Takehito Koyasu

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name = Takehito Koyasu
子安武人
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1967|5|5|mf=y
birth_place = Yokohama, Japan
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occupation = Seiyū
alias = Jūmonji Hayato
gender = Male
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children = one daughter, one son
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credits = "Tekkaman Blade"
as Shinya Aiba
"New Mobile Report Gundam Wing"
as Zechs Merquise
"Beast Wars"
as Optimus Primal
"Mobile Suit Gundam Seed"
as Mu La Flaga
"Sgt. Frog"
as Kururu
"Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo"
as Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
"Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro"
as Neuro
"GetBackers"
asJuubei Kakei
"King Of Fighters"
as Shingo Yabuki
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nihongo|Takehito Koyasu|子安武人 |Koyasu Takehito|born May 5, 1967 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan is a very popular and prolific seiyū (voice actor).

Career

According to the Anime News Network, as of April 2008, Koyasu is the most prolific seiyū in Japan with voice acting roles in over 345 anime series.cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?most_prolific=cast|title=Encyclopedia - [Most Prolific] Cast|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2008-01-23] He is also part of the seiyū quartet "Weiss" which also consists of Weiss Kreuz voice castmates Shinichiro Miki, Tomokazu Seki, and Yuuki Hiro. He used to work for Production Baobab.

Koyasu is known for his deep, smooth voice, which often lands him on roles that are either villains or lonely bishōnen. Occasionally, though (as in the cases of Mitsurugi Hanagata from "Saber Marionette J", Ryo Kuroyanagi from "Yakitate!! Japan", Bobobo-Bo-Bobobo, and Kei Itoshiki from "Zoku Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei") he voices lively characters. According to Hisaya Nakajo, the mangaka of the series "Hana-Kimi", the character of Masao Himejima was designed with Koyasu's voice in mind; the seiyū ended up voicing this character in the series' drama CDs. Intrestingly, both he and Charles Rolfe did the voice of Rezo the Red Priest in "Slayers" and the voice of A'sharda Kagewaki (after Daiki Nakamura) in "Ranma 1/2".

Koyasu is also the creator of the Weiß series, and has authored the manga "Weiß" Side B. In creating "Weiß Kreuz", Koyasu was inspired by an old Japanese series called "Sure Death".

Notable voice roles

Anime

*"Angel Links" (Warren)
*"Angel Sanctuary" (Sakuya Kira)
*"Angelique" (Olivie)
*"Argento Soma" (Dan Simmonds)
*"Arslan Senki" (Varnef)
*"Baccano!" (Luck Gandor)
*"Beast Wars" (Convoy)
*"Beyblade" (Balkov)
*"Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo" (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo)
*"Bleach" (Pesche Guatiche)
*"" (Adult Kojiro Hyuga)
*"DNA²" (Ryuji Sugashita)
*"Dragon Drive" (Rokkaku)
*"Excel Saga" (Il Palazzo)
*"" ()
*"Fire Emblem" (Navahl)
*"New Fist of the North Star" (Kenshiro)
*"Full Metal Panic!" (Zaidou)
*"Fullmetal Alchemist" (Lujon)
*"Fushigi Yūgi" (Hotohori)
*"Gad Guard" (Takenaka)
*"Gate Keepers" (Choutarou Banba)
*"Gestalt" (Father Oliver)
*"GetBackers" (Juubei Kakei)
*"Gintama" (Takasugi Shinsuke)
*"Gravitation" (Sakano)
*"Gungrave" (Balladbird Lee)
*"Hakushaku to Yōsei" (Kelpie)
*"Hell Girl" (Yoshiyuki Honjō)
*"Hellsing" (Luke Valentine)
*"" (Kanō Seisuke)
*"Initial D" (Ryosuke Takahashi)
*"InuYasha" (Gatenmaru)
*"Kagihime Monogatari Eikyū Alice Rondo" (Alternate L. Takion)
*"Kaleido Star" (Fool)
*"K.O. Century Beast Warriors" (Bud Mint)
*"Koutetsu Sangokushi" (Shoutatsuryou Koumei)
*"The Law of Ueki" (Li Ho)
*"Lemon Angel Project" (Shinya Himuro)
*"Loveless" (Ritsu Minami)
*"Macross 7" (Gamlin Kizaki)
*"Magic User's Club" (Ayanojyo Aburatsubo)
*"Mahoromatic" (Ryuuga Toh)
*"Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro" (Nougami Neuro)
*"Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo!" (Johan Deiter Rudiger)
*"Nazca" (Masanari Tate)
*"" (Nagi Springfield)
*"Majutsushi Orphen" (Flameheart)
*"Majutsushi Orphen Revenge" (Flamesoul)
*"Meine Liebe" (Isaac Cavendish)
*"Meine Liebe Wieder" (Isaac Cavendish)
*"Mobile Suit Gundam SEED" (Mu La Flaga)
*"Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny" (Mu La Flaga/Neo Roanoke)
*"Mobile Suit Gundam Wing" (Zechs Merquise)
*"The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok" (Mysterious Thief Freyr)
*"Myself; Yourself" (Syusuke Wakatsuki)
*"Neon Genesis Evangelion" (First Lieutenant Shigeru Aoba)
*"One Piece" (Admiral Aokiji)
*"Ouran High School Host Club" (Ryoji "Ranka" Fujioka)
*"Overman King Gainer" (Asuham Boone)
*"Papa to Kiss in the Dark" (Takayuki Utsunomiya)
*"Persona -trinity soul-" Ryō Kanzato
*"Planetes" (Yuri Mihairokoh)
*"Pocket Monsters" (Kosaburo)
*"Prétear" (Tanaka)
*"Ragnarok the Animation" (Keough)
*"Ranma ½" (Daisuke) (after Daiki Nakamura)
*"Red Garden" (Hervé Girardot)
*"Rosario + Vampire" (Narrator)
*"Saber Marionette J" (Mitsurugi Hanagata)
*"Saiunkoku Monogatari" (Sakujun Sa)
*"Saint Seiya" (Wyvern Rhadamanthys)
*"Sakura Wars" (Yūichi Kayama)
*"Samurai 7" (Ukyo, Amanushi)
*"Samurai Champloo" (Umanosuke)
*"Samurai Deeper Kyo" (Hatori Hanzo, Hotaru)
*"Seto no Hanayome" (Shark Fujishiro)
*"Sgt. Frog" (Kururu, Chibi Kuru)
*"Shaman King" (Faust VIII)
*"Slayers" (Rezo, Copy Rezo)
*"Soul Eater" (Excalibur)
*"Spider Riders" (Igneous)
*"Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shōganai!" (Yoru)
*"Shōjo Kakumei Utena" (Touga Kiryuu)
*"Spriggan" (Jean Jacquemonde)
*"Star Ocean EX" (Dias Flac)
*"" (Shu Shirakawa)
*"Tekkaman Blade" (Shinya Aiba/Tekkaman Evil)
*"Tenchi Muyo!" (Yosho)
*"The Twelve Kingdoms" (Keiki)
*"To Love-Ru" (Zastin)
*"Tokyo Babylon" (Seishirō Sakurazuka)
*"Toward the Terra" (Keith Anyan)
*"Turn A Gundam" (Gym Ghingham)
*"Twin Spica" (Lion-san)
*"Wedding Peach" (Sandora)
*"Weiß Kreuz" (Ran "Aya" Fujimiya)
*"Yakitate!! Japan" (Ryo Kuroyanagi)
*"Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters" (Pandora)
*"Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX" (Takuma Saiou)
*"Zetsuai 1989" (Izumi Takuto)
*"" (Radium Levans)

Games

*"" (Bruno Glening)
*"Ar tonelico II" (Alfman Uranous)
*"Battle Arena Toshinden" (Kayin Amoh)
*"Sengoku Basara" (Sarutobi Sasuke)
*"" (Mr. Rabbit, Fubuki)
*"" (Zechs Merquise)
*"Galerians" (Birdman)
*"" (Zion)
*"Guilty Gear" (Eddie)
*"Initial D Street Stage" (Ryosuke Takahashi)
*"The King of Fighters" (Shingo Yabuki)
*"Kingdom Hearts II" (Seifer Almasy)
*"" (Olivier Lenheim)
*"" (Gandrake)
*"Muv-Luv" (Takahashi Ichimonji, Naoya Sagiri)
*"Muv-Luv Alternative" (Takahashi Ichimonji, Naoya Sagiri)
*"" (Zetta)
*"NANA" (Takumi Ichinose)
*"Rockman DASH 2" (Glyde)
*"Persona 2" (Tatsuya Suou)
*"" (Nicolas/Nicolai Conrad)
*"Shining Force Neo" (Klein)
*"Super Robot Wars" (Shu Shirakawa)
*"Tales of the Abyss" (Jade Curtiss)
*"Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side" (Himuro Reiichi)
*"" (Lezard Valeth)
*"" (Lezard Valeth)

Drama CD

*"BALETTSTAR Tachibana Miyuki
*"Fushigi Yūgi Genbu Kaiden (Urumiya)
*"Hakushaku to Yōsei" (Kelpie)
*1999 "Hana to Yume" CD (Ayame Sohma)
*"Hanazakari no Kimitachi e" (Masao Himejima)
*"Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro" radio drama (Neuro Nougami)
*"Meine Liebe" (Isaac Cavendish)
*"Tales of the Abyss" (Jade Curtiss)
*"Vampire Knight" (Headmaster Cross)
*"Target in the Finder" (Asami Ryuichi)
*"Sex Pistols (Love Pistols)" (Madarame Yonekuni)
*"The King of Fighters" Drama CDs (Yabuki Shingo)
*"Suikoden" {Gremio}Samurai Gakuen (Hotaru)Onmyouden no Tobira (Hotaru)Pink na Chopin

References

External links

* [http://koyap.jugem.jp/ Takehito Koyasu Official Blog]
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