Kenichi Suzumura
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Kenichi Suzumura | |
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鈴村 健一 | |
Born | Niigata Prefecture, Japan | September 12, 1974
Other names | Suzu, Muraken, Suzuken |
Occupation(s) | Voice actor, singer-songwriter |
Years active | 1994-present |
Employer(s) | Arts Vision Intention (May 1, 2012) |
Notable credit(s) | Hikaru Hitachiin in Ouran High School Host Club, Momotaro Mikoshiba in Free!, Shinn Asuka in Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, Hijirikawa Masato in Uta no Prince-sama |
Spouse | Maaya Sakamoto (2011-present) |
Website | intention-k |
Kenichi Suzumura (鈴村 健一, Suzumura Ken'ichi, born September 12, 1974) is a Japanese voice actor and singer who was raised in Osaka Prefecture. He voiced Morley in Macross 7, Hikaru Hitachiin in Ouran High School Host Club, Momotaro Mikoshiba in Free!, Shinn Asuka in Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, Leo Stenbuck in Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner, Sougo Okita in Gin Tama, Lavi in D.Gray-man, and Ryutaros in 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 part of the group Nazo no Shin Unit Starmen (謎の新ユニットSTA☆MEN) with Junichi Suwabe, Daisuke Kishio, Hiroki Takahashi, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Makoto Yasumura, and Kosuke Toriumi. He is married to fellow voice actress Maaya Sakamoto.[1]
Voice roles
TV anime
- Accel World (Ash Roller)
- Air Gear OVA (Sora Takeuchi)
- Amatsuki (Ginshu)[2]
- Aquarion Evol (Cayenne Suzushiro)
- Ashita no Nadja (Leonardo Cardinale)
- Astro Boy (Yukio Nishino)
- Atashin'chi (Mizushima)
- Avenger (Teo)
- Babel II (Kōichi Kamiya)
- Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! Max (Sakyō Majima)
- Beyblade (Fuji, Steve, Bartholomew)
- Birdy the Mighty Decode (Satyajit Shyamalan)
- Black Butler II (Demon Triplets: Thompson, Timber, and Canterbury)
- Bokurano (Kai Hata)
- Boys Be... (Kyōichi Kanzaki)
- Brothers Conflict (Tsubaki Asahina)
- Bucky - The Incredible Kid (Might, Ranmaru)
- Bus Gamer (Toki Mishiba)
- Captain Earth (Amara)
- Captain Tsubasa (Road to 2002) (Genzō Wakabayashi)
- Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran (Chief brewer)
- Chibi Maruko-chan (Yamaguchi)
- Close the Last Door (Nagai Atsushi)
- Code:Breaker (Toki)
- Coppelion (Haruto Kurosawa)
- Crayon Shin-chan (Naoki)
- Cromartie High School (Makio Tanaka)
- D.Gray-man (Lavi)
- Daily Lives of High School Boys (Yoshitake Tanaka)
- Danna ga Nani o Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken (Hajime)
- Descendants of Darkness (Yamashita)
- Detective School Q (Kamiuchi)
- Digimon Frontier (Koichi Kimura, Duskmon, JagerLoewemon, Velgemon)
- Divergence Eve (Nodera, Lieutenant Azevedo, Operator)
- Donten ni Warau (Abe no Hirari)
- Dragon Drive (Hikaru)
- Fairy Tail (Rogue Cheney)
- Free! (Momotaro Mikoshiba)
- Fresh Pretty Cure! (Soular)
- Gad Guard (Hajiki Sanada)
- Gakuen Alice (Reo Mouri)[3]
- Gakuen Heaven (Taki Shunsuke)
- Galaxy Angel (Minister's secretary Katō)
- Gals! (Yūya Asō)
- Gear Fighter Dendoh (Subaru)
- Gintama (Sōgo Okita)
- Gokusen (Shin Sawada)
- Gravion Zwei (Eiji Shigure)
- Gravion (Eiji Shigure)
- Gundam Seed Destiny (Shinn Asuka)
- Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora (Yūichi Ezaki)
- Hikaru no Go (Shin'ichirō Isumi)
- Hiyokoi (Yuushin Hirose)
- Hungry Heart: Wild Striker (Yūki Kagami, Yūya Kiba)
- Ichigo 100% (Junpei Manaka)
- Imagin Anime (Ryutaros)
- Jyūshin Enbu - Hero Tales (Taitō)
- Kaichou wa Maid-sama! (Igarashi Tora, Team Ayuzawa)
- Kaikan Phrase (Atsuro Kiryuu)
- Kami-sama no Memo-chō (Hirasaka Renji)
- Kaleido Star (Dio)
- Kemono no Souja (Iaru)
- Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate (Yakumo Mōri)
- Kokoro Library (Aigame)
- Kujibiki Unbalance (Mugio Rokuhara)
- Kuroko's Basketball (Atsushi Murasakibara)
- Kyōsōgiga (Yakushimaru)
- Macross 7 (Morley) (debut)
- Macross Zero (Shin Kudo)
- Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (Koubun Ka)
- Mahou Sensou (Ida Kazumi)
- Mizuiro Jidai (Haruhiko Shibasaki)
- Nazca (Kyoji Miura/Bilka)
- Nanaka 6/17 (Nenji Nagihara)
- Naruto Shippuden (Utakata, Chōmei)
- Nintama Rantarou (Seihachi)
- Noein (Atori)
- Ouran High School Host Club (Hikaru Hitachiin)
- PaRappa Rappa (Matt)
- Peach Girl (Kairi Okayasu)
- Please Twins! (Kōsei Shimazaki)
- Pokémon Advanced Generation (Kachinuki Ryūhei)
- Pokémon (Hisashi, Saiga, Chīko)
- Popotan (Daichi [adult])
- Saint Beast (Fuga no Maya)
- Sensitive Pornograph (Seiji Yamada)
- Shōnen Onmyōji (Suzaku)
- Slap Up Party Arad Senki (Cabensis)
- Soul Eater (Kilik Lunge)
- Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (Daisuke Shima)
- Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna (Ayumu Narumi)
- Star Driver (Tsukihiko Bou)
- Starry☆Sky~in Winter~ (Tsubasa Amaha)
- Steam Detectives (Laborer, Narutaki)
- The Twelve Kingdoms (Rakushun)
- Tokko (Ranmaru Shindo)
- Trinity Blood (Dietrich von Lohengrin)
- Tsukihime, Lunar Legend (Shiki Tohno)
- UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie (Kazuto Tokino)
- Umineko no Naku Koro ni (George Ushiromiya)
- Usagi-chan de Cue!! (Haru Matogi)
- Uta no Prince-sama (Hijirikawa Masato)
- Witchblade (Hiroki Segawa)
- Wangan Midnight (Keiichiro Aizawa)
- X (Kamui Shirō)
- Yumekui Merry (Ryōta Ijima)
- Zetman (Hayami)
- Zombie-Loan (Chika Akatsuki)
- Mirror Ring OVA (Locke the Superman)
Drama CDs
- Aisaresugite Kodoku series 1: Aisaresugite Kodoku as Chihiro Oozawa
- Aisaresugite Kodoku series 2: Itoshisugita Shifuku as Chihiro Oozawa
- Aka no Shinmon as Wataru Kurumiya
- Akuma no Himitsu as Priest
- Amai Tsumi no Kakera as Tomoyuki Tachibana
- Amatsuki as Ginshu
- Ambassador wa Yoru ni Sasayaku as Ikuo Mori
- Balettstar as Endō Akira
- Bara no Sabaku as Kai Toujou
- Bus Gamer as Mishiba Toki
- Cafe Latte Rhapsody as Hajime Serizawa
- Cherry Boy Sakuzen as Matsuoka Akira
- Close the Last Door as Nagai Atsushi
- Closet de Ubaitai as Natsuki Yamaguchi
- Denkou Sekka Boys as Nanao Ogasagawa
- D.N.Angel Wink Series as Keiji Saga
- Gundam Seed Destiny as Shinn Asuka
- Dolls as Shouta Mikoshiba
- Eigoku Yoidan as Yuri Fordum
- Endou-kun no Kansetsu Nikki as Kanzaki
- Fruits Basket as Kakeru Manabe
- Fusatsugi as Tokura Hijiri, Kidōmaru, Shiten Hōji
- Gate as Minamiyama Shigeru
- Genso Suikoden as Tir McDohl
- Gin Tama as Okita Sougo
- Hana to Akuma as Klaus
- Hanayoi Romanesque as Hōshō Sumire
- Himitsu no Kateikyoushi as Takafumi Inoue
- Hitorijime Theory as Tachibana
- Into Your Heart through the Door as Nagai Atsushi
- Iro Otoko as Suou Ishikawa
- Iro Otoko: Kyodai Hen as Suo Ishikawa
- Kimi to Boku as Tsukahara Kaname
- Kiraini Naranai dene as Taishi Kishima
- Mayonaka ni Oai Shimashou as Kon Kaidouji
- Me & My Brothers as Tsuyoshi Miyashita
- Milk Crown no Tameiki as Nozomi Yukishita
- Mix Mix Chocolate as Mera Osaka
- Munasawagi series as Hazuki Nishio
- Nessa no Ou as Yoshiya
- Only the Ring Finger Knows as Fujii Wataru
- Ouran High School Host Club as Hikaru Hitachiin, Kaoru Hitachiin
- Ourin Gakuen series 3: Sekushi Boizu de Sasayaide as Ryou Hourenge
- Parfait Tic! as Daiya Shinpo
- Renai à la Carte! as Shogo Izumi
- Renai Trap as Tsuji Shinobu
- Saint Beast as Fuga no Maya
- Sakurazawa vs Hakuhou series 2: Houkengo no Nayameru Kankei (Kazuhiro Okamoto)
- Shiro Ari as Alice
- Saredo Futeki na Yatsura as Wataru Nakahara
- Sekai no Subete ga Teki Datoshitemo as Chihiro Monma
- Shiawase ni Dekiru series 1, 2 & 5 as Tamotsu Kagami
- Shōnen Bride as Matsūra Shinobu
- Shōnen Onmyōji as Suzaku
- Special A as Kei Takishima
- Tenki Yohou no Koibito as Amasawa Chitose
- Toriko ni Saseru Kisu wo Shiyou as Touya Sugisaki
- Tokyo Junk 2 as You Yoshikawa
- Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun as Haru Yoshida
- Trap series 1: Renai Trap as Shinobu Tsujii
- Wagamama Prisoner as Makoto Ikusawa
- Wagamama Prisoner/My Master is My Classmate section as Ryou Asakura
- Yasashikute Toge ga Aru as Ryou Asakura
- Yuiga Dokuson na Otoko as Kyouya Ikuura
- Yurigaoka Gakuen series 2: Kimidake no Prince ni Naritai (Kureha Yanase)
- Yuuwaku Recipe as Ueda
- Zombie Loan as Akatsuki Chika
Other roles
- Sho Minazuki in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
- Zack Fair in Last Order: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep
- Gippal in Final Fantasy X-2
- Demyx in Kingdom Hearts series
- Leo Stenbuck in Anubis: Zone of the Enders
- Darc in Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
- Rudy Roughnight in Wild Arms: Alter Code F (Japanese version only)
- Senel Coolidge in Tales of Legendia
- Shin Kudo in Macross Zero
- Claude Rhan in R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate
- Taki Shunsuke in the Gakuen Heaven: Yaoi Scramble PC Game
- Hariya Kounoshin in Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss
- Naoto Tsukioka in Gigantic Drive
- Might in Silver Chaos : Yaoi RPG PC Game
- Mighty in Thomas and Friends
- Saisho Hajime in Sora no Iro, Mizu no Iro : (H-Anime series)
- Shinn Asuka, Eiji Shigure in Super Robot Wars Z
- Shinn Asuka and Shin Kudo in Super Robot Wars Scramble Commander the 2nd and Another Century's Episode: R
- Simon Belmont in Castlevania Judgment
- Kokutou Mikiya in Kara no Kyoukai series
- Ren Kurenai and other male characters in SHORT PEACE: Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day
- Ryutaros/Kamen Rider Den-O Gun Form, Gecko Imagin (ep. 40) in Kamen Rider Den-O, Kamen Rider Decade, OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders, Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes (as Den-O Gun and Super Climax Forms), and Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen
- Soccer Player in Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World
- Kamen Rider X in Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
- Garagaranda in Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker and OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders
- Amaha Tsubasa in Starry☆Sky~in Winter~
- Alvaro Garay in Wand of Fortune PS2/PSP
- Ruttz Alenius in Nora to Toki no Kōbō: Kiri no Mori no Majo
- Jack in Final Fantasy Type-0
- Elsword in Elsword
- Wataru in Bloody Call
- Zeonsilt in Growlanser VI: Precarious World (PlayStation 2)
- Filmloid in Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
- Utakata in Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 (PlayStation 3)
- Tsubaki Asahina in Brothers Conflict: Passion Pink (PSP)
- Ripper in XBlaze Code: Embryo
- Kamen Rider Black RX in Heisei Riders vs. Shōwa Riders: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai
- Kamen Rider Fourze in Heisei Riders vs. Shōwa Riders: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai
- Yamaarashi-Roid in Heisei Riders vs. Shōwa Riders: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai
Nominations and awards
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2007:
- "Synergy Award" (Kamen Rider Den-O, together with Toshihiko Seki, Koji Yusa and Masaki Terasoma) - 1st Seiyu Awards (won)
- "Best Actor in supporting role" - 1st Seiyu Awards
- "Best Radio Personality" - 1st Seiyu Awards
2008:
- "Best Radio Personality" - 2nd Seiyu Awards (won)
2012:
- "Best Musical Performance" (Uta no Prince-sama - St☆rish, together with Mamoru Miyano, Takuma Terashima, Junichi Suwabe, Hiro Shimono and Kishou Taniyama) - 6th Seiyu Awards (won)[4]
A national survey on the popularity of voice actors conducted in March 2010 revealed Suzumura and Miyano Mamoru as the most famous voice actor.[5] In the following year, 2011, TBS Rank Oukoku (TBS ランク王国) listed Suzumura as 3rd of the five most popular voice actors.[6]
Music
In addition to performing many different character songs in his voice acting career, Suzumura has become a singer signed on the Lantis label. As a solo artist he writes all his songs. In his debut year 2008, Suzumura also became one of the main hosts of the annual live music event Original Entertainment Paradise (OrePara), together with the other Lantis-artists Showtaro Morikubo, Daisuke Ono, and Mitsuo Iwata.[7]
In January, 2010, he gave his first solo concert tour in Osaka (January 10), Nagoya (January 11), Yokohama (January 23) and Tokyo (January 30).[8] His second live tour, in 2011, was held in the same stops excluding Nagoya (Osaka (April 9), Tokyo (April 17) and Yokohama (May 1)). Part of the proceeds resulting from this concert was donated to help the victims of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Because of the power shortage the concert was arranged simple to save power and Suzumura performed all songs in acoustic versions.Cite error: The <ref>
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In 2012, a poll on singing ability placed Suzumura as the third best voice actor singer, behind Kishō Taniyama (1st) and Mamoru Miyano (2nd).[9]
Singles
Release date | Title | Notes | Chart position |
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October 8, 2008 | "Intention" | Debut single | 14 |
February 4, 2009 | "Atarashii Neiro" | 13 | |
June 24, 2009 | "Mitochondria" | 20 | |
January 27, 2010 | "And Becoming" | Special release | 23 |
July 7, 2010 | "In my Space" | 23 | |
November 24, 2010 | "Tsuki to Sutobu" | 36 | |
August 24, 2011 | "Asunaro" | Ending theme song of the anime Heaven's Memo Pad | 20 |
May 16, 2012 | "Messenger" | 24 | |
October 17, 2012 | "Shiroi Karasu" | Ending theme song of the anime Code:Breaker | 16 |
Albums
Release date | Album | Notes | Chart position |
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October 7, 2009 | Becoming | 14 | |
March 9, 2011 | Chronicle to the Future | 21 | |
August 22, 2012 | Go | Mini-album | 20 |
May 15, 2014 | Vessel |
Connect
Since 2009, Suzumura is part of the first Kiramune-unit, Connect, with Mitsuo Iwata. They occasionally release singles and albums and participate the annual concert Kiramune Music Festival.[10]
Release date | Title | Chart position | Notes |
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April 24, 2009 | Connect | 1st album | |
February 24, 2010 | "Fighting Spirits" | 23 | 1st single |
September 29, 2010 | Rasterizer | Mini-album | |
March 7, 2012 | Jusensha Men | Mini-album | |
January 30, 2013 | Connect no Tanoshii Ongaku | Mini-album |
Other non-anime related releases
Release date | Title | Notes |
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October 22, 2003[11] | "Shizumanai Taiyō" | Collaboration single with Takahiro Sakurai (as R-16) |
March 26, 2004[12] | "Separate Way" | Collaboration single with Takahiro Sakurai (as R-16) |
December 17, 2005[13] | Box Universe | Mini Album |
February 29, 2012[14] | Kizuna: Go-Busters! | Single of Stamen, ending theme for Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters |
References
- ^ "みなさまにご報告させていただきます" (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ "Official Amatsuki site - キャスト·スタッフ (Cast·Staff)". amatsuki.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ "Staff&Cast" (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ "kakou no jushousha no ichiran" (in Japanese). Seiyu Awards. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ "seiyuu no nichiritsu" (in Japanese). Do House Inc. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ "ninki seiyuu rankingu" (in Japanese). Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ "Original Entertainment Enterprise" (in Japanese). Lantis. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ "Ken'ichi Suzumura 1st Live Tour 2010 "Becoming"" (in Japanese). Lantis. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
- ^ "Your opinion of the male seiyuu singer ability" (in Japanese). GMO Mobile inc. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ "Kiramune Official Site Connect" (in Japanese). Kiramune Project. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
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External links
- Kenichi Suzumura at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Profile at Arts Vision Template:Ja icon
- Intention Kenichi Suzumura's own talent agency Template:Ja icon