Kunihiro Kawamoto (河本 邦弘, born on 1st September 1975) is a Japanese voice actor who was affiliated with 81 Produce and provided voices in the Japanese dub of Thomas & Friends.
He is best known for voicing G1 Starscream from "Transformers: Robot Masters", Firefly from "The Batman" and "Batman: The Brave and the Bold", Minimus P.U. from "Atomic Betty", Zed from the 2003 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", Misumi Tsurugi from "Naruto", Breezy from "Jimmy Two-Shoes", Coldfront from Disney-Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur", and Lazlo from "Camp Lazlo". He also took over the role of Gopher in the "Kingdom Hearts" series following Mahito Tsujimura's death.
Voices
- Harvey (twentieth series only)
- Connor
- Axel
- The Small Mean Engine
- Dart
- Paxton (Blue Mountain Mystery - twenty-third series)
- Norman (The Great Race - twenty-third series)
- Ivan
- Fernando (Big World! Big Adventures! only)
- Stafford (All in Vain only)
- Rheneas (The Great Race only)
- Bert (The Great Race only)
- The Third Slip Coach
- Yin-Long
- Troublesome Trucks (Thomas Toots the Crows, Thomas the Quarry Engine, Missing Gator, Salty All At Sea, Den and Dart, The Other Side of the Mountain, Philip's Number, Big World! Big Adventures! and Crowning Around)
- Toad (eighteenth - twentieth series)
- Rocky
- Carter
- Cyril the Fogman (twenty-second series only)
- Mr. Bubbles (twenty-third series only)
- The Grumpy Passenger (Thomas the Babysitter)
- The Coaling Plant Manager (Calling All Engines!)
- The Dairy Manager (twentieth series only)
- The Tall Baker
- The Welsh Bird Watcher (Stuck in Gear)
- Some Barrow Football Players (Reds vs Blues)
- The Museum Manager
- The Great Railway Show Judge (The Great Race)
- Madeleine's Father
- The Grumpy Indian Stationmaster
- The Elephant Carer
- Thomas' driver (Big World! Big Adventures!, Kangaroo Christmas and The Inventor's Spectacular Bridge)
- Percy's driver (Letters to Santa)
- Stephen's driver (Slow Stephen)
- Gator's driver (Long Lost Friend)
- Ben's fireman (No Steam Without Coal)
- Emily's fireman (Stuck in Gear)
- Stephen's fireman (Slow Stephen)
- Bertie's driver (Unscheduled Stops)
- The Knapford stationmaster (Big World! Big Adventures!)
- The Wellsworth stationmaster (Old Reliable Edward)
- One of Sir Topham Hatt's Assistants (Percy and the Calliope)
- Some Signalmen (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, The Other Side of the Mountain, Letters to Santa and The Big Freeze)
- A Railway Inspector (Lost Property)
- Workmen (Thomas and the Emergency Cable)
- Some Rail Workers (Calling All Engines!, Gordon and Ferdinand, Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger, Marion and the Pipe and Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure)
- Some Dock Workers (Day of the Diesels, Too Many Fire Engines, Flatbeds of Fear and Stuck in Gear)
- Some Steamworks Workers (King of the Railway and Helping Hiro)
- Some Sodor Search and Rescue Center Workers (Rocky Rescue)
- Some Quarry Workers (Signals Crossed and Toby's New Friend)
- A Washdown Workman (All in Vain)
- A Dieselworks Worker (Springtime for Diesel)
- A Dryaw Station Workman (Letters to Santa)
- Some Knapford Station Workers (The Little Engine Who Raced Ahead and Big World! Big Adventures!)
- A Wellsworth Station Worker (Percy's Lucky Day)
- A Vicarstown Bridge Worker (Big World! Big Adventures!)
- A Policeman (Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure)
- Some Passengers (Calm Down Caitlin, Percy's Lucky Day, Thomas and the Emergency Cable, Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger, Last Train for Christmas, The Perfect Gift, Salty All At Sea, Reds vs Blues, Goodbye Fat Controller, Sidney Sings, Pouty James, The Railcar and the Coaches, Cautious Connor, Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks, Springtime for Diesel, Unscheduled Stops, The Big Freeze and Big World! Big Adventures!)
- A Chinese Man (The Water Wheel)
- Isla's Pilot (Cyclone Thomas)
- The Crowd (Grudge Match)
- Audience Members (Reds vs Blues)
- Knapford Station Speaker (Thomas the Babysitter, Wild Water Rescue, The Great Race, Sidney Sings, Toby's New Friend, Unscheduled Stops and Counting on Nia)
Songs
- I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside (performed)
- Will You Won't You (performed)
- Where in the World is Thomas? (performed)