Kanichi Kurita (Japanese: 栗田 貫一 Hepburn: Kurita Kan'ichi, born March 3, 1958) is a Japanese voice actor and comedian. His most famous role is as the titular character of the anime series Lupin the Third. He inherited the role from Yasuo Yamada after the latter's death in 1995, and his first role as Lupin was in the theatrical film Farewell to Nostradamus. Description above provided from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.