Toshiyuki Morikawa

"My name is Yoshikage Kira. I'm 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kameyu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke, but I occasionally drink. I'm in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about 20 minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I'm trying to explain that I'm a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn't lose to anyone."

Toshiyuki Morikawa (森川 智之 Morikawa Toshiyuki born January 26, 1967) is a Japanese voice actor and singer. Some of his anime and video game roles include Naraku in InuYasha, Dio in Casshern Sins, Duke from Brave Police J-Decker, Walter from Brave of Gold Goldran, Griffith in Berserk, Yoshikage Kira and Diavolo in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure video games (and later Yoshikage Kira/Kosaku Kawajiri in the anime), Mr. Bai Ji-Shin Chang in Black Lagoon, Isshin Kurosaki in Bleach, Shishiwakamaru in Yu Yu Hakusho, the titular character of Ninja Slayer from Animation, Sephiroth in the Final Fantasy VII spinoffs and Dante in Devil May Cry: The Animated Series, (Ultimate) Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Project X Zone.

In the world of dubbing, Morikawa has played Spider-Man in the 1994 Spider-Man cartoon, Venom in Spider-Man 3, Marshall Lee the Vampire King in Adventure Time, Emmet Brickowski and Superman in The LEGO Movie, and he regularly dubs for Keanu Reeves, Brad Pitt, Mark Wahlberg, Ewan McGregor (such as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars), and currently Tom Cruise after Hirotaka Suzuoki's death.

Along with Fumihiko Tachiki, he is part of the musical group 2HEARTS.

Roles

Beast Wars Metals

• Jaguar

Transformers: Prime

• Optimus Prime
• O.P.
• Nemesis Prime

Transformers: Prime Perfect Transformation Late Night 2-Hour Special

• Host/Himself

Transformers: Go!

• Optimus Prime

External links

• Official profile at ArtsVision (Japanese)
• 2HEARTS official website (Japanese)
• Toshiyuki Morikawa at the Internet Movie Database
• Toshiyuki Morikawa at Anime News Network