Morikawa Toshiyuki is known in Japan as a voice actor (seiyu) and vocalist. The characters Guo, Griffith, Atsu and Sephiroth brought him popularity in the projects "Sacred Animals", "Berserk", "Steel Alarm Fumoff" and "Last Fantasy 7: Children of the Advent."
Biography of artist Toshiyuki
Morikawa Toshiyuki was born in 1967 in Japan on the territory of Kanagawa Prefecture. His hometown is Kawasaki, and Seiyu, the vocalist and producer, celebrates his birthday on January 26th.
Sound art training in Japan was seriously taken up in the 80s of the last century. At the same time, the first publications related to animation art appeared in the press.
With the onset of the 90s, the theme of anime became of interest to Europeans, and especially Americans: not only animation projects gained fame, but also the voiceover actors involved in them.
In 2011, Morikawa Toshiyuki was not only a famous seiyuu and producer, but also the owner of his own agency for voicing animated characters Axlone.
Heroes of the alternative world
"Gundam X: the new century" - as the Japanese call each other one of the animation projects, where the voice of the seiyu Morikawa Toshiyuki sounds. Films with the participation of the actor cannot be listed in one article. We can only mention some of his works.
The anime series "Gundam X: after the war" (as the official name for this animated picture sounds) was first shown in the mid-90s of the past century. The character who speaks in Morikawa's voice is called Shagia Frost.
The picture takes place in a fictional world that has been recovering for 15 years after another apocalypse: 99 percent of the earth’s surface has turned to ash, and earthlings who died there have died. The planet is just beginning to recover from an interplanetary disaster, and the surviving earthlings are forced to confront the instigators of hostilities, who turned the Earth into a scorched desert.
The plot is tied to the bold act of a young man, Garrod Rahn, who used gundam (a nine-millimeter laser pistol) to save his hometown. Now Garrod will have to protect relatives and friends from the encroachments of the newly formed Federation of criminals on Earth, and at the same time from the rebels, who were also involved in the events that caused the devastating consequences and survived after the total disaster.
Romantic comedy about teenage love
Anime Nourin users of the world network consider one of the funniest animated series with the participation of Morikawa Toshiyuki. Shikimori (a beautiful illustration depicting anime heroes) dedicated to this animation project speaks for itself.
Visitors to the virtual cinema who wish to tell about their impressions of this romantic drawn comedy recommend that everyone who has not yet watched Nourin should definitely do this.
The hero of this story is Hata Kosaku, an ordinary teenager. He goes to school and is a devoted fan of Kusakaba Yuuki, the rising star of show business and the idol of most Japanese people. The news that Yucca stopped participating in entertainment shows and disappeared from the screen plunged Hatu into gloom. Imagine the surprise of Kosaku when the girl of his dreams suddenly appeared in his class. The initial Nourin series were first presented to the audience in 2014.
All facets of talent
Foreign viewers are also familiar with the art of actor Toshiyuki. Morikawa is known far beyond Japan for participating in sensational projects. For example, in Star Wars, the voice of a famous Japanese is spoken by the hero of Ewan McGregor Obi-Wan Kenobi, and in the film "Constantine: Lord of the Darkness", Morikawa voiced John Constantine - the character of Keanu Reeves.
Morikawa's vocal abilities were fully revealed in 2003, after the appearance of the 2hearts music group, the creators of which were Toshiyuki himself, as well as his bosom friend Seiyu Tatiki Fumihiko. The fame was brought to this creative team by a musical composition written specifically for the Blue Seed animation project.
Morikawa Toshiyuki is not only a seiyuu and a vocalist. The filmography of the Toshiyuki actor consists of more than a hundred works. But this is not the list of creative successes of actor Toshiyuki. It is known that the characters of many video games also speak with his voice, including Queen of Hearts and Queen of Hearts 2, Yakuza 5 and the Soul series of games.