Yūsuke Numata (沼田 祐介 Numata Yūsuke) (born June 10, 1968 in Kanagawa Prefecture), also known by the stage name Hiroaki Yamada (山田 浩明 Yamada Hiroaki), is a Japanese voice actor who is currently affiliated with Aoni Production. He is known for voicing Quitela, Baby Vegeta, and Baby along the extensive Dragon Ball franchise.
He has voiced a few characters along the various media that comprise the TwinBee series, having especial prominence along the TwinBee PARADISE subseries. His most prominent role is ZakoBee No. 004, the tiny and purple loyal minion of Dr. Warumon. His other roles in the franchise include Sham and the jester Pierre.
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While still studying the 4th grade of elementary school, Numata became deeply moved after watching Galaxy Express 999, which awoke his interest to follow a voice acting career. In junior high school, he became absorbed in idols such as Akina Nakamori, but in high school, he became a voice actor again and took part in Lupin III Cagliostro's Castle. After graduating from high school, he attended the College of Broadcasting Arts and moved to Tokyo at the age of 21. He graduated from Seijijuku Tokyo School 10th term. He debuted in anime with Dragon Quest. Later on, he continued his career and played his first leading role voicing the character Masato Kaneda in Super Electric Robo Tetsujin No. 28 FX.
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External links[]
- Official profile page at Aoni Production (Japanese)
- Anime News Network
- Behind the Voice Actors
- IMDb
- Wikipedia