Voices in Anime: Happy Birthday to Kappei Yamaguchi!

What You Need to Know:

  • When we tune into our favorite anime it can sometimes go right over our head that there's actually someone behind the scenes bringing our favorite characters to life on screen. Well for Kappei Yamaguchi he's no rookie to the seiyuu game as he's been doing voice acting for some of the most notable characters in anime for a very long time. He was the main voice for Arslan in the popular Arslan Senki series, Tarou Raimon from Eyeshield 21, he still voices Usopp from One Piece, and most notably the iconic Edogawa Conan from Detective Conan! He also voiced InuYasha from InuYasha so already you can tell, this man has a very powerful portfolio.
  • His real name is Mitsuo Yamaguchi and he was born in Fukuoka. His blood type is B and is affiliated with 21st Century Fox. As far as other notable facts, he made his first North American appearance at Otakon back in 2008.
  • Be sure to wish him a happy birthday on his twitter page!
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    Detective-Conan-crunchyroll-560x315 Voices in Anime: Happy Birthday to Kappei Yamaguchi!
    Wow! I never knew he voiced InuYasha! He voiced a lot of amazing characters!
    Detective-Conan-crunchyroll-560x315 Voices in Anime: Happy Birthday to Kappei Yamaguchi!
    He looks sooo young for his age! Give me your powers Yamaguchi-san!