Hiroshi Arikawa

Hiroshi Arikawa (有川博) was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Kagoshima Prefecture. He was affiliated with Engekishūdan En and formerly with Gekidan Haiyūza. Arikawa enrolled in Gekidan Kumo in 1965 and later joined Engekishūdan En in 1975. He had a prolific career and appeared in various films and TV shows. Some of his notable film roles include 'Hibotan bakuto: Tekkaba retsuden' (1969), 'Sharaku' (1995), and 'Berserk: The Golden Age Arc' (2012). In TV shows, he played characters like Koreshinji Tamakage in 'Fuun Lion-Maru' (1973), Okita Sōji in 'Shinsengumi' (1973), and Kudō Shinpachirō in 'Mito Kōmon' (1975–2010). Hiroshi Arikawa passed away on October 16, 2011, due to acute respiratory failure.