Yuji Machi

Yuji Machi
Born	August 8, 1962 (age 62) Kawasaki, Kaganawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Voice actor, narrator
Years Active	1970 - present
Spouse	Toru Mizushima (? - present)
Profile	Aoni Production
External Links

Yuji Machi is a Japanese actor and voice actor, affiliated with Aoni Production. His real name is Shuuji Tanabe . He is known for voicing Ultraman Tiga's grunts and narrating Ultraman Dyna.

He voiced Tiga's speaking voice for the first time in the stage show NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Trigger STAGE 1.

Roles

Voice acting

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Gridman the Hyper Agent	Narrator
1996	Ultraman Tiga	Ultraman Tiga	Grunts
		TV program narrator	Episode 3 "The Devil's Judgement"
1997	Ultraman Dyna	Narrator
1998	Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light	Ultraman Tiga	Grunts
	Ultraman Gaia	Announcer	Episodes 1 "Seize the Light! Episode 25 "The Showdown for Tomorrow"
1999	Ultraman Tiga, Ultraman Dyna, & Ultraman Gaia: The Decisive Battle in Hyperspace	Ultraman Tiga	Grunts
2001	Ultraman Tiga Gaiden: Revival of the Ancient Giant	Narrator
		Ultraman Tiga	Grunts
	Ultraman Tiga 〜To the Children of Light〜	Narrator
2011	Ultraman Retsuden		Episodes 1, 5, 13

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Ultraman Fighting Evolution 3	Narrator
		Ultraman Tiga
		Evil Tiga

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Trigger STAGE 1	Ultraman Tiga
	NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Trigger STAGE 2
2022	NEW GENERATION THE LIVE: Ultraman Trigger STAGE 4

Commercials

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	Ultraman Tiga 25th Anniversary Campaign commercial	Narrator

Stock grunts

This section refers to Machi's grunts being reused per stock audio in other Ultraman Series media:

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers	Ultraman Tiga	Used with Hiroshi Nagano's grunts
2013	Ultraman Ginga		Dark Spark War flashbacks in episodes 1, 7, 11 Episode 10 "Darkness and Light" Episode EX "Friends Left Behind"
		Tiga Dark	Distorted grunts Episode 5 "The Dream Destroyers" Episode 6 "The Dream Battle"
	Ultraman Ginga Theater Special	Ultraman Tiga
2014	Ultraman Ginga Theater Special: Ultra Monster ☆ Hero Battle Royale!
2015	Ultra Fight Victory
	Ultraman Ginga S The Movie: Showdown! The 10 Ultra Warriors!
2016	Ultraman X The Movie: Here He Comes! Our Ultraman	Ultraman Tiga
	Ultraman Orb	Ultraman Tiga	Ultra Fusion Card
2020	Ultraman Z		Ultra Medal
2021	Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga		Episode 1 "Connection of Light" Ultra Medal in episode 8 "The Propagating Invasion" Episode 9 "The Wings of That Day" Episode 19 "What Makes a Savior"
2022	Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Ultraman Fighting Evolution Rebirth	Ultraman Tiga
2022	Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	TDG THE LIVE: Ultraman Tiga	Ultraman Tiga
2022	TDG THE LIVE: Ultraman Dyna STAGE 1		Part 2
2023	TDG THE LIVE: Ultraman Gaia STAGE 1		Part 2

Other Roles

• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the Movie - Dub voice of Tommy Oliver/White Ranger
• Dragon Quest - Voice of Hargon
• Dragon Ball Z - Voices of Appule and the doctor
• Sailor Moon - Voice of Kenji Tsukino
• Grander Musashi - Voice of Takehiro Kazama
• Seiyu's Life - Himself (voice)
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes - Voice of Drewentz
• Dragon Ball Z The Tree of Might - Voice of Daizu
• Slam Dunk Movie 2 - Voice of Tomokazu Godai
• Detective Conan - The Lost Ship in the Sky - Voice of Masaki Mizukawa

Gallery

Yuji Machi holding blu-ray boxsets of Tiga, Dyna and Gaia.

Trivia

• He is nicknamed "Macchi" by voice actress Yuko Minaguchi, who works by the same talent agency (Aoni Production).
• Yuji said that his wife has a cartoonist's water stripes.

External Links

• Yuji Machi at Anime News Network