Daisuke Namikawa

I have a real soft spot for Daisuke Namikawa, because this is a guy who's been standing in front of a microphone since he was a kid doing film dubbing, and that kind of mileage just shows. He's the Japanese voice of Frodo, which for a lot of people is the "oh, THAT voice" moment, but then he turns around and disappears into wildly different anime roles like it's nothing, and the sheer range of his toolbox is honestly a little absurd. Snagging the Seiyu Award for supporting actor back in 2010 felt like the industry officially nodding along with what fans already knew. What I love most, though, is that he never stayed boxed in as just a voice actor; he sings, he's directed, he chases whatever he feels like, and there's this easy, almost breezy joy in how a veteran of his stature still seems to be having a blast. That's the part that gets me.

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Daisuke Namikawa is a Japanese voice actor, actor, singer, and film director born on April 2, 1976, in Tokyo. He has built a career spanning multiple creative fields, earning recognition within the voice acting industry for his versatile performances. In 2010, he received the Supporting Actor Award at the Voice Actor Awards, a testament to his standing among industry peers. He attended Tokyo International University.

Name (English)

Daisuke Namikawa

Name (Japanese)

浪川大輔

Reading

なみかわ だいすけ

Born

April 2, 1976 (age 50)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dragon

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Blood type

B

Height

173 cm

Agency

ステイラック

Occupation

Voice Actor / Actor / Singer / Film Director / Dubbing Actor

University

Tokyo International University

Awards & achievements

• 2010 — Voice Actor Awards, Supporting Actor Award

Works summary

Appearances

1738 (1999–2026)

By year

1999: 1, 2000: 3, 2002: 2, 2003: 3, 2004: 4, 2005: 5, 2006: 14, 2007: 7, 2008: 8, 2009: 11, 2010: 14, 2011: 13, 2012: 13, 2013: 19, 2014: 13, 2015: 22, 2016: 16, 2017: 10, 2018: 25, 2019: 12, 2020: 19, 2021: 17, 2022: 21, 2023: 28, 2024: 16, 2025: 10, 2026: 5

Filmography / notable works

• Xhttps://x.com/namidai0402
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B5%AA%E5%B7%9D%E5%A4%A7%E8%BC%94
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1145291

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Voice Actor
• Actor
• Singer

Last updated

2026-08-26

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