{{Short description|Japanese actor and voice actor (1938–2019)}} {{Infobox person | name = Makio Inoue | image = Makio Inoue.webp | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | native_name = 井上 真樹夫 | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name = 井上 孝夫(Takao Inoue) | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|11|30}} | birth_place = [[Yamanashi Prefecture]], Japan | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|11|29|1938|11|30}} | death_place = [[Chiba Prefecture]], Japan | occupation = {{flatlist| *Actor *[[Voice acting in Japan|voice actor]] }} | years_active = 1954–2019 | agent = [[Aoni Production]] | height = 165 cm<ref name="Profile">{{cite web |title=井上 真樹夫｜日本タレント名鑑 |url=https://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent_id=M93-0386 |website=日本タレント名鑑 |publisher=[[Nihon Tarento Meikan]] |accessdate=23 November 2019 |language=ja |archive-date=14 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914003549/https://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent_id=M93-0386 |url-status=dead }}</ref> }} {{Nihongo|'''Makio Inoue'''|井上 真樹夫|Inoue Makio|November 30, 1938 – November 29, 2019}} was a Japanese actor and voice actor.<ref name="Profile" />
He is most well known for his two longstanding roles as the titular character in ''[[Captain Harlock (manga)|Captain Harlock]]'' from 1978 through the 1980s and 1990s and [[Goemon Ishikawa XIII]] in ''[[Lupin the Third|Lupin III]]'' from 1977 to 2011.
== Career == Having grown up watching mobile theater troupes, Inoue dreamed of becoming an actor; by the time he was in high school, he was appearing in television movies. He also admired poets, and derived his stage name, Makio, from his pen name at the time.<ref>{{Cite tweet|user=InoueMaquio|number=1154369850023636993|title=Inoue's own post|date=2019-07-25|access-date=2022-11-23}}</ref>
Around 1960, he and a friend founded a theater company influenced by [[Underground culture]] and began working as stage actors. However, due to financial difficulties maintaining the theater, he decided that he had to earn money. It was then that he was invited by an acquaintance to audition for the Japanese dub of the television series ''[[The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis]]'' and was chosen for the lead role, which was the beginning of his career as a voice actor.<ref name="interview1">{{Cite interview|subject=井上真樹夫|date=2017-01-27|interviewer=[[古川登志夫]]、[[平野文]]|url=https://otocoto.jp/interview/inouemakio-1/|title=ハーロック、石川五エ門など数々の二枚目キャラを演じてきた声優・井上真樹夫の役者道|publisher=otocoto|accessdate=2019-05-23|archive-date=2019-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730060455/https://otocoto.jp/interview/inouemakio-1/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 1968, he voiced Mitsuru Hanagata in the animated television series ''[[Star of the Giants]]''. His role in the anime was well-received, and he was given more opportunities to play cool, beautiful young men and the main character's rivals.
By the 1970s, he had established an idol-like popularity that led to the establishment of a fan club and was considered one of the “top three most popular voice actors in Japan.<ref>{{Cite interview|subject=肝付兼太|date=2005-07-18|url=http://www.style.fm/as/13_special/mini_050718.shtml|title=あの声、あのキャラ、あの作品 肝付兼太と『ギャートルズ』（３）|website=WEBアニメスタイル|publisher=スタジオ雄|accessdate=2019-05-23}}</ref>
Starting in 1977, he voiced [[Goemon Ishikawa XIII]] in the ''[[Lupin the Third|Lupin III]]'' series, which became one of his best-known roles. Inoue was hired to replace [[Chikao Ohtsuka]], but was told by the director at the time that the character of Goemon had changed from Chikao's “hard-killing man” to a “young, beautiful-faced swordsman” and that the voice actor had changed to him.<ref>{{Cite tweet|user=InoueMaquio|number=1103841166875713537|title=Inoue's own post|date=2019-03-08|access-date=2022-11-23}}</ref> Inoue thus gave his own personality to the character, without being conscious of Chikao's. Inoue later said affectionately of Goemon, “He is an important character who has influenced me in many ways in my life".<ref>{{Cite video|people=井上真樹夫 |date=2012 |chapter=THE PERFORMERS ―その声の魅力― |title=ルパン三世 Master File |url=http://lupin40.com/disk/index3.html |medium=DVD・Blu-ray |language=ja |publisher=[[バップ]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016215527/http://lupin40.com/disk/index3.html |archivedate=2014-10-16 |accessdate=2023-01-27}}</ref> He also said that the best part of acting is “giving a presence from a few lines".
He voiced the [[Captain Harlock (character)|titular character]] in ''[[Captain Harlock (manga)|Captain Harlock]]'' from 1978 through the 1990s.
In the 1980s, as his popularity began to wane, he scaled back his voice acting activities and began to focus more on his stage career. He later became a [[Bhikkhu|buddhist monk]] and built his own temple in [[Chiba Prefecture]].<ref name="Sponichi">{{Cite news |title=五ェ門死す…井上真樹夫さん80歳、急性心臓死 声優以外にもマルチな才能 |newspaper=Sponichi Annex |date=2019-12-03 |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2019/12/03/kiji/20191202s00041000509000c.html |accessdate=2022-09-06 |archive-date=2020-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028171808/https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2019/12/03/kiji/20191202s00041000509000c.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition to his work as an actor and voice actor, including voicing Master [[Eraqus]] in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series, he began to go on regular training trips, including retreats deep into the mountains to sit in [[zazen]] meditation in order to attain enlightenment.<ref>{{Cite tweet|user=InoueMaquio|number=1125363955981930496|title=Inoue's own post|date=2019-05-06|access-date=2022-11-23}}</ref> Since then, he wore [[samue]] and [[Geta (footwear)|geta]] to recordings and visited studios on a moped motorcycle.
In 2011, Inoue dropped the role of Goemon at the request of the production company, being succeeded in the role by [[Daisuke Namikawa]].
In the 2000s, he began a relationship with dancer Sui-sei, whom he met through stage work. In 2017, he opened a [[Twitter]] account and resumed his interactions with his former fans; in 2019, he launched a "lifetime project" and a [[YouTube]] channel.
On November 29, 2019, Inoue died at his home in Chiba Prefecture due to worsening [[angina pectoris]], a chronic illness, at the age of 80.<ref name="Sponichi" />
==Filmography==
===Television animation=== ;1960s *''[[Astro Boy (1963 TV series)|Astro Boy]]'' (1963) *''[[Big X]]'' (1964) *''[[The Amazing 3]]'' (1965) *''[[Kimba the White Lion]]'' (1965) *''[[Princess Knight]]'' (1967) (Prince Frank) *''[[Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae]]'' (1968) (Sabu) *''[[Star of the Giants]]'' (1968) (Mitsuru Hanagata) ;1970s *''[[Attack No. 1]]'' (1970) (Mitamura) *''[[Andersen Monogatari (TV series)|Andersen Stories]]'' (1971) (Travelling Companion) *''[[Wandering Sun]]'' (1971) (Fanny) *''[[Devilman]]'' (1972) (Iwao Himura/Himmler) *''[[The Gutsy Frog]]'' (1972) (Hanagata) *''[[Babel II]]'' (1973) (Aoki) *''[[Brave Raideen]]'' (1975) (Riki Jinguuji) *''[[Candy Candy]]'' (1976) (William Albert Ardlay) *''[[Gaiking]]'' (1976) (Peter Richardson) *''[[Lupin the 3rd Part II|Lupin III Part II]]'' (1977) ([[Goemon Ishikawa XIII]]) *''[[Space Pirate Captain Harlock]]'' (1978) ([[Captain Harlock (character)|Captain Harlock]]) *''[[Space Carrier Blue Noah]]'' (1979) (Jrgens) ;1980s *''[[Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken]]'' (1981) (Phoenix) *''[[Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX]]'' (1982) (Captain Harlock) *''[[Gyakuten! Ippatsuman]]'' (1982) (Minamoto no Yorimitsu) *''[[Lupin the 3rd Part III|Lupin III Part III]]'' (1984) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: Goodbye Lady Liberty]]'' (1989) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) ;1990s *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: Mystery of the Hemingway Papers!]]'' (1990) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: Steal Napoleon's Dictionary!]]'' (1991) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: From Russia With Love]]'' (1992) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: Voyage to Danger]]'' (1993) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: Dragon of Doom]]'' (1994) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure]]'' (1995) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini]]'' (1996) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: Island of Assassins]]'' (1997) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: Crisis in Tokyo]]'' (1998) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: The Columbus Files]]'' (1999) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) ;2000s *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: Missed by a Dollar]]'' (2000) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection]]'' (2001) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: Episode 0: First Contact]]'' (2002) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: Operation: Return the Treasure]]'' (2003) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: Stolen Lupin ~ The Copy Cat is a Midsummer's Butterfly~]]'' (2004) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[Samurai Champloo]]'' (2004) (Mariya Enshirou) *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: An Angel's Tactics – Fragments of a Dream Are the Scent of Murder]]'' (2005) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: Seven Days Rhapsody]]'' (2006) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: Elusiveness of the Fog]]'' (2007) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: Sweet Lost Night ~Magic Lamp's Nightmare Premonition~]]'' (2008) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan]]'' (2009) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) ;2010s *''[[List of Lupin III television specials|Lupin III: The Last Job]]'' (2010) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII)
===OVA=== *''[[Area 88]]'' (Charlie) *''[[Legend of the Galactic Heroes]]'' (1989) (Flottillenadmiral Ansbach) *''[[Queen Emeraldas]]'' (1998) (Captain Harlock) *''[[Return of Pycal|Lupin III: Return of Pycal]]'' (2002) ([[Goemon Ishikawa XIII]]) *''[[Green vs. Red|Lupin III: Green vs. Red]]'' (2008) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII)
===Theatrical animation=== *''[[The Mystery of Mamo|Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo]]'' (1978) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[The Castle of Cagliostro|Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro]]'' (1979) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[Mobile Suit Gundam#Compilation movies|Mobile Suit Gundam: Soldiers of Sorrow]]'' (1981) ([[List of Mobile Suit Gundam characters#Slegger Law|Slegger Law]])<ref name="btva"/> *''[[Mobile Suit Gundam#Compilation movies|Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space]]'' (1982) (Slegger Law)<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Makio Inoue (visual voices guide) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Makio-Inoue/ |website=Behind the Voice Actors |type=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.}}</ref> *''[[Legend of the Gold of Babylon|Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon]]'' (1985) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[Toki no Tabibito -Time Stranger-]]'' (1986) (Toshito Kutajima) *''[[Farewell to Nostradamus|Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus]]'' (1995) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII) *''[[Lupin III: Dead or Alive]]'' (1996) (Goemon Ishikawa XIII)
===Video games=== *''[[Zombie Revenge]]'' (1999) (Rikiya Busujima) *''[[Kessen II]]'' (2001) (Cao Cao) *''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]'' (2010) ([[Eraqus]])<ref name="btva"/> *''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]'' (2019) (Eraqus)<ref name="btva"/> *''[[Super Robot Wars T]]'' (2019) (Captain Harlock)<ref name="ds">{{cite web|url=https://www.dualshockers.com/super-robot-wars-t-gets-new-details-on-story-series-list-explanation/|title=[UPDATED] Super Robot Wars T Gets New Details On Story, Series List Explanation|website=dualshockers.com|date=27 November 2018|access-date=19 December 2019|archive-date=19 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219081900/https://www.dualshockers.com/super-robot-wars-t-gets-new-details-on-story-series-list-explanation/|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Tokusatsu=== *''[[Akumaizer 3]]'' (1975) (Zabitan)
===Dubbing=== *''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'' (Lieutenant Joyce ([[Geoffrey Horne]])) *''[[The Cassandra Crossing]]'' (Major Stark ([[John Phillip Law]])) *''[[Flesh for Frankenstein]]'' (Baron Von Frankenstein ([[Udo Kier]]))<ref>{{cite web |url= https://happinet-p.com/jp3/releases/HPXR-2778|title= 悪魔のはらわた -４Ｋレストア版 SPECIAL-|access-date= September 23, 2024|work= Happinet Pictures}}</ref> *''[[Frankenstein Created Woman]]'' (1970 TV Asahi edition) (Anton ([[Peter Blythe]]))<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.happinet-p.com/horror/#r5b|title= ホラー・マニアックス シリーズ - 驚きの強力ラインナップ、特別仕様で蘇る傑作ホラーコレクション!|access-date= December 7, 2021|work= Happinet|archive-date= December 7, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211207223845/http://www.happinet-p.com/horror/#r5b|url-status= live}}</ref> *''[[The Great Escape (film)|The Great Escape]]'' (1971 Fuji TV edition) (Lt. Cmdr. Eric Ashley-Pitt ([[David McCallum]])) *''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told]]'' (Judas Iscariot ([[David McCallum]])) *''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]'' ([[Paul McCartney]]) *''[[Kiss of the Vampire (film)|Kiss of the Vampire]]'' (1970 TBS edition) (Carl Ravna ([[Barry Warren]])) *''[[The Magnificent Seven]]'' (1974 TV Asahi edition) (Chico ([[Horst Buchholz]]))<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.fukikaeru.com/?p=4142|title= 飯森盛良のふきカエ考古学|accessdate= October 14, 2020|work= Fukikaeru|archive-date= December 3, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211203061813/https://www.fukikaeru.com/?p=4142|url-status= live}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.aoni.co.jp/search/inoue-makio.html Official agency profile] {{in lang|ja}} *[https://officespro.wixsite.com/spro/inouemaquio Inoue Maquio Official WEB] {{in lang|ja}} *{{anime News Network|people|2379}} *{{IMDb name|0409296}} *{{jmdb name|0034590|Makio Inoue}}
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