best because it is the path I chose myself." Later, he recalled, "If [I] were [my] mother, [I] might have stopped crying." After graduating from high school, he joined the amateur theater company Kanza in Yokohama.
Activities as a voice actor In 1970, Kamiya debuted as an anime voice actor playing the role of Senkichi in the TV anime Mahō no Mako-chan during the Theatre Echo study period. The first regular role was Sasuke Yashima in Akakichi no Eleven. He appeared as Koichi Furumi in Babel II, and also learned his trademark "scream" with this work. Since then, he has been in charge of several prominent roles chiefly in robot animation works, such as Ryoma Nagare in Getter Robo. He was called "Screaming Kamiya" because he kept screaming his special moves. One of the notable voice actors in the Super Robot Wars video game series, Kamiya himself appeared on TV commercials when Super Robot Wars F was released.
In the 1980s, he appeared in several animated manga series serialised in Weekly Shōnen Jump. He appeared in Kinnikuman, Fist of the North Star, and City Hunter, and was also known as one of the voice actors familiar with Jump anime. Since many of these Shōnen Jump anime have become long-running series, the works that appeared during this time are often introduced as Akira Kamiya's masterpiece.
He often narrates commercials and variety shows, including the hero show commercial of Tokyo Dome City Attractions (former Korakuen Yuenchi), which is primarily broadcast on the Super Sentai series frame, and has been in charge of narration for over 20 years since 1986.
He became the recipient of Animage's Grand Prix prize.
On January 9, 2017, the program was broadcast on TV Asahi and was ranked 22nd in "200 Popular Voice Actors Seriously Selected! Voice Actor General Election! 3 Hours SP".
Other activities Kamiya was initially a bass player with the popular voice actor's musical group Slapstick, which was active in the 1970s and 1980s. However, he expressed his concern that his schedule was busy, and the performance activities he had enjoyed as an amateur band in a harmonious manner would be produced as professional singer activities, and he offered to withdraw.
He has worked as a radio personality for All Night Nippon. He is the first regular personality as a voice actor. In the same program, he made a corner called "Guinness!". He knew what he was doing at MBS Young Town, and he still has friends.
In 1979, he played personality with Mitsuko Horie on a Sunday afternoon radio program called "Mitsuko and Akira's Deadly Handgun," and released a duet single, "Oh! Sunday Youth is Sunday."
In addition to working as a singer in Purin Purin Monogatari and Fist of the North Star, he also performed in the early 1980s with Kazuyuki Sogabe, Ryūsei Nakao and Naoya Uchida.
In the aftermath of the Hanshin-Awaji earthquake in 1995, he formed a charity unit "WITH YOU". He was also active in the Fureai Concert.
Filmography
Animation + List of voice performances in animation Year Title Role Notes Source Akakichi no Eleven Sasuke Yashima Mahō no Mako-chan Senkichi Marvelous Melmo Taro Kato加藤太郎 Pinocchio: The Series Narrator Moonlight Mask Azeranderアゼランダー Triton of the Sea Seabird海鳥 Gatchaman Romina Babel II Koichi Furumi Babel II Debut major role Fables of the Green Forest Tommy from Shiyuuしじゅうからのトミー Kōya no Shōnen Isamu Isamu Zero Tester Shin Fubuki Miracle Girl Limit-chan Jun Kurimoto Casshan Android No. 5 Karate Master Shingo Ariake / Susumu Adachi有明省吾 / 安達すすむ Getter Robo Ryoma Nagare Space Battleship Yamato Saburo Kato Brave Raideen Akira Hibiki Getter Robo G Ryoma Nagare Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures Ali Baba Time Bokan Prince / Isochi王子 / イソッチ Grendizer Boys Command Corps Einz少年コマンド隊アインス Ikkyū-san Tetsuji哲斉 6 – 7 episodes Gaiking Sanshirō Tsuwabuki Machine Hayabusa:ja:マシンハヤブサ Will · Plagueウイル・プラーグ Gowappa 5 Gōdam Ichiro Togawa戸川一郎 Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster Ichiro Ueta発田一郎 Ep. 13 Dokaben Satoru Satonaka Yatterman Sasukeサスケ Jetter Mars Adiosアディオス Mechander Robo Jimmy Orion Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace Ichimonji Takuma Attack on Tomorrow Ichiro Fushima伏島一郎 Glacier Warrior Gaislugger:ja:氷河戦士ガイスラッガー Mito Kayaミト・カヤ Nobody's Boy: Remi Markanoマルカーノ Super Super Car Game:ja:超スーパーカー ガッタイガー Eric Bergenエリック・ベルゲン Angie Girl Howard Majokko Tickle Saburo Space Pirate Captain Harlock Tadashi Daiba Tōshō Daimos Kazuya Ryūzaki Red Peacock:ja:紅孔雀 Ubu Sleeper / Kotemoku / Kumagoro浮寝丸 / コテモク / 熊五郎 Galaxy Express 999 Pliersプライダー Treasure Island Papy Space Battleship Yamato II Saburo Kato Captain Future John Walker Do Your Best! Our Hit End Runja:がんばれ！ ぼくらのヒット・エンド・ラン Ao Lu葵麻呂 Purine Princess Story:ja:プリンプリン物語 Bon Bon / General Rugi / Zero Zero Seven Henna Kivunボンボン / ルチ将軍 / ゼロゼロセブン・ヘンナキブン Animation Kikou Marco Polo no Boken:ja:アニメーション紀行 マルコ・ポーロの冒険 Chapandu Tomorrow's Braves:ja:あしたの勇者たち Ichiki Kota一本木蹴太 King Arthur Arthur King Arthur: Prince on White Horse Arthur Space Warrior Baldios Douglas Astro Boy Zeus Space Battleship Yamato III Shiro Kato Beast King GoLion Prince Sincline –86 Urusei Yatsura Shutaro Mendo Patalliro! Tamanegi The Super Dimension Fortress Macross Roy Focker Future Police Urashiman Claude Mizusawa Skyward Operation:ja:亜空大作戦スラングル Georgeジョージ Kinnikuman Kinnikuman (Kinniku Suguru), Tatsunori Kinniku Manga Japanese Historyja:まんが日本史 Mori Ranmaru Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger Ron Goodロン・グッド Nine Kentarō Yamanaka 2 seasons –84 Plawres Sanshiro Bill Thomas Igano Kabamaru Shizune Mejiro Oyoneko Boo-nyan:ja:オヨネコぶーにゃん Oyoyo (Boo-nyan) Car Graphic TV:ja:カーグラフィックTV Narrator –88 Fist of the North Star Kenshiro Sherlock Hound Engineer –86 Mujigen Hunter Fandora Kue OVA series Shonen Jump Special: Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo Keiichi Nakagawa中川圭一 Screened at "Shonen Jump festival" sponsored by Shueisha Button Nose Chikutakubon –88 Maison Ikkoku Shun Mitaka Animated Classics of Japanese Literature Mizushima (student) Saint Seiya Perseus Algol, Dubhe Alpha Siegfried Outlanders Nao OVA Elf 17:ja:エルフ・17 Mascot Tyler OVA Hokuto no Ken 2 Kenshiro –99 City Hunter series and specials Ryō Saeba Ox Tales Booth City Hunter Ryō Saeba Tekkamen Wo Oe: "D'Artagnan Monogatari" Yori:ja:鉄仮面を追え 「ダルタニャン物語」より Athosアトス TV special prior to TV series Maps Abe Edinburgh OVA Dangaioh Roll Kran OVA Norakuro-kun Prince The Three Musketeers Anime Athos Phoenix: Yamato/Space Chapter Goro Makimura OVA City Hunter 2 Ryō Saeba Doctor Chichibuyama:ja:ドクター秩父山 Chichibuyama Starship Troopers Sgt. Charles Zim Legend of the Galactic Heroes Bagdash OVA Dog Soldier John Kyosuke Hiba OVA Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl Shinnosuke Kazamatsuri Time Travel Tondekeman Prince Dandarn Mōretsu Atarō Nyarome 2nd TV series Yagami-kun no Katei no Jijō Akira Yokkaichi OVA –1991 Record of Lodoss War Ashram Masuyama High School Koshien Hen versionja:緑山高校 甲子園編 Kenji Sadamaru佐田丸健二 OVA Happyakuyachou Hyouri no Kewaishi:ja:八百八町表裏 化粧師 Shikitei Kosanbaspace式亭小三馬 Getter Robo Go Highway大道剴 Hyokkori Gourd Islandひょっこりひょうたん島（リメイク版） rearview mirrorバックミラー Kinnikuman: Scramble for the Throne Kinnikuman (Kinniku Suguru) Sailor Moon S Prof. Souichi Tomoe土萠創一教授 Otaku no Seiza Indora OVA Ep. 2 Chouriki Sentai Ohranger Gammajinガンマジン –96 Yamato 2520 Richard OVA series World Classic Children's Story Series Wow! Fairy Tale:ja:世界名作童話シリーズ ワ～ォ！メルヘン王国 Sinbad –2009 Detective Conan Kogoro Mori Eps. 001–548. Later replaced by Rikiya Koyama in 2009 from Eps. 553–onward. Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Prof. Souichi Tomoe土萠創一教授 Ep. 166 seen in the opening scene. Cutie Honey Flash Takeshi Kisaragi如月猛 All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku Kyusaku Natsume Twilight of the Dark Master Kaoru (Huang Long) OVA Change!! Getter Robo: The Last Day of the World Narrator OVA series Voicelugger Shogun γ (Gamma)将軍γ（ｶﾞﾝﾏ） Tokusatsu Platinumhugen Ordian Masaki Yayoi哉生正樹 Ep. 16 Brigadoon: Marin & Melan Custon Brownクストン・ブラウン The Family's Defensive Alliance Mamoru Daichi Great Dangaioh Roll Kulan Macross Zero Roy Focker OVA Rumic Theater Toshio Furuta / Shinonome古田年男 / 東雲 Arkue and Gachinpo:ja:アークエとガッチンポー Santa Bossサンタボス –06 Angel Heart Ryo Saeba Hey! Spring of Trivia:ja:トリビアの泉 Silhouette of Kenshiro Kobe and Ai Special guest appearance for short film for City of Kobe Tourism Ojarumaru Moroboshi Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki Shigeru Satou, Ba DD Fist of the North Star Ryuken / Mamiyarinzo / Ishihara Ryu Jiroリュウケン / マミヤリンゾウ / 石原リュウ次郎 Kamisama Kiss◎ Priest bishop僧正坊 DD Fist of the North Star 2 Ryukenリュウケン Katsushika-ku Kameari Park Front Faction Place THE FINAL Kamitsuki Yoshitsuki The Last Day:ja:こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所 THE FINAL 両津勘吉 最後の日 Kidnapper's leader誘拐犯のリーダー The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited Chōsuke Nakamoto Warlords of Sigrdrifa Odin
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