Kazuhiko Inoue

Kazuhiko Inoue (born March 26, 1954) is a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator, and singer from Yokohama, Kanagawa. He originally aimed to become a professional bowler. After leaving that path and working in television set construction, he entered the Tokyo branch of the TV Talent Center, where he trained for part of that time under 永井一郎. He began professionally in narration and received an encouragement prize in an ACC-sponsored contest. He later became president of 元氣プロジェクト, and subsequently founded B-Box with his wife 越智静香. Across anime and related media, Inoue has voiced Anthony Brown in Candy Candy and Joe Shimamura in the 1979 adaptation of Cyborg 009. He also played Jerid Messa in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Kakashi Hatake in Naruto, Kars in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Toichirou Suzuki in Mob Psycho 100, Gildarts Clive in Fairy Tail, Yoriichi Tsugikuni in Demon Slayer, and Neuras in Metaphor: ReFantazio. His music credits include performing the ending themes "Matsuken Samba II (マツケンサンバⅡ)" and "Ginga Tetsudou 999 (銀河鉄道999)" for "Akuyaku Reijou Tensei Ojisan".