Kenji Utsumi

Kenji Utsumi (born August 26th, 1937 - June 13th, 2013) was a Japanese voice actor who provided voices for the Japanese narration of Thomas and Friends. He was known for voicing Shenlong from "Dragon Ball", Inspector Dectector from "Speed Racer", Apocalypse from "X-Men: The Animated Series", Mushibakinman and Kurayamiman from "Soreike! Anpanman", Apollo Creed from the "Rocky" series, the Big Bad Wolf from "Shrek", and Tiger from the "An American Tail" series.

He died in 2013 at the age of 75 after a battle with cancer.

Voices

 * Gordon (first-eighth seasons)

Songs

 * Thomas Anthem (performed)
 * Accidents will Happen (performed)
 * The Whistle Song (performed)