Hikaru Midorikawa
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(born May 2, 1968 in Tochigi) is a popular voice actor (seiyū) in Japan. He is 172 cm tall and weighs 73 kg. Married, lives in Tokyo.
Profile
Apart from having unusual voice, loved by millions of fans in and outside Japan, he plays saxophone, loves drawing, games and computers. He has been a seiyū since 1988, when he began his career as Murai from Be-Bop High School. Since then, he has participated in many productions, anime and games along (some of his most notable roles are listed below), as well as taken part in some music projects - E.M.U and Zero Phoenix (with another popular and loved seiyū, Nobutoshi Canna).His favourite anime is Kidō Senshi Gundam and he loves collecting Gundam models. His other hobbies include: collecting Nike running shoes, video game shopping and PC. Speaking of video games, his favourite one is 'Super Robot Taisen F Kanketsu'. As for other personal preferences, Midorikawa-san likes eating omelettes and stew, but hates sushi. His favourite colors are black, purple and red. He likes playing basketball as well. The personal quote of his: Just do it!
He manages his own website: Hikaru's Bar
He has attended Otakon in 2001.
Trivia
- There was a moment when Koyasu Takehito & Hikaru were working simultaneously in three animes together as "rivals": The Slayers (Rezo & Zelgadis), Fushigi Yuugi (Hotohori & Tamahome) and Gundam Wing (Zechs & Heero), and they also played "rivals" as well as in the Super Robot Wars game series (Masaki Andoh & Shuu Shirakawa). Ironically enough, the two of them collaborated once again as friends-turned-rivals when they voiced Shin Kazama (Koyasu) and Satoru Kanzaki (Midorikawa) in the 2004 remake of Area 88.
- Koyasu considers Midorikawa´s voice "cute", and invited him to participate in Weiss Kreuz as one of the opposites of Weiss (the Schwarz group); here, Midorikawa plays Schuldig.
- There was also a time when Takeshi Kusao & Hikaru were working simultaneosuly in two animes together as "rivals": Dragon Ball Z (Trunks & Android No#16) and Slam Dunk (Sakuragi & Rukawa).
- Two of Hikaru's roles in video games are noted to be traitors of some of the characters : Leon Magnus (Tales of Destiny) and Akechi Mitsuhide (Samurai Warriors)
- He is one of the voice actors of Samurai Warriors that returns in Kessen III and plays the same role as Akechi Mitsuhide. The other one is Hiroshi Kamiya as Azai Nagamasa.
Anime Roles
- Naoki Shinjo (Future GPX Cyber Formula series)
- Hide-san (3×3 Eyes)
- Murai (Be-bop High School)
- Lin (Cowboy Bebop)
- Android 16 & Paikuhan (Dragon Ball Z)
- Messiah (Earthian ep 4)
- Tokiya Mikagami (Flame of Recca)
- Heero Yuy (Shin Kidosenki Gundam W, also known as Gundam Wing)
- Schuldig (Weiß Kreuz, also known as Weiss Kreuz)
- Soji Mikage (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
- Tamahome & Taka Sukunami (Fushigi Yūgi)
- Reydon (Legend of Crystania series)
- Lieutenant Rail Claymore (Lost Universe)
- Faust (Saber Marionette)
- Ail (Sailor Moon R)
- Fiore (Sailor Moon R: The Movie)
- Toma/Icarus (Saint Seiya Tenkai-Hen)
- Silva (Shaman King)
- Kaede Rukawa (Slam Dunk)
- Seto Kaiba (Toei's Yu-Gi-Oh!, not released outside Japan)
- Zelgadis Greywords (The Slayers)
- Sora Hashiba (Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shōganai!)
- Yoshio Somei (Slow Step)
- Shou Amabane (Burning Rangers)
- Salamandes (Kyukyu Sentai GoGo-V)
- Angemon (Digimon Frontier)
- Bakuryuu TopGaler (Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger)
- Keiichiro Akasaka (Tokyo Mew Mew)
- Abare (Mirai Sentai Time Ranger, Episode 34)
- Dufaux (Konjiki no Gash Bell! or Zatch Bell)
- Arashi (Naruto)
- Wilhelm (Xenosaga: the animation)
- Yoshito Kikuchi (Great Teacher Onizuka)
- Incubus Belbireji (Mahou Sentai Magiranger )
- Tochizawa (Here is Greenwood ep 3)
- Wanijima Kaitou (Air Gear)
- Misao Kuramitsu (Tenchi Muyo Ryo-Ohki (OVA 3) and Tenchi Muyo! GXP)
Non-anime roles
- Adel ()
- Akechi Mitsuhide (Samurai Warriors and Kessen III)
- Android #16 (Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22)
- Ayane's Uncle (Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate)
- Cain (Shining Force Neo)
- Ein/Hayate (Dead or Alive series)
- Hashiba Sora (Sukisho!! Raido (Radio Show))
- Heero Yuy (Super Robot Wars Scramble Commander)
- Hiro ()
- Judas (Namco X Capcom)
- Judas (Tales of Destiny 2)
- Lion Magnus in (Tales of Destiny)
- Marth (Super Smash Bros. Melee)
- Masaki Andoh (Various Super Robot Wars series / SRW Gaiden : The Lord of Elemental)
- Master Therion (Kishinhoukou Demonbane)
- Pretty Riki in (Kill Bill vol. 1 - Chapter Three: The Origin of O-Ren Ishii)
- Proto Zero in (Gundam Blood of Zeon Giren's Greend)
- Proto Zero (SD Gundam G Generation F)
- Ramirez (Skies of Arcadia)
- Sigma (Langrisser V ~THE END OF LEGEND~)
- Soma Cruz (, )
- Souji Mikage (Shoujo Kakumei Utena ~Itsuka Kakumei Sareru Monogatari)
- Yuuki (Neo Geo Battle Coliseum)
- Zelgadiss Graywords (Slayers dramas)
- Bertie the Bus, Oliver the Western Engine, & Harvey the Crane Engine in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (Japanese version)
- Llednar Twem in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (radio drama)
- Viscount Mikhial Ramphet in Animamundi
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