Kenichi Suzumura

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鈴村 健一
Suzumura Ken'ichi
Born September 12, 1974 (1974-09-12) (age 35)
Niigata, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Other name(s) Suzu, Muraken, Suzuken
Occupation Voice Actor, Singer
Official website

Kenichi Suzumura (鈴村 健一 Suzumura Ken'ichi?, born September 12, 1974) is a voice actor from Niigata, Osaka Prefecture. He is currently affiliated with Arts Vision. He made his television animation debut on Macross 7 in 1994. He is most known for the roles of Hikaru Hitachiin from Ouran High School Host Club, Shinn Asuka from Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, Sogo Okita from Gintama, Lavi from D.Gray-Man, and Ryutaros from Kamen Rider Den-O. He is called Suzu and Muraken by Soichiro Hoshi and his fans and Suzuken by other voice actors and fans. He is currently part of the group STA MEN alongside Junichi Suwabe, Daisuke Kishio, Hiroki Takahashi, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Makoto Yasumura, and Kosuke Toriumi.

Contents

[edit] Voice roles

Leading roles in bold

[edit] Television animation

[edit] Drama CDs

[edit] Other roles


[edit] Nominations & Awards

  • 2008:
  1. "Best Radio Personality" - 2nd Seiyu Awards (won)
  • 2007:
  1. "Best Actor in supporting role" - 1st Seiyu Awards
  2. "Best Radio Personality" - 1st Seiyu Awards

[edit] CDs

In addition to performing many different character songs in his seiyuu career Suzumura has recently become a singer signed under the Lantis label below are his current non-character song releases

Release Date Album Catalog Number Chart Position Notes
October 22, 2003 [1] "Shizumanai Taiyou" Collaboration single with Takahiro Sakurai (as R-16)
March 26, 2004 [2] "Separate Way" Collaboration single with Takahiro Sakurai (as R-16)
December 17, 2005 [3] "BOX UNIVERSE" Mini Album
October 8, 2008 "INTENTION" LACM-4518 14 Debut Single
February 4, 2009 "Atarashii Neiro" LACM-4569 13 Single
April 24, 2009 "CONNECT" BCCD-1 Collaboration album with Mitsuo Iwata
June 24, 2009 "Mitochondria" LACM-4627 20 Single
October 7, 2009 Becoming LACA-35968 1st Album

[edit] Trivia

 Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (April 2009)
  • He has worked with Takahiro Sakurai on various occasions, in the animations and BL Drama CDs. Currently, they host a radio show together with Miyu Matsuki called Cherry Bell. He is also a friend of seiyū Hiroki Takahashi.
  • His younger brother, Masaki Suzumura works in film production and has been featured with Kenichi Suzumura several times on seiyu radio shows, such as Cherry Bell. Many fans were surprised as his voice was very similar to Kenichi Suzumura's but a little higher in pitch.
  • Suzumura is excellent at cooking. He was going to get a license to become a chef before he went along to a seiyu audition, for which he unexpectedly got picked.
  • He loves the ice cream 'pino'.
  • He has been brought up moving constantly to different areas of Japan. During his childhood years he has lived in Niigata, Osaka, Okayama, Fukuoka and other areas. He admits his Kansai-ben is not perfect, but still uses it heavily in normal speech.
  • He has two dogs, Ivy and Momo. He frequently orders clothes for them on the internet.
  • In December 2003, Suzumura cycled a distance of about 200 km from Nagoya to Osaka in 24 hours 30 minutes approximately (including time for sleep, rest, eating) with Radio Osaka. The moment he arrived was broadcast live on radio.
  • He made a guest appearance in ghostnote's PV of the song '櫻道' (sakuramichi) in 2009.

[edit] External links

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