Metabee’s voice actor in Medabots is Junko Takeuchi in the Japanese version. In the English dub, Joseph Motiki voices Metabee.
For the original Japanese version of Medabots (Medarot), the main name attached to Metabee is Junko Takeuchi, a Japanese actress and voice actress widely known for voicing energetic boy characters. Metabee is one of the notable early roles in her career, and Takeuchi has publicly reflected that playing Metabee helped her develop the approach she later used for major protagonist roles.
Japanese Voice Actor: Junko Takeuchi
Date of Birth
April 5, 1972. Public biographical sources list Junko Takeuchi’s birth date as April 5, 1972.
About Junko
Junko Takeuchi is a Japanese actress and voice actress best known for voicing spirited young male leads. Public profiles describe her as a performer who frequently plays boys with quirky, high-energy personalities, which fits Metabee perfectly. Her broader career includes major franchise roles such as Naruto Uzumaki in Naruto, Gon Freecss in the 1999 Hunter × Hunter, Takuya Kanbara in Digimon Frontier, and Mamoru Endou in Inazuma Eleven.
Metabee is an especially important role in Takeuchi’s career history because she has said that Medarot helped her establish a method for playing this kind of character. Japanese biographical coverage quotes her saying that performing Metabee may have made it possible for her to later play Naruto, which gives Metabee real historical weight in her development as a voice actress.
Hometown
Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Public biographical sources list her birthplace as Saitama Prefecture.
Career Highlights
Junko Takeuchi’s most defining career highlight is Naruto Uzumaki, but Metabee remains one of her most important earlier signature roles. Public biographical sources list Metabee among her notable works, placing the character alongside several of the best-known boy leads in anime.
Her documented standout roles include:
- Metabee in Medabots / Medarot
- Naruto Uzumaki in Naruto
- Gon Freecss in the 1999 Hunter × Hunter
- Takuya Kanbara in Digimon Frontier
- Mamoru Endou in Inazuma Eleven and Inazuma Eleven GO
For Medabots fans specifically, Takeuchi is the core Japanese answer to the search query because cast listings for the TV series identify her as Metabee’s Japanese voice.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented, verifiable credits available in the public sources used for this article. Because I did not rely on a complete official master résumé page here, this should be treated as a documented-credit filmography, not a guaranteed exhaustive full career list.
Television anime
- 1997–1998 — Bakusō Kyōdai Let’s & Go!! WGP — Marcel (documented public credit)
- 1998–1999 — Hatsumei BOY Kanipan — Kanipan
- 1999–2001 — Medarot / Medabots — Metabee
- 1999–2001 — Hunter × Hunter (1999) — Gon Freecss
- 2002–2003 — Digimon Frontier — Takuya Kanbara
- 2002–2007 — Naruto — Naruto Uzumaki
- 2005–2006 — Yes! PreCure 5 era credits listed publicly — Rin Natsuki / Cure Rouge is listed among her notable roles in public bio summaries, though it is best known as a franchise role rather than one introduced in this article’s source set.
- 2008 onward — Inazuma Eleven franchise — Mamoru Endou
Games and related franchise work
- Medabots / Medarot franchise appearances — public franchise and cast references identify Takeuchi with Metabee as one of the defining voices of the property, though the specific game-by-game credits were not fully enumerated in the sources I used for this article.
Dubbing and other voice work
- Public biography sources also list Japanese-dub voice roles outside anime franchises, including MrBeast in the Japanese dub of MrBeast content and GingerBrave in the Japanese dub of Cookie Run: Kingdom. These are documented notable credits rather than a complete dub filmography.
Critical Reception
The strongest critical pattern around Junko Takeuchi is that she is widely recognized for her effectiveness as a boy-hero specialist. Public biographical summaries consistently foreground her as a performer associated with energetic, mischievous, and determined young male protagonists, and Metabee appears within that cluster as one of the earlier roles that helped define that reputation.
A particularly valuable retrospective point comes from Japanese biographical coverage quoting Takeuchi herself on Medarot: she said Metabee helped her establish a method for the type of performance she later brought to Naruto. That does not amount to a newspaper review, but it is a strong primary-source-style indicator of how important Metabee was within her own artistic development.
Copy-paste-friendly sources:
Behind The Voice Actors – Metabee in Medabots (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Medabots/Metabee/)
Behind The Voice Actors – Medabots cast (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Medabots/)
Junko Takeuchi – English Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junko_Takeuchi)
Junko Takeuchi – Japanese Wikipedia (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/竹内順子)
English Voice Actor: Joseph Motiki
Date of Birth
July 31, 1972. Public biographical sources list Joseph Motiki’s full birth date as July 31, 1972. IMDb and Behind The Voice Actors also identify Toronto, Ontario, Canada as his birthplace.
About Joseph
Joseph Motiki is a Canadian actor, voice actor, television host, and performer. Public biographies describe him as best known to many Canadian viewers for hosting The TVOKids Crawlspace and later Ice Cold Cash, while voice-acting databases also credit him with roles such as Metabee in Medabots, Rocky Canyon in Rescue Heroes, and Ryan in Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race.
For this specific query, Motiki is the main English-language answer for Metabee in the original English dub of Medabots. Behind The Voice Actors’ character page for Metabee lists Joseph Motiki as the English dub voice, and the main Medabots cast page also pairs Metabee with him.
His official site presents him as a long-running performer whose work spans hosting, acting, and voice performance, with current credits including Mr. E in Work It Out Wombats! and Mayor Joe in Miss Persona.
Hometown
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Public biography sources say Joseph Motiki was born in Toronto and grew up in East York.
Career Highlights
Joseph Motiki’s most search-relevant career highlight for anime fans is Metabee in Medabots, the performance most directly tied to his voice-acting profile on Behind The Voice Actors.
Beyond Medabots, his best-documented credits include:
- Rocky Canyon in Rescue Heroes
- Ryan in Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race
- Professor Rocket in Crashbox
- Mr. E in Work It Out Wombats! and Mayor Joe in Miss Persona, as noted on his official bio page.
A useful career detail is that Motiki came into voice acting after on-camera hosting work. Public biographies say he first became known through TVOntario youth programming before expanding into animation and live-action acting.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented credits from publicly accessible sources, especially Motiki’s official site, IMDb, and public biography pages. Because I did not locate a fully itemized official acting master list that cleanly separates every voice role from every hosting credit, this should be treated as a documented-credit filmography and may not be exhaustive.
Television
- 1994–1995 — What — Host
- 1995–1999 — The TVOKids Crawlspace — Host
- 1999 — Crashbox — Professor Rocket
- 1999–2000 — Medabots — Metabee (English voice)
- 1999–2002 — Rescue Heroes — Rocky Canyon
- 2000 — The 7th Portal — Ozubo Mondumo / Conjure Man
- 2002 — Reach for the Top — Host
- 2002 — POV Sports — Host
- 2012 — Ice Cold Cash — Host
- **2012 — Super Why! **— Additional voice (“Zora’s Art Adventure”)
- 2014 — Lucky Duck — Male dolphins
- 2014 — Marcus Level — Gorbar
- 2015 — Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race — Ryan
- 2016 — American Gothic — I.T. expert Marc Stone
- 2016 — Murdoch Mysteries — Colin Dunn
- 2016 — Atomic Puppet — Chief Kevlar
- 2016–2019 — Odd Squad — Mr. Lightning
- 2017 — People of Earth — Radiometer Operator
- 2017–2019 — Hotel Transylvania: The Series — Pedro / additional voices
- 2017–present — Top Wing — Oscar
- 2018 — Miss Persona — Mayor Joe
- 2019–2022 — Charlie’s Colorforms City — multiple voice roles
- 2020 — Coroner — Medic
- 2020 — Ollie’s Pack — voice role listed on public filmography pages
- 2020 — Corn & Peg — Handyhoof Hal
- 2020–2021 — Hero Elementary — Mr. Scoop
- 2020–2021 — Clifford the Big Red Dog — Mr. Morgan
- 2021 — PAW Patrol — Otis Goodway
- 2022 — Transformers: BotBots — Spud Muffin
- 2022–2023 — Rosie’s Rules — Calvin, Dennis, Trixie
- **2023 — Work It Out Wombats! **— Mr. E
- 2024 — Lyla in the Loop — Louis
Film
- 2003 — Rescue Heroes: The Movie — Rocky Canyon
- 2006 — Lie — Detective McCoy
- 2008 — Blindness — Guard
- 2008 — Phantom Punch — Announcer Trent Mays
- 2015 — Hellions — sound department / loop group
- 2019 — PAW Patrol: Ready Race Rescue — The Whoosh
- 2020 — PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue — Dad
- 2022 — Blue’s Big City Adventure — Adult Bird
Critical Reception
I did not find a large body of mainstream criticism focused specifically on Joseph Motiki’s performance as Metabee. The public record is much stronger on credit listings, biography, and fan-facing voice-actor databases than on formal reviews. What is clear is that Metabee is one of the signature roles most commonly attached to Motiki’s name, alongside Rocky Canyon and Ryan.
That matters because Metabee is one of the most recognizable characters in Medabots, and fan-oriented voice resources continue to surface Motiki first for the English version. There is also interview coverage focused specifically on him as “the man who brought to life Metabee,” which reflects sustained fan interest in that role even many years after the show’s original release.
Copy-paste-friendly sources:
Behind The Voice Actors – Metabee in Medabots (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Medabots/Metabee/)
Behind The Voice Actors – Joseph Motiki profile (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Joseph-Motiki/)
Joseph Motiki official website (https://www.joe4life.com/)
Joseph Motiki official bio page (https://www.joe4life.com/About-Us.html)
IMDb – Joseph Motiki (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0609356/)
Social Media
I could not verify any official social media accounts with enough certainty to present them in the required handle-plus-direct-URL format, so I’ve omitted that section.
