History Creator / HikaruMidorikawa

* Alexei in ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden 2'' (UsefulNotes/Xbox360)

* Salamandes in ''Series/{{Rescue Sentai GoGoFive}}''

* Rail Claymore in ''Anime/LostUniverse''

* Ichimokuren in ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}''

* Yoshimi Sōma/Horse in ''Anime/JuniTaisenZodiacWar''

* Yoshimi Sōma/Horse in ''LightNovel/JuniTaisenZodiacWar''

** Hell, considering that he also appeared in ''Film/KillBill''[[note]]The original English track mind you, during the anime sequence of ''Vol 1.''[[/note]], you can even connect him with Hollywood actors.

* Shiki in ''VisualNovel/TogainuNoChi'' (In both PC version and Playstation 2 version)

* Zenya in ''VisualNovel/SweetPool''

** Fiore in ''Sailor Moon R The Movie: Promise of the Rose''.

* GracefulLoser: When it comes to [[BattleCry battle cries]], there is one name Midorikawa openly admits he can not surpass: Creator/NobuyukiHiyama.
--> '''Midorikawa''': "[[Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega Genbu]]'s just really [[{{Hunk}} cool]], [[PigeonholedVoiceActor so of course he's gonna have some]] [[{{Hotblooded}} great]] [[LargeHam shouting lines]] right?...then he (Hiyama) showed up at the end of episode 19 using his [[IceQueen cool-character]] (vocal) range, (then I was like) '[[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Wait-WHAT, no way!]]' I was really hoping his shouts would appear and honestly felt that (that scene) was a waste of his assets. ...That guy always has the opportunity to do shouts...I'm really envious of him, [[OvershadowedByAwesome even though I've done some shouts in Omega]], [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter but, in all likely fashion]], [[GracefulLoser I would never surpass him for all eternity]]." [[note]]From Saint Seiya Omega Radio CD Vol.2's bonus comment.[[/note]]

* NervousWreck:
** Midorikawa outed himself as one during ''Super Robot Wars V's'' announcement event when he signed his first ever autograph to a ''[[Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine Might Gaine]]'' fan...and ''failed'' by signing his character, Joe Rival's name ''wrong'' due to nervousness. [[note]]Japanese voice actors are accustomed to sign both their own name and their character's name for autographs. Joe Rival's surname in Japanese Kanji literally means "Thunder Expansion (雷張)," but Midorikawa signed him off as "Electricity Expansion (電張)." [[/note]]
** During the same SRWV announcement event above, Midorikawa, who met and worked with Creator/NobuyukiHiyama the first time in ''Might Gaine,'' confessed to Hiyama that he was [[NervousWreck weary]] of the thought of working on ''Might Gaine'' with him based on Hiyama's back-in-the-day DeathGlare profile picture impression, and thought Hiyama might be some [[RatedMForManly terrifying]] dude who would break him to pieces; but as he realized upon meeting him in person, Hiyama was a ''swell'' [[FunPersonified fun of a guy]] to be friends with.
--->'''Midorikawa:''' "He's such a fun guy, ''[[LoveConfessor I love him]]''."

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUYmTvRNnL8 (cue epic swag music!)]] [[Manga/HaventYouHeardImSakamoto In 1995, Japan,]] one seiyuu had [[StarMakingRole the entire anime world's attention]] due to [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing a certain anime series.]] He's stylish at voicing cool {{Bishonen}} characters, he's stylish at doing {{Angst}}y roles, and he's even stylish when doing HotBlooded or silly characters. Every single role he does is... Cool. ''Cooler. '''Coolest.''''' He lives an overwhelmingly cool, stylish seiyuu life. And his name is... at the picture caption.

%%Hikaru Midorikawa is one of the well-known seiyuus in the business, though not as prolific (according to Anime News Network). He's most known for his distinctly cold voice, best suited for {{bishonen}} characters, which often lands him the roles of TheLancer, TheSmartGuy, TheRival, DeadpanSnarker, etc. He occasionally breaks the routine, though, and goes along to voice silly characters just as well. But, seriously, even if he's voicing silly characters, there will be moments of {{angst}} for his character, so long as the character isn't completely a minor one.

Though born in 1968 and already married, he manages other activities other than being a seiyuu, such as website managing (he's got one though he had to [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2014-01-12/hikaru-midorikawa-puts-blog-on-hiatus-due-to-fan-harassment shut it down for a while]] due to fan harassment) and playing video games. Apparently, he's a big fan of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', to the extent of writing a blog entry on the SRW site, contacting Banpresto and happily doing extra lines for his characters (especially Masaki) for free. He usually becomes a beta tester for the games, too. He also have a habit to turn the characters he voices into [[OneManArmy one man armies]] in the [=SRWs=] (namely Heero and Masaki; he'll probably do the same to Xingke when he shows up in Z2, or Asakim in case he's recruitable)

* Gridman in ''Series/DenkouChoujinGridman'', ''Anime/SSSSGridman'', and ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30''

He's [[PowerTrio close friends]] with voice actors, Creator/NobuyukiHiyama and Creator/RyotaroOkiayu, who both shared a bit of his [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars SRW]] passion. [[note]]Hiyama voices [[VideoGame/EndlessFrontier Haken Browning]], and was known to "officially pledge" in following Midorikawa's footsteps to fully nerd in SRW. While Okiayu voices Raidiese F. Branstein and sometimes plays SRW together with Midorikawa.[[/note]] He was also a member of a music group with Creator/NobutoshiCanna, but his greatest, most known [[RelationshipVoiceActor relationship]] amongst voice actors is definitely Creator/TakehitoKoyasu; they often play roles that rivals each others, and Koyasu has once teased that Midorikawa's voice sounded cute; on the other hand, Midorikawa teased that Koyasu's voice sounded sexy.

* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** To Creator/NobuyukiHiyama (TheRival vs. TheHero)
*** The main difference between his character rivalry relationship with Hiyama and his rivalry relationship with Creator/TakehitoKoyasu, is that Hiyama would pretty much ''always'' be on TheHero's side, while Koyasu on the other hand would often switch around the hero-rival roles with Midorikawa... and the latter pair somehow by fate see their rivalry as an extreme SeriousBusiness. [[note]]Taking Midorikawa's GracefulLoser comment to account, everything makes sense.[[/note]]
*** Notable works with their relationship: ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'', ''VideoGame/VoltageFighterGowcaizer'', ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' (subverted for once [[note]]but Hiyama's character easily [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomps]] Midorikawa's.[[/note]]), ''Literature/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'' [[note]][[PlayedForLaughs As to which side do they stand depends on the eyes of the beholder]].[[/note]], ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega'' (subverted for twice [[note]]yet ''again'', Hiyama's character can also [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomp]] Midorikawa's if he wants to.[[/note]]).
*** While not following their usual dynamic, both star in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' as well. Which makes any fight scene between their characters sound like [[Franchise/TheLegendofZelda Link]] and [[Franchise/FireEmblem Marth]] are deliciously hamming it up like there's no tomorrow. Perhaps as a nod to this, Melee has an event match that pits their characters against each other. In ''Ultimate'', Hiyama ended up with [[VideoGame/DragonQuestIII another fighter]].
*** It takes Midorikawa diving into ParodySue mode to finally reverse his status with Hiyama through ''Manga/HaventYouHeardImSakamoto'' by playing the [[MundaneMadeAwesome flawless]] [[TheAce protagonist]] every man equally holds ''grudges'' towards.[[note]]But then, yet again, Hiyama's character is the one of the most distant (and least hostile) of the boys towards Sakamoto.[[/note]]
** To Creator/RyotaroOkiayu ([[NewMeat Newbs]] together, [[TrueCompanions stay together]].)
*** Both guys have been under the same agency since they entered the business, both received their first official anime roles[[note]]Not "debut", but roles that are part of a regular cast.[[/note]] through ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula'', both [[StarMakingRole rose to fame]] from ''Manga/SlamDunk'', and their fame shot to international level via ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing''.
*** The two also teamed up as members of Schwarz [[Anime/KnightHunters to antagonize Koyasu]].
** Add him, Hiyama and Okiayu and you get a solid PowerTrio that'll usually end up in the same alliance. Notable works that settled and solidified their relationship: ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'', ''VideoGame/VoltageFighterGowcaizer'', ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy'', ''Anime/FireEmblem'' (The [=OVA=]), ''[[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorialGirlsSide Tokimeki Memorial Girls Side: 1st Love]]'',[[note]]Also in relationship with Koyasu. The dynamic were three goofball classmates (that were good friends) vs. [[SternTeacher stern homeroom teacher]].[[/note]] ''Literature/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'', and yes, [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars SRW]].
** To Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (TheRival vs. TheRival: {{Serious|Business}}, and [[ArchEnemy very very ugly.]])
*** Due to Midorikawa's fate with the aforementioned Hiyama, it seems the only guy who he can lash, and get the upper hand on is Koyasu.
*** Notable works with their relationship: ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', ''Anime/KnightHunters'', ''Literature/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'', and ''[[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorialGirlsSide Tokimeki Memorial Girls Side: 1st Love]]''.[[note]]Aside from the Not-so-100% [[TheAce Ace]] Student vs. SternTeacher dynamic, this happened to be a constant player rated outcome; Midorikawa's Kei Hazuki was rated first place in popularity, while Koyasu's Reiichi was [[AlwaysSecondBest always second]].[[/note]]
*** Reversed in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'' where Midorikawa is the villain Loewe who dies while Koyasu is Olivier who ends up living on throughout the ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries''.

* Lancer (Diarmuid Ua Duibhne) in ''LightNovel/FateZero'', ''VideoGame/FateUnlimitedCodes'' and ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder''

* Thor in ''Manga/ShuumatsuNoWalkureRecordOfRagnarok''

*** Notable works with their relationship: ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'', ''VideoGame/VoltageFighterGowcaizer'', ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' (subverted for once [[note]]but Hiyama's character easily [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomps]] Midorikawa's.[[/note]]), ''LightNovel/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'' [[note]][[PlayedForLaughs As to which side do they stand depends on the eyes of the beholder]].[[/note]], ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega'' (subverted for twice [[note]]yet ''again'', Hiyama's character can also [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomp]] Midorikawa's if he wants to.[[/note]]).

** Add him, Hiyama and Okiayu and you get a solid PowerTrio that'll usually end up in the same alliance. Notable works that settled and solidified their relationship: ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'', ''VideoGame/VoltageFighterGowcaizer'', ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy'', ''Anime/FireEmblem'' (The [=OVA=]), ''[[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorialGirlsSide Tokimeki Memorial Girls Side: 1st Love]]'',[[note]]Also in relationship with Koyasu. The dynamic were three goofball classmates (that were good friends) vs. [[SternTeacher stern homeroom teacher]].[[/note]] ''LightNovel/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'', and yes, [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars SRW]].

*** Notable works with their relationship: ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', ''Anime/KnightHunters'', ''LightNovel/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'', and ''[[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorialGirlsSide Tokimeki Memorial Girls Side: 1st Love]]''.[[note]]Aside from the Not-so-100% [[TheAce Ace]] Student vs. SternTeacher dynamic, this happened to be a constant player rated outcome; Midorikawa's Kei Hazuki was rated first place in popularity, while Koyasu's Reiichi was [[AlwaysSecondBest always second]].[[/note]]

* Lancer (Diarmuid Ua Duibhne) in ''LightNovel/FateZero'' and ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder''

* Red Hare in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder''