
Describe
Hikaru Midorikawa here or
I will kill you.
Hikaru Midorikawa is one of the well-known seiyuus 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
The Lancer,
The Smart Guy,
The Rival,
Deadpan Snarker, etc. He occasionally breaks the routine, though, and goes along to voice silly characters just as good. 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.
Truly a
Man of a Thousand Voices.
(For some reason, the characters he voiced
has a tendency to be captured and then
restrained/tied up)
Though born in 1968 and already married, he manages other activities other than being a seiyuu, such as website managing (he's got one) and playing video games. Apparently, he's a big fan of
Super Robot Wars, having a blog entry on the SRW site, contacts Banpresto and happily does extra lines for his characters (especially Masaki) for free, and usually becomes a beta tester for the games. He also have a habit to turn the characters he voices into
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)
He's friends with several other seiyuus like
Ryotaro Okiayu, who also somehow shares a bit of his SRW passion (he voices Raidiese F. Branstein) and sometimes plays together. He was also a member of a music group with
Nobutoshi Canna, but his greatest, most known relationship with other actors is definitely
Takehito Koyasu.
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.
Mission Complete.