Yasuo Yamada was a Japanese actor voice actor and narrator born in Tokyo Japan Yamada left the faculty of literature of Waseda University and performed in many stage radio and television productions His most famous role was the voice of Arsène Lupin III from the Lupin the Third series starting in 1971 and ending in 1995 He also provided the Japanese dubbed voice for Clint Eastwood and JeanPaul Belmondo At the age of 62 Yasuo Yamada died of a brain hemorrhage Since Yasuos death Kanichi Kurita has taken over the role of Lupin the Third