Tadashi Yokouchi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Tadashi Yokouchi

Japanese actor (1941-)

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1941

Place of Birth: Dalian, Liaoning, China

Profession: actor, seiyū

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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About Tadashi Yokouchi

  • Tadashi Yokouchi (???, born July 1, 1941) is a Japanese actor.
  • Born in Dalian, Manchuria, he graduated from high school in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
  • A member of the 13th group of actors and actresses trained at the Haiyu-za, he counts Tetsuo Ishidate, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Tomomi Sato, and Go Kato as classmates.
  • His older brother Shoji is a much-recorded guitarist, and his younger brother Hiroshi a composer.
  • Tadashi belongs to TY Pro. NHK tapped Yokouchi for the lead in the series "Tabiji," the 1967–68 morning drama. Yokouchi's first major jidaigeki role was Atsumi Kakunoshin in the long-running "Mito Komon." He portrayed "Kaku-san" in the first eight series on TBS from 1969 to 1978.
  • Fans remember his deep voice in the theme song as well.
  • He made another appearance on the show in 2003 when the series celebrated its thousandth episode. Another major jidaigeki role began in 1978 as Yokouchi played the historical Ooka Tadasuke in "Abarenbo Shogun" (TV Asahi).
  • Having created the role, he continued to portray the magistrate in the first seven series until 1997. Two taiga drama roles have been his.
  • He appeared in the 1980 Shishi no Jidai starring Bunta Sugawara, and as Shimizu Yoshimasa in the 2007 Furin Kazan, having been in the 1992 Nippon Television show of the same name. A versatile talent, Yokouchi has also appeared in contemporary dramas, dubbed foreign productions, and voiced animated characters.
  • He played Michio Kamakura, the lover of Sakura, in a television version of "Otoko wa Tsurai yo." In Japan, fans of "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" heard him as the voice of Carl Sagan.
  • He also voiced Moog the Rock Giant in "Hols: Prince of the Sun from Toei Animation (1968). Yokouchi has appeared on variety programs and released a single.

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