Describe Katsuyuki Konishi he—
OY OY OY! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK HE IS?!
Katsuyuki Konishi is one hell of a seiyuu. Unlike many seiyuu who get typecast as stock characters, he has pulled off stoic, reserved adult men, Bishōnen, laid-back male roles, jokesters, and one epic Boisterous Large Ham. On a whim. Sometimes all at once! While his fanbase started out small, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann vaulted him to 'instant legend' status as Kamina. However, he does have quite a few roles where he is either a big brother or big brother figure to one of the younger characters. Hell, he has even voiced the freaking United States of America.
His voice talents extend beyond humans as well - he has voiced several Pokémon, from Snorlax to Blaziken to Rayquaza. However, as of Best Wishes he has not had any new roles, so it has been assumed that he left the series.
Relationship Voice Actor with Nobuyuki Hiyama, Takahiro Sakurai, Shin-ichiro Miki, Takashi Kondo and others.
His American counterparts are Patrick Seitz and Eric Vale, though Keith Silverstein can also qualify due to sharing a few roles with him.
None shall threaten these roles' everlasting apex!
- Agito Makishima/Guyver III in Guyver (2005)
- Altair in Assassin's Creed I ("WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I A— *attracts crowd* ... wait, hold up... Who the hell do you think I am... SLIT.")
- America and Canada in Axis Powers Hetalia
- A prime example of his adaptability, as America and Canada were required to sound alike but still distinct.
- Amidamaru in Shaman King
- The nameless match announcer in Hajime no Ippo
- Maj. Arthur Graham in Kuromukuro
- Badr in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic: Adventure of Sinbad
- Beast the One from Ultraman: The Next
- Beelzebub in Granblue Fantasy
- Bem in Humanoid Monster Bem (2019)
- Blood Dupree in Heart no Kuni no Alice
- "The Boss"/Diavolo in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
- Brunch the Tengu in Toriko, replacing Tomoyuki Dan
- Bulat in Akame ga Kill!
- Cat in the Japanese dub of CatDog
- Captain Ginyu in Dragon Ball Kai, Super, and all related video games coming out since.
- Cornell in Castlevania: Judgment
- Prince Crescendo in Eternal Sonata
- Fan Hulic in Tytania
- Full-time Panda in Shirokuma Cafe
- Genzo, Knees, and Kazuki Nakashima (portrayed as a Kamina expy) in Oh! Edo Rocket
- Gillvalis in Ultraman Geed The Movie: Connect The Wishes!
- Gosei Knight in Tensou Sentai Goseiger
- Gotchiman and Oyajitchi in Tamagotchi
- Grand Convoy and Overdrive (Optimus Prime and Cliffjumper to Americans) in Transformers Energon
- Guy Bannings in The Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki
- Haji in Blood+
- Hank Henriette in To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts
- Henry in No More Heroes
- Heughes in Baten Kaitos Origins
- Hideo Minagawa in Initial D
- Hubert in Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Isao in The Magnificent Kotobuki
- Isuke Matsukawa in A3
- Joe in Rune Factory Oceans
- Johann Trinity in Mobile Suit Gundam 00
- Raymond Slug in Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: The Gravity Front
- Jonathan Joestar in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood movie (2007)
- Jun Oda in Yakuza 0
- Juzo Shima in Blue Exorcist (replacing Koji Yusa)
- (Keisuke) Kagami in Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace
- Kamina and Makken Jokin in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
- Kara-Kanat Süleyman in Shoukoku no Altair
- Kazama Shouichi in Majikoi
- Kenji Kazama in D-Frag!
- Kenshiro in Hokuto Musou, J Stars Victory VS and Jump Force
- Kiriwar in Togainu no Chi
- Komui Lee in D.Gray-Man
- Kuchen Baum in Galaxy Angel Rune
- Kuin in Ushio and Tora
- Kyoshiro Ayanokouji in Shattered Angels
- Kyoshiro Mibu/Demon Eyes Kyo in Samurai Deeper Kyo
- Largo Lloyd in Letter Bee and Letter Bee Reverse
- Laxus Dreyar in Fairy Tail
- Yuri Dreyar in Fairy Tail Zero
- Leo in Arte
- Lloyd Irving in Tales of Symphonia
- Marx (Xander) in Fire Emblem Fates and Fire Emblem Heroes
- Masamune Matsumoto in High Score
- Masamune Takano in Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi
- Max in SSSS.GRIDMAN
- Maxima in The King of Fighters ("Let's do this, partner...")
- Meis in Promare
- Miyuki Washiu in Ookami Kakushi
- Motonari Mouri in Ikemen Sengoku
- Okubo Naoya in Kengan Ashura
- Oscar Wilde in Grimms Notes
- Oswald in 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams
- Otonoshin Koito in Golden Kamuy
- Ozma Lee in Macross Frontier
- Phoenix Ikki in Saint Seiya Hades Chapters (succeeding Hideyuki Hori) and Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac
- Lionet Souma in Saint Seiya Omega
- Several roles in Pokémon
- Notably Ash's Snorlax, Heracross, Corphish, Tauros, Glalie, Gliscor, and Staraptor, Brock's Croagunk, and May's Blaziken.
- Rayquaza in Destiny Deoxys
- Mewtwo in The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon
- R (Renato Socci) in Jormungand
- Ranzal, Luther and Malka in Dragalia Lost
- Reiji Sakamaki in Diabolik Lovers
- Ren Marker in Karin
- Ren Tsuruga in Skip Beat!
- Rinat in Magical Days – The Brats' Parade
- Roberto Hongo in Captain Tsubasa (2018)
- Ryuuji Keikain in Nurarihyon no Mago Sennen Makyou
- Ryuji Shina/Crocodile in Killing Bites
- Ryuujirou Kotobuki in Grand Blue
- Sakuya Ohtori in Rewrite
- Semimaru Asai in 7 Seeds
- Serge in Arc Rise Fantasia
- Sherlock Holmes in Case File nº221: Kabukicho
- Shingen Takeda in Sengoku Night Blood
- Shingo Hachiken in Silver Spoon
- Shinobu Ōsaki and Ritsu Kisaragi in Kin'iro no Corda
- Shuhei Hisagi and Keigo Asano in Bleach
- SilverAsh in Arknights
- Soubi Agatsuma in Loveless
- Sousuke Yaotome in Idolish 7
- Spike Witwicky and the Angry Archer in the Japanese dub of Transformers Animated
- Takahisa Kajimoto in The Prince of Tennis
- Takashi Matsubara in Re:CREATORS
- Takiji Kobayashi in Bungo to Alchemist
- Tanktop Master in One-Punch Man
- Tatsumi Oga in Beelzebub
- Tengen Uzui in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
- Tooya in Ceres, Celestial Legend
- Toraji Ishida in Bamboo Blade
- Torch Man in Mega Man 11
- Toshiie Maeda and Naomasa Ii in Samurai Warriors
- Shuten Douji in Musou Orochi 2
- Tsumugu Kinagase and Guts in Kill la Kill
- Viktor in Suikoden Radio Drama
- Volfogg in GaoGaiGar
- Wataru Kurozuma in A Certain Scientific Railgun
- Yasha in Onmyōji
- Zagine in Black Cat
- Zorzal El Caesar in Gate
"HANDS OFF KATSUYUKI KONISHI'S LIL' BRO" TROOOOPES!!
- Badass Baritone: Definitely his forte, but you'd be quite surprised that he also does tenor voices at times, best exemplified in his role as Lloyd Irving.
- The Big Guy: He's 5'11''.
- Evil Sounds Deep: Usually in effect when he voices a villain.
- Large Ham: Yes, he has a bunch of stoic roles. But ask any man about the size of his ham after you watch him do Kamina...
