Kenichi Suzumura

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox person Template:Nihongo is a Japanese voice actor, narrator, and singer who is affiliated with and a representative of INTENTION, a voice acting company he founded in March 2012.<ref name="Greeting from the President">Template:Cite web</ref> He voiced Morley in Macross 7, Hikaru Hitachiin in Ouran High School Host Club, Zack Fair in the Final Fantasy VII metaseries, Masato Hijirikawa in Uta no Prince-sama, Kyoichi Kanzaki in BOYS BE, Shiki Tohno in Tsukihime, Tsubaki Asahina in Brothers Conflict, Yuya Aso in Super Gals!, Atsushi Murasakibara in Kuroko's Basketball, Momotaro Mikoshiba in Free!, Shinn Asuka in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny & Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom, Leo Stenbuck in Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner, Sōgo Okita in Gin Tama, Rogue Cheney in Fairy Tail, Lavi in D.Gray-man, Obanai Iguro in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Ryutaros in Kamen Rider Den-O and Rakushun in The Twelve Kingdoms. He is part of the group Template:Nihongo with Junichi Suwabe, Daisuke Kishio, Hiroki Takahashi, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Makoto Yasumura, and Kohsuke Toriumi. His younger brother is stunt coordinator, stuntman and actor Masaki Suzumura.

Career

Suzumura was born in Niigata Prefecture.Template:RTemplate:R Having grown up in a family with many job transfers, he has lived in Okayama in Okayama Prefecture and Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū in Fukuoka Prefecture, in addition to Niigata Prefecture. Later, from the age of 15 to 19, he lived in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture,<ref name="kohotext_20100839">Template:Cite web</ref> where he entered and graduated from Senri Seiun High School after attending Daini Junior High School from the third year of junior high school. The reason why he decided to become a voice actor was because he initially wanted to be a chef<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and had even ordered an application form to go to a Japanese culinary school, but a friend of Suzumura's brought him a newspaper clipping that asked if he wanted to be a voice actor, so they went to an audition together and Suzumura passed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

After studying at Yoyogi Animation Academy<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the Japan Narration Actor Institute,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Suzumura made his debut in 1994 as Morley in the TV anime series Macross 7.<ref name="鈴村健一音楽ナタリー">Template:Cite web</ref> Since then, he has been active in a variety of fields including animation, games, radio and music.

In 2008, he won the Best Personality award and the Synergy Award (for Kamen Rider Den-O) at the 2nd Seiyu Awards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On October 8 of the same year, he made his major label debut with Lantis.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On August 13, 2011, he reported on his official blog that he and fellow voice actress, actress and singer Maaya Sakamoto got married on August 8, 2011.Template:R In the same year, he won the second prize at the first Music Jacket Awards 2011 (for his album CHRONICLE to the future).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2012, Suzumura won the Best Musical Performance as part of ST☆RISH at the 6th Seiyu Awards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In April of the same year, he left Arts Vision, to which he had belonged for many years, and on May 1 of the following month, he reported that he had launched Intention Inc. with Atsushi Kuwahara, his manager from Arts Vision.Template:R

In 2016, he won the double award for Best Actor in Supporting Role and Personality Award at the 10th Seiyu Awards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the same year, he won a special award at the sixth Music Jacket Awards 2016 (for his album Tsuki to Taiyou no Uta).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

A national survey on the popularity of voice actors conducted in March 2010 revealed Suzumura and Mamoru Miyano as the most famous voice actors.<ref name="voice acting ranking">Template:Cite web</ref> In the following year, 2011, TBS Rank Ōkoku listed Suzumura as 3rd of the five most popular voice actors.<ref name="rank oukoku survey">Template:Cite web</ref>

Suzumura's favorite motto is, "Life is what you make of it."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On December 27, 2021, Suzumura and Sakamoto announced that they were expecting their first child.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On April 21, 2022, the couple announced the birth of their first child.<ref name="坂本真綾より皆様にお知らせです。">Template:Cite tweet</ref>

On May 16, 2024, it was announced that Suzumura would be taking a break due to his poor health, and that his agency would announce his return at a later date.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On July 31, 2024, it was announced that he planned to gradually return to his career while taking his health into consideration.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Television animation

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Original video animation

Theatrical animation

Live-action film

Live-action television

  • Tokusatsu GaGaGa (2019), narrator and Emer Jason (voice)

Video games

Drama CDs

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Tokusatsu

2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2014
2018
2019
2020

Commercials

Dubbing

Live-action

Animation

Other roles

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Music

In addition to performing many different character songs throughout his voice acting career, Suzumura is also a singer signed to the Lantis label. As a solo artist, he writes all his songs. In 2008, the debut year of his music career, Suzumura became one of the main hosts of the annual live music event Original Entertainment Paradise (OrePara), along with Lantis artists Showtaro Morikubo, Daisuke Ono, and Mitsuo Iwata.<ref name="Original Entertainment Enterprise OrePara">Template:Cite web</ref>

In January, 2010, he gave his first solo concert tour in Osaka (January 10), Nagoya (January 11), Yokohama (January 23) and Tokyo (January 30).<ref name="Live Concert">Template:Cite web</ref> His second live tour, in 2011, was held in the same stops, Osaka (April 9), Nagoya (April 10), Tokyo (April 17) and Yokohama (May 1). Part of the proceeds from the concert were donated to help the victims of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. As a result of a power shortage, the concert was simple to save power and Suzumura performed acoustic versions of songs.<ref name="Live Concert CHRONICLE to the future">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Live Concert CHRONICLE to the future in Tokyo, Shibuya">Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2012, a poll on singing ability placed Suzumura as the third best voice actor singer, behind Kishō Taniyama (1st) and Mamoru Miyano (2nd).<ref name="Ten best skilled male seiyuu singer">Template:Cite web</ref>

Singles

Release date Title Notes Chart position
October 8, 2008 "Intention" Debut single 14<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
February 4, 2009 "Atarashii Neiro" 13<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
June 24, 2009 "Mitochondria" 20<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
January 27, 2010 "And Becoming" Special release 23
July 7, 2010 "In My Space" 24<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
November 24, 2010 "Tsuki to Sutobu" 36<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
August 24, 2011 "Asunaro" Ending theme song of the anime Heaven's Memo Pad 22<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
May 16, 2012 "Messenger" 24<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
October 17, 2012 "Shiroi Karasu" Ending theme song of the anime Code:Breaker 16<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
October 30, 2013 "All Right" 20<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
May 13, 2015 "Tsuki to Taiyou no Uta" 33<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
May 18, 2016 "brand new" 23<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
August 31, 2016 "HIDE-AND-SEEK" Ending theme song of the anime Handa-kun 27<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
March 6, 2024<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref> "Ba-Bang to Suisan! Bang Bravern" Opening theme song of the anime Brave Bang Bravern!

Albums

Release date Album Notes Chart position
October 7, 2009 Becoming 14<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
March 9, 2011 Chronicle to the Future 21<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
August 22, 2012 Go Mini-album 20<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
May 15, 2014 Vessel 10<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
January 25, 2017 Naked Man Mini-album 33<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
May 9, 2018 Going My Rail 10th Anniversary Best Album 12<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
November 24, 2021 Bright 31<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
May 24, 2023 Roots Mini-album 24<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Connect

Since 2009, Suzumura is part of the first Kiramune unit, CONNECT, with Mitsuo Iwata. They occasionally released singles and albums and participated the annual concert Kiramune Music Festival until 2014.<ref name="connect">Template:Cite web</ref>

Release date Title Chart position Notes
April 24, 2009 Connect 36 1st album
February 24, 2010 Fighting Spirits 34 1st single
September 29, 2010 Rasterizer 50 Mini-album
March 7, 2012 Jusensha Men 45 Mini-album
January 30, 2013 Connect no Tanoshii Ongaku 38 Mini-album
November 19, 2014 Ningen! Jetta Ningen 32 Mini-album
Release date Title Notes
October 22, 2003<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> "Shizumanai Taiyō" Collaboration single with Takahiro Sakurai (as R-16)
March 26, 2004<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> "Separate Way" Collaboration single with Takahiro Sakurai (as R-16)
December 17, 2005<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Box Universe Mini-album
February 29, 2012<ref>https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/switch-language/product/B006QGW6WM/ref=dp_change_lang?ie=UTF8&language=en_JP Template:Dead link</ref> Kizuna: Go-Busters! "Single of Stamen", ending theme for Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters

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