This article has been passed down the Utsumi line for generations!
Kenji Utsumi (born August 26, 1937) was amongst one of the oldest veteran seiyu next to Chikao Ohtsuka, and active in doing voice roles until his death on June 13, 2013. His forte was usually about big muscular guys, and these guys tend to be badass most of the time or evil in some way. To some, he was also quite the Memetic Badass thanks to his role as Raoh, especially since he was the most well known actor for the character.
Roles done by Kenji Utsumi:
- Major Alex Louis Armstrong in Fullmetal Alchemist (This voice acting technique has been passed down in the Armstrong line for GENERATIONS!!!)
- Darrin'd by Jiro Saito in the 2021 Fullmetal Alchemist Mobile game due to Utsumi's passing
- As well as his Expy Todoroki-sensei in Silver Spoon. This was his last anime role (he recorded the lines but died before the series started airing).
- Apocalypse in the Japanese dub of X-Men: The Animated Series
- Audrey II in the Japanese dub of Little Shop of Horrors
- Balzac in Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage
- Barandock in Daimos
- Blank in Space Channel 5
- Braiking Boss in Neo Human Casshern, Casshan: Robot Hunter, and Casshern Sins
- The Commandant in Final Fantasy Type-0
- Daniel J. D'Arby in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OVA
- Do Belgan in Voltes V
- Dracula in Don Dracula
- Alien Empera in Ultraman Mebius
- Eddie Valiant in the Japanese dub of Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Gaoh Kyogoku Hinowanokami in Samurai Shodown 5 and Samurai Shodown 5 Special, who's basically what you get when you combine Raoh and Oda Nobunaga.
- Genji Kamogawa in Hajime no Ippo.
- Garland in Dissidia Final Fantasy (Unfortunately, they didn't put the line
"I, Garland, will KNOCK YOU ALL DOWN!"'' for him to voice over) - Gordon the Big Engine in the Japanese dub of Thomas & Friends (Seasons 1-8)
- Hades in Shin Mazinger (he recorded lines for him for Super Robot Wars, but he died before Hades' first appearance in Z3: Jigoku-hen.)
- The Emperor of Darkness in Super Robot Wars V (on a technicality; since he's a resurrected Hades, his lines are used.)
- Hexxus in the Japanese dub of FernGully: The Last Rainforest
- Hiaburi Lion in Kämpfer
- Shane Rembrandt and Hugo Gilchrist in Tales of Destiny
- Mazo in Golden Bat
- Ooba Kyuutarou in Kemonozume, proving that he could do batshit crazy evil very convincingly.
- Punjab in Annie (1982) (Japanese dub)
- Raoh & Kaioh in Fist of the North Star
- Recoome in Dragon Ball (Yes. THAT pose-crazy Recoome) as well as Commander Red, Shenlong/Shenron and the Tenkaichi Budokai announcer.
- Ripto in the Japanese dub of Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
- Scrooge McDuck in the original Japanese dub of DuckTales (1987)
- Senbei Norimaki in Doctor Slump (1981)
- Sidney Sithole in Legend of the Galactic Heroes
- The official Japanese voice of Tony the Tiger from 1986 to 2001 (GRRRRRRREATO!!!!
, succeeded by Yuuga Kagami as of 2021) - Tiger in the Japanese dub of An American Tail
- Uchuu Maoh in Messenger of the Sun Tetsujin 28 (succeeded by Yusaku Yara in Super Robot Wars Z3: Jigoku-hen)
- Colonel Volgin in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
- Zoa in Detonator Orgun
- Zodd in Berserk (1997), Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage, and Berserk: Millennium Falcon Hen Seima Senki no Shō
