Biography
Kōichi Yamadera is a Japanese actor and voice actor. Born on 17 June 1961 in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, he graduated from Tohoku Gakuin University with a degree in economics and began his career with a role in the 1985 OVA Megazone 23. He is affiliated with Across Entertainment.
Yamadera is known for voicing Togusa in Ghost in the Shell (1995) and its related series. Other prominent roles include Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop (1998), Beerus in the Dragon Ball Super series (2015 onwards), and Inspector Zenigata in the Lupin the Third franchise since 2011. He also provides the Japanese dub voice for actors including Jim Carrey and Eddie Murphy.
He was married to voice actress Mika Kanai from 1993 until their divorce in 2006.
