Katsuyuki Konishi

Katsuyuki Konishi (小西 克幸 Konishi Katsuyuki?, born April 21, 1973) is a Japanese voice actor from Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture. He is currently affiliated with Ken Production. His debut role was Volfogg/Big Volfogg in GaoGaiGar. He had regularly appeared in both the Japanese and English-language versions of the Pokémon anime where he voiced Ash's thirty Tauros, Ash's Heracross, Ash's Gligar and also J's Salamence. In addition, he has voiced Dragonite, both of whom had appeared in the anime but under the leadership of two different Trainers: Orange League leader/champion Drake and Pokémon Champion Lance. He had appeared in the Pokémon Master Quest series voicing Vincent's Meganium in both the Japanese and English language versions of the cartoon. After the end of the Diamond And Pearl Sinnoh League Victors, he did not have any new roles and it is assumed that he had left the series. He was the special guest of 2010's Anime Expo where he met his fans and revealed that his favourite anime character is Kamina from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann; also adding that each character whom he voiced is important to him. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.