is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He is employed by the talent management firm 81 Produce. When he debuted, he used his real name, . as artist name. Because he had experience with ballet, he was known by the nickname "Pirouette Genda." Along with such well-known voice actors as Akio Ōtsuka, Shigeru Chiba and Kōichi Yamadera, Genda is one of Japan's most prolific voice actors, with 234 roles credited to his name as of September 25, 2007. Among his other credits, Genda has performed the roles of Masami Iwaki (Dokaben), Suppaman (Dr. Slump), Gō Reietsu (High School! Kimengumi), Optimus Prime (A.K.A. Convoy) (The Transformers), Umibouzu (City Hunter), Ichimi Araiwa (Cooking Papa), and Action Kamen (Crayon Shin-chan) and is the current Japanese voice of Tigger in Winnie the Pooh media. He is also known for voicing Kurama in Naruto. Like his Canadian counterpart Peter Cullen, Genda reprised the role of Optimus Prime (Convoy) in the Japanese dub of the 2007 Transformers movie. He is best known as the Japanese voice of Batman in numerous animated television series and animated films. Like his American counterpart Kevin Conroy, Genda also reprised the role of Batman in the Japanese dub of Batman: Gotham Knight. He also voices Kratos in the Japanese versions of the God of War video game series. In February 2010, Genda received a Merit Award from the 4th Seiyu Awards. He is the official dub-over artist of Arnold Schwarzenegger (he has met with Schwarzenegger several times). Also, he is a standard choice for Japanese dubbing of the voices of the English-speaking actors such as Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Dan Aykroyd, Laurence Fishburne, Gérard Depardieu and many more. He was also the first dubbing voice actor of Sylvester Stallone and Steven Seagal in their early days. In addition to the names above, Genda's name is sometimes romanized in credits as Tessyou Genda, Tetsuaki Genda, and Tetsusyo Genda, though the latter two spellings/romanizations of his name are incorrect. Filmography The roles below are listed in chronological order, with the show title in italics followed by the dates of the series and the characters' names in parentheses. Animation Television 1970s Science Ninja Team the Gatchaman (1972–1974, too many minor Galactor characters to list) Brave Raideen (1975–1976, God Raideen, Danny Amagai) Dokaben (1976–1979, Masami Iwaki) Chōdenji Machine Voltes V (1977–1978, Daijirou Gou) Cyborg 009 (1979–2001, Mack, Man in Black, Thunder) King Arthur