Kenichi Suzumura

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Ken'ichi Suzumura (鈴村健一 Suzumura Ken'ichi, born September 12, 1974) is a male Seiyū born in Osaka, Japan. He's probably best known (and reviled, see below) for his role as Shinn Asuka in Gundam Seed Destiny.

Blood type: A

[edit] Notable voice roles

Shirō Kamui in X/1999
Kyoichi Kanzaki in Boys Be
Rakushun in The Twelve Kingdoms
Wakabayashi Genzô in Captain Tsubasa ROAD to 2002
Shiki Tohno in Shingetsutan Tsukihime
Shinichirou Isumi in Hikaru no Go
Hikaru Hitachiin in Ouran High School Host Club (Kenichi voices Hikaru's twin brother Kaoru in the drama CD version.)
Shinn Asuka in Gundam SEED Destiny
Kouichi Kimura in Digimon Frontier
Gippal in Final Fantasy X-2
Shin Kudo in Macross Zero
Junpei Manaka in Ichigo 100%
Zack in Last Order -Final Fantasy VII-, Final Fantasy VII Advent Children
Demyx in Kingdom Hearts II
Leo Stenbuck in Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
Rudy Roughnight in Wild Arms: Alter Code F (Japanese version only)
Senel Coolidge in Tales of Legendia
Darc in Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
Taki Shunsuke in Gakuen Heaven
Eiji Shigure in Gravion
Eiji Shigure in Gravion Zwei
Wataru Fujii in Only the Ring Finger Knows (Drama CD)
Sougo Okita in Gintama
Hiroki Segawa in Witchblade (anime)
Lavi in D.Gray-man
Kiley Okayasu in Peach Girl
Atsuro Kiryuu in Kaikan Phrase
Fuge no Maya in Saint Beast
Ayumu Narumi in Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna
Shin Sawada in Gokusen
Suzaku in Shounen Onmyouji
Matt in PaRappa Rappa

[edit] Trivia

He's one half of the seiyū duo "R-16", alongside Takahiro Sakurai. Coincidently, both men have voiced characters whereby their love interests are voiced by Maaya Sakamoto.
- In Gundam Seed Destiny, Maaya voices Lunamaria Hawke while Kenichi voices Shinn Asuka. (Maaya also had a bit role as Shin's sister Mayu).
- In Final Fantasy VII, Maaya voices Aerith while Takahiro voices Cloud. In addition, Kenichi voices Zack, Aerith's first boyfriend.
- In Ouran High School Host Club, Kenichi voices Hikaru Hitachiin while Maaya voices his love interest, Haruhi Fujioka.
He's also a good friend of fellow seiyu Hoshi Soichiro; in the drama CD version of Ouran, Soichiro voices Kenichi's character (Hikaru), while Kenichi voices the twin brother (Kaoru). Ironically, in Gundam Seed Destiny, the two voiced bitter enemies as Soichiro voices Kira Yamato, Shinn's "nemesis" in the series.
- Also, during his course of work in GSD, he is said to have somehow offended the writer of the series (Morosawa Chiaki), who supposedly wrote Shinn to be less likeable because of him. In fact, it was rumoured that during GSD's run in Japan, Kenichi was spat at by anti-Shinn fans on the streets.
One of Soichiro's nicknames for him is "Mura-Ken". Also, both of them are managed by the same company, as of 2006.
He has also voiced one half of a pair of twins in two animes.
- Ouran High School Host Club
- Digimon Frontier