is a Japanese
voice actor
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from
Tokyo
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.
[Doi, Hitoshi.]
Miki Shinichirou
. ''Seiyuu Database''. July 13, 2010. He is a member of
81 Produce
is a voice talent management firm in Japan founded on 3 February 1981 (thus the year is the company's namesake). A hybrid CD-ROM featuring voice talent data for members of 81 Produce was released on 19 October 1997. The company is located in Sh ...
.
Miki is known for his distinctively smooth voice and often calm delivery in the roles he has landed. He often gets cast as handsome young men in anime, perhaps the most notable being Youji Kudou – Balinese (''
Weiß Kreuz
is a series conceptualized by voice actor Takehito Koyasu about four assassination, assassins that work in a flower shop called "Kitty in the House". The assassins are members of a group called Weiß (white), which is run by Persia of t ...
'') and
Kojirō ("James") (''
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''). Other famous roles include Takumi Fujiwara (''
Initial D
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'' anime, video game and mostly ''
Arcade Stage'' series from ''Arcade Stage 4'' to ''Arcade Stage 8 Infinity''),
Kisuke Urahara
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''),
Akira Yuki
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Virtua Fighter
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''),
Lockon Stratos
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Celestial Being Gundam Meisters
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(''
Mobile Suit Gundam 00
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''), Tatsuma Sakamoto (''
Gintama
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2003 to September 2018, later in '' Jump Giga'' from December 2018 ...
''), Teppei Iwaki (''
Area no Kishi''), Aikurō Mikisugi (''
Kill la Kill
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''),
Hitomi (''
Code: Breaker''),
Kagetora Aida (''
Kuroko's Basketball
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''),
Roy Mustang
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(''
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood''),
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(''
Dragon Ball Super
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''), Bob Makihara (''
Tenjho Tenge
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''), Keisuke Yuuki (''
Fushigi Yuugi'') and Deishū Kaiki (''
Monogatari Series
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'').
Miki is also a singer among the four-man band Weiß, along with
Takehito Koyasu
is a Japanese voice actor from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.Doi, Hitoshi"Koyasu Takehito" ''Seiyuu Database''. January 3, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011. He is affiliated with and representative of T's Factory, a voice acting agency he founded ...
,
Tomokazu Seki
is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He has previously worked with Haikyō. He is honorary president of and affiliated with Atomic Monkey and the chairman of theater company HeroHero Q. He is a special lecturer at Japan Newart College.
Caree ...
and
Hiro Yūki
is a Japanese voice actorDoi, Hitoshi"Yuuki Hiro" ''Seiyuu Database''. December 22, 2010.Archivedby WebCite on December 24, 2010. who is part of the voice actor quartet ''Weiß'', which also consists of Weiß Kreuz voice castmates Tomokazu Seki, ...
, the four main
voice actors
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of ''Weiß Kreuz''. Miki is also very active in
BL dramas. He won Best Actor in supporting roles in the
4th Seiyu Awards
The 4th Seiyu Awards ceremony was held on March 6, 2010 at UDX Theater in Akihabara, Tokyo
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.
As well as voicing Kojirō, Miki (alongside
Mika Kanai
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is attached to Ken Production. She is best known for her roles in '' Idol Angel Yokoso Yoko'' (as Yoko Tanaka), '' Tanoshii Moomin Ikka'' (as the Snork Maiden), '' Goldfish Warning!'' (as Wapiko), ' ...
,
Satomi Kōrogi,
Unshō Ishizuka
was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and theatre director from Katsuyama, Fukui. He was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of his death and was known for providing the voice of both the narrator and Professor Oak/Dr. Yukinari Oki ...
and many other Japanese voice actors) also appears in the Japanese and English versions of ''Pokémon'', where he voiced many of the titular creatures such as
Misty
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's
Staryu,
Brock's
Zubat/
Golbat/
Crobat and
Ash's
Charizard
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.
He is also a friend of
Koichi Yamadera
is a Japanese actor, narrator and singer from Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture. He graduated from Tohoku Gakuin University's economics school and is currently affiliated with Across Entertainment. Before that, he was affiliated with the Tokyo Actor' ...
. As he is revealed to have been married, his son, Kazuma, begins to follow his father's footsteps as a voice actor at age 19 and join the same agency as him on February 3, 2025.
Filmography
Television animation
Original net animation
Original video animation (OVA)
Animated films
Video games
Live-action
Tokusatsu
Dubbing roles
Live-action
Animation
Other media
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From Far Away'' (''
彼方から'') CD Drama (1999): Izark Kia Tarj
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Hatoful Boyfriend'' CD Drama (2012): Tohri Nishikikouji
References
External links
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1968 births
20th-century Japanese male actors
21st-century Japanese male actors
81 Produce voice actors
Japanese male video game actors
Living people
Male voice actors from Tokyo
Seiyu Award winners