Toshiyuki Morikawa

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Toshiyuki Morikawa (2011)

Toshiyuki Morikawa ( Japanese 森川 智 之 , Morikawa Toshiyuki , born January 26, 1967 in Kanagawa Prefecture , Japan ) is a Japanese voice actor ( seiyū ) and singer . He heads the Axl One agency .

His best known roles include Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII , Shagia Frost from Gundam X , Griffith from Berserk , Naraku from Inu Yasha and Conrad Weller from Kyo kara Maoh! . He is the Japanese dubbing voice of Ewan McGregor , Johnny Depp , Brad Pitt , Will Smith and other well-known actors.

biography

Morikawa is a graduate of the Katsuta Seiyū School ( 勝 田 声優 学院 ) in Tokyo, which also produced other well-known Seiyū, such as Tomokazu Seki , Katsuyuki Konishi and Daisuke Hirakawa . He also works there as a lecturer.

Together with Fumihiko Tachiki he forms the seiyū group 2Hearts . It was formed while recording the character song Yume no Ariga , a duet in the roles of Victor (Tachiki) and Ernst (Morikawa) for the Angelique series. Since 2004 they have been releasing singles and albums, and performing at live concerts.

In addition to 2Hearts, Morikawa is also the singer of the band Black Velvet , which is also composed of Kazuya (guitar), Pros (electric bass), ita-shin (keyboard), Kadoshun (か ど し ゅ ん) (drums) and tadd (DJ, background voice) ) consists. He himself appears under his first name Toshiyuki. The band made their debut with the maxi single I silent… , which was released in March 2009.

Axl One

Morikawa, who was previously under contract with Arts Vision, founded the agency Axl One on April 1, 2011. On the same day, Jun Fukuyama moved from Production Baobab to Morikawa's agency.

In addition to management, Axl One also deals with the training of seiyu and actors.

Roles (selection)

Anime

Foreign productions

radio play

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 勝 田 声優 学院 講師 紹 介 (Katsuta Seiyū School - introduction of the teachers). Archived from the original on June 4, 2013 ; Retrieved July 24, 2016 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ 2Hearts Official Website. Retrieved May 26, 2009 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ Black Velvet Official Website. Retrieved May 26, 2009 (Japanese).
  4. ↑ Moriberu Blog. Retrieved April 8, 2011 (Japanese).
  5. ↑ Axl One. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 4, 2011 ; Retrieved April 8, 2011 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.axl-one.com
personal data
SURNAME Morikawa, Toshiyuki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 森川 智 之 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese voice actor (seiyū) and singer
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Kanagawa Prefecture , Japan