Masashi Ehara

Masashi Ehara (May 4, 1953 - ), better known as Masashi Ebara (Ebara Masashi), is a Japanese seiyū, actor and narrator from Kanagawa Prefecture. He stands at 175 centimeters (5 feet, 9 inches) and is affiliated with 81 Produce.

He is best known for his roles in Naruto (as Might Guy), Eat-Man (as Bolt Crank), the Shakugan no Shana series (as Alastor the Flame of Heavens), Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! (as Doctor Tsuchiya), Buso Renkin (as Captain Bravo) and as the official dub-over artist of Tom Hanks.

Background

Ebara graduated from Tōkyōtoritsu Chitosegaoka Senior High School. After previously working with Gekidan Subaru, he affiliated himself with 81 Produce. In dubbing American movies, Ebara often dubs over Tom Hanks, Wesley Snipes, and Andy Garcia. Much of his roles are occupied by Kōichi Yamadera in different editions of the films.

Roles

Television animation

* Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (George Challenger)
* The Angry Beavers (Norbert Beaver)
* Astro Boy (Archer)
* Baketsudegohan (Zubrofsky)
* Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! (Doctor Tsuchiya)
* Batman: The Animated Series (Clayface)
* Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon R (Chiral)
* Black Jack (Myū)
* Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (Lorenzo)
* Buso Renkin (Captain Bravo, Narrator)
* Chōjya Raidiin (Kularken)
* Cowboy Bebop (Andy Von de Oniyate)
* Crayon Shin-chan (Majī Di Gamecchini)
* Deltora Quest (Farō, Brandin)
* Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z (Mojo Jojo)
* Detective Conan (Keigo Endō, Yūji Mikasa)
* Disney's House of Mouse (Mortimer Mouse, Lumiere, White Rabbit, Card)
* Eat-Man (Bolt Crank)
* Eat-Man '98 (Bolt Crank)
* El Cazador de la Bruja (Shop manager)
* Ergo Proxy (MCQ)
* Fushigi no Umi no Nadia (Gonzales)
* Gad Guard (Jack Bruno)
* Ganpare TUGS (Top Hat, Zip)
* G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Storm Shadow, Major Bludd, others)
* Gin Sō Ki Kō Ōdian (Baltoro)
* Gunslinger Girl (Hilshire)
* Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (Van Hohenheim)
* Hakaba Kitarō (Johnny the Vampire)
* Initial D series (Shiyunya Jōjima)
* Iron Man (Iron Man)
* Jungle King Tar-chan (Alan)
* Kaiketsu Zorori (Gaon, Husky)
* Kamisama Kazoku (Osamu Kamiyama)
* Kasumin (Haruo Kirima)
* Kekkaishi (Haganeyoru)
* Kodomo no Omocha (Rick, narration)
* Legendz: Tale of the Dragon Kings (Yul Hepburn)
* Looney Tunes (Sylvester J. Pussycat, Sr., Daffy Duck (first voice), Wil E. Coyote)
* Love Get CHU ~Miracle Seiyū Hakusho~ (Kuroiwa)
* Love Hina (Kōji Maehara (Shinobu's father))
* Madlax (Friday Monday)
* Magical Princess Minky Momo (Papa)
* Majime ni Fumajime: Kaiketsu Zorori (Gaon, Husky)
* Mashin Eiyūden Wataru (Thunder Blue)
* Master Keaton (Robert Fenders)
* Michiko to Hatchin (Old gentleman)
* Mugen Senki Fortress (Black-clothed man)
* Naruto (Might Guy)
* Naruto: Shippūden (Might Guy)
* Negibōzu no Satarō (Aona no Shakimi)
* Nintama Rantarō (Young Ryūōmaru, Heishirō Kusai)
* Nodame Cantabile (Sebastian Vierra)
* Obake no Horry (Nyangirasu, Mukimukin)
* O~i! Ryoma (Yōdō Yamauchi)
* Onegai My Melody ~ Kurukuru Shuffle!~ (Flat-kun's papa)
* PaRappa Rappa (Boxy Boy)
* Pocket Monsters (Jangō)
* Pokonyan (Papa (Shigeru Konoha), Chanpuku)
* PoPoLoCrois Monogatari (White Knight)
* Robin Hood no Daibōken (Lord Alwine)
* Sengoku Eiyūdensetsu Shinshaku Sanada Ten Braves The Animation (Kuroda Nagamasa)
* Shakugan no Shana series (Lord of the Crimson Realm Alastor)
* Shaman King (Dōen)
* Shūkan Storyland (Leader, narration)
* Soreike! Anpanman (Unadonman, Pineappleman, Princess Dorian, Crayonman)
* Soreike! Uchū Senkan Yamamoto Yōko (Meo-Toroll no Fūrigā)
* The SoulTaker (Richard Vincent)
* Thomas and Friends (James (ninth season onwards))
* Tottoko Hamutarō (Lion-sensei)
* The Transformers (Ratchet, Skywarp, others)
* Transformers 2010 (Spike Witwicky, Broadside, Blitzwing, others)
* Transformers: The Headmasters (Spike Witwicky, Scattershot/Computron, Pounce)
* Warauseerusuman (Kenzō Warii (episode 93), Shokudō no Oyaji (December 26 1992 special))
* Xenosaga: The Animation (Ziggurat 8)
* X-Men (TV Tokyo edition) (Wolverine)
* Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi (Xun Yu)
* Yu Yu Hakusho (Kōsen)

OVA

* .hack//Liminality (Jun'ichirō Tokuoka)
* Detatoko Princess (Healthy three siblings)
* Genocyber (Captain)
* Giant Robo The Animation - The Day the Earth Stood Still (Professor Go Gakujin)
* The Hakkenden (Chudai, Daisuke Kanamari)
* Iczer Reborn (Rob)
* Jigoku Dō Reikai Tsūshin (Ghost)
* Kidō Senshi SD Gundam Hakobiya Rigazi no Kiseki (Gerugugu)
* Kidō Senshi SD Gundam SD Gundam Mō Race (Kozaku)
* Kidō Senshi SD Gundam Yume no Maron Sha (Sazaby)
* Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Rockwell)
* Le Portrait de Petit Cossette (Marchello Orlando)
* Sakura Taisen Gōka Kenran (Shigeki Kanzaki)
* SD Sengokuden Musha Shichinin Shuu Hen (Kozaku)
* Shakugan no Shana SP: Koi to Onsen no Kōgai Gakushū! (Lord of the Crimson Realm Alastor)
* Sōkō Kihei Bottoms: Kakuyakutaru Itan (Godiba)
* Soreike! Uchū Senkan Yamamoto Yōko (Meo-Toroll no Fūrigā)
* Vampire Hunter: The Animated Series (Bishamon)

Theater animation

* Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere)
* Bleach: Memories of Nobody (Ganryu)
* Brother Bear (Ram #2)
* Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu: Eikō no Yakinkurōdo (Gedenchōkurō)
* Mickey's Christmas Carol (Jiminy Cricket)
* Metropolis (Ham Egg)
* Oliver & Company (DeSoto)
* One Piece: Chanjū Dō no Chopper Ōkoku (Count Butler)
* Peter Pan (Pony Canyon edition) (Captain Hook)
* Pinocchio (Pony Canyon edition) (Jiminy Cricket)
* Pocket Monsters the Movie: Latias and Latios, the Guardian Gods of the Water Capital (Latios)
* Resident Evil: Degeneration (Frederic Downing)
* Robin Hood (Robin Hood)
* Shakugan no Shana (Lord of the Crimson Realm Alastor)
* The Simpsons Movie (Tom Hanks)
* Song of the South (Brer Rabbit)
* The Sword in the Stone (Archimedes the Owl)
* Thomas and the Magic Railroad (Mister Conductor)
* The Transformers: The Movie (Spike Witwicky, Ratchet, Blitzwing, Glen)
* A Tree of Palme (Gariko)
* WALL-E (AUTO)

Video games

* Aba Renbō Princess (Henry Orion)
* Ace Combat 3 (Abyssal Dision)
* Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War (Seryozha Viktrovich Nikanor)
* Atelier Viorate ~Alchemist of Gramnad 2~ (Offen Schwach)
* Brave Fencer Musashi (Yami no Majin, Reigando, Rento, Rūmu)
* Dairantō Smash Brothers X (Latios)
* Dark Sector (Robert Mezner)
* Heart of Darkness (Amigo, Servant)
* Kabu Trader Shun (Tōru Narasaki)
* Kingdom Hearts II (Lumiere)
* The Legend of Xanadu series (Daimos)
* Nanatsuiro Drops Pure!! (Lord of the Crimson Realm Alastor)
* PoPoLoCrois Monogatari II (White Knight)
* Remember 11: The Age of Infinity (Seiji Yomogi)
* Sakura Taisen 2 ~Kimi, Shinitamō koto Nakare~ (Shigeki Kanzaki)
* Scandal (Ryō)
* Shadow Hearts: From the New World (Ricardo Gomez)
* Shakugan no Shana (Lord of the Crimson Realm Alastor)
* Sonic and the Secret Rings (Erazor Djinn)
* Sō Raku Toshi Osaka (Iwai Sanjan)
* Spider-Man (Shocker, J. Jonah Jameson)
* Tales of Eternia (Fog, Shadow)
* Tales of Fandom Vol.1 (Fog)
* Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 (Fog)
* Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 (Fog)
* Tropico (Minister's secretary)
* Xenosaga I & II (Ziggurat 8)
* Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht (Ziggurat 8)
* Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse (Ziggurat 8)
* Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra (Ziggurat 8)
* Xenosaga Freaks (Ziggurat 8)
* Zone of the Enders (Nōman)

Dubbing roles

* 8mm (Tom Welles)
* The Abyss (Fuji TV edition) (Lieutenant Hiram Coffey)
* A Knight's Tale (Geoffrey Chaucer)
* Aliens (Carter J. Burke (2004 TV Asahi edition), Private William Hudson (DVD edition), Private Mark Drake (TBS edition))
* Alien vs. Predator (Graeme Miller)
* Ally McBeal (John Cage)
* The Animal (Marvin Mange)
* Apollo 13 (Video/DVD and Fuji TV edition) (Jim Lovell)
* Armageddon (Colonel Lev Andropov (Fuji TV edition), Lieutenant General Kimsey (Newer TV edition))
* Armour of God II: Operation Condor (TV Asahi edition) (Frank the Guard)
* Around the World in 80 Days (Inspector Fix)
* Assassins (Fuji TV edition) (Miguel Bain)
* Babe (Nippon TV edition) (Ferdinand the Duck)
* Back to the Future Part II (Goldie Wilson III)
* Bad Boys (Captain Howard)
* Bad Boys II (DVD edition) (Captain Howard)
* Batman (TV Asahi edition) (Alexander Knox)
* Bean (Fuji TV edition) (David Langley)
* Beverly Hills Cop 3 (Video edition) (Detective Axel Foley)
* Bicentennial Man (Video edition) (Andrew Martin)
* Big Momma's House (Malcolm Turner)
* Big Momma's House 2 (Malcolm Turner)
* Black Rain (Fuji TV edition) (Detective Charlie Vincent)
* Boomerang (Fuji TV edition) (Tyler)
* The Boondock Saints (Agent Paul Smecker)
* The Bourne Identity (Fuji TV edition) (The Professor)
* Bowfinger (Kit Ramsey/Jeffernson 'Jiff' Ramsey)
* The Break-Up (Gary Grobowski)
* The Cable Guy (Chip Douglas)
* Catch Me If You Can (Carl Hanratty)
* Category 6: Day of Destruction (Craig Shilts)
* Charlie Wilson's War (Charlie Wilson)
* Chasing Sleep (Ed Saxon)
* Cinema Paradiso (Ignazio)
* Constantine (TV Asahi edition) (Balthazar)
* Contact (TV Tokyo edition) (Kent Clark)
* Cradle Will Rock (Tommy Crickshaw)
* Crash Dive (TV edition) (James Carter)
* Crash Dive 2 (TV edition) (James Carter)
* Creepshow (Harry Wentworth)
* The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon)
* The Day After Tomorrow (TV edition) (Jack Hall)
* Dead Poets Society (Fuji TV edition) (John Keating)
* Demolition Man (Simon Phoenix)
* Desperate Housewives (Peter McMillian)
* Die Hard (Argyle (TV Asahi edition), Richard Thornburg (video and DVD edition))
* Die Hard 2 (TV Asahi and DVD editions) (Richard Thornburg)
* Disappearing Acts (Franklin Swift)
* Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (Peter LaFleur)
* Double Dragon (Koga Shuko)
* Dr. Dolittle (Video edition) (Doctor John Dolittle)
* Dr. Dolittle 2 (Video edition) (Doctor John Dolittle)
* Drop Zone (TV Asahi edition) (Pete Nessip)
* Ed Wood (Bunny Breckinridge)
* Escape from L.A. (TV edition) (Snake Plissken)
* Exit Wounds (Nippon TV edition) (Henry Wayne)
* Face/Off (Fuji TV edition) (Sean Archer)
* The Fall Guy (Howie Munson)
* The Fan (TV Asahi edition) (Bobby Rayburn)
* Father of the Bride Part II (Video edition) (Franck Eggelhoffer)
* Fire Birds (TV Asahi edition) (Jack Preston)
* Firelight (Charles Godwin)
* Firestorm (Jesse Graves)
* Forrest Gump (Video/DVD and Fuji TV edition) (Forrest Gump)
* Freddy vs. Jason (Video and DVD edition) (Freddy Krueger)
* Frequency (Satch DeLeon)
* The Getaway (Doc McCoy)
* Ghost (Video and Fuji TV editions) (Sam Wheat)
* Ghostbusters II (Fuji TV edition) (Doctor Peter Venkman)
* G.I. Jane (TV edition) (Command Master Chief John Urgayle)
* The Glimmer Man (DVD edition) (Jim Campbell)
* Glory (TV edition) (Robert Gould Shaw)
* The Godfather Part III (TV edition) (Vincent Mancini-Corleone)
* Good Morning, Vietnam (Fuji TV edition) (Adrian Cronauer)
* Grace of My Heart (Joel Millner)
* The Green Mile (Paul Edgecomb)
* Guarding Tess (Doug Chesnic)
* Hancock (John Hancock)
* Hard Boiled (Video edition) (Inspector "Tequila" Yuen)
* Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Lord Voldemort)
* Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Lord Voldemort)
* Hero (Nippon TV and video editions) (John Bubber)
* Home Alone (Nippon TV and Fuji TV editions) (Marv Murchens)
* Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Fuji TV edition) (Marv Murchens)
* Home Alone 3 (TV edition) (Burton Jernigan)
* The Hunt for Red October (TV Asahi edition) (Jack Ryan)
* I Am Legend (Lieutenant Colonel Robert Neville)
* Identity (Doctor Malick)
* Insomnia (TV edition) (Walter Finch)
* Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (Fuji TV edition) (Lestat de Lioncourt)
* It Could Happen to You (Charlie Lang)
* It Takes Two (Video edition) (Roger)
* The Jackal (Nippon TV edition) (Ian Lamont)
* Jerry Maguire (Video edition) (Rod Tidwell)
* JFK (TV Asahi edition) (David Ferrie)
* Judge Dredd (Fuji TV edition) (Fergie)
* Jumanji (Alan Parrish)
* Jungle 2 Jungle (Video edition) (Richard Kempster)
* Jurassic Park (Mister DNA)
* The Ladykillers (G.H. Dorr, Ph. D)
* Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (Nippon TV edition) (Terry Sheridan)
* Last Action Hero (Fuji TV edition) (Benedict)
* The Last Boy Scout (James Alexander "Jimmy" Dix (Nippon TV edition), Milo (Fuji TV edition), Billy Cole (Video edition))
* The Living Daylights (TV edition) (General Georgi Koskov)
* Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Tom)
* Lost in Translation (Bob Harris)
* Malice (TV Tokyo edition) (Doctor Jed Hill)
* The Man Who Knew Too Little (Wallace Ritchie)
* The Matrix Reloaded (Fuji TV edition) (Merovingian)
* The Matrix Revolutions (Fuji TV edition) (Merovingian)
* Men in Black (Video edition) (Agent J)
* Men in Black II (Video edition) (Agent J)
* Mercury Rising (Video edition) (Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Kudrow)
* Mission: Impossible (TV Asahi edition) (Eugene Kittridge)
* Money Train (Video and TV Asahi editions) (John)
* Mrs. Doubtfire (Fuji TV edition) (Daniel Hillard)
* The Mummy Returns (Fuji TV edition) (Jonathan Carnahan)
* The Muppets Take Manhattan (Fozzie Bear)
* Muppets Tonight (Fozzie Bear, Doctor Bunsen Honeydew, Snooky)
* The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (Fozzie Bear, Doctor Bunsen Honeydew)
* Murder at 1600 (TV Asahi edition) (Detective Harlan Regis)
* Murder, She Wrote (Brian East)
* Night Watch (Michael 'Mike' Graham)
* The Nutty Professor (Video edition) (Professor Sherman Klump, Buddy Love, Cletus 'Papa' Marcellus Klump, Anna Pearl 'Mama' Jensen Klump, Ida Mae 'Granny' Jensen, Ernie Klump Senior)
* Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (Video edition) (Professor Sherman Klump, Buddy Love, Cletus 'Papa' Marcellus Klump, Anna Pearl 'Mama' Jensen Klump, Ida Mae 'Granny' Jensen, Ernie Klump Senior, Lance Perkins)
* One Hour Photo (Sy Parrish)
* One Night Stand (Maximilian Carlyle)
* Panic Room (Video and DVD edition) (Raoul)
* The Pelican Brief (TV Asahi edition) (Fletcher Coal)
* Powder (Video edition) (Donald Ripley)
* Predator (DVD edition) (Rick Hawkins)
* Predator 2 (Jerry Lambert)
* The Pursuit of Happyness (Chris Gardner)
* Red Dwarf (Arnold Judas Rimmer)
* Resident Evil (Video edition) (Spence Parks)
* Resident Evil: Apocalypse (Fuji TV edition) (Carlos Oliveira)
* Road to Perdition (Michael Sullivan, Sr.)
* Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Fuji TV edition) (Robin Hood)
* RoboCop (TV Asahi edition) (Leon Nash)
* RoboCop 2 (TV Asahi edition) (Mayor Kuzak)
* Roman Holiday (1994-2000 Fuji TV edition) (Mario Delani)
* Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (Video edition) (Sandy Frink)
* Rules of Engagement (Major Mark Biggs)
* The Running Man (TV Asahi edition) (Harold Weiss)
* RV (Bob Munro)
* Saving Private Ryan (Video/DVD edition) (Captain John H. Miller)
* School of Rock (Dewey Finn)
* Scrooged (Francis Xavier "Frank" Cross)
* Shaft (Peoples Hernandez)
* The Shawshank Redemption (Heywood)
* Sleepers (Sean Nokes (Video edition), Lorenzo "Shakes" Carcaterra (Fuji TV edition))
* Sleepless in Seattle (Fuji TV edition) (Sam Baldwin)
* Snow Queen (Polar bear)
* Space Jam (Sylvester Cat)
* The Specialist (Video edition) (Tomas Leon)
* Species II (TV edition) (Dennis Gamble)
* Speed (Fuji TV edition) (Jack Traven)
* Speed 2: Cruise Control (DVD edition) (John Geiger)
* Spider-Man (Ring announcer)
* Spider-Man 2 (Snooty usher)
* Spider-Man 3 (French maître d')
* Steal Big Steal Little (Ruben Partida Martinez, Robert Martin, Narrator)
* Street Fighter (Ryu Hoshi)
* Stripes (John Winger)
* S.W.A.T. (TV edition) (Captain Thomas Fuller)
* Target (Chris Lloyd)
* Tequila and Bonetti (Nico "Nick" Bonetti)
* Terminal Velocity (Kerr)
* The Terminal (Viktor Navorski)
* Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Fuji TV edition) (T-1000)
* Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (Jimmy 'The Saint' Tosnia)
* The Thomas Crown Affair (Video edition) (Thomas Crown)
* Thunderbirds Are Go (Video edition) (Doctor Tony Grant)
* Titanic (Fuji TV edition) (Caledon Hockley)
* Tomorrow Never Dies (Fuji TV edition) (James Bond)
* True Lies (Video and DVD edition) (Simon)
* Twin Peaks (Albert Rosenfield)
* Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero (Rick Sanders)
* Ultraviolet (Daxus)
* Undisputed (Monroe "Undisputed" Hutchen)
* The Untouchables (Fuji TV edition) (George Stone)
* U.S. Marshals (TV Asahi edition) (Mark J. Sheridan/Warren/Roberts)
* Vampire in Brooklyn (Maximillian/Preacher Pauly/Guido)
* Wedding Crashers (United States Secretary of the Treasury William Cleary)
* White Noise (Jonathan Rivers)
* Wild Things (DVD edition) (Kenneth Bowden)
* Windtalkers (Video edition) (Private Pappas)
* xXx (TV Asahi edition) (Xander Cage)
* You've Got Mail (Joe Fox)