Kazuya Tatekabe

Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)

Kazuya Tatekabe (たてかべ和也、立壁和也, Tatekabe Kazuya, July 20, 1934 – June 18, 2015) was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was born in Kimobetsu, Hokkaidō. He was represented by Kenyu Horiuchi's Kenyu Office at the time of his death.^[1]

He was most known for the roles of Gian (Doraemon), Walsa (Time Bokan), and Tonzura (Yatterman).

Tatekabe has been a voice actor for 61 years, he was affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society in the 1950s, then Production Baobab and The Kenyu Office till the time of his death.

In 1979, he was cast in the second Doraemon anime series as Takeshi Goda (also known by the name "Gian"), a strong and quick-tempered local bully who can fight at any time and with any kid he sees, especially Nobita, alongside co-stars Nobuyo Ōyama (Doraemon), Noriko Ohara (Nobita Nobi), Michiko Nomura (Shizuka Minamoto) and Kaneta Kimotsuki (Suneo Honekawa).

After voicing the role for nearly 26 years, he handed the role over to Subaru Kimura for the 2005 series.

In 1977, he was cast in the first Time Bokan series of Yatterman as a short, muscular, squat man with a severe overbite and facial stubble.

He reprised his role alongside co-stars Noriko Ohara (Doronjo) and Jōji Yanami (Boyacky) across the series.

In 2008, he reunited with Ohara and Yanami to reprise their roles for the 2008 Yattermen series.

In the live-action film adaptation live action adaptation, he appeared as a cameo appearance alongside co-star Noriko Ohara and creator Hiroshi Sasagawa as customers for the restaurant run by the Dorombo Gang.

The sole exception of not reprising his role being the Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes game released by Capcom for Wii in 2008.

Tatekabe died of acute respiratory failure on June 18, 2015, at the age of 80. Memorial services were held on June 29, 2015, in Aoyama Funeral hall.^[2]

+ marks the time before Tatekabe's death

• Subaru Kimura+ (Doraemon (2005) as Takeshi Goda)

• Dōbutsu no Mori, the film adaptation of the Animal Crossing video game series. (Araso)
• Kyojin no Hoshi (Takashi Yoshida)
• Golden Warrior Gold Lightan (Ibaruda-Daiou)
• Neo-Human Casshern (Barashin)
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (Tonoda)
• Sazae-san (Anago-san (first voice))
• Tiger Mask (Daigo Daima)
• Time Bokan series
  • Time Bokan (Walsa)
  • Yatterman (Tonzura)
  • Zenderman (Donjuro)
  • Otasukeman (Dowarusuki)
  • Yattodetaman (Alan Sukado, Tonzura)
  • Ippatsuman (Kyokanchin, Kumagoro)
  • Itadakiman (Tonmentan)
  • Time Bokan 2000 (Ondore, Tonzura, Walsa)
• Combattler V (Daisaku Nishikawa, Narua)
• Gordian Warrior (Barubadasu)
• Doraemon (Takeshi "Gian" Goda)
• Magikano (Aijan)
• Monster (Old Man)
• Yakitate!! Japan (Schweinlinch)
• Raideen (Thunders)
• The Snow Queen (Thomas)
• Lupin III 2nd Series (Benson Donkonjo Jr.)
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Chan Tao)
• Gunbird (Valnus, Claude)
• Gunbird 2 (Valpiro, Blade)

• Doraemon films & shorts (as Takeshi "Gian" Goda)
  • Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (1980)
  • Doraemon: The Record of Nobita, Spaceblazer (1981)
  • Doraemon: What Am I For Momotaro? (1981)
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil (1982)
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil (1983)
  • Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld (1984)
  • Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars (1985)
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops (1986)
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs (1987)
  • Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West (1988)
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (1989)
  • Dorami-chan: Mini Dora SOS!! (short film) (1989) (Adult Gian)
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet (1990)
  • Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights (1991)
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds (1992)
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth (1993)
  • Doraemon: Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen (1994)
  • Doraemon: Nobita's Diary of the Creation of the World (1995)
  • 2112: The Birth of Doraemon (short film) (1995) (Jaibee)
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express (1996)
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City (1997)
  • Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas (1998)
  • Doraemon Comes Back (short film) (1998)
  • Doraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe (1999)
  • Nobita's Night Before A Wedding (short film) (1999)
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King (2000)
  • A Grandmother's Recollections (short film) (2000) (Gian, Young Gian)
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves (2001)
  • Ganbare! Gian!! (short film) (2001)
  • Doraemon: Nobita in the Robot Kingdom (2002)
  • The Day When I Was Born (short film) (2002)
  • Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters (2003)
  • Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey (2004)

• Project X Zone (Drei Belanos)^[3]

• Everybody Loves Raymond (Frank Barone: Peter Boyle)
• Frankenstein's Army (Robert Gwilym: Novikov)^[4]
• The Man from Hong Kong (Win Chan: Sammo Hung)^[5]
• Seed of Chucky (Pete Peters: John Waters)^[6]

• Alice in Wonderland (Carpenter)^[7]
• Ben 10 (Max Tennyson)
• Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy (Pappy)
• Wacky Races (Little Gruesome)

• Robot Detective (Dennetsuman)
• Choujin Bibyun (Bagdard)

• Profile at Kenyu Office
• Kazuya Tatekabe at IMDb
• Kazuya Tatekabe at Anime News Network's encyclopedia