Your favourite PoT seiyuu(s) and WHY?

[Lovux The Great]

First of all, I've always been very interested in anything involving voice work, even long before I became a fan of anime and manga. Therefore it's only natural that I'm curious about your favorite voices in Prince of Tennis (the anime).

It's quite obvious they did a great job with the casting; having Ishida Akira as Mizuki is pure genius. Because, well, he deserves being voices by a tensai, right? I mean, c'mon, If you've heard him in other animes you can't deny he's on a special level of voice-acting skills. As Gaara (Naruto) he's an angry emo kid who sees dead people (after he has killed people), as Fish Eye (Sailor Moon), whoah, I couldn't tell it really was a MAN that made that fangirlish, 100 percent highpitched voice! And then we have the sly Mizuki, and he's basicly the reincarnation of everything that is gayness. But, man, the blinding truth is that I wouldn't by far like Mizuki as much as I do if it wasn't for Ishida-sensei. And the laugh he pulls of as the Rudplphian general in Purple. OH MI GOD THE LAUGH. NFUFUFU IS FORVER. I LOVE NFU~.
Now, the big question is; why the "#¤%&/>ZX½:* didn't he get a Best of Rival Players song? *angry*

I did call Ishida-sensei a tensai, right? In fact, he's not the only one; Takahashi Hiroki is another one of those seiyuus with skills above the common. I heard him for the very first time in Prince of Tennis, and I fell in love with his high-pitched, drop-dead cute Kikumaru voice in the blink of an eye. But later, when I found out that he also voices Harima in School Rumble, you bet I almost fell off the chair because of the surprise!! Like, NO WAI! (O.o) I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!! It took me a while to get over the shock let the fact sink in, and nowadays, I just see Takahashi-sensei as a... tensai. (^_____^)

Regarding the series itself, we all know the tensais in it should have great voices, and Kaidah Yuki sure is the right person for a task of that caliber. "Her" Fuji has without doubt one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard in an anime. It's smooth, warm and nice, yet it's deep and from time to time deadly serious. I'll take off my hat for her skills in english too - she speaks better english than I do! And she's an asian!
The fact that she also voices Yumiko makes the song Daisuki na Kimochi slightly hilarious XD Reminds me of the good ol' times when they only used for or five voice actors when dubbing cartoons in swedish

Minagawa Junko has qute a deep voice for being an asian woman. Thinking back over all the animes I've seen (which by the isn't that impressingly many), I can hardly think of any character that had an actor whose voice fitted so perfectly like Minagawa-sensei's does to the BBB (The Biggest Brat Boy). Though, I don't agree that she's THAT great of a singer. Really. Just compare White Line Arrange C and D - Minagawa-sensei's version is SO pwned by Kaidah-senseis!!! I mean, Minagawa-sensei has a good singing voice, but no more or less.

Last but not least; Suwabe Junichi.
You didn't see this coming, did you?
SUWABE-SENSEI IS THE ORIGINAL ORE-SAMA!!! *fangirlsqueel* How can you possibly you NOT love that eargasm to voice that is so characteristic for him? He sounds mature, arrogant, sexy and so overall gorgeous that I seriously think he could pick up girls by using a raspy walkie-talkie, just because of his voice. He's also a fine actor with natural sense of putting the right emotion into every single word that comes out from his mouth. And his singing-voice. Oooooooooohhhhhhh the singing-voice. Don't make me drool myself to death. Not only can he do deep, serious songs like those we heard in Hametsu e no Rhondo, but with E Kimochi and Charm Point wa Naki Bokuro, Suwabe-sensei succeeds in both bringing out the crack of our Ore-sama and yet stay in character as quite a few of the cast manages.
Like with Takahashi-sensei, I first heard Suwabe-sensei in Prince of Tennis, and he imideately become, for me, so strongly associated with his role that later on, when I suddenly recognized him as Greed in Fullmetal alchemist, I didn't see him as Greed - I just saw Atobe.
*Excuse me while I go clean up my noseblood*

Holy... (O.O)
This post is growing LONG... But I'll make some mentions of some other great PoT-seiyuus.

Kiuchi Hidenoubu is one of those actors I have a mixed opinions about; I _can't_ see how they could let someone with such a sex-oozing voice of that sorts he uses for Oshitari being a part of child's program (O.o) It's not very surprising though; as a tensai of Hyoutei, he must sound HOT. And HE SOOOO DOES. Though it gave me slight psychological problems when I saw a pic of Kiuchi-sensei IRL. Like, I was hoping for a super-ultra-steaming hot bishounen, and got... something compleately different Bleh, give my my anti-headache pills, will you?
What I think of Tsuda Kenjiro can be summarized by this: He-nui and the crack masters of the PoT-universe!!! And you gotta love his deep, sadistic, SEXY laugh when the Inui Juice is nearby XD
It'll be quite a surprise for me if someone else put Yamazaki Shigenori on his/her list. yeah, Horio's voice slashes thourgh your eardums like one thousand and a half knives, but hey, that's where the charm is! And he was hilarious in Perfect Live XD
Oh, Taka-san, my dear Taka-san, you should be thankful you have a great actor like Kawamoto Naru as you voice. It's a real shame he hasn't had many roles except for our Taka-san, because he's, like, OMFG BURNING AND GREATOOOH and yet so sugar sweet and undescribeably adorable that I just want to cuddle him! *heart-shaped eyes*
Though I'm not a big fan of Jiroh, I can't help but sqeual everytime I hear Ueda Yuji making ANY kinds of noises, wether it's snorings or yawns or fanboysqueels. But I also happen to be a fan of one of his other characters, Sanosuke (Rurouni Kenshin), who I by the way had a crush on in Junior High School, so it's not strange if I like the actor of him and all his roles
I don't think I've ever get over how Sasaki Nozomu, who sounded so calm and relaxed as Hayate in Naruto, could be so scary as Akutsu. Talk about giving people chills!!
Still hanging around in Yamabuki, Kobayashi Yumiko deserves a sentence or two. I wouldn't love Dan for his cuteness unless he had such a cute voice as the one Kobayashi-sensei gives him!!
I've already written way too much, but I can't leave Nagai Sachiko outside this post-turned-into-an-essay!! Her voice might not be very masculine, but she sure made justice to Yukimura and his charisma as the buchou of the (supposed to be) strongest team.


For you those who didn't read everything, I'll summarize this. I like voices of (not in any particular order) Mizuki, Kikumaru, Fuji, Echizen, Atobe. Those five OWNS.
Other characters with great voices: Oshitari, Inui, Horio, Kawamura, Jiroh, Akutsu, Dan and Yukimura.


OVER AND GODDAMN OUT!!!!

EDIT: Thank you Nekocin for pointing out that the seiyuu who plays Ryoma is named Minagawa Junko and not Takeuchi! Junko. You saved my pride life, dear!

[Sheenie]

Holy cow, you type a lot. xD Making me feel bad about my short posts. ;o;

Minagawa Junko // Takeuchi Junko (Which one is it? O.o) - I still have trouble getting it in my mind that Ryoma's voice is acted by a woman. xD I always thought that they let, like, a 14 year old or something act for Ryoma. o.o;; But it fits! It's amusing to hear her speak English. xD!!! And, um... Yahhh..... In my opinion, she has a great singing voice too (at least it's better than mine o.o;.

Kaida Yuki - ;o; Kaida-san's voice is dropdeadgorgeous. >.< It's so soft and peaceful, and at other times, it's serious. xD And I agree with Lovux... (In fact, I didn't know that she also voiced Yumiko until now. o.o; Daisuki na Kimochi is a good song though... It's on my loop playlist. xD

Takahashi Hiroki - I soooo agree with Lovux. When I discovered that he voiced Harima of School Rumble, I actually DID start rolling on the floor, laughing. Same with when I discovered that he actually also voices Hisoka of Hunter x Hunter. o.o;; I showed my brother this and when he got to Hisoka, he was like, "Hey, I know that guy." xD Back to the topic, Takahashi-san is awesome. xD

o.o;; I feel so bad for not typing as much as Lovux-sama. ;o;

[Shloe]

Minagawa Junko- I love her voice! It's so funny how she can make her characters sound to bratty~ It's hilarious!!!! KYAAA! >_< And Minagawa Junko's singing voice is just ownage. xD

Sawabe Junichi- (that's his name, right?) His singing voice is just AMAZING! like homigosh! And that's really the only reason why I love his voice. xD

Kaida Yuki- It amazes me that her voice can go so high or so low. Her range is just....wow. And I love her singing voice. ^^

[Lovux The Great]

Seems like I'm the only one referrering (OMG TEH SPELLING!) to the seiyuus in the western way; given name first, family name last.

Sheenie: Let me tell you (and everyone else) something - when I've started writing, I don't know when to stop. XD Oh, AND YOU CALLED ME LOVUX-SAMA. LOVUX LOVES BEING CALLED LOVUX-SAMA!! *sprakling eyes*

Shloe: If it's the voice of the ore-sama you think of, then the seiyuu's name is Suwabe Junichi (written in the eastern way). And yes, his singing-voice is gorgeous. *MUST listen to his newly downloaded album*

[yoshikochan]

Takahashi Hiroki is absolutely amazing =D he's one of the most talented seiyuu. Aside from Eiji and Hisoka which are already outstanding personalities, he plays Foregore from Konjiki no Gash Bell, if you know this character, he is TOTALLY different, you wouldn't even believe it's the same guy XD and he plays the demon prince<3 <3 <3 in one of the Princess Maker Games, so shmexy <3 <3 <3

Of course I love Kaida Yuuki, she's wonderful as Fuji and as Kurapica XD very effeminate characters but Kurapica is super angsty<3 I love it. ^__^ And Minagawa Junko always plays young bratty boys XD she's so much love. And Suwabe Junichi has the sexiest voice ever *__*

Oooo and I always like Ishida Akira XD he shows up in like everything nowadays ^^;;; while Ueda Yuuji is exciting cause he also plays Sanosuke in Rorouni Kenshin and Hameln in Violinist of Hameln (does anyone other than me know this anime? ^^; old classic).

[aznstryder712]

having Akira Ishida as Mizuki is pure genius. Because, well, he deserves being voices by a tensai, right? I mean, c'mon, If you've heard him in other animes you can't deny he's on a special level of voice-acting skills.

[kitsunenomiko]

Suwabe Junichi is definitely on my favorites list. His voice always seems to make Atobe's flaming diva personality so much more vivid and alive. Plus, I adore his singing. It's definitely a sensuous, I'm-better-than-you voice that makes me happy xD

Hidenoubu Kiuchi makes me go *__*. His sexy kansai accent for Oshitari makes me all fuzzyful. His deep rich tone definitely seeps with sex appeal and manlyness xD I adore his singing in 'Valentine Kiss'....it's definitely one of my favorite tenipuri songs.

[Lovux The Great]

What the he... (Ò.ó) You actually LIKE Valentine Kiss?!??!
Man, I can't believe there is SOMEONE out there who could possibly like that song. Dang, it'so friggin' bad that I want to drench my ears in sizzling acid just to get away from it, and at the same time so ridicilous that I can't delete it from my computer. I mean, there's nothing worng with any of the voices singing it, but... THE LYRICS... and the bakground vocals... THE LYRICS.... THE LYRICS... MAN, I'm getting MAD and UPSET and ANGRY when hearing it!!!!
I guess this is what they call "Love-hate-relationship". XD
It's a curse, I tell you, A DARK CURSE BORN BY THE PUREST EVIL!!! And now it has been spread from its origin (Hyotei) and infected Rikkaidai. Out of ALL the regulars in Rikkaidai, GUESS who's singing the Valentine Kiss next year?

Dun-dun-dun-DUN-DUN-DUUN....

SANADA!!!!!!!

... And thus, the world WILL blow up for real. But I must listen to this spectacle first.

[Sheenie]

OMFG! REALLY?!?! WOW. *.*

[denite]

In terms of voice, there is no question about it, I love the voice of Atobe [Suwabe Junichi]. I mean I just couldn't imagine Atobe in a different voice, it just wouldn't be right.

oh and I love him as Greed in FMA and as Ren Marker in Karin. I swear his voice are made for sexy anime characters.

[nekocin]

To Sheenie and Lovux the Great: I think you both mean Minagawa Junko. Minagawa Junko plays Ryoma. Takeuchi Junko has a more raspier (?) voice; she plays Naruto.

Anyway, back to the topic, I agree with everyone who has so far noted Suwabe Junichi! Oh gawd! His voice is just THE SMEXY. Sadly, the first time I actually heard him was not in PoT but in the song "Yakusoku", Fuuma's (from X/1999) character song. Back when I was so hyper about PoT in its beginning stage, I hadn't heard him play for Atobe until I got his character songs. Now that I have the whole series (finally) I'm so in love with him all over again.

Minagawa Junko is really one of my favorites. I believe she's the only one who could bring that bratty side of Ryoma that way. Really, the seiyuu world shouldn't surprise me at all, but it still does!

Kaida Yuki is also one of my favorites. The first time I heard her in PoT I was in love! I knew Fuji had a female seiyuu right away. The way she plays Fuji; the light teasing timbres and then the serious deep ones, is just wonderful! She sounds fun too in the PoT Radio shows.

Takahashi Hiroki -- seriously, I was already in love with his voice back when I found out he voices Jounouchi Katsuya (my favorite character in Yuugiou What? It was one of those shows that helped me write and improve in fanfiction!). He has a dorky, manly voice in Yuugiou. That is until I heard him as Eiji. @_@ OMG! I was so surprised I fell in love with him all over again. He makes such cute nya-noises. And now that someone above me had mentioned it, he played Hisoka! ! How flexible is your voice?

Ishida Akira is also one of known seiyuu on my list. To be honest, the first time I heard him was as Hakkai in Saiyuki, where his voice is silky, soft and just <33. Just imagine my surprise when I found out he plays Mizuki! LOL. The nfu- is just infamous!
Oh by the way, Lovux, the reason why Mizuki didn't have a Best Rival song is because Ishida generally doesn't like to sing. It's sort of known that he's not really a good singer. His voice cracks whenever he tries to.

Don't kill me, but Okiayu Ryoutarou (Ryutarou) is also one of my favorites. I heard a lot of his roles here and there and I just simply can't forget the fact that his voice is usually described as oily he is really a good seiyuu. He's one of those people who has this sort of authorative charm in their voices *thinks of Khushrenada from Gundam Wing*.

Ueda Yuuji is also a good choice for Jirou. Ahahah! I love Sano's voice! And then comes the fact that he had also played HoroHoro in Shaman King! I was happy when I finally got to hear him squeal like a fanboy through his game with Fuji. XD

Tsuda Kenjirou - AAAH! Kaiba (from Yuugiou)! was my reaction. LOL. I was pleasantly surprised to hear this egoistic character play such a scary man. Especially when Tsuda goes off talking about his Special Inui Juice or whatever else he has. Ahahaha. I couldn't keep myself from getting goosebumps to imagine these two played by this seiyuu. Ah~!

Morikubou Shoutarou as that Kirihara, surprised me as well. It was LOVE! His Ginji in GetBackers is so kyute that every time I see Kirihara I see Ginji and vice versa. XD;;

... okay, this is getting long. I'll stop now.

Edit: ARGH! I forgot Sasaki Nozomu. He's a wonderful one too! His Akutsu is so scary and *backs away in fear* and I was absolutely in love all over again when I realized he played Eriol from Card Captor Sakura. It's quite a difference.

[Lovux The Great]

GAAAH!! You're so right, nekocin. Of course I knew that the Junko who's playing Ryoma has Minagawa as her family name, NOT Takeuchi! How COULD I, Lovux The Great THE ALMIGHTY make such a BLATANT mistake? That's it, no more Naruto for me!
Thanks anyway for pointing that out! And since you were the first one to comment that... I guess this proves that no one actually reads my long posts. (O.o)

Ishida's no good singer, is that so? Well, I've heard a few of his songs, mainly from Slayers, and I can't tell it's THAT bad. Nothing outstanding, but it sounded generally okay in my ears. But when I think about it, I recall reading some comments on another forum that explained that Ishida's songs were given so bad reviews that he quitted singing for good. Awww poor fellow.
At least he's a better singer than a certain Lovux is. XD

[nekocin]

XDD;; Ara? That's also true. I really took the time to nit-picky this thread since seiyuu is sort of my field ^^;. At least Lovux the Great has added a lot of arguments why she loves certain things/people. *pat pat* I think everyone just skimmed over your long posts and missed the name or something. ^^;

Poor Ishida. Yeah. I didn't notice it because the first song I had was a collaboration song of Saiyuki and Weiss Kreuz: everyone's voices were all mashed together and it was sort of hard to distinguish his voice. That's until I got a chance to hear a ballad song (I forgot the title)... it's not really impressive ^^;; unfortunately.

You don't mean it, Lovux!

[Raiden]

...I sort of pinned it down. First off, I tend to love characters and their seiyuus, and ESPECIALLY if they can sing (note: not always).

Definitely Junichi Suwabe, Nozomu Sasaki, Hidenobu Kiuchi, Kousuke Toriumi, Akira Ishida, Makoto Tomita, Masami Iwasaki, Shoutaro Morikubo, Taiten Kusunoki, Toshiyuki Kusuda, Ryotaro Okiayu, Norihisa Mori, Yuji Ueda, Yuki Kaida, Reiko Kiuchi and Yuuki Masuda.

First off, Suwabe's Atobe sounds feck'n hot every time he does the "Aan" sound he's known for. <3 That's one of the reasons I have "E Kimochi" on my mp3-player... I love the "Aan"s he does. Besides, Suwabe's voice matches Atobe's pretty looks and arrogant nature so well that it's impossible not to love the character. xD That's one of the reasons I like his Grimmjow from Bleach, too. He manages to capture even his nature perfectly. And it's the same thing with Sting Oakley from Gundam SEED Destiny (I <3 Sting, especially in the drama CDs). And.. well.. he's in my favorite anime series, Saint Seiya, as well... I don't really like the character that much, but his voice makes up for it. ^___^

Nozomu Sasaki... he SERIOUSLY creeps me out. And because of one thing: his voice changed over the years. I first heard him as Shin Mori in Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, which was made in 1988. And then in B'tX, which was made in 1996. His voice was high-pitched, gentle, really nice and EXTREMELY young, even as recently as in 1996. But then suddenly he does the voice of Akutsu and sounds so very deep, rough and EVIL... it made me go "WTF HAPPENED TO HIS VOICE?! 0.0". I even used Google translator to translate the Japanese Wikipedia article of him into English... and it said something about his voice changing suddenly. I wonder if it meant that it changed over the years, or if some accident changed it?
Here is something for you people to see how big a change it was: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnvXvXl_vqc
Jump to 03:25 in that video and listen to the brown-haired guy (Shin) in the black outfit. THAT'S Sasaki. Could you believe HE is voicing Akutsu?! ...I can't! >_> (He actually sounded somewhat like a male version of Sachiko Nagai's Yukimura when he voiced Shin 20 years ago.) ...But he sounds cute, doesn't he? ^___^ That's why I like Sasaki so much... he's voiced such diverse characters.

Hidenobu Kiuchi. Yes, I think he sounds sexy as Oshitari. Every time I listen to him talk or sing as the character, it sounds like he's purring. I also like Fukawa, the guy from Gyokurin, who Kiuchi also voiced. Too bad I only know his PoT characters. I hope he gets other interesting voice roles one of these days (like from Bleach... he'd make a pretty awesome Tesla).

Toriumi... I absolutely LOVE his voice. He makes Sengoku sound so freaking cute and adorable! ^____^ And besides, he is also very adept at changing his voice, just like Hiroki Takahashi (I saw both change to their real voices in like a millisecond when I watched Perfect Live. So cute! ^___^). And I went "OMG SQUEE!" when I found out that he will voice Szayel in Bleach (=one of my favorite Arrancars). And every time I hear Kiba in Naruto, I just think "OMGWTFBBQ, is that REALLY Sengoku's voice?!". And he is apparently also Hot Shot in Transformers Superlink... dang. Now it makes me want to hear him. >_>

And at first, when I knew nothing of seiyuus, I wondered about all the fuss about Ishida and his voice. Now I know why. I listen to Mizuki and think he's a creepy and evil, but still absolutely cute (and gay. xD) jerk. Then I listen to Hakkai in Saiyuki and think he's a preoccupied, totally cute (and still managing to be attractive), gentle and polite funny guy with an angsty side a mile wide (you can tell I love him, can't you? xD). And THEN I listen to Hiwatari from DNAngel and think he's a creepy, lonely kid with an obsession with Dark and Daisuke (I feel for the poor boy. I love him, Krad and Dark so much... but not Daisuke for some reason. xD). And then there's Makenshi from Final Fantasy Unlimited. When I heard him, I was all "O______O". It's amazing how it's possible for him to sound as happy-go-lucky as Hakkai, as creepy as Mizuki, as emotionless as Makenshi (and Yasuaki from Harukanaru)... and as adorable, cute and somewhat childlike as Athrun from Gundam SEED. (=And yes, I've heard them all. I actually have two DVDs - DNAngel Volume 1 and FF Unlimited Volume 1, both in Japanese audio and Finnish subtitles - in which Ishida has an important role.) He IS a voice-acting GOD.
PS. ...Too bad Ishida doesn't sing anymore...

He (Ishida) has stated that he will no longer sing in public, including for anime concerts or CDs. His recent anime character songs thus feature him talking instead of singing over background music.

He isn't one of the best singers out there, but he does have some songs I love more than you could ever imagine. I meant "Kageri no Fuuin", "Kiken na Kakuteru", "Masquerade" and to a smaller extent "But But But" (I even have "Un Soir", just because I think he sounds so awesome while talking in it).

Tomita's Yuuta is so cute when he freaks out. x3 Makes me want to glomp the younger Fuji, but he'd most probably bash a ball in my face if I did that. And even though he's not that good a singer (just like Ishida), he sounds cute enough for me to like "Just For Dream" and "Blood" (and to have them on my mp3-player).

Masami Iwasaki. OMG. Bakazawa and Mushroom!Hiyoshi. I love them, and it was a bit surprising for me when I found out that he voices both. And it's fairly odd that he can sing as Hiyoshi, but not as Akazawa. Plus Hiyoshi sounds like a snake when he talks, and he talks kind of sly and stuff... while Akazawa sounds angry most of the time (and even I reacted to his ten-second long scream like the Seigaku members... "That was unsettling.". xD). Oh, and I could NEVER imagine Hiyoshi screaming for ten seconds straight like Akazawa did! 0.0
It also surprises me that he voices Bighorn in Transformers: Beast Wars Second (my friends are fandubbing that thing). Since he sounds damn gruff when he talks, even more than Akazawa.

MORIKUBOOOOOO~! *dies* ...I didn't even KNOW this guy before I heard him as Kadaj in FF Advent Children. And even then I forgot his name... until one of my friends pointed me towards "Matantei Loki Ragnarok" (which I gladly watched, since I'm a mythology nut). I listened to Narugami and liked him from the start. I found out Morikubo voiced him, checked his ANN profile and nearly yelled out loud "HE WAS KADAJ!!?". After that notion I rewatched the movie and began to voicechase him. xD One of the only reasons I'm going to watch Naruto one day is because he voices Shikamaru (I didn't know it was him when one of my friends showed me an episode or two many months ago. Shika was his favorite character and he and I both laughed at that lazy guy's antics during episode 44. xD).
There is something in his voice that I love. Some weird quality... dunno what. Oh, and do I even need to mention his singing? I have eight of his songs on my mp3-player. ^_____^ (But for the record, I have 12 of Suwabe's. xD)

Sanada is love. xD Kusunoki's deep voice is awesome during group songs, because it's easily distinguished from the others. And besides, I absolutely DIED when he yelled "Give me a break!" or something along those lines, and attacked a Cyclone Smash -using Ryoma with this cracktastic "HIYAAAAH!" scream. xDDDDDDDDDD It's just that I could never imagine the stoic Sanada screaming like that... plus then there's the "YAAAH!" scream at the end of Sanada's version of "Valentine Kiss". x3 Plus, he also voiced Satsuma-taichou in Digimon Savers... and that was the first time I got to know his voice (I had heard him as Rude in Advent Children, but back then I didn't remember who he was. xD). Satsuma was a pretty hot character... and sounded awesome.
PS. And I also find it extremely funny that he voices Sanada Yukimura in "Shura no Toki". x3

SHISHI-KUN! *glomps* I love Kusuda's way of saying "Gekidasa". It's so cool! And Shishi's reaction to Chou-chan saying it with him during the Hyoutei&Seigaku training arc was adorable. x3 Besides, Kusuda also looks a bit like his character. ^____^

Well, there's too much stuff about Okiayu. I'll just say that most of his characters are my favorites (especially Saga and Kanon from Saint Seiya. And from other shows Crawford, Treize, Andrew, Kenzaki, Undertaker, Dark, Scar, Byakuya and Rokushou...). And he is hilarious in real life. xD Especially during the Bleach radio show because he and Masakazu Morita just screw around and giggle all the time. =And Ryotaro has a GIRLY GIGGLE in real life. x3

Norihisa Mori... well, I don't hate Yanagisawa and he doesn't really annoy me that much, and I love the way he says "Dane". xD (And he can sing...) But it's mostly because of Arai that I like him. I don't know why, but Arai is my favorite Seigaku member. And it's quite amazing how different Yanagisawa and Arai actually sound.

Yuji Ueda is total LUFF and sounds extremely adorable as Jirou. ^____^ At first he yawns and snores and is so very sleepy (and one of the voice messages was all snoring! xD)... but when something gets his attention, he turns so happy and bouncy and hyperactive that it's impossible not to love him! xDDD I had read the manga and knew that he was going to get all "Heyhey, sugoi!" during the match with Fuji... and when I saw him and Kaidoh during the Hyoutei training arc, I just KNEW that he was going to get like that AGAIN. x3

Kaida sounds pretty. And I love the fact how different her real voice sounds like... it was amazing, hearing her switch between it and Fuji's during Perfect Live and the Rajipuri programs. She also manages to capture Fuji's personality so well. =The sadistic side. x3 For once I'd want to hear Fuji really get mad and actually scream at someone.

Reiko Kiuchi I really like. I actually hated Kevin's character at first, but as the show progressed, I began to like him. He is now, along with Terry, Tom and Arnold, my favorite American Team member. The one thing that surprised me was how BOYISH Kiuchi sounded like. It was simply amazing. I actually couldn't believe it was a woman voicing him, thinking that "the list must have a mistake, since Kevin sounds totally like a guy". And I loved her English. She spoke it better than Junko Minagawa (=...I never understood what she said as Ryoma when he was talking English. xD). ...Especially Kevin's first "Excuse me".

Oh, and Yuuki Masuda? Niou is total LUFF as well. I love the voice and the speech pattern and the character, everything. The very first moment he said "Naruhodo" in his first episode, making it sound like "Na~ruhodo", I was totally hooked. His tone is awesome! It makes Niou sound like a complete smartass! xD

[hakuryu]

Well, first of all OBVIOUSLY Yuki Kaida. Ey! Not just because she plays Fuji! She's a wonderful seiyuu and she sings beautifully, it's amazing how she changes her voice when she's Yumiko. And she does the perfect voice for Fuji, besides she speaks perfectly in english and aah~ I admire her very much.

And then Minagawa Junko. She's great. Her voice is amazing, she sings like nobody and she really sounds like a young boy. ^^