History Creator / TakehitoKoyasu

* Baul Zigvolt in ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland''

According to [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?most_prolific=cast Anime News Network]], he has the ''most'' number of roles in anime — as of May 2023, he is the ''only'' voice actor with ''750'' credits. That is ''130'' more credits than [[Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa the next highest]] on the list.

According to [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?most_prolific=cast Anime News Network]], he has the ''most'' number of roles in anime — as of May 2023, he is the ''only'' voice actor with over ''700'' credits. That is ''over 130'' more credits than [[Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa the next highest]] on the list.

* BadassBaritone: Has an awesome deep voice. Not that he couldn't wield an amazingly high falsetto, though, if Mephistopheles and Ranka Fujioka are any indication.

* [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO Dio Brando]] in the ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' TV anime , ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle'', in both his ''Phantom Blood'', ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'', ''Manga/StoneOcean'' ,''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven''. He also voices Diego in the games.

* [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO Dio Brando]] in the ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' TV anime (who coincidentally was last voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa in the ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'' movie)
** Dio Brando again in ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle'', in both his ''Phantom Blood'', ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'' and ''Manga/StoneOcean'' incarnations. He also voiced Diego in the story mode.
** He reprises his role in ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven'', voicing both versions of the original Dio, both Diego and the alternate universe Diego, AND Heaven Ascension Dio.
*** Basically, this is nowadays his biggest source of RetroactiveRecognition; whenever people hear Koyasu's voice in other works, old or new, they will now always point to Dio.

According to [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?most_prolific=cast Anime News Network]], he has the ''most'' number of roles in anime — as of February 2023, he is the ''only'' voice actor with over ''700'' credits. That is ''over 130'' more credits than [[Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa the next highest]] on the list.

According to [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?most_prolific=cast Anime News Network]], he has the ''most'' number of roles in anime — as of February 2023, he is the only voice actor with over ''700'' credits. That is ''120'' more credits than [[Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa the next highest]] on the list.

* Chameleon in ''LightNovel/TheDetectiveIsAlreadyDead''

Takehito Koyasu (born May 5, 1967 in Yokohama, Japan) is currently the most prolific voice actor in the business. And when we say prolific, we ''mean it'', with lots of varying roles he can pull off easily. Starting from a {{Determinator}}, to a calm, cool, intellectual, sarcastic character, to a [[ShelteredAristocrat nobleman]] to just plain comic relief/[[QueerPeopleAreFunny gay character]]. He created ''Anime/WeissKreuz'', and is a part of the Weiß group, alongside the other leads: Creator/ShinichiroMiki, Creator/TomokazuSeki, and Creator/HiroYuki. He is a true ManOfAThousandVoices.

Currently working on a series of CD dramas called ''Velvet Under World'', which may or may not be a ''Anime/WeissKreuz'' spin off. For the most compelling arguments in favour of that, "Velvet Underworld" is ''Anime/WeissKreuz's'' first opening theme and VUW's main character's name? A.Y.A.

* Fujimiya Aya in ''Anime/WeissKreuz''

-->''[[Anime/WeissKreuz TAKATORIIIIIII!]]''

* Geoffrey Stuart in ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom''

* Kalian Loss in ''LightNovel/ChromeShelledRegios''

* Knight Leader in ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex''

* Raiser Phenex in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD''

* Rheinback Jamil in ''LightNovel/ByTheGraceOfTheGods''

* Tadatsuru in ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}''

* Tatsurou Shiba in ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool''

* Thirteen in ''LightNovel/GrimoireOfZero''

* Utopia in ''LightNovel/DemonLordRetry''

** Lujon in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime]]

* The Masked Lumen in ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2''

* Optimus Primal in the dubs of ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' and the ''WesternAnimation/TransformersWarForCybertronTrilogy'', along with a guest appearance in ''Anime/BeastWarsII''

According to [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?most_prolific=cast Anime News Network]], he has the ''most'' number of roles in anime — as of August 2022, he is the only voice actor with over ''700'' credits. That is 120 more credits than [[Creator/ShinichiroMiki the next highest]] on the list.

* Bird #2 in ''LightNovel/ElegantYokaiApartmentLife''

He seems to be a good friend of Creator/HikaruMidorikawa and, as a result, there's lots of instances where [[RelationshipVoiceActor he plays characters who are rivals with Midorikawa's character, usually with Koyasu's character being the instigator of rivalry]]. Koyasu has also replaced Creator/KanetoShiozawa in many roles since the latter's death and can be seen as his successor as they do sound rather similar. Also has {{relationship|voice actor}}s with Creator/AkiraIshida, Creator/UnshoIshizuka, and to an extent Creator/TesshoGenda.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: As mentioned, engages ''a lot'' with Hikaru Midorikawa.

* Navarre in the OVA of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight''. And ever since, he's gotten other roles in [[Franchise/FireEmblem the franchise]] in general, and whenever he can, especially in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes Heroes]]'', he will [[RoleReprise reprise.]]:
** Lon'qu and Validar in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''
** Saber in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]]''
** [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Lewyn]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Pent]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'', since the original game has no voice overs.
** [[DubNameChange Niles]] (Zero) in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates''
** Seteth in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses''
** Kagetsu in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage''

* CastingGag: Koyasu who voices Dio Brando in the ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' TV anime previously voiced Takuma Saioh from ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', who used an Arcana Force deck, cards of which are based off the Major Arcana, and whose signature monster is: "Arcana Force XXI - ''The World''". Many memes were made that day. Then they got him to reprise the role for ''VideoGame/YuGiOhDuelLinks'', and suffice it to say, [[https://youtu.be/RVClqPiUmSc?t=626 he embraces the meme shamelessly.]]

* PlayingAgainstType: Most notably... '''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Shingo Yabuki]]'''. For this once, Koyasu is a bumbling (but still HotBlooded) AscendedFanboy who idolizes TheHero (in this case Kyo).
** Many argue that his role as Bobobo is also this trope for him. He's an extremely crazy variant of TheHero that wields a power that counts as a GRatedDrug.

** [[Literature/TheMoomins Moomin]] fans were surprised that the deep-voiced Dio and the soft-spoken Snufkin were portrayed by the same actor in the 1990s version of the anime.

** The man has been a ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' fan since the Famicom era, kept his Super Famicom just to play ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' over and over and attempting to voice all characters regardless of gender since back then, it has no voice acting. So naturally, being casted as several Fire Emblem characters made him happy[[note]]He has been cast in every new game since ''Awakening'', including the ''Gaiden'' remake, as well as reprising the role of Navarre from the original [=OVA=][[/note]] and it culminates in him being chosen to voice Lewyn in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' that [[http://koyap.jugem.jp/?eid=369 he expressed it in a blog post.]] Though he mentioned that he'd be fine if he got chosen to voice ''anyone'' at all from Genealogy, not just specifically Lewyn.
** He's a huge ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' fan, and would later get to voice [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Zechs Merquise]], [[Anime/TurnAGundam Gym Ghingham]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Mu La]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Flaga]].

* RunningGag: Anytime his name pops up in TV Tropes, in place of the usual reference of other notable roles it will simply say ''"too many to list"'' or ''"everything"'' (as long as it's a guy. If it's a girl, contact Creator/MiyukiSawashiro, Creator/KanaHanazawa or Creator/SaoriHayami).
** RetroactiveRecognition: That, and whenever his voice is heard elsewhere, this trope kicks in for a lot of people who weren't aware of him beforehand to always be thinking of his role as Dio Brando in spite of his huge resume.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Suprisingly capable of a truly hilarious girl-like screech when his less-sympathetic roles gets what's coming to them, such as Hanagata Mitsurugi of ''Anime/SaberMarionetteJ'' and Nobuyuki Sugou of ''Literature/SwordArtOnline''.

** Dio Brando again in ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle'', in both his ''Phantom Blood'' and ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'' and ''Manga/StoneOcean'' incarnations. He also voiced Diego in the story mode.

* Fusion in ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars''

* Oresky in ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure''

* Scorp in ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Go Go!''

* Sgt. Major Kururu in ''Manga/SgtFrog''