Kōichi Yamadera

Kōichi Yamadera (Japanese: 山寺宏一 Yamadera Kōichi) is a Japanese seiyū who provides the voices of main and/or supporting characters in all of the Pokémon movies.

Biography
Yamadera was born on June 17, 1961 in,. In 1994, he was married to fellow seiyū かないみか Mika Kanai, who also provides voices on Pokémon; the two divorced in 2006. On June 17, 2012, he married another fellow seiyū, Rie Tanaka, but divorced once again in August 4, 2018.

In addition to being a popular seiyū, Yamadera also hosts a children's series, Oha Suta, and he has had several live-action roles, including some in recent movies. He also provides dub voices for various roles, such as, , , and.

Yamadera has had a main or supporting role in every one of the Pokémon movies. He has voiced only two characters in the main series and another one in a special episode thus far.

Humans

 * Pokémon hunter (M04)
 * Ross
 * Butler
 * Professor Lund
 * Sir Aaron
 * Jack Walker
 * Baron Alberto
 * Newton Graceland
 * Marcus
 * Goone
 * Mannes
 * Riot
 * Alva
 * Remo
 * Mayor Oliver
 * Mayor Oliver

Pokémon

 * (M01, The Birth of Mewtwo, Super Smash Bros. series, Pokémon Snap)
 * (M02)
 * Red Genesect
 * (Unbound)
 * (Unbound)

In anime and video games

 * , Ein ()
 * Ryoga Hibiki ()
 * Ryoji Kaji ()
 * Sha Gojyo ()
 * Captain Harlock ()
 * Togusa ()
 * Aoi/The Laughing Man ()
 * Sorata Arisugawa
 * Dr. Morio Osanai ()
 * Zorori ()
 * Akihiko Kayaba ()
 * Kain Highwind () (Nintendo DS version)
 * Donald Duck ()
 * Beerus (', ' and  )
 * Albedo Piazzola ()
 * Donquixote Rosinante/Corazón ()
 * Cheese the Dog ()

In dubbed productions
The name of the character and TV show/movie/franchise are followed by the original English actor's name in parentheses.


 * () (1997 redub)
 * David Marcus () (first dub)
 * () ( version)
 * Ralph ()
 * Don Draper ()
 * David Marcus () (first dub)
 * () ( version)
 * Ralph ()
 * Don Draper ()
 * Ralph ()
 * Don Draper ()
 * Don Draper ()