Takehito Koyasu is a seiyuu born in—*WHACK*
What!? I was just getting there!
Anyway, he is currently the most prolific seiyuu (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
nobleman to just plain
comic relief/
gay character. He created
Weiss Kreuz, and is a part of the Weiss group, alongside the other leads:
Shinichiro Miki,
Tomokazu Seki, and
Hiro Yuki. He is a
Man of a Thousand Voices.
Has an alter-ego named Zazel. Zazel sings the theme song for the CD drama starring Weiss'
rivals, Schwarz.
According to
Anime News Network
, he has the
most number of roles in anime - as of this writing December 16, 2012, 89 more roles than the next highest on the list.
It shall be noted, also, that he's a
Promoted Fanboy. Yep, he was a long-time
Mobile Suit Gundam fan before landing the roles of
Zechs,
Gym,
Mu and
Frederick.
Currently working on a series of CD dramas called
Velvet Under World, which may or may not be a
Weiss Kreuz spin off. For the most compelling arguments towards "may,"
Velvet Underworld is
Weiss Kreuz's first opening theme and VUW's main character's name? A.Y.A.
He seems to be a good friend with
Hikaru Midorikawa, and as a result, there's lots of instances where
he plays characters who are rivals with Midorikawa's character, usually with Koyasu's character being the instigator of rivalry.
Crispin Freeman may be the most likely candidate for his Western counterpart.
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