# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kappei-yamaguchi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:20:26.594Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kappei-yamaguchi"
name: "Kappei Yamaguchi"
slug: "kappei-yamaguchi"
description: "Mitsuo Yamaguchi , known professionally as Kappei Yamaguchi , is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and rakugoka affiliated with Gokū and 21st Century Fox. After making his voice acting debut in 1989 as the male version of Ranma Saotome in Ranma ½, Yamaguchi went on to other notable roles, including Inuyasha in Inuyasha and its sequel Yashahime, and L in Death Note. He currently voices Shinichi Kudo and Kaito Kid in Case Closed, Usopp in One Piece and Teddie in Persona 4. He is married and has a son, Ryunosuke, and a daughter, Akane. Ryunosuke and Akane are also voice actors, while the latter is also a rakugoka."
tagline: "Japanese actor and voice actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kappei_Yamaguchi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1965-05-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.40994133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "ENma_Dororon"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945322/"
    handle:    "nm0945322"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://kappei59.exblog.jp/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump