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Bin Shimada (島田敏 Shimada Bin) (born in Niigata) is a voice actor currently employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production.
Biography[]
Shimada is known for voicing King Nikochan and Gyaosu in the 1997 remake of Dr. Slump, and Broly in the movies Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan, Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming, Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly, and Broly (DBS) in Dragon Ball Super: Broly, and also voiced The Dictator and Michael in Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn. He also voiced Krusty the Clown in the Japanese version of The Simpsons, as well as Luke Skywalker in the Japanese version of Star Wars. He also does work in One Piece voicing Wapol and Foxy. He also voiced Dr. Akihabara in Pokémon, for the infamous banned episode "Denno Senshi Porygon".
He replaced Takeshi Aono (who was in the hospital at the time, and had to retire from voice acting, then later passed away) as the voice of Kami for Dragon Ball Kai. He also voiced Babidi in Dragon Ball Kai. He also voiced Dyspo, Camparri, and Gamisalas in Dragon Ball Super. He also voiced General Blue in Dragon Ball: The Path to Power, replacing his standard voice actor Toshio Furukawa.