Tesshō Genda

Tesshō Genda (玄田 哲章 Genda Tesshō, born May 20, 1948 in Okayama Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor and voice actor. Some of his best roles include Masami Iwaki in Dokaben, Sourman in Dr. Slump, Kurama in the Naruto series, Gō Reietsu in ''High School! Kimengumi, Optimus Prime (A.K.A. Convoy) in The Transformers, Umibouzu in City Hunter, Ichimi Araiwa in Cooking Papa, Action Kamen in Crayon Shin-chan, the Japanese voice of Batman in numerous animated television series and animated films, and Kratos in the Japanese versions of the God of War'' video game series. He is also the current Japanese voice of Tigger in Winnie the Pooh media.