Tōru Ōkawa

Tōru Ōkawa (b. 1960) is a Japanese voice actor who has dubbed multiple roles in Muppet productions, notably Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, & others in the NHK dub of Sesame Street & in DVD releases, as well as various roles on Muppets Tonight.

A frequent anime voice, Ōkawa voiced Saito in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex & Optimus Prime in Transformers: Armada. TV dub credits include Tinkywinky on Teletubbies, Andrew Robinson on [Star_Trek Star Trek: Deep Space Nine], & various guest roles on Full House, The West Wing, & Star Trek: Voyager. Film dub assignments include Ken Watanabe in Batman Begins, Harold Perrineau in The Matrix movies, Chevy Chase in ¡Three Amigos!, Ice T in Scorpion, & John Malkovich in Ladies Room. In non-Japanese animation, Ōkawa has dubbed Scarface/The Ventriloquist on The Batman, the narrator on [Jay_Ward Rocky & Bullwinkle ], & Victor Quartermaine in Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

Muppet/Creature Shop dub credits

 * Sesame Street (NHK dub, 813 episodes): Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, Count Count von Count, Snuffleupagus, Papa Bear, & others
 * The Muppets Take Manhattan (DVD dub): Rowlf the Dog
 * Muppets Tonight: Clueless Morgan, Big Mean Carl, Christopher Darden
 * Dr. Dolittle: Rat
 * Muppets from Space
 * The Adventures of Elmo in Grouch land: Oscar the Grouch
 * Kermit 's Swamp Years: Wilson
 * It's a Very Merry Muppet Christ mas Movie
 * Arabian Nights: Chief Executioner


 * Tōru Ōkawa on the Muppet Wiki
 * Tōru Ōkawa on the Puppet Wiki
 * Tōru Ōkawa on the  Oscar the Grouch  Wiki