Kikoyuki Yanada was a voice actor whose forte is of the Magnificent Bastard or Affably Evil villains. Also at home voicing the Big Guy.
He passed away in November 2022, as announced by his close friend and usual cast mate Mitsuaki Madono.
Notable roles:[]
- Leon McNichol in Bubblegum Crisis
- Depth Charge in Beast Wars
- Toraichi Tamiya in Ah! My Goddess
- Palparepa in GaoGaiGar
- Geo Metron in Magic Knight Rayearth
- Eiichi Suou in Metal Fighter Miku
- Zabine Chareaux in Mobile Suit Gundam F 91
- Gale in Last Exile
- Andreas Darlton in Code Geass
- Benkei Musashibou in New Getter Robo and Super Robot Wars NEO
- Geki in Saint Seiya Omega
- Archduke Gorgon in Shin Mazinger
- Takenori Akagi in Slam Dunk
- Richter Belmont in Castlevania (Symphony of the Night, Dracula X Chronicles and Super Smash Bros Ultimate... quite Playing Against Type since Richter is neither a Magnificent Bastard (during his villain run in SOTN) nor The Big Guy)
- Takuma Saeki in Hajime no Ippo (Also Playing Against Type, since Saeki is a Lightning Bruiser Worthy Opponent as well as pretty much Fun Personified when outside the ring)
- Blacky in Chi's Sweet Home
- Andromon in Digimon Adventure
- AncientVolcamon in Digimon Xros Wars
- Gakuto in Kemonozume
- Gateau Mocha in Sorcerer Hunters
- Bottom in Pretty Cure All Stars DX 2: Protect The Rainbow Jewel!
- Ginji Matsuzaki from Black Lagoon
- Mike Haggar in Marvel vs. Capcom 3
- Alex in Storm Blade
- Megatron in Transformers Armada