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THE voice actor when it comes to Bishōnen characters. The girlier, the better. Bonus points if the character has Mystical White Hair.
Akira Ishida (born November 2, 1967) voices characters that are 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, Yūki Kaji, Rikiya Koyama, Jun'ichi Suwabe, Joji Nakata, Takehito Koyasu, Megumi Toyoguchi, Akio Ōtsuka, 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.
Not to be confused with the artist Akira Ishida.
Ishida ja nai, Katsura da!
- Abe no Yasuaki in Harukanaru Toki no Naka de
- Akaza in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
- Akira Sohma in the 2019 reboot of Fruits Basket
- 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
- Alus in Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE
- Amane Nishiki in Blaz Blue Chrono Phantasma
- Emperor Antoku in Angolmois
- Apos in Mnemosyne
- Aru Akise in Future Diary
- Ashton Anchors in Star Ocean: Second Evolution
- Athrun Zala in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom
- Ayato Kamisatonote in Genshin Impact
- Badou in the Dogs: Stray Dogs Howling in the Dark OVA
- Beyond Flamenco in Samurai Flamenco
- Bobble in the Japanese dub of the Tinker Bell series
- Byakuya Togami in Danganronpa
- Cancer Cell in Cells at Work!
- 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
- Clotted Cream Cookie in Cookie Run Kingdom
- Cologne in HeartCatch Pretty Cure!
- Dagded Dujardin in Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger
- Damiya in Erin
- Dan-kun in Bamboo Blade
- Danny in the Japanese dub of Night Trap
- Delmore in Queen's Blade
- Dias in Ultraman Regulos
- Edge in Panzer Dragoon Saga
- Edo Phoenix in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX and Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V
- Edward Nashton/The Riddler (Paul Dano) in the Japanese dub of The Batman (2022)
- Eiji Arashi in Captain Earth
- Eishi Tsukasa in Food Wars!
- Ecolo in Puyo Puyo, starting with Puyo Puyo 7
- Elidibus in Final Fantasy XIV
- Emperor Niall and Hugo Ardanach in Xenoblade Chronicles 2
- Fate Averruncus in Negima! Magister Negi Magi and UQ Holder!
- Femt, the King of Depravity, in Blood Blockade Battlefront
- Fierce Beast Fly-Fist Bae from Juken Sentai Gekiranger
- Fisheye in Sailor Moon
- King Folloht in Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear
- Fyodor Dostoevsky in Bungo Stray Dogs
- Gaara in Naruto
- Gabriel Miller a.k.a. Subtilizer in Sword Art Online: Alicization
- Gewalt in Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven
- Gilgamesh and Rockman Juno in Namco × Capcom
- Gokudo in Gokudō
- Hakuba Saguru in Case Closed
- Hakuhō in Ōji-sama LV1 (succeeded by Hiroshi Kamiya in the LV2 drama CD)
- Hangan, Heiyō and Yamawaro in Onmyōji (the last one is seriously Playing Against Type)
- Hattori Hanzō in Time Bokan 24
- Hayato (Falkner) in Pokémon: The Series
- 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
- Heika Demint in Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion
- Heita Matsuda in Golden Kamuy
- Hideo Shimada in Parasyte
- Hisashi Watanabe in Diamond no Ace
- Hodaka Murakami in RDG: Red Data Girl
- Hon in Helck
- Hyoga in Dr. STONE
- Hyuga Ryght in Phantasy Star Universe
- Ichiro Mizusawa in Slam Dunk
- 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)
- Jin Guangyao in the Japanese dubs of the Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi animated and audio drama adaptations and the live-action adaptation The Untamed
- Joseph Gustav Newton in TerraforMARS
- Judas in Saint Beast
- Judeau in Berserk (1997) and Berserk: Millennium Falcon Hen Seima Senki no Shō
- Kagetsu in Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East
- Kanata Wakamiya/Reiga Giou in Betrayal Knows My Name
- Kanazawa in Girls' Last Tour
- Kaworu Nagisa in Neon Genesis Evangelion and Rebuild of Evangelion
- Kazuaki Ōji in World Trigger
- Keera L. Greenwood in How Not to Summon a Demon Lord
- Keiji Mogami in Mob Psycho 100
- Keiju Tabuki in Penguindrum
- Kent in Amnesia: Memories
- Kihachirou Ayabe in Nintama Rantarou
- Kota Kijima in Rokudou's Bad Girls
- Kotarou "Zura" Katsura in Gintama
- Kotarou Hoshizuki in Starry☆Sky
- Koyemushi (Dung Beetle) in Bokurano
- Kuja (of Final Fantasy IX's fame) in Dissidia Final Fantasy and Dissidia Final Fantasy (2015)
- Kazusa Futahito in Final Fantasy Type-0
- Kumo in Final Fantasy: Unlimited
- Lon Wu in Last Hope (2018)
- Ludociel in The Seven Deadly Sins
- Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in the Japanese dubs of the Star Wars original trilogy in the Special Edition version
- Luxion in Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs
- The Hero/Makoto Yuki, Ryoji Mochizuki, and Pharos in Persona 3 (including FES, Portable, Reload, The Movie, and Dancing in Moonlight)
- Manabu Kuchiki in Genshiken (no, seriously)
- Marcus in Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.
- Megumi Ishimaru in Devils' Line
- Minamoto no Yoshitsune in Drifters
- Mikael in I'm Gonna Be an Angel!
- Mikage from Kamisama Kiss
- Mitsuru Kamekura in The Garden of Sinners
- Mysterious Youth in Angel Beats!
- Naganuma in D-Frag!
- Nagi Homura in My-HiME
- Narumi-sensei in Gakuen Alice
- Orca in Children of the Whales
- Otto Apocalypse in Honkai Impact 3rd
- Luocha in Honkai: Star Rail
- Oz in Divine Gate
- Phantom in Arknights
- Pierre "Elle Sid" Leblanc in the Captain Tsubasa smartphone game Tatakau Dream Team
- Purge in Space Channel 5 Part 2
- Reyson and Azelle in Fire Emblem Heroes
- Regulus Corneas in Re:Zero
- Reid Hershell in Tales of Eternia
- Rin Obami in Kakegurui
- Roi in Blood Lad
- 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 Devils and Realist
- Saralegui in Kyo Kara Maoh!
- Sariel in Granblue Fantasy
- Sarutobi Sasuke in Samurai Deeper Kyo
- Satoshi Hiwatari/Hikari in D.N.Angel
- Seiji Aizawa in Tokyo Mew Mew New
- Seiya Uzaki in Nurse Angel Ririka SOS
- Setsuna and Cho in Sakura Wars (1996)
- Shouma Shinonome in Cardfight!! Vanguard
- Shuichi Natori in Natsume's Book of Friends
- Shunsuke in Tokyo Mew Mew
- Shun Kamiya in Tribe Nine
- 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 DiamondDust Rebellion
- The unnamed Student Council President of Sanada North Prefectural High in Daily Lives of High School Boys
- Sugiru Yowagoshi in Laughing Salesman NEW
- Takenaka Hanbe in the Sengoku Basara series
- Takeuchi in Mars Red
- Tatsulot in Kamen Rider Kiva
- "Teacher"/The Shapeless One in The Case Study of Vanitas
- Ted, former bearer of the Soul Eater Rune in the Radio Drama of Suikoden
- Temenos Mistral in Octopath Traveler II
- Tgurneu in Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers
- Tom Riddle (Christian Coulson) in the Japanese dub of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Tommyrod in Toriko
- Ton Satomi in Bungo to Alchemist
- Tony Soprano Jr. (Robert Iler) in the Japanese dub of seasons 2 to 6 of The Sopranos and young Tony Soprano (Michael Gandolfini) in the dub of the prequel film The Many Saints of Newark
- Touji Souya in March Comes in Like a Lion
- Tsukasa Amakawa in Shugo Chara!
- Ultra Magnus in Q Transformers: Kaettekita Convoy no Nazo
- Un-oh in Kiddy Grade
- Vayne Aurelius in Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis
- Virgo Asmita in Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas
- Pisces Amor in Saint Seiya Omega
- Virgo Shaka in Saint Seiya Awakening
- Wanshi in Punishing: Gray Raven
- Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) in the Japanese dub of Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Will in 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams
- Will o' The Wisp in The Ancient Magus' Bride
- Wizarmon in Digimon Adventure and Digimon X-Evolution
- Kiyoshiro Higashimitarai in Digimon Ghost Game
- Wonrei in Konjiki no Gash Bell
- Xellos in Slayers
- Jeffrey in Slayers Special
- Xerxes Break in PandoraHearts
- Yakumo Yurakutei in Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
- Yoshinobu Kubota in Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto
- Yoshiyuki Kato and Amakusa Shirou Tokisada in Live A Live (2022 remake)
- Yunan in Magi: Labyrinth of Magic
- Zeref in Fairy Tail
- Zexion/Ienzo in the Kingdom Hearts series
Tropes relating to Akira Ishida:
- Crossdressing Voices: Is one of the few male anime voice actors to voice a woman. In one skit he voices seven characters, including the mother, teenage daughter and the grandmother.
- Man of a Thousand Voices: Taken up to eleven in the Smartphone game Chain Chronicle where he plays forty-six characters at once.
- Mystical White Hair: Many of his roles fall under this: Kaworu, Break, Akise, Hyouga, Regulus, Souya and Tsukasa.
- Not So Stoic: Ishida is known as one of the most serious voice actors in the business, rarely ever cracking a joke or laughing. But there are rare cases that he actually laughed at certain things, which caused everyone near him to get silent in shock en masse, with Ishida apologizing.note
- Typecasting: Has picked up more villainous roles in the latter parts of his career.
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