Kazuyuki Sogabe

Kazuyuki Sogabe
Born	(1948-04-16)April 16, 1948 Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Died
Occupation	Voice actor, actor, musician
Years active	1960–2000, 2005
Agent	Aoni Production

Kazuyuki Sogabe (曽我部 和恭 (formerly 曽我部 和行) Sogabe Kazuyuki, April 16, 1948 – September 17, 2006) was a Japanese voice actor, actor and musician from Chiba Prefecture. During his life, he has been attached to Theatre Echo; he was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. He also served as guitarist for the band Slapstick, which he formed in 1977 with fellow voice actors Toru Furuya and Toshio Furukawa.

On December 31, 2000, Sogabe retired from voice acting when he felt a weakness in his own voice. After his retirement, many of his current roles went to voice actors Tetsu Inada and Ryotaro Okiayu. Sogabe, however, was active in 2005, but died on September 17, 2006 at around 8 PM from esophageal cancer, with which he had been diagnosed two months before. He was 58 years old.

Filmography

Television animation

• Dokaben (1976) (Live Announcer)
• Tales of Little Women (1987) (Anthony)

Unknown date

• Hurricane Polymar (????) (Takeshi Yoroi/Hurricane Polymar)
• Anne of Green Gables (????) (Minister Alan)
• Attacker You! (????) (Shingo Mitamura)
• Anmitsu Hime (????) (Kuni)
• Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman (????) (Young Führer)
• Mobile Suit Gundam (????) (Gene, Commander Wakkein)
• Genki Bakuhatsu Ganbaruger (????) (Yaminorius the third)
• Crayon Shin-chan (????) (James)
• Aura Battler Dunbine (????) (Bishot Hate)
• Boku Patalliro! (????) (Jack Bancoran)
• Sailor Moon (????) (Kunzite)
• Saint Seiya (????) (Gemini Saga (????) (Sanctuary Chapter: evil; Asgard and Poseidon Chapters, good), Gemini Kanon)
• Fang of the Sun Dougram (????) (J. Locke)
• Turn A Gundam (????) (Miran Rex)
• Chibi Maruko-chan (????) (Yamazaki)
• Voltes V (????) (Ippei Mine)
• Daimos (????) (Kyoushirou Yuuzuki)
• Aura Battler Dunbine (????) (Bishot Hate)
• Dragon Ball Z (????) (South Kaioshin, Android 13)
• Dragon Ball GT (????) (Rejjik, Doctor Myū)
• 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (????) (Tonio Rossi)
• Fist of the North Star (????) (Hyūi)
• The King of Braves GaoGaiGar (????) (Minoru Inubōzaki)
• YuYu Hakusho (????) (Gama, Suzuki)
• Lost Universe (????) (Gorunova)
• One Piece (????) (Ben Beckman)

OVA

• Vampire Hunter D (????) (Rei Ginsei)
• Bubblegum Crisis (????) (Largo)
• Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 (????) (1st Lt. Kilgore)
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1989) (Christian)

Theater animation

• Cyborg 009 (1980) (Cyborg 008)
• Mobile Suit Gundam (1981) (Commander Wakkein)
• Crusher Joe (1983) (Kirī)
• Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise (1987) (Marty)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988) (Lyle)
• Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (1992) (Android 13)

Tokusatsu

• Saru No Gundan (????) (Urrii)
• Kamen Rider Amazon (????) (Bee Beastman)
• Skyrider (????) (Riderman (ep 54))
• Kamen Rider Super-1 (????) (Hasaminblood)
• Kamen Rider Super-1 Movie (????) (Kamen Rider X)
• Choudenshi Bioman (????) (New Intellect Brain (Anchor Canth Brain))

Video games

• Super Robot Wars series (????) (Gene, Bishot Hate)
• Metal Gear Solid (????) (Psycho Mantis)

Dubbing roles

• A Bridge Too Far (J.O.E. Vandeleur)
• Cyborg (Gibson Rickenbacker)
• Death Warrant (Louis Burke)
• Doctor Who (Cyber Leader)
• Double Impact (Alex Wagner/Chad Wagner)
• Dune (Duncan Idaho)
• The Silence of the Lambs (Buffalo Bill)
• Miller's Crossing (Bernie Bernbaum)
• Lionheart (Lyon Gaultier)

External links

• Kazuyuki Sogabe at Anime News Network's encyclopedia