Kunihiro Kawamoto (河本 邦弘, born on 1 September 1975) is a Japanese voice actor who was affiliated with 81 Produce and provided voices in the Japanese dub of Thomas & Friends.
He is best known for voicing G1 Starscream from "Transformers: Robot Masters", Firefly from "The Batman" and "Batman: The Brave and the Bold", Minimus P.U. from "Atomic Betty", Zed from the 2003 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", Misumi Tsurugi from "Naruto", Breezy from "Jimmy Two-Shoes", Coldfront from Disney-Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur", and Lazlo from "Camp Lazlo". He also took over the role of Gopher in the "Kingdom Hearts" series following Mahito Tsujimura's death.
Voices
- Harvey (twentieth series only)
- Connor
- Axel
- The Small Mean Engine
- Dart
- Paxton (Blue Mountain Mystery - twenty-third series)
- Norman (The Great Race - twenty-third series)
- Ivan
- Fernando (Big World! Big Adventures! only)
- Stafford (twentieth series episode All in Vain only)
- Rheneas (The Great Race only)
- Bert (The Great Race only)
- The Third Slip Coach
- Yin-Long
- Troublesome Trucks (Thomas Toots the Crows, Thomas the Quarry Engine, Missing Gator, Salty All At Sea, Den and Dart, The Other Side of the Mountain, Philip's Number, Big World! Big Adventures! and Crowning Around)
- Toad (eighteenth - twentieth series)
- Rocky
- Carter
- Cyril the Fogman (twenty-second series only)
- Mr. Bubbles (twenty-third series only)
- The Grumpy Passenger (nineteenth series episode Thomas the Babysitter only)
- The Coaling Plant Manager (Calling All Engines!)
- The Dairy Manager (twentieth series only)
- The Tall Baker
- The Welsh Bird Watcher (twenty-first series episode Stuck in Gear only)
- Some Barrow Football Players (nineteenth series episode Reds vs Blues only)
- The Museum Manager
- The Great Railway Show Judge (The Great Race)
- Madeleine's Father
- The Grumpy Indian Stationmaster
- The Elephant Carer
- Thomas' driver (Big World! Big Adventures!, Kangaroo Christmas and The Inventor's Spectacular Bridge)
- Percy's driver (twentieth series episode Letters to Santa only)
- Stephen's driver (nineteenth series episode Slow Stephen only)
- Gator's driver (eighteenth series episode Long Lost Friend only)
- Ben's fireman (eighteenth series episode No Steam Without Coal only)
- Emily's fireman (twenty-first series episode Stuck in Gear only)
- Stephen's fireman (nineteenth series episode Slow Stephen only)
- Bertie's driver (twenty-first series episode Unscheduled Stops only)
- The Knapford stationmaster (Big World! Big Adventures!)
- The Wellsworth stationmaster (eighteenth series episode Old Reliable Edward only)
- One of Sir Topham Hatt's Assistants (sixteenth series episode Percy and the Calliope only)
- Some Signalmen (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, The Other Side of the Mountain, Letters to Santa and The Big Freeze)
- A Railway Inspector (nineteenth series episode Lost Property only)
- Workmen (eighteenth series episode Thomas and the Emergency Cable only)
- Some Rail Workers (Calling All Engines!, Gordon and Ferdinand, Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger, Marion and the Pipe and Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure)
- Some Dock Workers (Day of the Diesels, Too Many Fire Engines, Flatbeds of Fear and Stuck in Gear)
- Some Steamworks Workers (King of the Railway and Helping Hiro)
- Some Sodor Search and Rescue Centre Workers (nineteenth series episode Rocky Rescue only)
- Some Quarry Workers (Signals Crossed and Toby's New Friend)
- A Washdown Workman (twentieth series episode All in Vain only)
- A Dieselworks Worker (twenty-first series episode Springtime for Diesel only)
- A Dryaw Station Workman (twentieth series episode Letters to Santa only)
- Some Knapford Station Workers (The Little Engine Who Raced Ahead and Big World! Big Adventures!)
- A Wellsworth Station Worker (seventeenth series episode Percy's Lucky Day only)
- A Vicarstown Bridge Worker (Big World! Big Adventures!)
- A Policeman (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure)
- Some Passengers (Calm Down Caitlin, Percy's Lucky Day, Thomas and the Emergency Cable, Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger, Last Train for Christmas, The Perfect Gift, Salty All At Sea, Reds vs Blues, Goodbye Fat Controller, Sidney Sings, Pouty James, The Railcar and the Coaches, Cautious Connor, Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks, Springtime for Diesel, Unscheduled Stops, The Big Freeze and Big World! Big Adventures!)
- A Chinese Man (twenty-second series episode The Water Wheel only)
- Isla's Pilot (twenty-second series episode Cyclone Thomas only)
- The Crowd (twenty-third series episode Grudge Match only)
- Audience Members (Reds vs Blues)
- Knapford Station Speaker (Thomas the Babysitter, Wild Water Rescue, The Great Race, Sidney Sings, Toby's New Friend, Unscheduled Stops and Counting on Nia)
Songs
- I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside (performed)
- Will You Won't You (performed)
- Where in the World is Thomas? (performed)