Acting

Yasuo Yamada

Yasuo Yamada is best known for Lupin the 3rd, The Legend of Ninja Kamui, Tekkaman: The Space Knight and Huckleberry no Bōken. Yasuo Yamada was born on September 10, 1932. Yasuo Yamada died on March 19, 1995 at the age of 62.

Born: September 10, 1932
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Died: March 19, 1995 (62 years old)

Biography

Yasuo Yamada was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator, born in Tokyo, Japan. Yamada left the faculty of literature of Waseda University, and performed in many stage, radio, and television productions. His most famous role was the voice of Arsène Lupin III from the Lupin the Third series, starting in 1971 and ending in 1995. He also provided the Japanese dubbed voice for Clint Eastwood and Jean-Paul Belmondo.

At the age of 62, Yasuo Yamada died of a brain hemorrhage. Since Yasuo's death, Kanichi Kurita has taken over the role of Lupin the Third.