Eric Kelso

Eric Kelso (born December 22)[1] is an American voice actor, director, presenter and producer currently based in Tokyo, Japan.

[4] Kelso has been active in Japan doing English-language and Japanese-language voiceovers for movies, television shows, children's programs and educational broadcasting.

In 1995, Kelso provided live interactive voiceover and CG movement work for Mr. Mike, a sarcastic talking microphone character, around the world.

Playing the roles of Masayuki Fukuhara[1] and Guizhang Chen,[1] Kelso noted how expansive the project was, having a more developed storyline and more dialogue than other games at the time.

[2] He also reprised the role in Virtua Fighter 5,[8] as well as side projects featuring the character, such as, Sega Superstars,[9] Virtua Quest,[10] Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing,[11] and Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate[12] In 2002, Kelso also worked on the sequel to Shenmue, Shenmue II, voicing a new character in the franchise, Wuying Ren "of Heavens".