Takehito Koyasu
Takehito Koyasu (子安武人 Koyasu Takehito, born May 5, 1967) is a Japanese voice actor and the creator of the hilariously awful anime Knight Hunters (Weiss Kreuz). In terms of anime, he's well known for voicing 7-Changer in Legendary Brave Da Garn, the titular hero of Bobobo-Bo Bo-bobo, Dio Brando in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Excalibur in Soul Eater, Kido Asato in Yu Yu Hakusho, Lord Il Palazzo in Excel Saga, Kululu in Keroro Gunsō, Kuzan in One Piece, Luke Valentine in Hellsing, Milliardo Peacecraft/Zechs Merquise in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Mu La Flaga in Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, Gym Gingham in Turn A Gundam, Kai Hirose in Brave Command Dagwon, Nobuyuki Sugō/Oberon in Sword Art Online, the titular character in Neuro, Shigeru Aoba in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Butch in Pokemon, Sarutobi Sasuke in the Sengoku Basara franchise, Rezo the Red Priest in The Slayers, Igneous in Spider Riders, Ryoji "Ranka" Fujioka in Ouran High School Host Club, Balladbird Lee in Gungrave, Kido Asato in Yu Yu Hakusho, Pandora in Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duel Monsters, Lujon in Full Metal Alchemist, Scar's Brother in Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Kenshiro in New Fist Of The North Star, Doji in Beyblade: Metal Fusion, Raiser Phoenix in High School DXD, Claude in Nisekoi, Roswaal L. Mathers in Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Father Balder (Young) in Bayonetta 2, Dalzollene in Hunter X Hunter (2011), Shinsuke Takasugi in Gintama and the ever-popular Deadpool in Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers.
In the world of dubbing, he has played Fred Jones in the live action Scooby-Doo films, Prince Blueblood in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Lou in Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Loco/Ziggy in Underdogs, and The Joker in Suicide Squad.
He is also part of the voice actor quartet Weiß with his fellow Weiß Kreuz voice castmates Shinichirō Miki, Tomokazu Seki and Hiro Yuki.
Roles
Beast Wars
Beast Wars Metals
- (Metals) Convoy
Beast Wars II
- Convoy (in Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!)
Beast Machines
- Convoy
Transformers Animated
Transformers Adventure -Prime of Micron-
Notes
- According to the Anime News Network, as of December 2008, Koyasu is the most prolific seiyū in Japan with voice acting 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 yet.
