Iemasa Kayumi

Biography

Kayumi was born in Tokyo Prefecture and moved to Kagoshima Prefecture when he was a boy because of wartime evacuation. He entered Kagoshima Prefectural Daini-Kagoshima Middle School. Due to educational reform in occupied Japan, Daini-Kagoshima Middle School became Kagoshima Prefectural Konan High School. He studied at Kagoshima Konan High School and was in drama club. Because he came to aspire to an actor during his high school life, he went to Tokyo and learned at the acting school, Butai Geijutsu Gakuin (Theater Art College, ja:舞台芸術学院). He became an actor of shingeki and then also worked as a voice actor since 1956.

During his long career, he belonged to some troupes and affiliated with talent agencies for voice actors, for example, Aoni Production. He was finally affiliated with 81 Produce until his death at the age of 80 on September 30, 2014, while undergoing medical treatment.

Fellow voice actor and drinking companion Norio Wakamoto called him a precision machine since he never made a mistake when recording. Ayumi Fujimura cited Kayumi as an inspiration.

Filmography

Television animation

1960s

Mighty Atom (1963) (Skunk Kusai)

Big X (1964)

Space Ace (1965) (Dr. Tatsunoko)

Tatakae! Osper (1965) (Chief Kaizu)

Star of the Giants (1968)

Yōkai Ningen Bem (1968)

Kamui the Ninja (1969) (Fudou)

1970s

Ashita no Joe (1970) (Henry James)

Inakappe Taishō (1972)

Lupin III (1972) (Kyōsuke Mamō)

Casshan (1973) (President)

Hurricane Polymar (1974) (Golder)

Dog of Flanders (1975) (Hendrick Ray)

Goliath the Super Fighter (1976) (Gordam, Narrator)

Treasure Island (1978) (Dr. Livesey)

Future Boy Conan (1978) (Lepka)

Lupin III (1979) (William Hafner)

1980s

Cat's Eye (1983)

Jungle Emperor (1989)

1990s

Art of Fighting (1993) (Mr. Big)

OVA

Area 88 (1985) (McCoy-san)

Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1989) (Joan Rebelo)

Ruin Explorers (1995) (Rugudorull)

Theatrical animation

Queen Millennia (1982) (Lahrmetalian)

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) (Kurotowa)

The Dagger of Kamui (1985) (Mark Twain)

Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods (1988) (Durbal)

Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993) (Paragus)

Tōi Umi kara Kita Coo (1993) (Captain Norbel)

Doraemon: Nobita and Fantastic Three Musketeers (1994) (Commander Otorom)

Ghost in the Shell (1995) (Puppet Master)

Crayon Shin-chan: Explosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battle (1999) (Akamamire)

Episode of Alabasta: The Desert Princess and the Pirates (2007) (Nefertari Cobra)

Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (2009) (Baron)

Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009) (Oswald Whistler)

Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (2013) (James Black)

Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper (2014) (James Black)

Video games

Street Fighter EX series (1998–2000) (Shadowgeist)

Guilty Gear series (2002-2014) (Slayer)

Drakengard (2003) (Verdelet)

Dark Sector (2008) (Yargo)

White Knight Chronicles (2008) (Sarvain)

Fullmetal Alchemist: To the Promised Day (2010) (Father)

White Knight Chronicles II (2010) (Ledom)

unknown date

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (????) (Khalia Chival VI)

Television drama

Shiroi Kyotō (1978) (Narrator)

Dubbing roles

Frank Sinatra

Not as a Stranger (Alfred Boone)

From Here to Eternity (TV edition) (Private Angelo Maggio)

The Man with the Golden Arm (Frankie Machine)

High Society (Mike Connor)

The Pride and the Passion (Miguel)

Kings Go Forth (1st Lt. Sam Loggins)

Some Came Running (Dave Hirsh)

A Hole in the Head (Tony Manetta)

Ocean's 11 (Danny Ocean)

Can-Can (François Durnais)

Sergeants 3 (First Sergeant Mike Merry)

4 for Texas (Zack Thomas)

Robin and the 7 Hoods (Robbo)

Marriage on the Rocks (Dan Edwards)

Von Ryan's Express (1989 NTV edition) (Colonel Joseph L. Ryan)

Cast a Giant Shadow (Vince Talmadge)

Assault on a Queen (Mark Brittain)

The Naked Runner (Sam Laker)

Lady in Cement (Tony Rome)

Cannonball Run II (Frank Sinatra)

Donald Sutherland