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name: "Naoki Tatsuta"
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born: "8 September 1950"
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# Naoki Tatsuta

Actor. Born 8 September 1950 in Iwade, Wakayama, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 September 1950, Iwade, Wakayama, Japan
- **Also known as:** 竜田直樹, たつた なおき, 龍田 直樹, نائوکی تاتسوتا

## Biography

Naoki Tatsuta is a Japanese voice actor born on 8 September 1950 in Iwade, Wakayama Prefecture. He is affiliated with Aoni Production and has been active since 1976. He trained at the Tokyo Actor's School and the Haikyō Training Institute, and is a graduate of Meiji University.

Tatsuta voiced Catbus in the 1988 film *My Neighbor Totoro*. He is also known for the role of Oolong in *Dragon Ball* (1986) and subsequent series and films, as well as characters including Vasco Shot in *One Piece* (1999) and various parts in *Cowboy Bebop* (1998) and *Hunter x Hunter* (2011).

His former stage name was 竜田 直樹. He is married to actress Sanae Takagi.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *My Neighbor Totoro* (1988), Fi1m 89, as Catbus (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/my-neighbor-totoro.md)

## Also known for

- *One Piece* (1999), Vasco Shot (voice)
- *Dragon Ball Z* (1989), Oolong / Karin (voice)
- *Dragon Ball* (1986), Oolong (voice)
- *Super Dragon Ball Heroes* (2018), Narrator (voice)
- *Hunter x Hunter* (2011), Zenji (voice)
- *Cowboy Bebop* (1998), Dr. Yuuri Kellerman (voice)
- *Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler* (1992), Oolong (voice)
- *Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan* (1993), Oolong / Tako Kagaku-sha (voice)

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