Kenji Nomura

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Kenji Nomura

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Gender: Male
Date of birth: July 23, 1970[1]
Place of birth: Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan[2]
Voice of: Andre Camel (since episode 1072)

Kenji Nomura (乃村 健次 Nomura Kenji?), born July 23, 1970 in Okayama Prefecture, is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production.

In Detective Conan, after the death of Kiyoyuki Yanada in November 2022, he took on the role of Andre Camel. He also voiced other minor characters prior to this role, including the lawyer Hiroki Oi.

Biography

Kenji Nomura graduated from Chayamachi Elementary School (倉敷市立茶屋町小学校), Tōyō Middle School (倉敷市立東陽中学校) and Amagi Combined Middle and High School, all in Kurashiki[3]. He played baseball in middle school and high school[4]. Nomura was fond of foreign movies and fell with lawyer-related movies. Starting the end of high school, he started dubbing in small roles.

For university, Kenji Nomura moved to Tokyo, and secretly attended voice-acting classes by Shinichiro Takakuwa[4]. He first joined Haikyō Voice Acting Studios, before switching to Aksent[4]. In 2020, after 26 years with Aksent, Nomura switched to Aoni Production[5].

He speaks in the Kansai Dialect, specifically the Okayama Dialect[6].

Other roles in Detective Conan

Other notable roles

Anime

  • 1997 Kindaichi Case Files : Mikihiko Wakaoji
  • 1999 One Piece : Kuromarimo, Braham, Bobby Funk, Jack
  • 2001 Baki the Grappler : Yūjirō Hanma
  • 2002 Digimon Frontier : Arbormon, Petaldramon
  • 2002, 2004, 2006 Kinnikuman the Second : Buffaloman, Scarface,The Adams, Harabote Muscle, Destruction, Tomokazu
  • 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist : Delfino
  • 2007 Bleach : Yammy Llargo
  • 2008 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's : Demak
  • 2010 A Certain Magical Index II : Toya Kamijo
  • 2012 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure : Santana
  • 2014 Akame ga Kill! : Sten
  • 2015 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? : Gareth Landrock
  • 2016 Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World : Ricardo Welkin
  • 2017 Dragon Ball Super : Toppo
  • 2018 Cells at Work! : Effector T-Cell
  • 2019 Fire Force : Flail
  • 2020 Great Pretender : Lewis Mueller
  • 2021 The Faraway Paladin : Reystov
  • 2022 Parallel World Pharmacy : Bruno de Médicis
  • 2023 Giant Beasts of Ars : Guun

References

  1. Wikipedia
  2. MyAnimeList
  3. IMDB
  4. Anime News Network

See also