
This description of Akira Ishida is the greatest achievement of TV Tropes culture. I mean, IT'S SO COOOOL!
THE voice actor when it comes to Bishōnen characters. The girlier, the better.Unlike Hikaru Midorikawa, who voices serious, stoic characters, Akira Ishida seems to be more on the laid-back side... and sometimes on the more enigmatic, sinister side. This makes him quite the fan favorite even today. It does help that his first well known voice was Kaworu Nagisa, which gives him quite a good start, but it wasn't until later that his roles as Athrun Zala and Gaara shot him to great fame.Has a lot of "relationships" with fellow Gundam SEED voice actor Soichiro Hoshi. And with Romi Park, Megumi Ogata, Mamiko Noto, Megumi Hayashibara, Tomokazu Seki, Rikiya Koyama, Junichi Suwabe, Joji Nakata, Takehito Koyasu, Megumi Toyoguchi, Akio Ohtsuka, Tomokazu Sugita, and recently Maaya Sakamoto. And some very rabid fangirls and fanboys.Also, for the record, he's one of the only male voice actors to have voiced a WOMAN.If his character is killed, expect it to be via head injury.Western counterpart? For California, Yuri Lowenthal, Todd Haberkorn, and Vic Mignogna. For Texas, Jason Liebrecht, Greg Ayres, Eric Vale, Josh Grelle and Chris Patton. For Canada, Richard Ian Cox and Brad Swaile. Hiro Shimono seems to be shaping up to be his successor.Tropes relating to Akira Ishida:
- Badass: Basically be the Bishōnen equivalent of Norio Wakamoto.
- Bishōnen: He's even one himself.
- Crossdressing Voices: Is one of the few male anime voice actors to voice a woman.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: With his characters the girlier, the better.
- Image Song: Usually has none for his characters. Ishida has an aversion of singing these kind of songs after an unpleasant experience with a certain rabid fan.
- Man of a Thousand Voices: Taken Up to Eleven in the Smartphone game Chain Chronicle where he plays fourty-six characters at once.
- Mystical White Hair / White Hair, Black Heart: Infamous for being cast as characters bearing this.
- The Stoic: Ishida is infamous for his trademark "poker face", making him hard for younger voice actors to approach. Kazuya Nakai mentioned within a Gintama interview on how much he freaked out when he witnessed Ishida cracking from his own lines.Nakai: Wait, did THAT Ishida just laughed!!?
- Villains: His more recent roles often are this.
Notable roles by Akira Ishida:
- Abe no Yasuaki in Harukanaru Toki no Naka de
- Albert Schuman in Dimension W
- Alex Noah in Lunar: Silver Star Story
- Alfonse "Alf" Zena Meridia in Arc Rise Fantasia
- All the Machinery Children (Ansuz, Thurisuz, Uruz Egret) and Mekibos in Super Robot Wars
- Alph in Luminous Arc
- Amane Nishiki in Blaz Blue Chrono Phantasma
- Apos in Mnemosyne
- Aru Akise in Future Diary
- Ashton Anchors in Star Ocean: Second Evolution
- Athrun Zala in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- Badou in the Dogs: Stray Dogs Howling in the Dark OVA
- Bobble in the Japanese dub of the Tinker Bell series
- Byakuya Togami in Dangan Ronpa and in Super Dangan Ronpa 2 (Both Togami and his imposter.)
- Cavendish in One Piece
- Cho Hakkai in Saiyuki (The mangaka had written "voiced by Ishida Akira" in Hakkai's profile as a joke, and the animated adaptations said "Why not?")
- Chrono in Chrono Crusade
- Cologne in HeartCatch Pretty Cure!
- Dan-kun in Bamboo Blade
- Delmore in Queen's Blade
- Edge in Panzer Dragoon Saga
- Edo Phoenix in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX and Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V
- Eiji Arashi in Captain Earth
- Ekoro in Puyo Puyo 7/Puyo Puyo 20th Anniversary
- Fate Averruncus in Mahou Sensei Negima!
- Femt, the King of Depravity, in Blood Blockade Battlefront
- Fisheye in Sailor Moon
- Gaara in Naruto
- Gilgamesh and Rockman Juno in Namco × Capcom
- Gokudo in Gokudo
- Hakuba Saguru in Detective Conan
- Hayato (Falkner) in Pokémon
- Shadow Triad member in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Promotional Trailer
- Steven Stone in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Promotional short
- Head in Star Driver
- Hideo Shimada in Parasyte
- Hyuga Ryght in Phantasy Star Universe
- Inari in Kyousogiga
- Inugamigyobou Tanuki Tamazuki in Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan
- Izana Wisteria in Snow White with the Red Hair
- Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) in the Japanese dub of Titanic (1997)
- Judas in Saint Beast
- Judeau in Berserk
- Kagetsu in Hakkenden Touhou Hakken Ibun
- Kanata Wakamiya/Reiga Giou in Betrayal Knows My Name
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ZuraKatsura Kotarou in Gintama - Kaworu Nagisa in Neon Genesis Evangelion and Rebuild of Evangelion
- Keiju Tabuki in Mawaru-Penguindrum
- Kent in Amnesia (Otome)
- Kotarou Hoshizuki in Starry Sky
- Koyemushi (Dung Beetle) in Bokurano
- Kuja (of Final Fantasy IX's fame) in Dissidia: Final Fantasy
- Kazusa Futahito in Final Fantasy Type-0
- Kumo in Final Fantasy: Unlimited
- Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in the Japanese dubs of the Star Wars original trilogy in the Special Edition version
- Makoto Yuki/Minato Arisato, Ryoji Mochizuki and Pharos in Persona 3
- Manabu Kuchiki in Genshiken (no, seriously)
- Mikael in I'm Gonna Be an Angel!
- Mikage from Kamisama Kiss
- Mitsuru Kamekura in Kara no Kyoukai
- Mysterious Youth in Angel Beats!
- Nagi Homura in Mai HIME
- Narumi-sensei in Alice Academy
- Oz in Divine Gate
- Purge in Space Channel 5 Part 2
- Reid Hershell in Tales of Eternia
- Ryuubi in Juuzaengi
- Ryuunosuke Uryuu in Fate/Zero
- Saburo in Sgt. Frog
- And prior to this he voiced Saburo in Seven of Seven, which was where the character made his animated debut
- Samael in Makai Ouji
- Saralegui in Kyo Kara Maoh!
- Sarutobi Sasuke in Samurai Deeper Kyo
- Satoshi Hiwatari/Hikari in D.N.Angel
- Seiya Uzaki in Nurse Angel Ririka SOS
- Shuichi Natori in Natsume's Book of Friends
- Shūsei Kagari in Psycho-Pass
- Shuuya Tokita and his alternate future self, Philosopher in Clock Zero
- Snails in the Japanese dub of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- Soujirou Kusaka in Bleach: The Diamond Dust Rebellion
- The unnamed Student Council President of Sanada North Prefectural High in Daily Lives of High School Boys
- Takenaka Hanbe in the Sengoku Basara series
- Tatsulot in Kamen Rider Kiva
- Ted, former bearer of the Soul Eater Rune in the Radio Drama of Suikoden I
- Tom Riddle (Christian Coulson) in the Japanese dub of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Tommyrod in Toriko
- Tony Soprano Jr. (Dominic Chianese) in the first Japanese dub of The Sopranos
- Tsukasa Amakawa in Shugo Chara!
- Ultra Magnus in Q Transformers: Kaettekita Convoy no Nazo
- Un-oh in Kiddy Grade
- Virgo Asmita in Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas
- Pisces Amor in Saint Seiya Omega
- Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) in the Japanese dub of Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Wizarmon in Digimon Adventure and Digimon X-Evolution
- Wonrei in Konjiki no Gash Bell
- Xellos in Slayers
- Jeffrey in Slayers Special
- Xerxes Break in Pandora Hearts
- Yakumo Yurakutei in Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
- Yoshinobu Kubota in Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto
- Yunan in Magi – Labyrinth of Magic
- Zeref in Fairy Tail
- Zexion in the Kingdom Hearts series
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