Kazuo Kumakura
Voice Actor

Kazuo Kumakura

熊倉一雄

From 1957, he became the Japanese voice of Alfred Hitchcock in Nippon TV's TV broadcasts of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and from 1989, he played the voice of Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's Poirot.

He died of rectal cancer on October 12, 2015, at a hospital in Tokyo, at the age of 88.

Language:
Japanese
Gender:
Male
Birthday:
January 30, 1927
Died:
October 12, 2015
Birthplace:
Azabu (today's Minato), Tokyo, Japan
Years active:
1951–2015
Favourites:
4
Roles:
5 in 5 titles

Voice Acting Roles