Kenichi Suzumura


Kenichi Suzumura is a Japanese voice actor and singer who is the founder and representative of the INTENTION, a voice acting company he founded in March 2012. He was raised in Osaka Prefecture. He voiced Morley in Macross 7, Hikaru Hitachiin in Ouran High School Host Club, Masato Hijirikawa in Uta no Prince-sama, Atsushi Murasakibara in Kuroko's Basketball, Momotaro Mikoshiba in Free!, Shinn Asuka in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, Leo Stenbuck in , Sōgo Okita in Gin Tama, Rogue Cheney in Fairy Tail, Lavi in D.Gray-man, and Ryutaros in Kamen Rider Den-O. He is called Suzu and Muraken by Soichiro Hoshi and his fans and Suzuken by other voice actors and fans. He is part of the group Nazo no Shin Unit Starmen with Junichi Suwabe, Daisuke Kishio, Hiroki Takahashi, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Makoto Yasumura, and Kosuke Toriumi. He is married to fellow voice actress Maaya Sakamoto.

Filmography

Television animation

;1994
;1996
;1997
;1998
;1999
;2000
;2001
;2002
  • Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi – New Bank Teller
  • The Twelve Kingdoms – Rakushun
  • Spiral – Ayumu Narumi
  • Gravion – Eiji Shigure
  • Digimon Frontier – Kouichi Kimura
  • Dragon Drive – Hikaru Himuro
  • Hungry Heart - Wild Striker – Yuuya Kiba
  • UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie – Kazuto Tokino
;2003
;2004
;2005
;2006
;2007
;2008
;2009
;2010
;2011
;2012
;2013
;2014
;2015
;2016
;2017
;2018
;2019
;2020
;2021
;2007
;2008
;2009
;2010
;2011
;2012
;2014
;2018
;2019
;2020

Live-action

2008:
2011:
2012:
2016:
A national survey on the popularity of voice actors conducted in March 2010 revealed Suzumura and Miyano Mamoru as the most famous voice actor.
In the following year, 2011, TBS Rank Oukoku listed Suzumura as 3rd of the five most popular voice actors.

Music

In addition to performing many different character songs in his voice acting career, Suzumura has become a singer signed on the Lantis label. As a solo artist he writes all his songs. In his debut year 2008, Suzumura also became one of the main hosts of the annual live music event Original Entertainment Paradise, together with the other Lantis-artists Showtaro Morikubo, Daisuke Ono, and Mitsuo Iwata.
In January, 2010, he gave his first solo concert tour in Osaka, Nagoya, Yokohama and Tokyo. His second live tour, in 2011, was held in the same stops, Osaka, Nagoya, Tokyo and Yokohama. Part of the proceeds resulting from this concert was donated to help the victims of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Because of the power shortage the concert was arranged simple to save power and Suzumura performed all songs in acoustic versions.
In 2012, a poll on singing ability placed Suzumura as the third best voice actor singer, behind Kishō Taniyama and Mamoru Miyano.

Singles

Albums

Connect

Since 2009, Suzumura is part of the first Kiramune-unit, Connect, with Mitsuo Iwata. They occasionally release singles and albums and participate the annual concert Kiramune Music Festival.
Release dateTitleChart positionNotes
April 24, 2009Connect361st album
February 24, 2010Fighting Spirits341st single
September 29, 2010Rasterizer50Mini-album
March 7, 2012Jusensha Men45Mini-album
January 30, 2013Connect no Tanoshii Ongaku38Mini-album
November 19, 2014Ningen! Jetta Ningen32Mini-album

Other non-anime related releases