FrameThrower · Actors · Kappei Yamaguchi
Kappei Yamaguchi
3 films · 405 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1989–2022
Born 23 May 1965 · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
Mitsuo Yamaguchi (山口 光雄, Yamaguchi Mitsuo), better known by his stage name of Kappei Yamaguchi (山口 勝平, Yamaguchi Kappei) is a Japanese voice actor and actor from Fukuoka, affiliated with Gokū and 21st Century Fox. He is best known for the roles of Ranma Saotome (Ranma ½), Jackson Neil (Miracle Girls), Tombo (Kiki's Delivery Service), Yattaro (Kyattou Ninden Teyandee), InuYasha (InuYasha), Ryuichi Sakuma (Gravitation), L (Death Note), Usopp (One Piece), Hideyoshi (Law of Ueki), and Kaito Kid and Shinichi Kudo (Case Closed).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 405 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1989–2022
- Kei Tomiyama Award2019
How their films are shot
Measured across 405 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Kappei takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 43% of their frames are day, 51% natural — the look of the work Kappei takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 405 frames from Kappei Yamaguchi's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.