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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:250:''[[Manga/HaventYouHeardImSakamoto Haven't you heard?]] I'm Midorikawa!'']] |
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| 4 | Describe Hikaru Midorikawa here or ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing I will kill you]].'' |
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| 6 | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUYmTvRNnL8 (cue epic swag music!)]] [[Manga/HaventYouHeardImSakamoto In 1995, Japan,]] one voice actor 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. |
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| 8 | %%Hikaru Midorikawa is one of the well-known actors 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. |
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| 10 | Though born in 1968 and already married, he manages other activities other than being a VA, 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) |
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| 12 | 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 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. |
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| 14 | Truly a ManOfAThousandVoices. |
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| 16 | !!Hikaru Midorikawa's roles: |
| 17 | |
| 18 | * Abel in ''Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger'' |
| 19 | * Adell in ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories'' |
| 20 | * Akechi Mitsuhide in the ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' franchise and ''VideoGame/KessenIII''. |
| 21 | * Akihiko Sanada in ''VideoGame/Persona3'' |
| 22 | * Akimitsu Bizen in ''Anime/ReMain'' |
| 23 | * Albert in ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' and ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'' |
| 24 | * Alexei in ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden 2'' (Platform/Xbox360) |
| 25 | * Ail in ''Anime/SailorMoon R'' |
| 26 | ** Fiore in ''Anime/SailorMoonRTheMovie: Promise of the Rose''. |
| 27 | * Android #16 and Paikuhan in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' |
| 28 | ** Also Tenshinhan in ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'', ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'', ''Anime/DragonBallZRevivalOfF'', '' Anime/DragonBallSuper'' (succeeds the late Creator/HirotakaSuzuoki) |
| 29 | ** The universe 9 God of Destruction assistant, Mojito, in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. |
| 30 | * Ayato Sakamaki in ''VisualNovel/DiabolikLovers'' |
| 31 | * Balta in ''Manga/PlatinumEnd'' |
| 32 | * Bedman in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear Xrd SIGN'' |
| 33 | * Bertie the Bus and Oliver, in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' |
| 34 | * Best Jeanist in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' |
| 35 | * Buddha-Jumps-Over-the-Wall in the Japanese dub of ''VideoGame/TheTaleOfFood'' |
| 36 | * Chisato Takatsukasa in ''Manga/{{Kirepapa}}'' |
| 37 | * Clear in ''Anime/FinalFantasyUnlimited'' |
| 38 | * Clift / Kiryl in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestHeroesTheWorldTreesWoeAndTheBlightBelow'' |
| 39 | * Cool in ''VideoGame/DarakuTenshiTheFallenAngels'' |
| 40 | * Daikoku Nikaidou in ''Manga/FirstLoveMonster'' |
| 41 | * [[CharacterOfTheDay Daisuke]] (DubNameChange Damien) in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' |
| 42 | ** [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite N]] in ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'' |
| 43 | * D'Arcy in the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/ArenaOfValor'' |
| 44 | * Dio Brando in the unreleased ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood'' movie |
| 45 | * Dune in ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' |
| 46 | * Eichi Tenshouin in ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'' |
| 47 | * Eiichi Otori in ''VisualNovel/UtaNoPrinceSama'' |
| 48 | * Ein/Hayate in the ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' franchise. |
| 49 | * The Fafnir Knight in ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight'' |
| 50 | * Fei Fong Wong in ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''. He also plays Ramsus, but goes uncredited for that. |
| 51 | * Firion/Firionel in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' and ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' |
| 52 | * Fish Saitou in ''Anime/AngelBeats'' |
| 53 | * Frantz Kruger in the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/RustyHearts'' |
| 54 | * Fuminori Sakisaka in ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'' |
| 55 | * [[Characters/OnePunchManGarou Garou]] in ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' |
| 56 | * Gerhaldt von Faust in ''Anime/SaberMarionetteJ'' |
| 57 | * Gnosis and [=THRM-EX=] in ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'' |
| 58 | * Gridman in ''Series/DenkouChoujinGridman'', ''Anime/SSSSGridman'', ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30'', and ''Anime/GridmanUniverse'' |
| 59 | * [[StarMakingRole Heero Yuy]] in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing New Mobile Report Gundam Wing]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz]]'' and the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' franchise |
| 60 | * Hidemoto Keikain in ''Manga/NuraRiseOfTheYokaiClan'' |
| 61 | * Hippogriffomon and Angemon in ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' |
| 62 | ** Splashmon in ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' |
| 63 | ** Doumon in ''Anime/DigimonGhostGame'' |
| 64 | * Hiro in ''VideoGame/LunarEternalBlue'' |
| 65 | * Icarus Toma in ''Anime/SaintSeiya'' Movie 5 ''Prelude to Heaven Chapter'' |
| 66 | * Ichika Saotome in ''Anime/DreamFestival R'' |
| 67 | * Ichimokuren in ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji|2016}}'' |
| 68 | * UsefulNotes/IshidaMitsunari in ''Manga/Brave10'' |
| 69 | * Jiang Cheng in the Japanese dubs of the ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'' animated and audio drama adaptations and the live-action adaptation ''Series/TheUntamed'' |
| 70 | * Prince Jiart in ''Manga/MajesticPrince'' |
| 71 | * Jimina Seinen/Mundane Mann in ''Literature/TheEminenceInShadow'' |
| 72 | * Joe Rival in ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'' |
| 73 | * Juzumaru Tsunetsugu in ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'' |
| 74 | * Kaede Rukawa and Ryoji Ikegami in the ''Manga/SlamDunk'' franchise |
| 75 | * Kagemochi Amakasu in ''VideoGame/SengokuNightBlood'' |
| 76 | * Kamiizumi in ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' |
| 77 | * Kanade Mino in ''Manga/SekaiichiHatsukoi'' |
| 78 | * Kaoru Sakurayashiki in ''Anime/SK8TheInfinity'' |
| 79 | * Kash Gyustan/Hellstinger in ''VideoGame/VoltageFighterGowcaizer'' |
| 80 | * Kazemi in ''Series/KaitouSentaiLupinrangerVSKeisatsuSentaiPatranger'' |
| 81 | * Keiichiro Akasaka in the ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' franchise |
| 82 | * Keiya Tenpouin in ''VideoGame/EvilZone'' |
| 83 | * Knight Valentine in ''Anime/{{Godannar}}'' |
| 84 | * Koutarou Inagi in ''Anime/ActiveRaid'' |
| 85 | * Kōyō Ozaki in ''VideoGame/BungoToAlchemist'' |
| 86 | * Kyouya Takamachi in ''VisualNovel/TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever'' and ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' |
| 87 | * Kyousuke Natsume in ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'' |
| 88 | * Lancer (Diarmuid Ua Duibhne) in ''Literature/FateZero'', ''VideoGame/FateUnlimitedCodes'' and ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' |
| 89 | * Leon Magnus and Judas in ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'' |
| 90 | * Leonid Owen in ''VisualNovel/ShingakkouNoliMeTangere'' (Credited as Hikaru) |
| 91 | * Lilia Vanrouge in ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'' |
| 92 | * Link in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' audio-drama, ''Sound and Drama''. |
| 93 | * Li Xingke in ''[[Anime/CodeGeass Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2]]'' |
| 94 | * Llednar Twem in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' |
| 95 | * Loewe in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'' |
| 96 | * Luca in ''AudioPlay/SaintBeast'' |
| 97 | * Makoto Alo and Lulu in ''Anime/BrigadoonMarinAndMelan'' |
| 98 | * Marth in the ''Anime/FireEmblem'' {{OAV}} (as well as every Marth voice acting since then) and the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' franchise |
| 99 | ** He reprises the role in ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'' |
| 100 | * Masaki Andoh and [[SignificantAnagram Asakim]] [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ Dowin]] in the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' franchise |
| 101 | * Master Therion in ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'' and ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX'' |
| 102 | * Medjed in ''Anime/OhSuddenlyEgyptianGod'' |
| 103 | * Mercury Black in the Japanese dub of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' |
| 104 | * Might in ''VideoGame/PsychicForce 2012'' |
| 105 | * Mikado's assistant/[[spoiler:Solitus]] in ''VisualNovel/CafeEnchante'' |
| 106 | * Mikagami Tokiya in the ''Manga/FlameOfRecca'' franchise |
| 107 | * Viscount Mikhail Ramphet in ''VisualNovel/AnimamundiDarkAlchemist'' |
| 108 | * Mirror Knight in ''Film/UltramanZeroTheRevengeOfBelial'' |
| 109 | * Morris Dietrich in ''VideoGame/{{Sdorica}}'' |
| 110 | * Prince Nalu in the Japanese dubs of the first two ''WesternAnimation/BarbieFairytopia'' movies |
| 111 | * Naoki Shinjyo in the ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula'' franchise |
| 112 | * The Nutcracker in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker'' |
| 113 | * Pegasus Kouga in ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega'' |
| 114 | * Pretty Riki in ''Film/KillBill Vol. 1'' |
| 115 | * Rail Claymore in ''Literature/LostUniverse'' |
| 116 | * Ramirez in ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' |
| 117 | * Rantarou Amami in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' |
| 118 | * Raven in ''VideoGame/AnotherEden'' |
| 119 | * Red Hare in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' and ''Anime/FateGrandCarnival'' |
| 120 | * Rei Ichijoudani in ''AudioPlay/ExitTunesPresentsACTORS'' |
| 121 | * Reiji Furuhashi in ''Manga/WeNeverLearn'' |
| 122 | * Reiji Kiriya in ''Manga/DomesticGirlfriend'' |
| 123 | * Reiji Tokitō in ''Music/ClockOverOrquesta'' |
| 124 | * Revolt in ''Anime/MajinBone'' |
| 125 | * Rosen Crantz in ''Manga/{{Servamp}}'' |
| 126 | * Ryuhou in the ''Anime/{{Scryed}}'' franchise |
| 127 | * Saito in ''Anime/{{Charlotte}}'' |
| 128 | * Sakamoto in ''Manga/HaventYouHeardImSakamoto'' |
| 129 | * Saku Akechi in ''Music/ConfessionExecutiveCommittee'' |
| 130 | * Salamandes in ''Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV'' |
| 131 | * Schuldig in ''Anime/KnightHunters'' |
| 132 | * Scotch in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' |
| 133 | * Seiran Shi in ''Literature/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'' |
| 134 | * Seiya Shinjuku in ''Manga/{{Doreiku}}'' |
| 135 | * Seto Kaiba in ''Anime/YuGiOhFirstAnimeSeries'' |
| 136 | * Shiki in ''VisualNovel/TogainuNoChi'' |
| 137 | * The Shining Dragon in ''VideoGame/ShiningResonance'' |
| 138 | * Shintaro in ''Anime/NangokuShonenPapuwaKun'' |
| 139 | * Softon in ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'' |
| 140 | * Soma Cruz in ''Franchise/Castlevania'' |
| 141 | * Sora Hashiba in ''Literature/{{Sukisho}}'' |
| 142 | * Souichi Tatsumi in ''Manga/TheTyrantFallsInLove'' |
| 143 | * Souji Mikage in ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' |
| 144 | * Sōya Kazama in ''Manga/WorldTrigger'' |
| 145 | * Prince Stefan in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsRapunzel'' |
| 146 | * Ster in ''VideoGame/OneHundredSleepingPrincesAndTheKingdomOfDreams'' |
| 147 | * Takanori Miyagawa in ''VisualNovel/AkatsukiNoGoei'' |
| 148 | * Tamahome in the ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' franchise |
| 149 | * Tamaki Suoh in the earlier drama CD of ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' (replaced by Creator/MamoruMiyano in the anime and future drama CD) |
| 150 | * Temple Demon in ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' |
| 151 | * Thor in ''Manga/RecordOfRagnarok'' |
| 152 | * [=TopGaler=] from ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' |
| 153 | * Tsukishima in the ''Manga/HybridChild'' drama CD (replaced by Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka in the anime) |
| 154 | * U-do in ''VideoGame/XenoSaga'' episode 3. |
| 155 | * Vanitas in ''Anime/BangBraveBangBravern'' |
| 156 | * Vidaldus Taka in ''Manga/FairyTail'' |
| 157 | * Vildred and Arbiter Vildred in ''VideoGame/EpicSeven'' |
| 158 | * Wiserue in ''Series/KishiryuSentaiRyusoulger'' |
| 159 | * Yoh Tomoe in ''VisualNovel/StarrySky'' |
| 160 | * Yoshimi Sōma/Horse in ''Literature/JuniTaisenZodiacWar'' |
| 161 | * Yoshino Yuusuke in the ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' franchise. |
| 162 | * Yuki in ''VideoGame/NeoGeoBattleColiseum''. |
| 163 | * Yukito Kunisaki in ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'' excluding the television series. |
| 164 | * Zed O'Brien in ''Manga/BloodBlockadeBattlefront'' |
| 165 | * Zelgadis Greywords in the ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' |
| 166 | * Zenya Okinaga in ''VisualNovel/SweetPool'' |
| 167 | * Zora Ideale in ''Manga/BlackClover'' |
| 168 | * Zushonosuke in ''Anime/AyakashiSamuraiHorrorTales'' |
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| 170 | !![[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories Well these tropes are just]] a small portion of Midorikawa's [[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories style]]: |
| 171 | |
| 172 | * AffectionateNickname: His [[TrueCompanions closest colleagues]] would either call him, "[[FirstNameBasis Hikaru]]-kun" or "[[FirstNameBasis Hikaru]]-chan." Creator/NobuyukiHiyama in particular is one of those few guys known to call him out by his name straight out in public. |
| 173 | * FanNickname: The literal english translation of his name is Green River Light. A lot of his fans call him this. |
| 174 | * LargeHam: While not something he's most famous for, Midorikawa ''slays'' when given the chance to act out in this category. Wiserue is a standout example. |
| 175 | * ManOfAThousandVoices: So prolific that the entire Japanese animation industry can be connected to him in fewer steps than Hollywood is to [[SixDegreesOfKevinBacon Kevin Bacon]]. |
| 176 | * PigeonholedVoiceActor: For some reason, the characters he's voiced have a tendency to be [[JamesBondage captured]] and then [[BoundAndGagged restrained/tied up]]. |
| 177 | * ProductionPosse: Of Creator/{{Nitroplus}}, it seems. He also claims his music playlist is composed of "the Nitro+ genre." |
| 178 | * PromotedFanboy: ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' was what inspired him to take on the path of voice acting, and vows to "pilot a Gundam" one day; He might as well make Ryusei Date of ''VideoGame/ShinSuperRobotWars'' look harmless. |
| 179 | * SixDegreesOfKevinBacon: He's so prolific that he's pretty much the center of the seiyuu universe. |
| 180 | ** 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 including Creator/KevinBacon himself [[note]]for example, ''Film/KillBill'' was directed by Creator/QuentinTarantino who starred in several of his own films such as ''Film/IngloriousBasterds'', which that starred Creator/MichaelFassbender, aka [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Magneto]], who appeared in the [[Film/XMenFirstClass first prequel film]] with Creator/KevinBacon[[/note]]. |
| 181 | * VocalEvolution: |
| 182 | ** Particularly with Gridman; The Hyper Agent's voice in the original 1993 toku series was very high in pitch and hoarse in tone, occasionally making his sentences unlegible. This is a stark contrast to how he speaks in the ''Gridman Universe'' anime productions, with his vocals in those being deeper, completely clear, and much more legible, comparable to most of Midorikawa's modern roles (and his real speaking voice). |
| 183 | ** In general, his voice in the early to mid-90s used to be much higher, but it later became deeper and cooler. This is notable with roles he keeps reprising since the 90s, namely [[Franchise/DragonBall Android #16 and Paikuhan]] who both sound very different nowadays from they used to. |
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| 185 | -->[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Mission Complete.]] |
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