Tomokazu Seki is one of the famous Japanese seiyu - Asian actors voicing characters. In professional activities, about 200 roles are assigned to him. He also has many awards and worthy positions in magazines.
short biography
Tomokazu Seki was born in Tokyo on September 8, 1972.
Recalling his childhood time, he says that, as a child, he grew up alone and spent many hours on television. His idol at that moment was precisely the actor of seiyuu - Kamiya Akira.
Initially, Seki had plans for acting, but time put priorities in their places, and Tomokazu devoted himself to the art of voice acting, having graduated from the Tokyo school for seiyuu.
However, acting has not gone anywhere and continues to live with him until now. He spends part of his life in the theater, where he is not only an artist on stage, but also acts as a producer, coordinator and director. In a year he stably does three productions.
If we talk about his personal human qualities, then, according to reviews of others, Seki is a very friendly, cheerful and open person with a wide circle of contacts.
Professional activity
Seki's first role as a seiyuu was in the anime Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, released in 1993.
As mentioned earlier, Tomokazu Seki has a huge amount of work behind him. His professional activity, which began at the end of the 20th century, continues to this day. Tomokazu’s latest work so far has been the role of the Master in the anime “Mr. Teacher” in 2017.
Seki Tomokazu (photo in the article) is in the Creative Association, which includes Tokyo actors representing the interests of voice acting. He is also a member of 81 Produce.
In addition to the companies listed above, he is a member of the Weiss quartet, which includes other voice actors who participated in the White Cross anime.
Even before the White Cross project, the artists met together on a single platform, eventually gaining close friendships.
Seiyu qualities
The main activity of Tomokazu Seki is the ability to transform into any character. Its range of voices varies from soft, gentle and light timbre to low, aggressive and violent shades of sound.
For example, the hero Van from Escaflon’s Vision had a hot-tempered, courageous, and energetic character, which did not become a problem for Tomokazu. And in the anime "Doraemon" Seki was able to voice a little boy.
In his professional sphere, he secured an important status - a universal seiyuu. Quite often, Tomokazu Seki came across roles in which it was necessary to combine comic with absolute seriousness, which he, of course, dealt with (for example, the role of Sosuke Sagara from the anime "Steel Anxiety" and Touji Suzuhara in "Evangelion").
The approach to work is important before the main process of preparation - the search for your own understanding of the hero. Despite the fact that Seki has many works in the arsenal, he does not have a single favorite role.
Once Seki Tomokazu explained: "All the characters have my voice, but since each of them has their own characteristic abilities or a beautiful appearance, I can not associate myself with them."
Additional facts
Vast experience helped the talented seiyu consolidate a series of exercises that help him in his immediate work.
So, before voicing heroes with high voices, the effect of using an air humidifier helps him out. In addition, he carries out gargling and monitors the health of his ligaments. But despite all the above measures, Seiyu Seki Tomokazu cannot get rid of his bad habit and continues to smoke.
An interesting fact: his characters influence the actor in real life. So, thanks to the role of Keisuke Takahashi from the anime “Initial“ Di ”, Tomokazu went to study law, before that he could not drive a motorcycle or a car.