Takehito Koyasu
Takehito Koyasu (子安武人 Koyasu Takehito, born May 5, 1967) is an incredibly prolific Japanese voice actor, and the creator of the hilariously awful anime Knight Hunters (Weiss Kreuz).
He's well known for voicing 7-Changer in Legendary Brave Da Garn, Kai Hirose in in Brave Command Dagwon, Dio Brando in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (one of his most famous roles since then), the titular hero of Bobobo-Bo Bo-bobo, Excalibur in Soul Eater, Lord Il Palazzo in Excel Saga, Kululu in Keroro Gunsō, Kuzan in One Piece, numerous roles throughout the long-running Gundam franchise, Pandora in Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duel Monsters, Kenshiro in New Fist Of The North Star, young Father Balder in Bayonetta 2, Zato-1/Eddie in Guilty Gear, Shinsuke Takasugi in Gintama, Faust VII in Shaman King, Roswaal L. Mathers in Re:ZERO, Rezo the Red Priest in The Slayers, Zeke Yeager in Attack on Titan, the Hand Demon in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Toji Fushiguro in Jujutsu Kaisen, and the ever-popular Deadpool in Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers.
In the world of dubbing, he has played Harry Vanderspeigle on Resident Alien, Fred Jones in the live-action Scooby-Doo films, Prince Blueblood on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, The Joker in both the DCEU and The LEGO Batman Movie, Thaddeus Sivana in Shazam!, Kenta in Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, Red Strike on OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, Ezekiel Simms in Madame Web, Nicepool in Deadpool and Wolverine and Mr. Fantastic in The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
He is also part of the voice actor quartet "Weiß" with his fellow Weiß Kreuz voice castmates Shinichirō Miki, Tomokazu Seki and Hiro Yuki and his son is fellow voice actor Koki Koyasu.
Roles
[edit]Beast Wars
[edit]Beast Wars Metals
[edit]- Metals Convoy/Metals Powered Convoy
- Vok
Beast Wars II
[edit]- Convoy (in Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!)
Beast Wars Metals 64
[edit]- Metals Convoy
Beast Wars Metals: Clash! Intense Battle
[edit]- Metals Convoy
Beast Wars Returns
[edit]- Convoy
Transformers Animated
[edit]Transformers Adventure -Prime of Micron-
[edit]Transformers: Cyberverse
[edit]Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy
[edit]Transformers: Alliance
[edit]Notes
[edit]- According to the Anime News Network, as of December 2008, Koyasu is the most prolific voice actor in Japan with roles in 365 anime series.
- Takehito Koyasu is often dubbed by English speaking voice actors like Patrick Seitz and Troy Baker, but so far none of them have dubbed the same Transformers role.