Actor Tomokazu Sugita: filmography, biography and interesting facts

With the development of the entertainment industry, unusual professions began to appear. One of them is the seiyu - an off-screen actor using voice to voice anime characters. It is not difficult to guess that the profession arose in Japan. In the Land of the Rising Sun, seiyuu actors can compete with professional actors, models, or athletes in popularity. There are a number of film awards awarded to the best seiyu. One of the most titled and famous in the world for many years remains Tomokazu Sugita, who gave her unusual voice to the most famous anime heroes.

Career

The future seiyu was born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan on October 11, 1980. From early childhood, Sugita dreamed of voicing films. In one interview, Tomokazu Sugita admitted that he decided to become a seiyu because he can try on the role of any hero. He especially likes to voice athletes.

Already at the age of 19, Sugita signed his first contract with the Atomic Monkey record company. The talent of a beginner seiyu was immediately appreciated. Already in the first year of work, a young man is trusted to voice the main roles. The first film with the participation of Tomokazu Sugita was "The Angelic Call."

Best Roles

In total, by 2018, Sugita voiced about 150 films. More than half of the anime had a stunning success, some of the films managed to get on the western movie screens. The most famous roles of the actor are considered Sakata, Ken, Karasuma.

Ken from Suzumiya Haruhi's Melancholy

Ken is the main male role in the series. The whole story of the franchise is told on his behalf. Ken is the nickname aunt gave the guy. The name is not mentioned by any of the heroes. It seems to be quite an ordinary person, but later it turns out that this is not so. The guy has an extraordinary mind, but at the same time he is sarcastic and cynical. He is the exact opposite of his partner Haruka, who believes in everything supernatural. Together, this couple organizes a club to search for aliens and all evil spirits. After which mysterious events begin to occur with them. In the cartoon, he was assigned the role of "gray cardinal" Haruki. In 2009, Tomokazu Sugita received an award from the Anime Grand Prix for this role. In the same year, he received a prize in the nomination "Best Supporting Actor" at the Seiyu Awards.

Gintama Sakata

Gintoki Sakata is a resident of Japan since the time of samurai and feudal lords, who loves to get into trouble. The guy considers himself the last samurai. Everything takes its course until Japan is conquered by alien creatures that samurai do not like. Sakata is forbidden to carry weapons, with which he does not agree. What kind of samurai can do without a sword ?! He decides to disrupt the usual way of life, becomes a mercenary and organizes an agency for the execution of instructions, where he is faced with interesting things. This film from Tomokazu Sugita was also honored with the 2010 Seiyu Awards. In addition, the actor received the Seiyu Prize, which is held annually in Tokyo. Gintoki Sakata was recognized as the best male character in the opinion of viewers and fans of anime. Until now, in Japan he is considered one of the most courageous characters.

Anime "Bleach"

In Bleach, Tomokazu Sugita voiced several characters at once. The audience remembered Kensei Muguruma and Noba. Both of these roles are not the main ones, but they were highly appreciated by fans of the Bleach comics. Sugita admitted that he voiced several characters at once, since he really likes the cartoon.

In 2018, the filmography of actor Tomokazu Sugita was replenished with the full-length story “Decorate the farewell morning with the flowers of promises”. The film was dubbed into Russian and was released in cinemas throughout the country. Sugita voices a character named Isol. The anime tells the story of the girl Makita, whose race is immortal, and the ordinary boy Isola, who met in the forest. Maki pities the boy and takes him up. Time passes, the boy grows, and his companion does not change. Gradually, feelings flare up between them. Maki is worried that she is immortal, and Isol is not. What can such love lead to? What can each of them do for the sake of a loved one?

Tomokazu Sugita Movies

2018 - “Decorate the farewell morning with the flowers of promises,“ Love is a problem for the recluse ”,“ Nobu's eatery ”,“ Culinary fights ”,“ Person Five ”,“ Shop with sweets ”.

2017 - “Godzilla”, “Leo in March”, “Love Coma”, “Gintama 6”, “Lord of the Time”, “Jump!”, “Cafeteria from the parallel world”, “Stupid”, “Carefree days in the hostel of monsters” "," Crazy Excitement "," Mobile Gundam Warrior2 "," Shaking Hands "," Gintama 5 "," Land of Udon. "

2016 - “Leo in March 1”, “Travelers”, “Monster Hunter Stories”, “The Prince Who Sings 4”, “Tanganronpa 3”, “Spirit of Confrontation”, “Beauties in the Earth Defenders Club 2”, “Forbidden” tattoo ”,“ Support group ”,“ First love is a monster ”,“ I am Sakamoto, and what? ”,“ Killer class 2 ”.

2015 - “On behalf of Sister 2”, “Return of the Kings”, “Gintama 4”, “Disappeared Yuki”, “Class of killers”, “On behalf of sister”, “Beauties in the Earth Defenders Club”.

2014 - "Speech Nobunogi", "An intolerable magician", "Still, the world is beautiful."

2013 - “Flamenk-Samurai”, “Silver Fox”, “Gintama, the film”, “The Prince Who Sings 2,3”, “Detective Werewolf”, “Jojo's Unimaginable Adventures”.

2012 - “Gintama 3”, “Bloody fragments”, “Solar eclipse”, “Arkan family”, “I, the dog and the secret mission”, “Weekdays of high school students”.

2011 - “Person 4”, “Border of the Void”, “Alice in the Land of the Heart”, “Sket Dance”, “Gintama 2”.

2010 - Starry Sky, Air Gear, Blood of the Cursed Dog, City Turns, Under the Bridge over Arakawa, The Tale of Legendary Heroes, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya.

2009 - “Summer Thunderstorm”, “Magic Train”, “Goodbye, Sad Sensei”, “When the Seagulls Cry”, “Pani Pony Desh!”, “Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya”, “The Tale of Ganji”, “Count and Fairy” .

2008 - “Eve Time”, “Children's Time”.

2007 - "Dragon", "Hype", "Reach Terra", "Sacred Beasts", "Angelica".

2006 - “Maria is watching over you”, “The Seven Forms of Yamado Nadeshiko”, “Honey and Clover 2”, “Gintama”.

2005 - "Shuffle", "Honey and Clover 2".

2004 - “Samurai Gan”, “Bleach”.

2003 - “Bobo”, “Chibits”.

2002 - “Chobits”, “Please! Teacher".

2001 - “X”.

2000 - Inuyasa.

In addition to the roles that Sugita voices in films, he leads radio shows and records vocal parts for some of his characters. So, he recorded the parties in the series and films “Support Group”, “Maria Kholik”, “Sket Dance”, “Melancholy of Haruki Suzumiya”, “Sacred Beasts”, “Chobits”.