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Not familiar with Koyasu Takehito? Let’s try and jog your memory. Think of an anime. OK, so maybe that’s a little too broad. Think of a shoujo anime from the last ten years. Now, try and remember if there was a bishounen in said anime *gasp*. Did that bishounen have a deep, yet enchanting, voice? If so, then he was probably voiced by Koyasu Takehito.
IRL Bishounen?
Born in Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 5th, 1967, Koyasu Takehito had no initial plans to become a seiyuu. If you had asked him what he wanted to be when he was a child, he would have told you “a baseball player”. Then, when he was in fifth grade, his father died suddenly. His father’s death affected him greatly over the years. He went right from being a good student to juvenile delinquency in junior high school.
However, not all bad things came from this period of his life. Takehito would often skip school to watch movies. One of the movies he saw was Galaxy Express 999, and was absolutely blown away by the voice acting. “Voice acting… there’s such a profession?” he asked himself. After that, his act started to clean up. As soon as he was done with high school he entered voice acting training.
Hail Il Pal… err, Takehito-sama!
Koyasu Takehito’s very first role in anime was François in the Three Musketeers. At only 22 years old, Koyasu landed his first big role as Gai Kuroki in Tenkuu Senki Shurato. From there, he would lend his voice in an incredible number of anime. Some even refer to him as the male Hayashibara Megumi. Since then, Takehito has landed very successful voice roles in other anime; you’re most likely to find him playing the cool-attitude bishounen. A few of his most well-known characters are Fujimiya Aya (Weiss Kreuz), Hotohori (Fushigi Yuugi) and Kiryuu Touga (Revolutionary Girl Utena).
Koyasu has maintained very good relationships with other seiyuu, as well. The most interesting of these friendships is with Midorikawa Hikaru; in three separate anime, Koyasu and Midorikawa play the most bitter of rivals. In Slayers, Takehito and Midorikawa provide the voices for Rezo and Zelgadis, respectively. In Gundam Wing and Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, the two duke it out as Zechs Marquise and Heero Yui. And finally, in Fushigi Yuugi, they play Hotohori and Tamahome. In reality, they’ve become good friends and have shared some interesting moments. The usually cool Koyasu Takehito says:
“Somehow, I just can’t be cool in front of Midorikawa-kun. Every time I’m with him, I end up showing how uncool I am.”
Taking a look at Koyasu Takehito, your first thought may be, “what’s with the hair?”. Hey, Koyasu takes great pride in his trademark sideburns. When asked once years ago about his sideburns, he replied: “I’ve never answered this in personal profiles or anything, but… it’s embarrassing, so I can’t say… but… in shoujo manga, the cool guy’s sideburns were always long.”
I suppose the man has to keep his image up as the stereotypical bishounen. Which brings up one of his most ironic roles of all, Excel Saga‘s Il Palazzo. It’s only fitting that the King of Stereotypical Bishounen just has to play the stereotypical bishounen.
Quite the resemblance, neh?
Is there room for more Koyasu Takehito roles in the future? Most definitely. If not voice acting, then perhaps he will continue to think of ideas for anime. Takehito is credited with the original concept of Weiss Kreuz, and the character of Aya is modeled after him. Besides, as long as there’s a need for bishounen, there’s need for Koyasu Takehito.
Production Credits:
Air Master – Fukamichi
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku – Shuusai
Amazing Nurse Nanako – Dr. Ogami Kyoji
Angel Links – Warren Phatom
Angel Sanctuary – Kira Sakuya
Angelique: Shiroi Tsubasa no Memoir – Olivie
Anime Tenchou – Dougenzaka Touya
Area 88 – Kazama Shin
Argent Soma – Dan Simmons
Aries – Minos
Arslan Senki – Melrain
Ashita he Free Kick – Randou Shin
Bakuen Campus Guardress – Tenkuu
Banner of the Stars – Klowal Febdash
Banner of the Stars II – Febdash Klowal
Battle Arena Toshinden – Kayin
Beast Wars – Convoy
Betterman – Betterman Ramia
Beyblade – Volkov
Beyblade G-Revolution – Volkov
Blue Remains – Malloz
Bomber Man & Bidaman Bakugaiden V – Docdandy
Bomber Man & Marbleman’s Explosive Side Story – Momitebon
Bobobo~bo Bo~bobo – Bobobo~bo Bo~bobo
Bronze – Izumi
Brother, Dear Brother – Student B
Burn Up Excess – Yuji
Chance! Pop Sessions – Kaito Kosaka
Cinderella Boy – Ranma
CLAMP School Detectives – Ebihara-sensei
Cowboy Bebop – Bull
Crest of the Stars – Baron Febdash
Da Garn – Seven Changer
Dagwon: The Boy of the Time Crystal – Hirose Kai
Dennou Sentai Voogie’s Angel – Dr. Crimt
Detective Conan – Nachi Shingo, Shirakura, Murakami Shirou
Detective Loki – Frey
Divergence Eve – Jean Luc Leblanc
Divergence Eve: Misaki Chronicle – Jean Luc Leblanc
DNA² – Sugashita Ryuuji
DNA² OVA – Sugashita Ryuuji
Dragon Drive – Rokkaku
Dragon Fist – Henchman C
Dragoon – Randy
Eatman ’98 – Marco
El Hazard: The Magnificent World – Dall Narcis
El Hazard: The Alternative World – Dall Narcis
Elf wo Karu Mono Tachi – Andy
Excel Saga – Il Palazzo
Fencer of Minerva – Shou
FIGHT! – Ukyo
Final Fantasy: Unlimited – Pist
Fire Emblem – Navahl
Fish in the Trap – Tanoura
Fullmetal Alchemist – Lujon
Full Metal Panic! – Zaidou
Fushigi Yuugi – Hotohori
Fushigi Yuugi: Eikouden – Hotohori
Fushigi Yuugi OVA – Hotohori
Gad Guard – Takenaka
Gakusaver – George Hosoi
The Galaxy Railways – Blues Jay Speed
Galerians – Birdman
Gatchaman ’94 – Dr. Kessler
Gate Keepers – Choutarou Banba
Gate Keepers 21 – Hashimoto Daichi
Gestalt – Olivier
GetBackers – Juubei Kakei
Granzort – Black Samurai
Gravitation – Sakano
Gravitation OVA – Sakano
Gungrave – Ballabird Lee
H2 – Hirota Katsutoshi
Haou Taikei Ryuu Knight – Ikuzusu, Dyuuma
Happy Moomin Family – Snapkin
Harlock Saga – Fasolt
Hellsing – Luke Valentine
High School Aurabuster – Shinobu
Hime-chan’s Ribbon – Arisaka Sei
Hurricane Polymar OVA – Pulsar
Idol Defense Force Hummingbird – Petore
Idol Tenshi Youkoso Yoko – Daichi
Initial D – Takahashi Ryousuke
Initial D: Battle Stage – Takahashi Ryousuke
Initial D: Second Stage – Takahashi Ryousuke
Initial D: Third Stage – Takahashi Ryousuke
Initial D: Fourth Stage – Takahashi Ryousuke
Inuyasha – Gatenmaru
Kaitou Saint Tail – Dai
Kaleido Star – Fool
Kaleido Star: New Wings Extra Stage – Fool
KO Seiki Beast – Bud Mint
Kyattou Ninden Teyandee – Nekki
Legend of Galactic Heroes: The Golden Wings – Siegfried Kirchieis
Locke the Superman – Dafnis
Loveless – Ritsu-sensei
Macross 7 – Gamrin
Macross 7: Encore – Gamrin
Macross Dynamite 7 – Gamrin
Macross 7: The Galaxy’s Calling Me! – Gamrin
Magic Users Club – Aburatsubo Ayanojou
Magic Users Club OVA – Aburatsubo Ayanojou
Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden – Ryuga To
Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful – Ryuga To
Mahoromatic: Summer Special – Ryuga To
Master Mosquiton – Mosquiton
Master Mosquiton ’99 – Mosquiton
Meine Liebe – Sir Isaac
Mobile Fighter G Gundam – Beruiman
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory – Operator
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 – Dwight Camry
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed – Mwu La Fllaga
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny – Neo Lorrnoke
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Special Edition – Mwu La Fllaga
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing – Zechs Marquise
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz – Zechs Marquise
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Operation Meteor – Zechs Marquise/Milliardo Peacecraft
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam – Raior Sabato
My Sexual Harrassment – young man
Nakoruru – Yamtamu
Nazca – Tate Masanari/Yawaru
Neon Genesis Evangelion – Aoba Shigeru
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth – Aoba Shigeru
Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion – Aoba Shigeru
New Fist of the North Star – Kenshiro
Nineteen – Yagi
Ninku – Asuka
Osakana ha Ami no Naka – Tanoura
Overman King Gainer – Boone Asham
Papuwa – Harem
Planetes – Yuri Mihairokoh
Pokémon – Kosaburo
Pretear – Tanaka
Princess Nine – Takasugi Hiroki
Ragnarok The Animation – Keough, Haze
Ranma ½ – Daisuke
Ranma ½: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China – Daikokusei
Reirei – Dr. Okabe
Revolutionary Girl Utena – Kiryuu Touga
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie – Kiryuu Touga
Rumic Theater – Kogure Yuuji
Rurouni Kenshin – Jinpuu
Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots – Kajiki Sadashiro
Ryuuki Denshou – Randy
Saber Marionette J – Hanagata
Saber Marionette J Again – Hanagata
Saber Marionette J to X – Hanagata
Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter – Radamathys Wyvern
Sakura Wars – Kayama Yuuichi
Sakura Wars II – Kayama Yuuichi
Samurai 7 – Ukyo
Samurai Deeper Kyo – Hattori Hanzou
Samurai Pizza Cats – Nekki
Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture – Tam Tam
Samurai Spirits – Tam Tam
Sanctuary – Sakuya Kira
SD Gundam – Knight Sazabi
SD Gundam Gaiden Seikihei Monogatari – GP01
Seiseki Densetsu – Sokanshin
Senkaiden Houshin Engi – Emperor Chou
Sentimental Journey – young doctor
Shadow Skill – Kai Sink
Shaman King – Faust Diethel
Shin Hakkenden – Kai
Shurato – Yasha-Oh Gai
Slayers – Rezo, Sanaffa
Slayers Great – Huey
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen – Flameheart
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: Revenge – Flamesoul
Soul Hunter – Emperor Chou
Speed Grapher – Shirogane Katsuya
Spriggan – Jean-Jacques Mondo
Star Ocean EX – Dias Flac
Strange Love – Sushiaki
Tekkaman Blade – Aiba Shinya
Tenchi Muyo! – Yosho
Tenchi Muyo! GXP – Jurai Masaki Yosho
Tenchi Muyo in Love II: Haruka Naru Omoi – Yosho
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki – Yosho
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki III – Masaki Katsuhito
Tenkuu Senki Shurato – Gai Kuroki
Those Who Hunt Elves – Andy
Three Musketeers – François
Tokyo Babylon – Sakurazuka Seishiro
Turn-A Gundam – Gym Ghingnham
Turn-A Gundam: Moonlight Butterfly – Gym Ghingnham
Twelve Kingdoms, The – Keiki
Twin Signal – Pulse
Twin Spica – Lion-san
Vie Durant – Harris
Wedding Peach – Sandra
Weiss Kreuz – Fujimiya Aya, Fujikiya Ran
Weiss Kreuz Glühen – Fujimiya Aya
Weiss Kreuz OVA – Fujimiya Aya
Wild 7 Another – Lux
Yakitate!! Japan – Koruyanagi Ryou
Yu-Gi-Oh! – Pandora
Yuukan Club – Bidou Granmanie
Yu Yu Hakusho – Kido
Zetsuai 1989 – Takuto Izumi
Zone of the Enders 2167: I Dolo – Radium Lavans
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