Yūsaku Yara (屋良 有作, Yara Yūsaku), born Susume Kawabe (川部 奨, Kawabe Susumu) on March 15, 1948, is a Japanese voice actor from Tokyo. He is best known for voicing Maruko's Father in Chibi Maruko-chan.
He provided the voice of Nurikabe in the 1985 GeGeGe no Kitarō anime.
Selected filmography[]
GeGeGe no Kitarō characters[]
- GeGeGe no Kitarō (1985 anime) - Nurikabe, Kurokawa (Ep. 6), Security Guard (Ep. 14), Makura-Gaeshi, Ameyama (Ep. 23), Mammoth-Otoko, Dai-Tengu, Akashita, Kimiko's Father (Ep.38), Mizumoto (Ep. 54), Detective Watari (Ep. 78), Oji-san (Ep. 98), Landowner (Ep. 106)
- GeGeGe no Kitarō (1985 film) - Nurikabe
- GeGeGe no Kitarō: Yōkai Dai-Sensō - Nurikabe
- GeGeGe no Kitarō: Saikyō Yōkai Gundan! Nippon Jōriku!! - Nurikabe
- GeGeGe no Kitarō: Gekitotsu!! Ijigen Yōkai no Dai-Hanran - Nurikabe
- GeGeGe no Kitarō: Jigoku Arc - Nurikabe, Kumo-Otoko
- GeGeGe no Kitarō (1996) - Pii, Ōkubi, Anagura-Nyūdō
Other Shigeru Mizuki works[]
- Akuma-kun - Mandarake, Binta's Father
- Akuma-kun (film) - Satan
Other notable credits[]
- Chibi Maruko-chan as Hiroshi Sakura
- Doctor Slump (1997 series) as Senbei Norimaki
- Fang of the Sun: Dougram as Jacky Zaltsev
- Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin as Great
- Gintama as Jiraia
- Kimagure Orange Road as Master
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes as Narrator
- Maple Town as Gretel (Wild Wolf)
- Saint Seiya as Sagittarius Aiolos
- Sakigake!! Otokojuku as Ryūji Toramaru
- Sally the Witch (1989 series) as Sally's Papa
- Shigurui as Gonzaemon Ushimada
- Space Emperor God Sigma as Narrator
- Zipang as Saburō Umezu