| Jōji Yanami | |
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| Nationality | Japanese |
| Birthplace | Tokyo, Japan |
| Birthday | August 30, 1931 |
| Age | 85 |
| Alias | Shigemitsu Shirato (白土 繁満, Shirato Shigemitsu) |
| Professional Status | |
| Occupation | Voice acter |
| Companies | Aoni Production |
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Jōji Yanami (八奈見 乗児, Yanami Jōji) is a Japanese voice actor who is affiliated with Aoni Production. He is best known from providing the original voice of the Narrator, as well as North Kaiō, but also provided the roles of Brief and Babidi. He also also appeared in numerous other anime, providing the voices for characters like Tōtōsai from InuYasha, Dr. Bali Bali from Astro Boy, among others.
Due to medical reasons, Jōji took leave from Dragon Ball Super for an indefinite amount of time, and his role as Narrator and North Kaiō were passed onto Naoki Tatsuta.