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name: "Kazuhiko Inoue"
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born: "26 March 1954"
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# Kazuhiko Inoue

Actor. Born 26 March 1954 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 March 1954, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- **Also known as:** Murasakibana Kaoru / 紫花 薫, Murasakibana Kaoru / 紫華 薫, いのうえ かずひこ, 井上和彥, 井上 和彦, کازوهیکو اینوئه

## Biography

Kazuhiko Inoue is a Japanese voice actor, actor, narrator and singer. He made his debut in 1973 and has worked extensively in anime, video games, drama CDs and Japanese dubs of foreign films.

He is best known for voicing Kakashi Hatake in the *Naruto* series (2002–) and its films, as well as roles including Kars in *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure*, Nyanko-sensei in *Natsume's Book of Friends* and Taki's Father in *Your Name.* (2016). Inoue founded the voice acting agency and school B-Box and has received a Seiyu Award for best supporting actor.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, behindthevoiceactors.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Your Name.* (2016), Fi1m 84, as Taki's Father (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/your-name.md)

## Also known for

- *Naruto Shippūden* (2007), Kakashi Hatake (voice)
- *Attack on Titan* (2013), Willy Tybur (voice)
- *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba* (2019), Swordsman (voice)
- *Naruto* (2002), Kakashi Hatake (voice)
- *One Piece* (1999), Monkey D. Dragon Young (voice)
- *Tokyo Ghoul* (2014), Donato Porpora (voice)
- *Boruto: Naruto Next Generations* (2017), Kakashi Hatake (voice)
- *The Last: Naruto the Movie* (2014), Kakashi Hatake (voice)

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