Katsumi Suzuki (born August 5, 1956) is a Japanese voice actor who replaced the deceased Ginzo Matsuo as Kagome's grandfather in Inuyasha and is best known as the voice of Diddy Kong in many of Nintendo's games. Often cast with Takashi Nagasako.
Not to be confused with Katsumi Toriumi.
Anime roles:
- Ben Robbins (Ken's father) in Kaleido Star.
- Hayao Kakizaki in Macross.
- Kagome's grandfather (second voice, replacing the late Ginzo Matsuo) in Inuyasha.
- Purple and Might Gunner in The Brave Express Might Gaine (he also sung the second ending theme, "Black Diamond," as Purple).
- Rairai in Magical Circle Guru-Guru.
- Toguro the Elder Brother in YuYu Hakusho.
- Tomio Morioka in Tsurune.
- Ugaki in Bleach.
- Uroncha in Genji Tsuushin Agedama
- Yan in Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ.
Video Game roles:
- Diddy Kong in the Donkey Kong Country and Super Mario Bros. series since 2004.
- Party Monkey in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat.
- Kip in Donkey Kong Barrel Blast.
- Hadat in Ys ~Tenkuu no Shinden~.
- Honey Queen/Queen Bee in Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2, and Mario Kart 7.
Dubbing roles:
- Bugs Bunny and Greasy in the Japanese dub of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
- Brother Herman in the Japanese dub of Yin Yang Yo!.
- Darwin and Donnie in the Japanese dub of The Wild Thornberrys.
- Eddie the Squirrel in the Japanese dub of CatDog.
- Mandark in the Japanese dub of Dexter's Laboratory.
- Nute Gunray in the Japanese dub of The Phantom Menace and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
- The Mayor of Townsville in the Japanese dub of The Powerpuff Girls.
- The Red Guy and Flem in the Japanese dubs of Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel.
- Ripper Roo in the Japanese dub of Crash Team Racing (replaced by Andrew Morgado in the Japanese dub of Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled).
- Tad's Father in the Japanese dub of Finding Nemo.
- William Van Dort in the Japanese dub of Corpse Bride.
- Frenzy, Wheeljack and Bluestreak in the Japanese dub of The Transformers ("Attack of the Autobots" and "Day of the Machines" only)
