Taichiro Hirokawa

Taichiro Hirokawa

Born: February 15, 1939
Died: March 3, 2008
in Tokyo, Japan
Taichirō Hirokawa (広川 太一郎, Hirokawa Taichirō, February 15, 1939 – March 3, 2008) was a Japanese voice actor and narrator. He was born in Tokyo on February 15, 1939, and died on March 3, 2008, in Shibuya from cancer. Hirokawa was consistently the Japanese dubbing voice for Tony Curtis, Roger Moore, Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Michael Hui for multiple films airing on Japanese television, and various other one-time roles (e.g., Adam West, George Lazenby, Gian Maria Volonté, Gene Wilder).

Movies for Taichiro Hirokawa...

Sherlock Hound: The Movie
Title: Sherlock Hound: The Movie
Character: Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Released: March 22, 2024
Type: Movie
A collection of two theatrical rereleases from 1984 and 1986, each containing two episodes from the Sherlock Hound TV series
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Title: Juken Sentai Gekiranger
Character: Tabu (voice)
Released: February 18, 2007
Type: TV
Beast-Fist is a form of martial arts where the powers of a beast can be acquired by sensing the beast in their hearts. There are two relative schools of the Beast-Fist. One, the Beast-Fist of justice, Geki Juken Beast Arts. And one, the evil Beast-Fist of Rin Juken Akugata. The two schools of warriors learn and change in order to increase in power every day, as they are destined to clash.
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Title: Mezzo DSA
Character: Kenichi Kurokawa (voice)
Released: January 4, 2004
Type: TV
Her name is Mikura, and she’s all about service with a smile. So what if that service is cracking skulls and the smile happens to be on the other end of a loaded gun? Get ready for this chick with a killer body and vicious skills to wreak havoc and mayhem all in the name of the Danger Service Agency!
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Title: Mezzo Forte
Character: Kurokawa
Released: May 25, 2000
Type: TV
The target of hitgirl Mikura is a wealthy baseball team owner, but he turns out to be a powerful underworld boss. Mikura and her team are beset by countless heavily armed bodyguards and the boss' vicious daughter.
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Mezzo Forte
Title: Mezzo Forte
Character: Kenichi Kurokawa
Released: May 25, 2000
Type: Movie
The target of hitgirl Mikura is a wealthy baseball team owner, but he turns out to be a powerful underworld boss. Mikura and her team are beset by countless heavily armed bodyguards and the boss' vicious daughter.
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Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
Title: Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
Character: Red Crow (voice)
Released: July 24, 1989
Type: Movie
A fantastic adventure of a brother and sister flying a ghost ship, guided by a red crow, in search for an old captain. The ghost ship was designed by Hayao Miyazaki and the red crow was done by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
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Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth
Title: Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth
Character: Abel (voice)
Released: July 23, 1988
Type: Movie
Athena receives the visit of Phoebus Abel, her older brother and God of the Corona. He informs her that he has come to destroy humanity as punishment for their corruption, just as it was done in ancient times. He dismisses Seiya and the Bronze Saints, as she will now be guarded by Abel's three Corona Saints, Atlas of Carina, Jaow of Lynx and Berenike of Coma Berenices, and the five resurrected Gold Saints who died in the Sanctuary battle: Saga of Gemini, Deathmask of Cancer, Shura of Capricorn, Camus of Aquarius and Aphrodite of Pisces. When Athena rebels against Abel's plan, he attacks her, sending her soul to Elysion, the final resting place from which there is no return. The Bronze Saints immediately rush to the Sanctuary to save her and ultimately overcome Abel.
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Sherlock Hound: Mrs. Hudson Is Taken Hostage / The White Cliffs of Dover
Title: Sherlock Hound: Mrs. Hudson Is Taken Hostage / The White Cliffs of Dover
Character: Holmes
Released: August 2, 1986
Type: Movie
In Baker City, London, the city of fog, the famous trademark Detective Holmes has a pipe as its trademark. Together with his assistant Watson, he uses his clear mind to solve difficult cases.
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Title: Sherlock Hound
Character: Sherlock Hound (voice)
Released: November 6, 1984
Type: TV
Loosely based on the "Sherlock Holmes" series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Hound turns all the classic characters into dogs. The canine Sherlock Holmes, his assistant Watson, and housemaid Mrs. Hudson work together to solve mysteries. The culprit is usually Professor Moriarty and his gang, who use all kinds of wacky contraptions to steal what they want.
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Lupin vs. Holmes
Title: Lupin vs. Holmes
Character: Arsène Lupin (voice)
Released: May 5, 1981
Type: Movie
The famous detective Sherlock Holmes is hired from France to solve cases linked with the famous criminal Arsène Lupin.
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Be Forever Yamato
Title: Be Forever Yamato
Character: Mamoru Kodai (voice)
Released: August 1, 1980
Type: Movie
The Black Nebula Empire attacks Earth and threatens to blow up the planet with a bomb they placed on Earth if counter attacked. Earths hopes rest on the Yamato crew as they go to the Black Nebula Planet and try to find a way to difuse the bomb before it's too late.
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Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage
Title: Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage
Character: Mamoru Kodai (voice)
Released: September 10, 1979
Type: Movie
Time to ease up ... not! Although the Yamato's crew has witnessed the end of the long, hard-fought Comet Empire War, a peaceful future will have to wait. While Dessler gathers together the shattered remnants of his Gamilus Empire, new forces are at work in the universe that could augur in another conflict. Seems the Black Star Empire has invaded Dessler's homeworld and is decimating it, all the while gathering power for its war machine.
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Captain Future: The Great Race in the Solar System
Title: Captain Future: The Great Race in the Solar System
Character: Curtis Newton/Captain Future
Released: December 31, 1978
Type: Movie
Captain Future and friends compete in a galactic race and end up defending themselves against aggressive competitors and evil villains out to destroy them.
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Title: Captain Future
Released: November 7, 1978
Type: TV
Curtis Newton, aka Captain Future, is an orphan. His parents died in their artificial satellite while he was an infant. His father was a scientist, who has abandoned earth for the satellite to dedicate his life for science along with his aging friend the genius Dr Simon Wright. Wright senses his death, and decides to implant his brain in a mechanical container. They both manufactured a superior robot and an android. Captain future dedicated his life to fight evil along with his three men, the brain, android, and robot.
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Space Battleship Yamato
Title: Space Battleship Yamato
Character: Kodai Mamoru (voice)
Released: August 6, 1977
Type: Movie
When vile aliens known as the Gamilons wreak nuclear havoc on Earth, a group of survivors refit the Japanese battleship Yamato for intergalactic travel and set off on a mission to retrieve a neutralizer that will eradicate the radiation from Earth's atmosphere.
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Title: The Star of the Seine
Released: April 4, 1975
Type: TV
La Seine no Hoshi is an anime series by Sunrise, which premiered in Japan on Fuji TV from April 4, 1975 and finished its run on December 26, 1975, spanning a total of 39 episodes. The title translates to English as "Star of the Seine" or "The Seine's Stars." It is based on Alain Delon's 1963 movie La Tulipe noire. It was created by Mitsuru Kaneko, and was directed by Masaaki Ōsumi and Yoshiyuki Tomino. It was written by Sōji Yoshikawa, while the character designer was Akio Sugino. The music for the series was composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi.
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Title: The Star of the Seine
Character: Robert de Forge
Released: April 4, 1975
Type: TV
La Seine no Hoshi is an anime series by Sunrise, which premiered in Japan on Fuji TV from April 4, 1975 and finished its run on December 26, 1975, spanning a total of 39 episodes. The title translates to English as "Star of the Seine" or "The Seine's Stars." It is based on Alain Delon's 1963 movie La Tulipe noire. It was created by Mitsuru Kaneko, and was directed by Masaaki Ōsumi and Yoshiyuki Tomino. It was written by Sōji Yoshikawa, while the character designer was Akio Sugino. The music for the series was composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi.
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Title: Space Battleship Yamato
Character: Mamoru Kodai
Released: October 6, 1974
Type: TV
Space Battleship Yamato is a Japanese science fiction anime series featuring an eponymous spacecraft. It is also known to English-speaking audiences as Space Cruiser Yamato; an English-dubbed and heavily edited version of the series was broadcast on North American and Australian television as Star Blazers. The first two seasons of this version were broadcast in Greece in 1981-82 as Διαστημόπλοιο Αργώ. An Italian-language version was also broadcast under the name Star Blazers in Italy, and a Portuguese-language version was successfully shown in Brazil under the title Patrulha Estelar and Viaje a la Ultima Galaxia or Astronave Intrepido in Spain and Latin America. It is a seminal series in the history of anime, marking a turn towards more complex serious works and influencing works such as Mobile Suit Gundam and Neon Genesis Evangelion; Hideaki Anno has ranked Yamato his favorite anime and credited it with sparking his interest in anime. Yamato was the first anime series or movie to win the Seiun Award, a feat not repeated until the 1985 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
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Title: Zero Tester
Character: 剣持キャップ
Released: October 1, 1973
Type: TV
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Title: Tomorrow's Joe
Character: Rivera Carlos
Released: April 1, 1970
Type: TV
Joe Yabuki is a troubled youth, whose only solution to problems is throwing punches at them. What he lacks in manners and discipline, he makes up for with his self-taught fighting skills. One day, while wandering the slums of Doya, Joe gets into a fight with the local gang. Although greatly outnumbered, he effortlessly defeats them, drawing the attention of Danpei Tange—a former boxing coach turned alcoholic. Seeing his potential, he offers to train Joe into Japan's greatest boxer. At first, Joe dismisses Danpei as a hopeless drunk; but after the trainer saves his life, he agrees to live with him and learn the art of boxing. Unfortunately, Joe's personality makes him an unruly student, and he often falls back to his old ways. To survive the harsh world of his new career, Joe needs to trust his mentor and master the techniques taught to him. However, the road to becoming a professional boxer is rife with struggles that will test his mettle to the end.
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It's Tough Being a Man
Title: It's Tough Being a Man
Character: Michio
Released: August 27, 1969
Type: Movie
Tora-San, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting and ruining Sakura's chance to marry someone, as well as just being a real pain to those around him. There is a sentimental side to him also, and the best way to describe him is that he grows on you.
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BGs of Ginza
Title: BGs of Ginza
Character: Tatsuya Sakaki
Released: May 17, 1969
Type: Movie
Story of love, jealousy and hatred among waitresses of a deluxe bar.
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Lupin the Third: Pilot Film
Title: Lupin the Third: Pilot Film
Character: Arsène Lupin III (Cinemascope) (voice)
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
The first animated adaptation of the popular manga series, this pilot introduces the main characters of "Lupin the Third" with montages, presented through a short frame narrative illustrating a typical gang escape.