Keiichi Nanba is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Fujiga Office and the representative director of KeKKe Corporation. He is known for voicing Ultraman Hikari.
Career[]
Nanba was formerly affiliated with Aoni Production, but left in August 2012 and joined Fujiga Office in September of that year.
Personal Life[]
He married Hiromi Tsuru on January 4, 1986, but they later divorced. He then married Mayumi Shō.
Roles[]
Voice acting[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Ultraman Company | Ultra-kun | |
| 2006 | Ultraman Mebius | Ultraman Hikari | |
| Kodaigon The Other | Episode 12 "The First Errand" | ||
| Ultraman Mebius Gaiden: Hikari Saga | Ultraman Hikari | ||
| 2008 | Ultraman Mebius Gaiden: Armored Darkness | ||
| 2009 | Ultraman Mebius Gaiden: Ghost Rebirth | ||
| Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie | |||
| 2015 | Ultra Fight Victory | ||
| 2017 | Ultraman Geed | Episode 8 "Going Beyond Fate" | |
| 2021 | Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy | ||
| Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad |
Stage[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ultraman Festival 2017 Live Stage Part 2 | Ultraman Hikari | |
| 2019 | Ultra Heroes EXPO 2020 Battle Stage |
Video games[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Super Hero Generation | Ultraman Hikari |
Stock grunts[]
This section refers to Nanba's grunts being reused per stock audio in other Ultraman Series media:
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ultraman Geed | Ultraman Hikari | Ultra Capsules |
| 2019 | Ultra Heroes EXPO THE LIVE | Part 1 |
Other Roles[]
- The Transformers (1984) - Voices of Broadcast (ja. for Blaster), Blitzwing
- Transformers: The Headmasters - Voice of Broadcast/Twincast (ja. for Blaster)
- Transformers: Super-God Masterforce - Voice of Wilder
- Transformers Victory - Voice of Leozack/Leokaizer
- Persia, the Magic Fairy - Voice of Gaku Muroi
- Trigun - Voice of Hoppered the Gauntlet
- Fatal Fury - Voice of Andy Bogard
- Ranma 1/2 - Voice of Picolet Chardin II
- Saint Seiya - Voice of Pisces Aphrodite & Poseidon
- Sailor Moon - Voices of Zoisite, Alan & Gurio Umino
- One Piece - Voices of Itomimizu and Shepherd
- Captain Tsubasa - Voice of Karl-Heinz Schneider
- DNA² - Voice of Junta
- Fist of the North Star 2 - Voice of Bat
- Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters - Voice of Rousokuloid
Trivia[]
- Both his former and current wives, Hiromi Tsuru and Mayumi Sho, were known for voicing Bulma and Chi Chi in the Dragon Ball franchise.
- Keiichi Nanba's 60th birthday fell on the same date that the eighth episode of Ultraman Geed aired, which also featured Keiichi voicing Hikari, after Hikari's non-speaking cameo in the first episode.