Takehito Koyasu

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Takehito Koyasu
子安武人
Origin Yokohama, Japan

Takehito Koyasu (子安 武人 Koyasu Takehito, born May 5, 1967) in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan is a seiyū (voice actor).

According to information posted at the Internet Movie Database and as of First Quarter 2006, Koyasu is the most prolific seiyū in Japan with 231 voice acting roles in anime and video games. However, the Anime News Network website states that as of March, 2007 update, Koyasu has 270 voice roles-to-date. He is also part of the seiyū quartet Weiss which also consists of Weiss Kreuz voice castmates Shinichiro Miki, Tomokazu Seki, and Yuuki Hiro. He sometimes works under the pseudonym Hayato Jūmonji (十文字 隼人, Jūmonji Hayato).

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[edit] Notable voice roles

[edit] Anime

[edit] Games

[edit] Drama CD

[edit] Trivia

  • Height: 175 cm (5’ 9’’)
  • Blood type: A
  • The eartails are his trade mark.
  • His favorite hobbies include videogames, writing and jumprope.
  • His favorite band is L'Arc~en~Ciel.
  • In his youth, Koyasu remembers a student teacher who "saved him" from his delinquent days.
  • In addition to Weiß Kreuz, there are many anime series where at least 3 of the Weiss boys appear together, for example:
    • Star Ocean EX: Dias Flac (Koyasu), Claude C. Kenni (Yuuki), Ashton Anchors (Seki)
    • Air Master: Fukamichi (Koyasu), Tokita (Seki), Komata Shigeo (Miki)
    • Gravitation: Sakano (Koyasu), Shindou Shuichi (Seki), Aizawa Taki (Miki)
    • Fushigi Yuugi: Hotohori (Koyasu), Chichiri (Seki), Yuki Keisuke (Miki)
    • Initial D: Takahashi Ryosuke (Koyasu), Takahashi Keisuke (Seki), Fujiwara Takumi (Miki)
    • Full Metal Panic!: Zaidou (Koyasu), Sagara Sousuke (Seki), Kurz Weber (Miki)
    • Neon Genesis Evangelion: Aoba Shigeru (Koyasu), Suzuhara Touji (Seki), Hyuuga Makoto (Yuuki)
    • Area 88 (2004): Shin Kazama (Koyasu), Mickey Simon (Seki), Makoto Shinjo (Miki)
    • Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Mwu la Fllaga (Koyasu), Yzak Jule (Seki), Clotho Buer (Yuuki)
    • Wedding Peach: Sandora (Koyasu), Ignis (Seki), Limone (Miki), Rioma (Yuuki)
    • Sukisho: Yoru (Koyasu), Shinichirou (Miki) and Chris (Yuuki), the last one appearing only in the OAV.
  • In the Angel Sanctuary drama CDs, all four members of Weiss voiced important secondary characters, with Koyasu as Kira Sakuya, Seki as Sandalphon, Miki as Katan and Yuki as Raziel.
  • He's also the creator of the Weiß series, and has authored the manga Weiβ Side B. In creating Weiß Kreuz, Koyasu was inspired by an old Japanese series called "Sure Death".
  • There was a moment when Koyasu & Midorikawa Hikaru were working simultaneosuly in three animes together as "rivals": The Slayers (Rezo & Zelgadis), Fushigi Yuugi (Hotohori & Tamahome) and Gundam Wing (Zechs & Heero). Ironically enough, the two of them collaborated once again as friends-turned-rivals when they voiced Shin Kazama (Koyasu) and Satoru Kanzaki (Midorikawa) in the 2004 remake of Area 88 and once again in the 2006 Super Robot Wars anime adaption Super Robot Wars Original Generation ~Divine Wars~ as Shuu Shirakawa (Koyasu) and Masaki Andoh (Midorikawa).
    • Koyasu considers Midorikawa's voice "cute", and invited him to participate in Weiß Kreuz as one of the opposites of Weiss (the Schwarz group); here, Midorikawa plays Schuldig.
    • Koyasu plays the dominant gay partner to Midorikawa's male character in a BL (Boy's Love) drama CD, Renai ala Carte.
    • In Sukisho, Koyasu plays Yoru, the alter ego of Midorikawa's character Sora.
    • In Saiunkoku Monogatari, Sa Sakujun (Koyasu) is a "villain" after the affections of Kou Shuurei, whose devoted retainer is Shi Seiran (Midorikawa).
  • He has appeared in at least 4 roles with Hoshi Soichiro whereby both of their characters are close friends/comrades. Their most (in)famous collaboration probably would be 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 Soichiro as Kira Yamato; the game Sengoku Basara, with Soichiro as Sanada Yukimura and Takehito as Sarutobi Sasuke; and in the Xenosaga series of games, with Takehito as Tony and Soichiro as chaos.
  • According to Hisaya Nakajo, the mangaka of the series Hana-Kimi, the character of Masao Himejima was designed with Koyasu's voice in mind; the seiyu ended up voicing this character in the series' drama CDs.
  • Two of his characters, Jade Curtiss of Tales of the Abyss and Faust VIII of Shaman King, are both necromancers whom lost someone dear to them. They both tried to bring them back, but couldn't do it fully (as in memories of them), both are doctors, and they both had an aspiration to transcend death but later dropped the thought.
  • In "Kaikan Phrase", Koyasu does not play any role. However, he does sing at least two songs for the series.
  • Koyasu's voice was considered "sexy" by Yazawa Ai, in her omake at the end of Volume 12 of NANA, where the characters were commenting about the PS2 game based on the manga (where Koyasu voices Ichinose Takumi).

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