Kenichi Suzumura
Kenichi Suzumura | |
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Native name | 鈴村 健一 |
Born |
Niigata Prefecture, Japan | September 12, 1974
Occupation | Voice actor, singer-songwriter |
Years active | 1994–present |
Agent |
Arts Vision Intention (May 1, 2012) |
Spouse(s) | 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 is the head of INTENTION, a voice acting company he founded in March 2012.[1] He was raised in Osaka Prefecture. He voiced Morley in Macross 7, Hikaru Hitachiin in Ouran High School Host Club, Masato Hijirikawa in Uta no Prince-sama, Atsushi Murasakibara in Kuroko's Basketball, Momotaro Mikoshiba in Free!, Shinn Asuka in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, Leo Stenbuck in Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner, Sōgo 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.[2]
Filmography
Television animation
- 1994
- Macross 7 – Morley
- 1996
- Mizuiro Jidai – Shibasaki-kun
- 1997
- Revolutionary Girl Utena – Schoolboy
- 1998
- His and Her Circumstances – Cousin B
- Nazca – Kyoji Miura/Bilka
- Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! Max – Sakyou Majima
- Orphen – Sentry C
- Yoshimoto Muchikko Monogatari – Kuwabaramukade
- 1999
- Kaikan Phrase – Atsuro Kiryuu
- 2000
- Gear Fighter Dendoh – Subaru
- Boys Be... – Kyoichi Kanzaki
- Pokémon – Chiko, Hisashi, Saiga
- Descendants of Darkness – Yamashita
- 2001
- X – Kamui Shirou, Researcher 2
- Offside – Jean
- Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 – Genzo Wakabayashi
- Kokoro Library – Aigame/Kameya
- Super GALS! Kotobuki Ran – Yuya Asou
- Dennō Bōkenki Webdiver – Pegashion, Phoenikuon
- Babel II - Beyond Infinity – Koichi Kamiya/Babel II
- Beyblade – Bartholome, Fuji, Steve
- Parappa the Rapper – Matt
- Hikaru no Go – Shinichirou Isumi
- 2002
- Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi – New Bank Teller
- The Twelve Kingdoms – Rakushun
- Spiral – Ayumu Narumi
- Gravion – Eiji Shigure
- Digimon Frontier – Kouichi Kimura
- Dragon Drive – Hikaru Himuro
- Hungry Heart - Wild Striker – Yuuya Kiba
- UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie – Kazuto Tokino
- 2003
- Avenger – Teo
- Ashita no Nadja – Leonardo Cardinale
- Astro Boy: Mighty Atom – Yuko Nishino
- Please Twins! – Kousei Shimazaki
- Gad Guard – Hajiki Sanada
- Kaleido Star – Dio
- Cromartie High School – Masao Tanaka
- Tsukihime – Shiki Tohno
- Saint Beast – Fūga no Maya
- Divergence Eve – Co-pilot, Lieutenant Azevedo, Nodera, Operator, Researcher
- Tantei Gakuen Q – innai Takuma, Policeman
- Nanaka 6/17 – Kenji Nagihara
- Popotan – Adult Daichi
- Pokemon Advance – Kachinuki Ryouhei
- Massugu ni Ikou – Ijuuin Takeshi
- UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie 2: December Nocturne – Kazuto Tokino
- 2004
- Gakuen Alice – Reo Mouri
- Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny – Shinn Asuka
- The Gokusen – Shin Sawada
- Gravion Zwei – Eiji Shigure
- The Cosmopolitan Prayers – Black Prince: 'A' Side
- 2005
- Ichigo 100% – Junpei Manaka
- Trinity Blood – Dietrich von Lohengrin
- Noein - to your other self – Atori
- Peach Girl – Kairi Okayasu
- 2006
- Witchblade – Hiroki Segawa
- Ouran High School Host Club – Hikaru Hitachiin
- Gakuen Heaven – Shunsuke Taki
- Gin-iro no Olynssis – Consul
- Gintama' – Okita Sougo
- Shonen Onmyouji – Suzaku
- D.Gray-man – Lavi
- Tokko – Ranmaru Shindou
- Looking Up At The Half-Moon – Yuichi Ezaki
- 2007
- Hero Tales – Taitō
- Saint Beast: Kouin Jojishi Tenshi Tan – Fuge no Maya
- Zombie-Loan – Chika Akatsuki
- Bokurano – Hatagai
- Major – Hayato Yaginuma
- Wangan Midnight – Keiichiro Aizawa
- 2008
- Amatsuki – Ginshu
- Sgt. Frog – TV
- Soul Eater – Kilik Lunge
- Birdy the Mighty: Decode – Satyajit Shyamalan
- Bus Gamer – Toki Mishiba
- 2009
- Slap Up Party: Arad Senki – Kapenshisu
- Umineko no Naku Koro ni – George Ushiromiya
- The Beast Player Erin – Ial
- Fresh Pretty Cure – Soular
- 2010
- Iron Man – Sho
- Maid Sama! – Tora Igarashi
- Star Driver – Tsukihiko Bou/Stick Star
- Naruto Shippūden – Choumei, Utakata
- Battle Spirits: Brave – The Darkness Zazie
- 2011
- A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives – Hasga Entolio
- Uta no Prince-sama Maji LOVE 1000% (Season 1) , Masato Hijirikawa - ST★RISH
- Heaven's Memo Pad – Renji Hirasaka
- Tamayura - Hitotose – Sakaya
- Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!! – Takuya Morooka
- Dream Eater Merry – Ryōta Iijima
- You're Being Summoned, Azazel – Himoi
- 2012
- Aquarion Evol – Cayenne Suzushiro
- Accel World – Ash Roller
- Ixion Saga DT – Gustave
- Kuroko's Basketball – Atsushi Murasakibara
- Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate – Yakumo Mōri
- Code:Breaker – Toki/Code:04
- Sakamichi no Apollon – Muroi
- Shirokuma Café – Businessman
- Zetman – Hayami
- Daily Lives of High School Boys – Yoshitake
- Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse – Lord
- Natsuiro Kiseki – Kasai-sensei
- Fairy Tail – Rogue Cheney, Future Rogue Cheney
- Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic – Kōbun Ka
- 2013
- Uta no Prince-sama Maji LOVE 2000% (Season 2) , Masato Hijirikawa - ST★RISH
- Star Blazers 2199 – Daisuke Shima
- Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru – Takuya Sakagami
- Gaist Crusher – Cypher
- Kyousogiga – Myōe
- Coppelion – Haruto Kurosawa
- Senyu – Foifoi
- Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman – Magoichi Suzuki
- Brothers Conflict – Tsubaki
- Magi: The Kingdom of Magic – Kōbun Ka
- 2014
- Wake Up, Girls! – Tasuku Hayasaka
- Gundam Build Fighters Try – Wilfrid Kijima
- Captain Earth – Amara
- Soul Eater Not! – Kilik Lunge
- I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying – Hajime Tsunashi
- Laughing Under the Clouds – Abe no Hirari
- Free! Eternal Summer – Momotarou Mikoshiba
- Magical Warfare – Kazumi Ida
- Pokemon XY: Mega Evolution – Daigo/Steven Stone
- 2015
- Uta no Prince-sama Maji LOVE Revolutions (Season 3) , Masato Hijirikawa - ST★RISH
- Seraph of the End – Crowley Eusford
- Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya – Crowley Eusford
- Gintama° – Okita Sougo
- Kuroko's Basketball Season 3 – Atsushi Murasakibara
- I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying Season 2 – Hajime Tsunashi
- Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers – Hans Humpty
- Prison School – Shingo Wakamoto[3]
- Mr. Osomatsu – Iyami[4]
- Concrete Revolutio: Chōjin Gensō - Raito Shiba
- 2016
- Schwarzesmarken - Theodor Eberbach
- Ajin: Demi-Human - Sokabe (Eps.9)
Drama CDs
- Aisaresugite Kodoku series 1: Aisaresugite Kodoku – Chihiro Oozawa
- Aisaresugite Kodoku series 2: Itoshisugita Shifuku – Chihiro Oozawa
- Aka no Shinmon – Wataru Kurumiya
- Akuma no Himitsu – Priest
- Amai Tsumi no Kakera – Tomoyuki Tachibana
- Amatsuki – Ginshu
- Ambassador wa Yoru ni Sasayaku – Ikuo Mori
- Balettstar – Endō Akira
- Bara no Sabaku – Kai Toujou
- Bus Gamer – Mishiba Toki
- Cafe Latte Rhapsody – Hajime Serizawa
- Cherry Boy Sakuzen – Matsuoka Akira
- Close the Last Door – Nagai Atsushi
- Closet de Ubaitai – Natsuki Yamaguchi
- Denkou Sekka Boys – Nanao Ogasagawa
- D.N.Angel Wink Series – Keiji Saga
- Gundam Seed Destiny – Shinn Asuka
- Dolls – Shouta Mikoshiba
- Eigoku Yoidan – Yuri Fordum
- Endou-kun no Kansetsu Nikki – Kanzaki
- Fruits Basket – Kakeru Manabe
- Fusatsugi – Tokura Hijiri, Kidōmaru, Shiten Hōji
- Gate – Minamiyama Shigeru
- Genso Suikoden – Tir McDohl
- Gin Tama – Sōgo Okita
- Hana to Akuma – Klaus
- Hanayoi Romanesque – Hōshō Sumire
- Himitsu no Kateikyoushi – Takafumi Inoue
- Hitorijime Theory – Tachibana
- Into Your Heart through the Door – Nagai Atsushi
- Iro Otoko – Suou Ishikawa
- Iro Otoko: Kyodai Hen – Suo Ishikawa
- Kimi to Boku – Tsukahara Kaname
- Kiraini Naranai dene – Taishi Kishima
- Mayonaka ni Oai Shimashou – Kon Kaidouji
- Me & My Brothers – Tsuyoshi Miyashita
- Milk Crown no Tameiki – Nozomi Yukishita
- Mix Mix Chocolate – Mera Osaka
- Munasawagi series – Hazuki Nishio
- Nessa no Ou – Yoshiya
- Only the Ring Finger Knows – Fujii Wataru
- Ouran High School Host Club – Hikaru Hitachiin, Kaoru Hitachiin
- Ourin Gakuen series 3: Sekushi Boizu de Sasayaide – Ryou Hourenge
- Parfait Tic! – Daiya Shinpo
- Renai à la Carte! – Shogo Izumi
- Renai Trap – Tsuji Shinobu
- Saint Beast – Fuga no Maya
- Sakurazawa vs Hakuhou series 2: Houkengo no Nayameru Kankei– Kazuhiro Okamoto
- Shiro Ari – Alice
- Saredo Futeki na Yatsura – Wataru Nakahara
- Sekai no Subete ga Teki Datoshitemo – Chihiro Monma
- Shiawase ni Dekiru series 1, 2 & 5 – Tamotsu Kagami
- Shōnen Bride – Matsūra Shinobu
- Shōnen Onmyōji – Suzaku
- Special A – Kei Takishima
- Tenki Yohou no Koibito – Amasawa Chitose
- Toriko ni Saseru Kisu wo Shiyou – Touya Sugisaki
- Tokyo Junk 2 – You Yoshikawa
- Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun – Haru Yoshida
- Trap series 1: Renai Trap – Shinobu Tsujii
- Wagamama Prisoner – Makoto Ikusawa
- Wagamama Prisoner/My Master is My Classmate section – Ryou Asakura
- Yasashikute Toge ga Aru – Ryou Asakura
- Yuiga Dokuson na Otoko – Kyouya Ikuura
- Yurigaoka Gakuen series 2: Kimidake no Prince ni Naritai – Kureha Yanase
- Yuuwaku Recipe – Ueda
- Zombie Loan – Akatsuki Chika
Dubbing
- If I Stay – Adam Wilde (Jamie Blackley)
- Purple Noon (2016 Star Channel edition) – Philippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet)
Other roles
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – Sho Minazuki
- Last Order: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep – Zack Fair
- Final Fantasy X-2 – Gippal
- Kingdom Hearts series – Demyx
- Anubis: Zone of the Enders – Leo Stenbuck
- Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits – Darc
- Wild Arms: Alter Code F – Rudy Roughnight (Japanese version only)
- Tales of Legendia – Senel Coolidge
- Macross Zero – Shin Kudo
- R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate – Claude Rhan
- Gakuen Heaven (Yaoi Scramble PC Game) – Taki Shunsuke
- Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss – Hariya Kounoshin
- Gigantic Drive – Naoto Tsukioka
- Silver Chaos (Yaoi RPG PC Game) – Might
- Thomas and Friends – Mighty
- Sora no Iro, Mizu no Iro (H-Anime series) – Saisho Hajime
- Super Robot Wars Z – Shinn Asuka, Eiji Shigure
- Super Robot Wars Scramble Commander the 2nd and Another Century's Episode: R – Shinn Asuka, Shin Kudo
- Castlevania Judgment – Simon Belmont
- Kara no Kyoukai series – Kokutou Mikiya
- nopenope-Man: Shattered Dimensions (Ultimate nopenope-Man)
- and other male charactersSHORT PEACE: Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day – Ren Kurenai
- 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 – Ryutaros/Kamen Rider Den-O Gun Form, Gecko Imagin (ep. 40)
- Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castlethe Demon World – Soccer Player
- Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker – Kamen Rider X
- Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker and OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders – Garagaranda
- Starry☆Sky~in Winter~ – Amaha Tsubasa
- Wand of Fortune PS2/PSP – Alvaro Garay
- Nora to Toki no Kōbō: Kiri no Mori no Majo – Ruttz Alenius
- Final Fantasy Type-0 – Jack
- Final Fantasy Type-0 HD – Jack
- Elsword – Elsword
- Bloody Call – Wataru
- Growlanser VI: Precarious World (PlayStation 2) – Zeonsilt
- Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters – Filmloid
- Nayuta no Kiseki – Signa Alhazan
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 (PlayStation 3) – Utakata
- Brothers Conflict: Passion Pink – Tsubaki Asahina
- Uta no Prince-sama, Masato Hijirikawa
- Uta no Prince-sama Repeat, Masato Hijirikawa
- Uta no Prince-sama Amazing Aria, Masato Hijirikawa
- Uta no Prince-sama Sweet Serenade, Masato Hijirikawa
- Uta no Prince-sama Debut, Masato Hijirikawa
- Uta no Prince-sama Music, Masato Hijirikawa
- Uta no Prince-sama Music 2, Masato Hijirikawa
- Uta no Prince-sama All Star, Masato Hijirikawa
- Uta no Prince-sama All Star After Secret, Masato Hijirikawa
- XBlaze Code: Embryo – Ripper
- Heisei Riders vs. Shōwa Riders: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai – Kamen Rider Black RX, Kamen Rider Fourze, Yamaarashi-Roid
Nominations and awards
2008:
- "Synergy Award" (Kamen Rider Den-O, together with Toshihiko Seki, Koji Yusa and Masaki Terasoma) - 2nd Seiyu Awards(won)
- "Best Radio Personality" - 2nd Seiyu Awards (won)
2011:
- His 2nd Album, Chronicle to the Future 's cover artwork won the second prize of the 1st Music Jacket Award 2011 of Japan.
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)[5]
2016:
- "Best Supporting Actor" - 10th Seiyu Awards (won)
- "Best Radio Personality" - 10th Seiyu Awards (won)
A national survey on the popularity of voice actors conducted in March 2010 revealed Suzumura and Miyano Mamoru as the most famous voice actor.[6]
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.[7]
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.[8]
In January, 2010, he gave his first solo concert tour in Osaka (January 10), Nagoya (January 11), Yokohama (January 23) and Tokyo (January 30).[9] His second live tour, in 2011, was held in the same stops, Osaka (April 9), Nagoya (April 10), 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.<ref name="Live Concert "CHRONICLE to the future"">"Kenichi Suzumura Live Tour 2011 "Chronicle to the future"" (in Japanese). Girl's Oh. Retrieved 8 June 2011.</ref><ref name="Live Concert "CHRONICLE to the future" in Tokyo, Shibuya">"uta to tooku de tsutawareta pojitibu na messeeji. Akarui mirai o negatta "Kenichi Suzumura Live Tour 2011 "Chronicle to the future" tokyo koen repoto" (in Japanese). Lantis. Retrieved 8 June 2011.</ref>
In 2012, a poll on singing ability placed Suzumura as the third best voice actor singer, behind Kishō Taniyama (1st) and Mamoru Miyano (2nd).[10]
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 |
October 30, 2013 | "All Right" | 20 | |
May 13, 2015 | "Tsuki to Taiyou no Uta" | 33 | |
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 | 10 |
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.[11]
Release date | Title | Chart position | Notes |
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April 24, 2009 | Connect | 36 | 1st album |
February 24, 2010 | Fighting Spirits | 34 | 1st single |
September 29, 2010 | Rasterizer | 50 | Mini-album |
March 7, 2012 | Jusensha Men | 45 | Mini-album |
January 30, 2013 | Connect no Tanoshii Ongaku | 38 | Mini-album |
November 19, 2014 | Ningen! Jetta Ningen | 32 | Mini-album |
Other non-anime related releases
Release date | Title | Notes |
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October 22, 2003[12] | "Shizumanai Taiyō" | Collaboration single with Takahiro Sakurai (as R-16) |
March 26, 2004[13] | "Separate Way" | Collaboration single with Takahiro Sakurai (as R-16) |
December 17, 2005[14] | Box Universe | Mini-album |
February 29, 2012[15] | Kizuna: Go-Busters! | "Single of Stamen", ending theme for Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters |
References
- ↑ ごあいさつ(鈴村健一) (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 May 2012.
- ↑ みなさまにご報告させていただきます (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-05-27/prison-school-anime-cast-staff-songs-video-designs-unveiled/.88592
- ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-26/osomatsu-san-tv-anime-adds-kenichi-suzumura-sachi-kokuryu-to-cast/.90909
- ↑ "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
- Official agency profile at Arts Vision (Japanese)
- Official agency profile at Intention-K (Japanese)
- Kenichi Suzumura at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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