Tomokazu Seki

Tomokazu Seki
Native name 関 智一
Born (1972-09-08) September 8, 1972
Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation Voice actor, stage actor, singer
Years active 1993–present
Agent Atomic Monkey

Tomokazu Seki (関 智一 Seki Tomokazu, born September 8, 1972) is a Japanese voice actor, stage actor, and vocalist. He has worked with Haikyou productions.[1] He is the co-founder of Atomic Monkey.

Career

He landed his first role in 1993 anime Mobile Suit Victory Gundam as Tomache Massarik. Some of his most notable roles include Shinichi Chiaki from Nodame Cantabile, Gilgamesh from Fate/stay night, Rob Lucci from One Piece, Gundam characters Domon Kasshu and Yzak Joule (from G Gundam and Gundam Seed, respectively), Kyo Sohma from Fruits Basket, Ichiro Miyata from Hajime no Ippo, Haru Glory from Rave Master, Chichiri from Fushigi Yuugi, Toya Kinomoto (Sakura Kinomoto's older brother) from Cardcaptor Sakura, Van Fanel from The Vision of Escaflowne and Ken Hidaka from Weiss Kreuz, alongside Hiro Yūki, Takehito Koyasu, and Shinichiro Miki. Koyasu and Miki, along with Seki, have also voiced in Initial D and Gravitation, and Nobuo Terashima in Nana, as well. His has also voiced the roles of Ryūki Shi in Saiunkoku Monogatari, and in Lucky Star as the recurring guest character, Meito Anizawa.

He has portrayed a wide variety of characters, ranging from comical to dramatic. Very often, the characters he voiced have very comical sides to their seriousness, such as Sagara Sousuke in the Full Metal Panic series, Kenichi Shirahama in Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi, Toji Suzuhara in Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Yoshimitsu from Tekken.

He also starred in the 2010 live-action film, Wonderful World, with fellow voice actors, Mamoru Miyano, Tomokazu Sugita, Rikiya Koyama, Yuka Hirata, Showtaro Morikubo and Daisuke Namikawa, who is also the director of the film.[2] Before this, he launched Gekidan Herohero Q Company, his own dramatic company, and is also active as a stage actor.

Filmography

Television animation

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Original video animation (OVA)

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Film animation

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Drama CD

Radio

Video games

Tokusatsu

Puppetry

Dubbing

TV roles

Series

References

  1. ↑ Doi, Hitoshi. "Seki Tomokazu". Seiyuu Database. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Namikawa Directs 1st Film: Live-Action Wonderful World". (December 8, 2009) Anime News Network. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Apo Mekhanes Theos Gigantic Formula".(April 2007) Newtype USA. p. 11.
  4. ↑ "Kenyuu Horiuchi, More Star in Joker Game Anime's Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Wii Bleach". IGN. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "RAMLETHAL VALENTINE". guiltygear.us. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Revenge of the Fallen Japanese Dub Voice Credits". (June 26, 2009) Transformer World 2005. Retrieved February 3, 2010.

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