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'''DESCRIBE! [[Creator/NobuyukiHiyama NOBUYUKI HIYAMA]]! HEEEEEEEEEERE!!! [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime HYAAAAHT]]!'''

Sure, sure, but please, not so loud... *pulls out earplugs*

Anyway, Nobuyuki Hiyama is a seiyuu, well known for his [[LargeHam dramatic yelling]] for young characters, thus making him the [[PigeonholedVoiceActor go-to seiyuu]] of HotBlooded characters. He's quite prolific according to ANN, and fans nickname him '''King of Braves/Yuusha-Oh''', not just for his ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' role as Guy Shishioh, but the fact that he's done [[SequelDisplacement ANOTHER]] ''Anime/BraveSeries'' protagonist, Maito Senpuuji from ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'', the Brave project before ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' that played the key role of planting down the seeds of the now [[PureAwesomeness Constitution of Bravery]]. In addition to this, he has also voiced Adult Link (his grunts and yells anyways) from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', who wielded the Triforce of COURAGE! However, he is also capable of doing cold, calculating characters, psycho characters, and cool-headed characters. But yeah, his main forte is {{Hot Blooded}}ness. God bless the souls of [[VicMignogna those]] [[MichaelSinterniklaas few]] [[ChuckHuber English]] [[SamRiegel VAs]] daring enough to dub over his voice.

As somewhat [[IAmBigBoned odd]] as he may seem, this guy usually plays ''{{bishonen}}'' thanks to his unique sexy voice. (But hey, he's doing better lately. Plus, he's got some [[HellBentForLeather great taste]] [[SharpDressedMan in clothing]] to make up for it.)

[[HeterosexualLifePartners Best buds]] with Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa, and [[TrueCompanions close friends]] with Creator/HikaruMidorikawa.

He [[WMG/{{Naruto}} may or may be related]] with the creation of ''Naruto'''s Might Guy due to the origin of his Yuusha-Oh nickname.

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!Tropes associated with Hiyama:
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: [[Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa Morikawa]]'s the boke, while Hiyama is the tsukkomi.
* FanNickname: Hi-chan (pronounced as "Hee-chan"), The King of Braves, and "The King of _(insert character's description here)_" for his character's nicknames.
* HotBlooded: Yes, he is THE living example. Any recording studio his works in will be raised 3℃ higher in temperature ''instantly'' once he raises his voice.
* LargeHam
** LargeHamRadio: Hiyama comes from a radio club background. Without a doubt, we absolutely '''guarantee''' you that he'll deliver them whenever he host one or ''attend'' one.
* PlayingAgainstType: Every now and then. [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Tachibana]] is the {{Chessmaster}}. [[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Younger]] is one of the comedic villains.
* RelationshipVoiceActor: Most notably with KeijiFujiwara (with Hiyama always as some form of commander and Fujiwara as some form of his right-hand-man,) KatsuyukiKonishi (teammates... one way or the other,) Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa ([[HeterosexualLifePartners friends]],) Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (TheHero vs. TheRival respectively,) and most recently YukariTamura (young, cute heroine with manly hero/partner).
** Special note regarding the Hero-Rival thing with Midorkawa. The main difference between Hiyama's character rivalry relationship and TakehitoKoyasu's rivalry relationship, 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.
* TheSmartGuy[=/=]ShorterMeansSmarter: At 166 cm high, he's surprisingly petite for a guy. Yet he's proven very knowledgeable in various subjects, especially history.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Ramen, Ramen, '''Ramen!'''
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!'''[[GaoGaiGar NOTABLE ROLES OF NOBUYUKI HIYAMA!!! OPERATION APPROVED!!]]'''
!!'''[[GaoGaiGar ROGER! NOTABLE ROLES OF NOBUYUKI HIYAMA!! SAFETY DEVICE.... RELEAAAASSSEEE!!!]]'''

* Hiei (''Manga/YuYuHakusho'') (StarMakingRole)
* Maito Senpuuji (Anime/BraveSeries ''[[Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine Might Gaine]]'') ([[SequelDisplacement His first protagonist role]])
* Joe Higashi (''VideoGame/FatalFury[=/=]VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'')
* William "Bill" Matheson (''Manga/MarmaladeBoy'')
* Hikitsu (''Manga/FushigiYuugi''/''Manga/FushigiYuugiGenbuKaiden'')
* Siegfried Schtauffen (''VideoGame/SoulSeries'') (he was also Nightmare for ''Soulcalibur'' 1 and 2 as the two were one and the same in the story back then)
** He was also Yoshimitsu for a time, but got replaced by NorioWakamoto in ''IV''
* Teppei Takamiya (''Anime/BtX'')
* Shiro Amada (''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'', ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Super Robot Wars Impact]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Super Robot Wars Advance Portable]]'')
* Guy Shishioh (Anime/BraveSeries ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' and the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha'' series, the role that won him his "King of Braves" title and probably his most famous role)
* Yushiro Gowa (''Anime/{{Gasaraki}}'')
* Airs Blue (''Anime/InfiniteRyvius'')
** When he's not Blue, you'll catch him most notably as the announcer/reporter for both the ship and news broadcasts.
* Balmung (''[[Franchise/DotHack .hack//]]'')
* Kazuma Suzuka (''Franchise/TokimekiMemorial Girl's Side 1'')
* Mr. 3 in ''Manga/OnePiece'', where he pulls off SmugSnake rather well.
* [=BlackWarGreymon=] (''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'')
** Seraphimon (''Anime/DigimonFrontier'')
** [=SlashAngemon=] (''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'')
* Muruta Azrael (''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'') (PlayingAgainstType.)
* Ikkaku Madarame (''Manga/{{Bleach}}'')
* Viral (''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'') (PlayingAgainstType, at least initially)
* Space Detective 556 ("Kogoro") in ''Manga/KeroroGunsou''
* Madarame Harunobu (''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'') - a HotBlooded {{otaku}} with a 2-D complex, who gives his hobbies a higher priority than ''eating''. Is probably a fan of at least one of the ([[BlandNameProduct copyright-infringement-averse analogues]] of) anime the seiyuu has been in.
* Val in ''Anime/OtogiJuushiAkazukin''
* Girinma in ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5''.
* Kojyuuro Takeda (''VisualNovel/TheyAreMyNobleMasters'')
** We knew long before this role that Nobuyuki could scream in a HotBlooded way, but this role is notable for proving that he can ''whisper'' that way, too.
* Teppa Aizen in ''[[Anime/{{Grenadier}} Grenadier ~The Smiling Senshi~]]''.
* Kouji Tetsuya (''Anime/ShinkonGattaiGodannar'')
* Li Kouyuu in ''LightNovel/SaiunkokuMonogatari'' Season 1 and 2.
* Cyborg Butler in ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'', who resembles Viral from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' and uses Guy's moves from ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''.
* Professor Franklamb Stein (''LightNovel/MacademiWasshoi''), who gives HotBlooded speeches... about {{moe}} and [[PettingZooPeople girls with]] [[CuteMonsterGirl animal ears and tails.]] It's a little bizarre, but considering his Madarame role above...
* Papa Sidney Lewis (''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamMSIGLOO Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: The Gravity Front]]'')
* Yutaka "Panties" Itazu (''Anime/EdenOfTheEast'')
** Specially appointed in need for his Hiroshima accent. Bares quite a striking resemblance to Hiyama (even their beauty mark location's the same), probably an InkSuitActor case done on purpose.
* Kada (''Shin VisualNovel/KoihimeMusou'')
* Kouta Hirano in ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead''.
** Hiyama is noted to look extremely similar to Kouta, a coincidental case of InkSuitActor.
* Kunio Yamanobe the Geography Teacher (''Manga/SketDance'')
** Shares related voicing style with One Piece's Mr.3.
* Libra Genbu (''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega'')
* Batsu Ichimonji (''VideoGame/RivalSchools'', ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'')
* Forte/Bass (''[[VideoGame/MegaMan Rockman]]'')
* Adult Link (''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Melee'', ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur II]]'' ([[NintendoGameCube GameCube]] version))
* Wilhelm in the ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' series. Notable because he's playing against type, since Wilhelm's voice is monotone.
* Veigue Lungberg (''VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth'') ('''"KUREAAAAAAAAA~~!!"''')
* Haken Browning (''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars [[OriginalGeneration OG Saga]]: VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'')
* Date Masamune, Fuuma Kotarou, Honganji Kennyo (''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'') (Kennyo's one of the rare instances Hiyama voices an older man)
* Demitri Maximoff, Pyron, and Donovan Baine (''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'') ([[PlayingAgainstType Playing VERY against type in all mentioned roles]]) (He was only Donovan in ''Night Warriors''. In ''Vampire Savior 2'' he was replaced by JurotaKosugi.)
* Axel (''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|Cursed Memories}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3|Absence Of Justice}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4| A Promise Unforgotten}}'')
* Shuren of the Flames (''[[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Shin Kyuseishu Densetsu (Legend Of The True Savior): Fist Of The North Star]]'' movies and OriginalVideoAnimation)
* Tower Tycoon Kurotsugu (Palmer) in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''
* The [[Anime/UFORoboGrendizer Vegan]] {{Mooks}} (''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ'')
** "''KANARAZU KAETTEKURUZO!''"
** "''ONORE'' '''GRENDIZER'''!!!!"
* Sandalphon (''Deus Machina VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'')
* {{The Flash}} in the Japanese dub of ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]''.
* Bobby Briggs (Dana Ashbrook) in the Japanese dub of ''TwinPeaks: [[TheMovie Fire Walk With Me]]''.
* Sambash in ''SeijuuSentaiGingaman''
* Bomber the Great in ''ChourikiSentaiOhranger''
* The Wolf Imagin in ''Series/KamenRiderDenO''
* Masanosuke Date (''VisualNovel/LimeIroSenkitan'')
* Yuito Kisaragi/Misty Knight (''Anime/KaitouTenshiTwinAngel'')
* Isato Kaiza/Gowcaizer (''VideoGame/VoltageFighterGowcaizer'')
* Makoto Kyogoku in ''Manga/DetectiveConan''
* The narrator and Tachibana of the Anti-Zodiarts Union of ''Series/KamenRiderFourze''
* The minor villain Neon in ''[[Manga/GetterRobo Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo]]'' reprized in ''SuperRobotWarsGC''.
* Rampage in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' (Japanese dub)
* Longarm/Shockwave in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' (Japanese dub)
* Skyfire ([[DubNameChange Jetfire]]) in ''Anime/TransformersEnergon''
* Sneak Brothers the Younger in ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''.
* [[CrossdressingVoices Ms King Penguin]] in ''Manga/ShirokumaCafe'' with Toshiyuki also voicing Mama Panda.
* Diabel in ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''
* Sulfur Pot in ''LightNovel/AccelWorld''
* [[spoiler:V]]oyage[[spoiler:r]] in ''LightNovel/JinruiWaSuitaiShimashita''
* Scott Fuller in ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'' (Japanese dub, and also one of his first roles)
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'''[[DisappearsIntoLight HIKARI NI NAREEEEEEEE!!!]]'''
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