Paul Nakauchi

Paul Nakauchi
Nakauchi at Florida SuperCon in 2018
Other names	Paul Nakuchi
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	David Mateo
Website	paulnakauchi.com

Paul Nakauchi is an American actor known for voicing Hanzo Shimada in Overwatch (2016) and Shadowsan in Carmen Sandiego .

Career

In the 1990s, Nakauchi guest starred in Knots Landing , Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (in the episode "The Homecoming"), Batman: The Animated Series , and ER .

He lent his voice to the video games Diablo III: Reaper of Souls , Call of Duty: World at War , Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain , Tomb Raider: Legend , World of Warcraft , Lost Planet 2 , and Dead or Alive: Dimensions (as Gen Fu). His most productive role to date is in Overwatch as Hanzo Shimada. ^[1] Nakauchi played Sgt. Shigeno in the motion picture, The Great Raid .

Nakauchi has also appeared in the Broadway musicals Chu Chem (1989) and The King and I (from 1996 to 1998). He starred in the Broadway Asia production of The King and I as King Phra Meha Mongkut. Nakauchi voiced the character "Hutch" in the animated comedy drama film, Alpha and Omega . He portrayed the Kralahome in Lincoln Center Theater's Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I , directed by Bartlett Sher. He played the role of Watari in Adam Wingard's Death Note . ^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	The Great Raid	Sgt. Shigeno
2006	Hellboy: Sword of Storms	Additional Voices (voice)	Television film
2007	The Invincible Iron Man		Direct-to-video
	Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme	Wong (voice) [3]
	Nomad: The Warrior	Galdan (voice)	English Dub
2009	The Next Race: The Remote Viewings	Dr. Baxter Luminaire	Short film
2010	Alpha and Omega	Hutch (voice)	[3]
	Dark Metropolis	Dr. Baxter Luminaire
2011	Portrait of Leonore	Father (voice)	Short film
2017	Death Note	Watari
2021	Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms	Lin Kuei Grandmaster (voice)	Direct-to-video [4] [3]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Knots Landing	Employee	Episode: "Do Not Attempt to Remove"
1993	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Tygarian Officer	Episode: "The Homecoming"
1994	Batman: The Animated Series	Doctor (voice)	Episode: "House and Garden" [3]
1996	ER	Harvard Candidate	Episode: "Baby Shower"
2006	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Additional Voices (voice)	Episode: "Zuko Alone"
2007	Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!	Chef Suki Sukihari (voice)	Episode: "Chefs of Steel"
2009	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Wong Fei, Takeo, Takahiro (voice)	2 episodes [3]
2013–2014	The Legend of Korra	Chou the Elder, Acupuncturist (voice)	2 episodes [3]
2014	Beware the Batman	Edogawa Yamashiro (voice)	Episode: "Fall" [3]
	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Savatte, Sifo-Dyas (voice)	2 episodes
2015	Fallen Cards	Kade, Scientist	Unknown episodes
2016	Deadbeat	Mister Ohno	Episode: "Diaper Training"
2017	Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!	Aki's Dad, Salaryman (voice)	Episode: "The Curse of Kaniaku" [3]
2019–2021	Carmen Sandiego	Shadow-san (voice)	Main role [3]
2019	Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures	Gyoji (voice)	Main role
2021	Big City Greens	Japanese Cashier (voice)	Episode: "The Van"
	Star Wars: Visions	Yasaburo, Master (voice)	Episode: "Lop & Ochō"; English dub [5] [3]
	Gen:Lock	Morisuke (voice)	4 episodes [3]
	Squid Game	Jang Deok-su (voice)	English dub
	Hellbound	Gong Hyeongjun, Professor (voice)	Unknown episodes; English dub
2022	Cyberpunk: Edgerunners	Tanaka (voice)	English dub [3]
2023	Record of Ragnarok	Kisaburo Onogawa, Genpaku Sugita, Isami Kondo (voice)	English dub [3]
2024	Shōgun	Yoshii Toranaga (voice)	English dub [6] [ non-primary source needed ]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain	Yakuza, Matsua
2005	The Matrix: Path of Neo	Red Pill Herb Shop Owner	[3]
2006	Tomb Raider: Legend	Toru Nishimura
	Destroy All Humans! 2	Additional Voices	[7]
2007	Spider-Man 3	Additional Voices
	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Captain Sao Feng
	No More Heroes	Thunder Ryu	[3]
2008	Call of Duty: World at War	Japanese Announcer
2010	Lost Planet 2	Additional Voices	[8]
2011	Dead or Alive: Dimensions	Gen Fu	English dub [3]
	Cars 2	Shu Todoroki
2012	World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria	Shao-Tien Executioner, Qiang the Merciless, Hu'seng the Gatekeeper, Lei Shen
2013	Lost Planet 3	Soichi Katsuragi, Crewman Dumont, Crewman Ed	[9]
2014	Diablo III: Reaper of Souls	Malthael	[3]
	Game of Thrones	Bloodsong	[3]
2015	Battlefield Hardline	Additional Voices	[3]
	Heroes of the Storm	Malthael, Hanzo
2016	Overwatch	Hanzo	[3]
2017	Dishonored: Death of the Outsider	Shan Yun
2018	World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
2022	Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons	Saint Viktor
	Overwatch 2	Hanzo
2023	Starfield	Oktai Enbayar
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate	Splinter / Hamato Yoshi	[3]
2024	Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth	Additional voices	[10]
	Rise of the Rōnin	Yasusuke Sawamura	[11]
2025	Yakuza 0 Director's Cut	Shintaro Kazama	[12]

References

1. "Here Are the Voice Actors of the Overwatch Cast". twinfinite.net. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
2. Barkan, Jonathan (June 30, 2016). "Adam Wingard Starts Writing His 'Death Note'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
3. "Paul Nakauchi (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved February 25, 2022.
4. Couch, Aaron (June 16, 2021). "Animated 'Mortal Kombat Legends' Sequel Arriving This Summer (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
5. "Stunning New Star Wars: Visions Trailer Debuts". StarWars.com. August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
6. "Congratulations to Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai! So honored to have provided Sanada-San's English dub!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼". instagram.com. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
7. "Destroy All Humans! 2: Make War Not Love (2006 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved September 25, 2021.
8. Capcom. Lost Planet 2. Capcom. Scene: Ending credits, 4:19 in, Voice Over Talent.
9. Spark Unlimited. Lost Planet 3. Capcom. Scene: Ending credits, 5:37 in, Cast.
10. "Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (2024 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
11. Aruya, Shida (March 30, 2024). "Rise of the Ronin Voice Actors: Full Cast & Character List". gameleap.com. Game Leap. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
12. Romano, Sal (May 7, 2025). "Yakuza 0 Director's Cut 'Theme Song' and 'English Dub First Look' trailers". Gematsu. Retrieved May 9, 2025.

External links

• Paul Nakauchi at IMDb
• Paul Nakauchi at the Internet Broadway Database