History Creator / TesshoGenda

One of the most revered veteran Japanese voice actors ever. Tesshō Genda (born May 20, 1948 as Mitsuo Yokoi) is known for his gruff, heavy voice which makes him quite the go guy for gung-ho, big guy roles or at least those fulfilling the MightyGlacier role. He's also quite the MemeticBadass, mostly due to his dub roles as two very very famous Western Animation roles: [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Optimus Prime]]. In his voice acting career, he is often landed with roles that share [[RelationshipVoiceActor relationship]] with Creator/AkioOhtsuka. According to [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?most_prolific=cast Anime News Network,]] he is the fourth most prolific seiyuu, after Creator/TakehitoKoyasu, Creator/ShinichiroMiki and Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa.

* Teisel Bonne in the ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' series

* "Captain Tenille" in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders''

* Umibozu in ''Manga/CityHunter''

* Blastoise ("Kamex" in Japanese) in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime and the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series, in possibly one of the coolest non-ironic examples of PokemonSpeak.

* Karl Gustav Kempff in ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes''

* Metal Knight in ''Manga/OnePunchMan''

* War Machine in ''WesternAnimation/IronMan''

* [[CrossDressingVoices Popuko]] in ''Manga/PopTeamEpic''[[labelnote:*]]episode 4 only[[/labelnote]][[invoked]]

* Morpheus (Creator/LaurenceFishburne) in the Japanese dub of ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' films.

* Moguro Fukuzou/"The Laughing Salesman" in ''[[Manga/LaughingSalesman Laughing Salesmen NEW]]''.

* Gadis in ''VideoGame/YsIVTheDawnOfYs'' and ''VideoGame/YsMemoriesOfCelceta''.

* The {{Narrator}} and [=MagiPhone=] voice of ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger''..

* President Schwarzenegger in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie''.

** General Bison (Creator/RaulJulia) in the VHS/DVD dub of the ''Film/StreetFighter'' film (where he kept his DubNameChange from the overseas versions of the games).

** In ''Manga/OdaCinnamonNobunaga'' reincarnated as "Lucky the Pomeranian".

* Captain Tenille Imposter in the ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure TV Anime''

* Convoy (Optimus Prime) in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' and ''Anime/TransformersHeadmasters'' (also reprising his role to dub him in the [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries live-action films]] and ''WebAnimation/TheTransformersTitansReturn''.) Also voices Omega Supreme and Professor Terranova in the cartoon.
** Also, [[{{God}} Primus]] in the Anime/UnicronTrilogy. Who better than the voice of the first Optimus Prime to play the god of all Transformers?
** [[CoolStarship Omega Supreme]] in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated''.

* [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Guile]] in ''Anime/StreetFighterIIV'' and ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX''
** Zangief in ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNKMillenniumFight2000 Capcom vs. SNK]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium Capcom vs. SNK 2]]''
*** [[VideoGame/FinalFight Mike Haggar]] and [[VideoGame/ForgottenWorlds Unknown Soldier 2P]] in ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom''
*** General Bison (Creator/RaulJulia) in the VHS/DVD dub of the ''Film/StreetFighter'' film (where he kept his DubNameChange from the overseas versions of the games).

* Mighty Kongman/Bruiser Khang in ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny''
** Largo the Black Lion in ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''

* [[CrossDressingVoices Popuko]] in ''Manga/PopTeamEpic''[[labelnote:*]]episode 4 only[[/labelnote]] [[invoked]]

* [[ButtMonkey Shuu]] in ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''
** [[BigBad Bojack]] and [[BigBad Janemba]] in the ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' movies
* Sleggar Law in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''
** Dozle Zabi in the more recent video games such as ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam 3'' and ''Gundam Memories'' (succeeding the late Creator/DaisukeGori)

** In ''Manga/OdaCinnamonNobunaga'' reincarnated as “Lucky the Pomeranian.”

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles''

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* Vandham in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2''
** Guernica Vandham in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3''

* Junior Gorg in the Japanese release of ''Series/FraggleRock''

* Kaido in ''Anime/OnePiece''

One of the most revered veteran Japanese voice actors ever. Tesshō Genda (born May 20, 1948 as Mitsuo Yokoi) is known for his gruff, heavy voice which makes him quite the go guy for gung-ho, big guy roles or at least those fulfilling the MightyGlacier role. He's also quite the MemeticBadass, mostly due to his dub roles as two very very famous Western Animation roles: [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Optimus Prime]]. In his voice acting career, he is often landed with roles that share [[RelationshipVoiceActor relationship]] with Creator/AkioOhtsuka. According to [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?most_prolific=cast Anime News Network,]] he is the fourth most prolific seiyuu, after Creator/TakehitoKoyasu, Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa and Creator/ShinichiroMiki.

* Gara in ''Manga/{{Bastard}}''

* George Costanza (Jason Alexander) in the Japanese television dub of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' ([[TheOtherDarrin Darrined]] by Hiroshi Iwasaki in the DVD dub)

* [[ComicBook/TheKingpin Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin]] in the Japanese dub of ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'' and ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse''

* [[DragonInChief Younger Toguro]] in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''

* Rodin in the ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' anime film

* Surtr in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes''

* TheNarrator and [=MagiPhone=] voice of ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger''..