Tesshō Genda

Tesshō Genda (born May 20th, 1948) is a Japanese voice actor who provided voices in the Japanese version of Thomas & Friends.

He is most famous for voicing Tigger from "Winnie the Pooh", the Fourth Doctor from "Doctor Who", Mace Windu from "Star Wars", doing the official dubbing of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, Sunaotoko from "Soreike! Anpanman", Batman from "Batman: The Animated Series", and Optimus Prime from "Transformers". He was also the voice of Action Kamen from "Crayon Shin-Chan".

Voices

 * Hiro

Trivia

 * Even though they did not appear together onscreen, he and Togo Igawa both had roles in the "Speed Racer" film and "Doctor Who".
 * Both he and TUGS voice actor Sean Barrett voiced Gabimaru 'Gogol' Rikiya from "Cyber City Oedo 808" in their respective languages.
 * Both he and Salty's Lighthouse voice actor Scott McNeil voiced Teniente Reed from "Mobile Suit Gundam" in their respective languages.
 * Both he and Salty's Lighthouse voice actor Michael Donovan voiced Primus from "Transformers: Cybertron" in their respective languages.