The Dubbing Database
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きかんしゃトーマス is the Japanese dub of Thomas & Friends. This dub of the show has had individual voice actors starting from the very first episode, additionally making it the first Thomas & Friends media to use an individual voice cast.

Nearly all of the songs associated with the original Thomas & Friends series were dubbed into Japanese, and a few extra songs made exclusively for the Japanese audience were produced as well, such as ぼくはきかんしゃトーマス.

Due to the popularity of Thomas & Friends in Japan, many other products, such as video games and merchandise, were also produced exclusively for the Japanese market. This went as far as an exclusive special episode titled きかんしゃトーマスとイギリスのたび being produced for Japan, with specially shot footage seen nowhere else.

Cast[]

Series 1-8[]

Character Actor
Thomas (Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
トーマス
Keiko Toda
戸田恵子
Edward (Model Series) (Thomas & Friends)
エドワード
Yasuhiro Takato
高戸靖広
Henry (Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
ヘンリー
Ryō Horikawa
堀川りょう
Gordon (Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
ゴードン
Kenji Utsumi
内海賢二
James (Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
ジェームス
Katsuji Mori
森功至
Percy (Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
パーシー
Chisato Nakajima
中島千里
Toby (Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
トビー
Yasuhiko Kawazu
川津泰彦
Emily (Model Series) (Thomas & Friends)
エミリー
Yuka Shioyama
塩山由佳
Narrator
Leo Morimoto
森本レオ

Series 9-24[]

Character Actor
Thomas (Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
Thomas (Thomas & Friends)
トーマス
Kumiko Higa
比嘉久美子
Edward (Model Series) (Thomas & Friends)
Edward (Thomas & Friends)
エドワード
Nozomu Sasaki
佐々木望
Henry (Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
Henry (Thomas & Friends)
ヘンリー
Jun'ichi Kanemaru
金丸淳一
Gordon (Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
Gordon (Thomas & Friends)
ゴードン
Kenta Miyake
三宅健太
James (Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
James (Thomas & Friends)
ジェームス
Masashi Ebara
江原正士
Percy (Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
Percy (Thomas & Friends)
パーシー
Chie Kōjiro
神代知衣
Toby (Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
Toby (Thomas & Friends)
トビー
Tomohiro Tsuboi
坪井智浩
Emily (Model Series) (Thomas & Friends)
Emily (Thomas & Friends)
エミリー
Erina Yamazaki
山崎依里奈
Nia (Thomas&Friends)
ニア
Yoshino Aoyama
青山吉能
Rebecca (Thomas & Friends)
レベッカ
Mari Uchiyama
内山茉莉
Narrator
Jon Kabira
ジョン・カビラ

Music[]

Song Singers
ぼくはきかんしゃトーマス Keiko Toda
Kōhei Miyauchi (original version)
Takeshi Aono (re-recorded version)

Trivia[]

  • It is unknown why the twelfth season was not aired, but it is believed that Japanese kids would be confused upon seeing the mixture of live-action with CGI, which is ironic considering the fact a handful of movies mixed with CGI and live-action have been released and redubbed for that country to appeal with Japanese audiences. However, "Heave Ho Thomas!", "Saved You!" and "Best Friends" have been shown at Thomas Land's 3D Theatre and "Excellent Emily", "Saved You!", "James Works it Out" and "Percy and the Bandstand" were released on Unaired Video Collection. However, The former two episodes have yet to be released to the Japanese public.
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