My Take
I have a soft spot for actors you know by ear before you ever match a face to the voice, and Kazuhiro Yamaji is exactly that guy for me. There's this low, gravelly authority he carries, the kind you only earn from decades on a real stage, and when he dubs some grizzled Hollywood heavyweight he somehow lends them more weight than the original. That he's racked up a Seiyu Award and the Kikuta Kazuo theater prize tells you he's no one-trick voice booth specialist; he's a proper craftsman moving between stage and screen with zero fuss. What I love most is that he doesn't grab for the spotlight. He plants himself in the center of a piece and just anchors it, all quiet gravitas, and the fact that he's stayed in demand this long is the only credential that really counts.
Overview
Kazuhiro Yamaji is a Japanese actor and voice actor born on June 4, 1954, in Mie Prefecture, Japan. He has built a distinguished career spanning stage, television, and film, and is also highly regarded for his voice work dubbing foreign films and dramas. He received the Seiyu Award for Foreign Film and Drama in 2021, and has also been honored with the Kikuta Kazuo Drama Award. He is active on X (formerly Twitter) under the handle @yama_G_108.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kazuhiro Yamaji
- Name (Japanese)
- 山路和弘
- Reading
- やまじ かずひろ
- Born
- June 4, 1954 (age 71)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Horse (午)
- Origin
- Mie Prefecture, Japan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 172cm
- Agency
- Private
- Active years
- Unknown
- Occupation
- Actor / Voice Actor / Television Actor / Film Actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
- Debut
- Unknown
Awards & achievements
- 2021 — Seiyu Award: Foreign Film and Drama Award
- Year Unknown — Kikuta Kazuo Drama Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.