Toshiyuki Morikawa

When I was a kid, I saw Mona Lisa from my grammar school art book....The fist time I saw her, with her hands on her knee...how do I say this...I got a ******.

I love how he does Minato and Isshin!
I can't wait to hear him as Holland in Eureka Seven Hi Evolution!

"SHEER HEART ATTACK HAS NO WEAKNESSES!"

{breaks mic}

One of two favorite Japanese seiyuu the other being Nobuyuki Hiyama.

My Top 10 Favorite Voices of Toshiyuki Morikawa:

1) Minato Namikaze (Naruto Shippuden)
2) Kyosuke Munakata (Danganronpa 3 - The End of Hope's Peak Academy)
3) Mard Geer (Fairy Tail)
4) Kimimaro (Naruto)
5) Katakura Kojuro (Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings)
6) Yutaka Tamaru (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
7) Lord Boros (One Punch Man)
8) Heishiro Mitsurugi (Soul Calibur series)
9) Eneru (One Piece)
10) Spider-Man (Spider-Man)

Happy 5-0 Toshiyuki Morikawa!! ;)

The big 5-0 for one of my favourite Japanese voice actors. He seriously killed it as Kira in the Diamond is Unbreakable adaptation - no pun intended. Hearing him talk about the Mona Lisa like that is something I still haven't fully processed. Countless iconic roles in too many of my favourite games, always bringing an amazing amount of strength and charisma: Ryu, Sephiroth, Tekkaman Blade, Charlie/Nash, Hwoarang, Shimada, Nanjo, Dante, Kimimaro - and man, I'm honestly ashamed of how long it took for me to realize it was him as Hayato in MVC2. Hearing him speak English in Nioh is really cool too. Happs birthday Toshiyuki!

Happy Birthday Toshiyuki Morikawa! The Upperclassman of Takahiro Sakurai! Great Job as Munakata, Mard Geer, Tamaru, Kojuro & Many Others!

Happy Birthday Toshiyuki Morikawa!

One of the most epic sounding seiyuu's of all time.

His performance as Yoshikage Kira in Jojo's Bizzare Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable is nothing short of amazing, he sounds smooth, deep, charming yet very ruthless and is nothing short of terrifying. Initially I was a bit disappointed Rikaya Koyama didn't come back from the games for the anime but I think Morikawa ended up surpassing Koyama as Kira in every way. Whoever they end up casting as Kira in the inevitable dub has so much work cut out for them to come even close to Morikawa's performance.

It's amazing that Morikawa is not only Kira but has also voiced some of the greatest villains in anime history also including Sephiroth, Naraku, Griffith and Lord Boros.

He also does make for great heroes too like Optimus Prime, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Spider-Man, Cyclops, Nick Wilde, Ryu among many others.

He is a true king of dubbing much in the same way as Tessho Genda and Koichi Yamedara are. Dubbing over the likes of Ewan McGregor, Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves, Adam Sandler (I know right?), Owen Wilson, Jude Law, Chris O'Donell, Heath Ledger, Colin Farrell, Martin Freeman, Josh Hartnett, Brendan Fraser, Paul Walker, Brad Pitt, Mark Wahlberg and that's just the actors he dubs on a mostly regular basis.

While I've never seen Tekkaman Blade, hearing that he screamed so loudly that he broke a microphone TWICE is nothing short of impressive.

Seriously he is one of the true seiyuu greats and of course is a talented singer too.

Too easy. Happy Birthday, Toshiyuki Morikawa! He's definitely gone on to become one of my all-time favorite seiyuu, largely because of his range and the fact some of the characters he's voiced do hold a special place in my core. Interestingly enough, Hwoarang was the role that introduced me to Toshiyuki's work, though it was Mitsurugi that made me a fan.

Anyway, that being said, other Morikawa performances I've cherished throughout the years include Dante, Yoshikage Kira, Kosaku Kawajiri, Diavolo, Tekkaman Blade, Ninja Slayer/Fujikido Kenji, Hayato Kanzaki, Sephiroth, Lord Boros, Ryu, Charlie Nash, Seijiro Kikuoka, Isshin Kurosaki, Kaname Tosen, Katsuya Jonouchi, Roberto Miura, and Rick Wheeler.

VOLTEKKA!!

He's very versatile but one thing's for sure- he's the go to voice actor for beautiful men especially if they are bad with a bad attitude

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DUWANG !

He's been nothing short of stylish as the titular Ninja Slayer; YEEART! I also really like Morikawa's Mitsurugi.

sephiroth, dante, naraku...so many favorites. He's just fantastic!

Subete wa saikou!

Omedetou Otanjobigozaimasu Morikawa-sama! The characters that you voice mean a lot to me. May you prosper forevermore.

One of my favourites of the older Japanese voice actors that came to prominence during the early 1990's. One role that deserves some love is Panda-Mama from Polar Bear's Cafe.

OMG Sephiroth, Dante and... Lewa?

VOLTEKKA!

I'm really interested in hearing his version of Spidey's big "I'LL CHASE YOU TO THE ENDS OF THE EEEEEEEEEEARTH!!!" moment.

I love this guy's abilities, Sephiroth especially sends chills down my spine.

Now that I think about it... I kind of expected the same person voicing a Radio to also bellow 'GOOD MORNING, ICHIGOOOOO!'

I love his work on fighting games, especially Ryu and Tekkaman Blade.