Yukimasa Kishino is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator. He attended Teikyo University but quit half way to pursue a theatrical career. He was also a member of the now disbanded theatrical musical group, Gekidan Basara, and is currently the founder and chairman of the theatrical group, Gekidan Kishinogumi. When he isn't voice acting, Kishino is usually organizing and choreographing performances for it.
Kishino's trademark with his fans is his distinguished mustache, which they joke also seems to be a prominent trait for many of his characters. A few of his voice roles include Cassius Bright in the The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky franchise, Hyoue Kuroda in Detective Conan, and Tao Pai Pai, Burter, and others in the Dragon Ball video games and TV series. He is also the Japanese voice for The Great Prince of the Forest in Disney's Bambi and the voice for the alien father in Hayashibara's Telehose commercials.
Works
The following roles listed below come from titles associated with Koei Tecmo and third party works distributed as part of a deal with other companies.
- Akashima - Nanatsu no Hikan
- Cao Cao - Sangokushi Kōmeiden, Dynasty Tactics 2, Warriors Orochi series
- Cao Cao, Nobunaga Oda, Zhang Bao - Dynasty Warriors series
- Huang Feihu - Fengshen Yanyi series
- Huang Feihu, Li Jing, Lu Xiong, Yuanshi Tianzun - Fengshen Yanyi
- Brad Wong - Dead or Alive 3~4
- Huang Feihu, Duobao Daoren - Fengshen Yanyi 2
- Tadakatsu Honda - Kessen
- Cassius Bright - The Legend of Heroes: Akatsuki no Kiseki