Hiroo Ōtsuka (大塚 博夫, Ōtsuka Hiroo; 26 July 1934 – 8 February 2021), known by the stage name Shūichirō Moriyama (森山 周一郎, Moriyama Shūichirō), was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was the official Japanese dub-over artist of actors Telly Savalas (with whom he met several times), Jean Gabin, Spencer Tracy, and Lino Ventura.
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On 23 July 1999, he was paralysed in his right half by a cerebral infarction, but his body did not fully recover due to the lack of early treatment. Numbness in his limbs was also not easy to improve, with transient cerebral ischemic attacks causing his body to move involuntarily, and from the time of hospitalization until his death he needed continuous rehabilitation.
He died of pneumonia at 9:10 p.m. on February 8, 2021, aged 86, at a hospital in Saitama Prefecture.
Filmography
Television dramas
Furuhata Ninzaburō (episode 10) (Uno)
Ōedo Sōsamō
The Samurai
Seibu Keisatsu
Episode 14: 'The Assassin Arrives' (1980) - Eiji Okura
Episode 27: 'Scarred White Coat Coat' (1980) - Gozo Akashi
Episode 100: 'The Girl Holding a Bomb' (1981) - President of the Japan Medical Association
Episode 125: 'The Promised Reward' (1982) - Daizo Morioka
Seibu Keisatsu PART-II Episode 17: 'Death!!' 'Rampaging Truck' (1982) - Masaru Gunji
Seibu Keisatsu PART-III Episode 29: 'Even If Life Ends!' Kazuhiko Hirao' (1983) - Representative Kensaku Kuroda
Films
Shall We Dance? (1996) (Ryo Kishikawa)
Salaryman Kintaro (1999) (Genzo Oshima)
Tsuribaka Nisshi Eleven (2000) (Horita)
Television animation
Tiger Mask (1969)
Captain (1980) (Aoba Baseball Manager)
Digimon Tamers (2001) (Zhuqiaomon)
Jormungand (2012) (Narration)
Theatrical animation
Nutcracker Fantasy (1979) (Poet)
Phoenix 2772 (1980) (Volcan)
Arcadia of My Youth (1982) (Old Tokargan Soldier)
Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986) (King Gourmeth)
Porco Rosso (1992) (Porco Rosso)
Doraemon: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth (1993) (Napogistora)
Ninja Scroll (1993) (Hyobu Sakaki)
Doraemon: Nobita in the Robot Kingdom (2002) (Dester)
Video games
Kingdom Hearts (2002) (Flotsam and Jetsam)
The Last Remnant (2008) (Wagram)
Final Fantasy Type-0 (2011) (Cid Aulstyne)
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (2015) (Cid Aulstyne)
Inazuma Eleven (2008) (Hibiki Seigou)
Dubbing roles
Telly Savalas
The Assassination Bureau (Lord Bostwick)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Ernst Stavro Blofeld) (TBS Edition)
Violent City (1985 TBS edition) (Al Weber)
Pretty Maids All in a Row (Police Captain Sam Surcher)
Sonny & Jed (1979 TV Tokyo edition) (Sheriff Franciscus)
Kojak (Lieutenant Theodore "Theo" Kojak)
Inside Out (Harry Morgan)
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1989 TBS edition) (Captain Stefan Svevo)
Escape to Athena (1982 TBS edition) (Zeno)
Cannonball Run II (1988 TV Asahi edition) (Hymie Kaplan)
Spencer Tracy
Boys Town (Father Flanagan)
Boom Town ("Square John" Sand)
Northwest Passage (Major Rogers)
The Sea of Grass (Col. Jim Brewton)
Father of the Bride (Stanley T. Banks)
Father's Little Dividend (Stanley T. Banks)
Broken Lance (1969 TV Asahi edition) (Matt Devereaux)
Desk Set (Richard Sumner)
