Yasunori Matsumoto
Born: 1960-02-07 in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
Yasunori Matsumoto is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Sigma Seven. Some of Matsumoto's most notable roles are Wataru Akiyama in Initial D, Jean Havoc in Fullmetal Alchemist, Magnum Ace in Shippū! Iron Leaguer, Gourry Gabriev in Slayers and Ryo Hibiki in Sonic Soldier Borgman. His wife was voice actress Junko Sakuma, who died in March 2011.
Filmography
2026
- An Adventurer's Daily Grind at Age 29 as Cockdole (voice)
2025
- Anne Shirley as Matthew Cuthbert (voice)
- Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback as Yutaka Ochi (voice)
- SK8 the Infinity EXTRA PART as Joe (voice)
2023
- MF GHOST as Akiyama (voice)
- Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Sky Utopia as Nobisuke Nobi (voice)
2021
- SK8 the Infinity as Joe (voice)
- The Faraway Paladin as Chimera (voice)
- Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger as Halloween World (voice)
- HOME! as Christopher Newton (voice)
2020
- Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW as Ichirō Maebara (voice)
2019
- My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising as Mahoro & Katsuma's Father (voice)
- Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration as Nobisuke Nobi (voice)
2018
- Violet Evergarden as Iris's Father (voice)
- Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island as Nobisuke Nobi (voice)
2017
- URAHARA as Ebifuruya (voice)
- Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi as Nobisuke Nobi (voice)
2016
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan as Nobisuke Nobi (voice)
- Ultraman X The Movie: Here He Comes! Our Ultraman as Guruman (voice)
2015
- Go! Princess PreCure as Ibuki Haruno (voice)
- Ultraman X as Narrator / Guruman (voice)
2014
- Ressha Sentai ToQger as Type Shadow (voice)
- Stand by Me Doraemon as Nobisuki Nobi (voice)
- Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace as Kenjo Kurihara (voice)
- Kingdom Hearts Re:coded as Hercules (voice)
2013
- Attack on Titan as Eren Kruger (voice)
- Higurashi: When They Cry - Outbreak as Ichirou Maebara (voice)
2012
- Sword Art Online as Hans (voice)
- Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters as Danganloid (voice)
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure as Nobisuke Nobi (voice)
2011
- Tales of Gekijou as Guy Cecil
- Showa Monogatari as Yuzou Yamazaki (voice)
2010
- Tensou Sentai Goseiger as Powereddark of the Mutation (voice)
- Halo Legends as Captain
- HEROMAN as Minami (voice)
- Halo Legends as Captain
2009
- Monogatari as Mayoi's Father (voice)
- Fresh Precure! as Wester (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition I: Celestial Being as Alejandro Corner (voice)
2008
- Natsume's Book of Friends as Kaname's Father (voice)
- Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne as Tamotsu Yanagisawa (voice)
- Tales of the Abyss as Guy Cecil (voice)
2007
- Kaiji as Furuhata (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 as Alejandro Corner (voice)
- Ghost Hound as Takahito Komagusa (voice)
- Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure Into the Underworld - The Seven Magic Users as Nobisuke Nobi (voice)
- GR -GIANT ROBO- as Roscoe Heinscare (voice)
- The Flowers of Hard Blood as Shinji Yasuoka
2006
- Higurashi: When They Cry as Ichiro Maebara (voice)
- Le Chevalier D'Eon as Earl St. Germain
- Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur as Nobisuke Nobi (voice)
2005
- Doraemon as Nobisuke Nobi (voice)
- Eureka Seven as Stoner (voice)
- Emma: A Victorian Romance as Lionel (voice)
- MÄR: Märchen Awakens Romance as Galian
- Trinity Blood as Virgil Walsh (voice)
- Hell Girl
- Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor as Archanfel (voice)
- Zoids: Genesis as Major Zairin
- Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa as Jean Havoc (voice)
- Rockman.EXE: The Program of Light and Darkness as Charlie Airstar
- Street Fighter Alpha: Generations as Gouki (young) (voice)
2004
- Paranoia Agent as Zebra (voice)
- Otogi Zoshi: The Legend of Magatama as Shuten Doji (voice)
- Pretty Cure as Juna
- Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple as Franklin Clarke (voice)
- Destiny of the Shrine Maiden as ツバサ / Tsubasa
2003
- Croket!
- E's Otherwise
- Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler as Setsuna no Takemaru (voice)
- Shadow Skill: Secret of the Kurudan Style
- The Song of Saya as Kouji Tonoo
2002
- Cheeky Angel as Yanagisawa
- Princess Tutu as Mr. Cat (voice)
- Mirage of Blaze as Shuhei Chiaki (voice)
- GetBackers as Paul Wong (voice)
- Initial D: Battle Stage as Wataru Akiyama (voice)
- Guilstein
2001
- Hellsing as Boz (voice)
- Vampiyan Kids as Vampire Hunter
- Star Ocean EX
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves as Babylon (voice)
- Slayers Premium as Gourry Gabriev (voice)
2000
- Love Hina as Noriyasu Seta (voice)
- Gravitation as Hiroshi Nakano (voice)
- The Truth of Japanese Fairy Tales as Unosuke (voice)
1999
- Steel Angel Kurumi as Kamihito Kagura
- Angel Links as Marcotte (voice)
- Legend of Himiko as Chosa
- Bucky - The Incredible Kid as En (voice)
- Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko as Curtis Lawson (voice)
- Gravitation: Lyrics of Love as Hiroshi Nakano
- Vampiyan Kids as Vampire Hunter (voice)
1998
- Initial D as Wataru Akiyama (voice)
- Shadow Skill as Scarface (voice)
- Lost Universe as Dark Seeder
- Silent Möbius as Ralph Bowmers
- Getter Robo: Armageddon as Gai (voice)
- Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness as Genpachiro Akiyama (voice)
- Gekiganger 3 - The Movie as Tetsuya Ryuzaki (voice)
- Ganbare Goemon: Global Rescue Operation as Goemon
- Gandalla: The King of Burning Desert as Yuuki Saijou
1997
- Vampire Princess Miyu as Ryu (voice)
- Legend of the Mystical Ninja as Impact
- Jungle Emperor Leo as Ramune (voice)
- Undersea Fleet Submarine 707F as Senta Umino (voice)
- The Wave of Rage
- Tournament of the Gods: Title Match as Vilnus
1996
- Rurouni Kenshin
- Midori no Makibaō as Amago Wakuchin
- Martian Successor Nadesico as Genpachiro Akiyama (voice)
- Sonic the Hedgehog as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
- Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman as Kosuke Matsumoto (voice)
- VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire as Narciss Dandy
- Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko as カーティス・ローソン
- Legend of Crystania: The Chaos Ring as (voice)
- Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie as Knuckles the Echidna (voice)
- New Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning as Mitsuru Hayakawa (voice)
- KI・ME・RA as Osamu (voice)
- Shadow Skill: The Movie as Vai Low
- The Legend of Zorro
- Nuumamonjaa: Time and Space Adventures as Monster (voice)
- The End of the Century Darling as Kohsaku Ogata (voice)
- The Hard: Bounty Hunter as Hard
- Hurricane Polymar: Holy Blood as Sukamuugu (voice)
- Karakuri Ninja Girl as Tsukikage
1995
- Slayers as Gourry Gabriev (voice)
- Jura Tripper as Mosaru
- Saber Marionette R as Bureaucrat (voice)
- H2 as Fujio Koga (voice)
- Virtua Fighter
- Elementalors
- Ninku the Movie as Basara Ninku
- Super Atragon as Masahi Hyuga (voice)
- Shadow Skill: Epilogue as Vy Low (voice)
- Pipi the Flightless Firefly
1994
- New Cutey Honey as Virtual Hacker (voice)
- Darkside Blues as Tatsuya (voice)
- Captain Tsubasa Movie 05: The Most Powerful Opponent! Holland Youth as Hiroshi Jitou (voice)
- Tokyo Babylon 2 as Subway Killer
1993
- Please Save My Earth as Shukaido (voice)
- Shippuu! Iron Leaguer as Magnum Ace
- Dragon Half as Dick Saucer (voice)
- From Today, It's My Turn!! as Takashi Mitsuhashi (voice)
- Urotsukidōji III: Return of the Overfiend as Buju (voice)
- Fight!! Spirit of the Sword as Sakyo (voice)
- The Legacy of Al Caral as Seto (voice)
- Mellow as Akira Hajima (male) (voice)
- Singles as Kaname Kazama (voice)
1992
- Tekkaman Blade as Noal Vereuse
- Ellcia as Elri
- Tokyo Babylon as Subway Killer (voice)
- OZ as You Mutou / 武藤 洋 (voice)
- Kyuukyoku no Sex Adventure Kamasutra as Aikawa Ryū (voice)
- Delinquent in Drag as Rentan (voice)
- Ruriiro Princess
- Princess Army: Wedding Combat as Shinobu Oda
- Black Lion as Shishimaru (voice)
- Seikima II - Humane Society as Odr (Voice)
- OZ
- JOKER: Marginal City as Rikudou Rin
- 烏天狗カブト 黄金の目の獣
- La Blue Girl as Kyoshiro (voice)
1991
- Madara as Kaos (voice)
- The Brave of the Sun Fighbird as Yuutarou Katori / Fighbird (voice)
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms as Cao Cao
- RG Veda as Kujaku (voice)
- Urotsukidōji II: Legend of the Demon Womb as Takeaki Kiryu (voice)
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - The Motion Picture as Eiko Villan (voice)
- Sangokushi
- Kamasutra The Ultimate Sex Adventure as Aikawa Ryuu (voice)
- Trusty Ginjiro as Kinta Sasa (voice)
- DRAGON FIST as Sanetsugu Sugiura
- Ushiro no Hyakutarou
- Ziggy: Soreyuke! R&R Band as Sownin
- Princess Connection
- Shizukanaru Don: Yakuza Side Story as (voice)
- Jingi as 神林仁
- Urotsukidōji IV - The Infernal Road as Takeaki Kiryu (voice)
- Dragon Knight as Takeru Yamato
- Dragon Knight as Japanese
1990
- Samurai Pizza Cats as Zankaa
- Mad Bull 34 as Daizaburō "Eddie" Ban
- Cyber City Oedo 808 as Rider A (voice)
- Idol Angel Yokoso Yoko as Yukata Tokudaiji
- Karasu Tengu Kabuto as Kabuto (voice)
- Ajin Senshi as Zero (voice)
- Heavy as Guy Hyuga (voice)
- Cyber City Oedo 808 as Rider A (voice)
- The Demonic Beast Front
- Sonic Soldier Borgman: Lover's Rain
- Fukuyama Theater: Summer Secret
1989
- Assemble Insert as 部下壱
- Riki-Oh: The Wall of Hell as Wakamatsu (voice)
- Bucchigiri
- Sonic Soldier Borgman: Last Battle
- Bad Boys Boogie as 御子柴
1988
- Ronin Warriors as Anubis
- Armor Hunter Merowlink as Cpl. Merowlink Ality
- Sonic Soldier Borgman as Ryou
- Starship Troopers as Juan "Johnnie" Rico
- Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as (voice)
1987
- Bubblegum Crisis as Kou (voice)
- Kimagure Orange Road as Mitsuru Hayakawa
- Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 as Kouji Sugimoto
- Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend as Bujuu