- I shall nullify your article and your tropes, and I will take them all back!
Born November 12, 1948, in Kofu under the name Takashi Tanaka, Banjo Ginga is one of the most veteran voice actors in the business. If you notice a character with his voice, chances are they'll either be Large and in Charge, or somewhat regal. His characters tend to be a combination of The Stoic and Large Ham.
May possibly be the Japanese equivalent of BRIAN BLESSED. His North American/Canadian counterpart is Scott McNeil.
He's married to his fellow voice actress, Gara Takashima.
Go ahead, Mister Troper. Open the Notable Roles.
- Adam in the Japanese dub of the movie It's Complicated
- Admiral Perry in Space☆Dandy
- Babbo in MÄR
- Bayman in Dead or Alive
- Blood Falcon in F-Zero: GP Legend
- Brachio in Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger
- Chief Thunderhooves in the Japanese dub of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- Clarus Amicitia in Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
- Clayton in the Japanese dub of Tarzan and Kingdom Hearts
- Clump's father in Transformers Victory
- Dale Biederbeck (Tim Curry) in the dub of Monk
- Daisuke Jigen in The Fuma Conspiracy (hired as a stand-in for Kiyoshi Kobayashi)
- Daniel J. D'Arby in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (TV anime)
- Darth Vader in some Japanese dubs of Star Wars (other dubs have him voiced by Tōru Ōhira)
- De Villiers in Legend of the Galactic Heroes
- Don Capua in The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
- Duma in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
- Eahta in Granblue Fantasy
- The Fallen in Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen
- Fusoya in Final Fantasy IV
- The G.U.N. Commander in Shadow the Hedgehog
- Gekkou of Illusions in GoGo Sentai Boukenger
- Geronimo/005 in both the Cyborg 009 79 series and the 80's movie. Succeeded by Akio Ōtsuka in the 2001 series and by Teruyuki Tanizawa in the 2012 movie
- Gihren Zabi in Mobile Suit Gundam (SIEG ZEON!)
- Gilbert F. Altstein in Blood Blockade Battlefront (replacing the late Shinji Ogawa, who was originally cast in the role but fell ill and sadly passed away before recording began)
- Gilbert Mesh in Sonic Soldier Borgman
- Giran, Bora, Colonel Silver, and King Vegeta III in Dragon Ball
- Emperor Gelma in Star Fleet
- Go Gun-Hee in Solo Leveling
- Gus Polinski in the Asahi TV dub of Home Alone
- Sheriff Harry S. Truman (Michael Ontkean) in the Japanese dub of Twin Peaks
- Himself in Seiyu's Life!
- Isaac Netero in Hunter × Hunter (2011, succeeding the deceased Ichirō Nagai)
- J in Sakigake!! Otokojuku (YOU ARE NOT MY MATCH!)
- Jude Heartfilia in Fairy Tail
- King Neptune in the Japanese dub of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
- Saint Beast Lakia in Kousoku Sentai Turboranger
- Liquid Snake in Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
- Major Zero in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Liquid Ocelot in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (succeeding the deceased Kōji Totani)
- Magneto in Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers
- Captain "Axe Hand" Morgan in One Piece
- Murai in Ninja Gaiden (2004 game)
- Nanashi in GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018)
- N.M.E. Sales Guy and Nightmare in the Japanese version of Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
- Parallel Nightmare in Super Kirby Clash
- Odie O'Bright in Live A Live (2022 remake)
- Pops in the Japanese dub of The Secret Life of Pets
- Ralph Crewe in Princess Sarah
- Ramenman in Kinnikuman
- Reeve Tuesti In Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
- Remy Breffort, the one and only male character to survive the duration of Noir
- Riki in Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin
- Sacher Torte and the Narrator note in Sorcerer Hunters, which was later the basis for a Breaking the Fourth Wall joke in the OVAs
- Scorponok in Transformers: ★Headmasters and BlackZarak in Transformers: Super-God Masterforce
- Scott Shelby in the Japanese dub of Heavy Rain
- Sennen / Ken'ichi Zenji in Hero Bank
- The Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman) in the VHS and first DVD dub of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- Snijder in SPY×FAMILY CODE: White
- Souther/Thouther in Fist of the North Star
- Spartacus in Golgo 13
- Thanos (Josh Brolin) in the Japanese dub of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Thomas in #COMPASS
- Timp Sharon in Xabungle, Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden and Super Robot Wars Z
- As well as Fatman Big and the Narrator. (Multiple roles in a single show are common for him.)
- Tongpu/Mad Pierrot in Cowboy Bebop
- Undertow in the Japanese dub of The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
- Ultra Magnus in the Japanese dub of Transformers: Animated
- Van Buskirk in Lensman: Galactic Patrol
- Victor in the Raidou Kuzunoha Drama CD
- Willy Fog in Around the World with Willy Fog
- Ys:
- Darm and Narrator in Ys I & II
- Galbalan and Narrator in Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (reprised in Ys: The Oath in Felghana)
- Talking Stone in Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys
- The Zenryoku Zenkai Cannon in Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger
