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Keiichi Nanba (難波 圭一, Nanba Keiichi) 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
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 Legends 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.

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