Isamu Tanonaka profile
Actor profile

Isamu Tanonaka

19th July 1932 Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan Acting

was a Japanese voice actor from Taitō, Tokyo. He was best known for voicing Medama Oyaji in nearly every adaptation of Shigeru Mizuki's GeGeGe no Kitarō made during his lifetime. During his life he had been attached to Gekidan Tōgei and then Theatre Echo; he was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. He had a naturally deep voice but became famous for voicing characters with a high pitched voice. In addition to GeGeGe no Kitarō, he also had prominent roles in Tensai Bakabon (as the first voice of Honkan-san), Mazinger Z (as Mucha), Paul's Miraculous Adventure (as Doppe), Magical Princess Minky Momo (as Sindbook), Akuma-kun (as Youaltepuztli), Dr. Slump & Arale-chan (as Gara and Akira Toriyama), Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken (as Brass), and the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series (as Igor).

41 Movies 34 TV Shows 75 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Botchan poster
Botchan 13th June 1980 as Nodaiko (voice)
Monster poster
Monster 7th April 2004 as Old Man (voice)
Norakuro poster
Norakuro 5th October 1970 as 山ザル軍曹