Soichiro Hoshi

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Soichiro Hoshi (保志 総一朗 Hoshi Sōichirō?, born May 30, 1972 in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan) is a Japanese seiyū. He has a blood type of B, and is affiliated with Arts Vision.

He uses the name Takeshi Aiba (相庭 剛志 Aiba Takeshi) when appearing in adult games.

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[edit] Roles

[edit] Anime

Lead roles in bold.

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[edit] Trivia

[edit] Interesting Relationships with Co-stars

  • He has appeared in at least 2 roles with both Akira Ishida and Takehito Koyasu whereby both of their characters are close friends/comrades.
    • With Akira, the most famous of their many collaborations is in Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny, with Soichiro as Kira Yamato and Akira as Athrun Zala. A close second will be Saiyuki and its sequels, with Soichiro as Goku and Akira as Hakkai. In The Law of Ueki, Soichiro voices Seiichiro Sano while Akira voices Inumaru Wanko, the God Candidate who gave Sano his powers. Other Anime would be Meine Liebe, Harukanaru Toki no Naka de and Sukisho. In Naruto, Soichiro voices Yashamaru while Akira voices Gaara. Also of note is that in most of these anime, he plays the younger / more childish of the 2 characters. This is a reference to their ages (Akira is 5 years Soichiro's senior.) In the game Sengoku Basara 2, they are enemies, since Soichiro voices Sanada Yukimura (who serves Shingen Takeda) while Akira voices Takenaka Hanbei (who serves Toyotomi Hideyoshi). In the PlayStation/PlayStation Portable game Tales of Eternia, Akira plays the main character, Rid Hershel, while Soichiro plays a fellow party member and childhood friend to Rid, Keel Zeibel.
    • For Takehito, the probably most (in)famous collaboration is Get Backers, with Soichiro as Fuuchouin Kazuki and Takehito as Kakei Jubei. The others are in the Gundam Seed series, with Takehito as Mu La Flaga; and the game Sengoku Basara, with Soichiro as Sanada Yukimura and Takehito as Sarutobi Sasuke. Interestingly, in Samurai Deeper Kyo, Ishida Akira is the one who voices Sasuke, while Takehito does Tokugawa Ieyasu (in the guise of Hattori Hanzo) and Soichiro does Akira (not based on any Sengoku character).
  • He's also a good friend of fellow seiyu Kenichi Suzumura; in the drama CD version of Ouran High School Host Club, Soichiro voices Kenichi's character in the anime version (Hikaru), while Kenichi voices the twin brother of Hikaru, Kaoru. Ironically, in Gundam Seed Destiny, the two voiced bitter enemies as Soichiro voices Kira Yamato, Shinn's "nemesis" in the series. Interestingly, in the Digimon franchise, both of their character's Digimon partners experience what is called "Dark Digivolution".
  • He has at least 2 roles whereby his character is a rival of the character voiced by Tomokazu Seki: In Gundam Seed, Yzak Jule (Seki) was once slashed by Kira Yamato (Hoshi); in the drama CD version of D.N Angel, Hoshi voices Daisuke Niwa while Seki voices Satoshi Hiwatari; in RAVE (Rave Master), Seki is the main protagonist, Haru Glory, while Hoshi is his complete opposite, Lucia Raregroove, even if the latter's anime role seems short and minor (in contrast to the manga).
  • Also, he has worked alongside Toshihiko Seki a few times whereby their characters have strong interactions: In Gundam Seed, Kira Yamato (Hoshi) kills Rau le Creuset (Seki), who had long regarded Kira as a main threat; in Saiyuki, Goku (Hoshi) was rescued by Sanzo (Seki), who often abuses him with a paper fan as well; in the drama CD version of D.N Angel, Hoshi voices Niwa Daisuke while Seki voices his father, Kosuke.
  • He has starred alongside Rie Tanaka whereby his character was saved by Rie's character.
    • In Gundam Seed, Lacus Clyne (Rie) helped nurse Kira Yamato (Soichiro) back to health after his battle with Athrun Zala.
    • In the GetBackers drama CDs, Haruki Kaoru (Rie) used her powers to heal Fuchouin Kazuki (Soichiro) and his companions.

[edit] Others

  • In addition to playing the hero in Shining Tears, he also sang the theme songs. Incidentally, the opening theme song is ALSO entitled "Shining Tears".
  • He shares the same birthday and bloodtype as fellow Digimon Savers castmate Rie Kugimiya.
  • Due to his height, he likes to wear shoes with thick soles.
  • Most of his major roles in anime that revolve around battles are usually extremely powerful, even life-threateningly dangerous, whether hero or villain. Examples include Kira Yamato, Lucia Raregroove, Fayt Leingod, Kane Blueriver, Brooklyn, Souichiro Nagi, Ohjiro Mihara, Masaru Daimon and Son Goku (Saiyuki) to name a few.
  • He shares several links with seiyu Megumi Ogata.
    • Both have voiced the main character in hit mecha anime serieses. (Soichiro in GS/GSD, Megumi in Evangelion). Also, their female guardians were voiced by Mitsuishi Kotono. The two would later work together in the game Super Robot Wars Alpha 3, where Kira (Soichiro) is told off by Shinji (Megumi) for his comments.
    • Both have voiced Sanada Yukimura, a famous general from the Sengoku period. (Soichiro in Sengoku Basara, Megumi in Samurai Deeper Kyo. Also, in Kyo, Soichiro voices a character, Akira.).
    • Both have also voiced characters who have strong interactions with characters voiced by fellow seiyuu Akira Ishida.
  • In the first Seiyu Awards, he was nominated in two categories: Best Main Character (male, as Keiichi Maebara in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni) and Best Supporting Character (male, as Kira Yamato in Gundam Seed Destiny)

[edit] See also

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