Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki
Native name	三木 眞一郎
Born	March 18, 1968 Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	1989–present
Agent	81 Produce
Notable credit(s)	Pokémon as Kojiro / James Bleach as Kisuke Urahara Fullmetal Alchemist as Roy Mustang Wangan Midnight as Tatsuya Shima Initial D as Takumi Fujiwara Virtua Fighter as Akira Yuki Mobile Suit Gundam 00 as Lockon Stratos Beast Wars: Transformers as Inferno Dragon Ball Super as Zamasu

Shin-ichiro Miki (三木 眞一郎 Miki Shin'ichirō, born March 18, 1968 in Tokyo) is a Japanese voice actor.^[1] He is a member of 81 Produce.^[1]

Miki is most known for the roles of Kojirō ("James") (Pokémon), Takumi Fujiwara ("Tak") (Initial D), Kisuke Urahara (Bleach), Akira Yuki (Virtua Fighter), Lockon Stratos (Mobile Suit Gundam 00), Teppei Iwaki (Area no Kishi), Hitomi (Code: Breaker), Kagetora Aida (Kuroko's Basketball), and Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood).

Overview

Miki is also a singer with the four-man band Weiß, along with Takehito Koyasu, Tomokazu Seki, and Hiro Yūki, the four main voice actors of Weiß Kreuz. Miki is also very active in BL dramas. He won Best Actors in supporting roles in the 4th Seiyu Awards. He often gets cast as handsome, young men in anime roles, the most notable being Youji Kudou - Balinese of Weiß Kreuz, Kojirō ("James") in the Pokémon anime.

As well as voicing Kojirō ("James") in the Japanese language version of Pokémon, Miki, like most of the Japanese voice actors, including Mika Kanai, Satomi Kōrogi, and Unshō Ishizuka, also appears in the Japanese and English language versions, where he plays Misty's Staryu, Brock's Zubat/Golbat/Crobat, and also Ash's Charizard.

Filmography

Television animation

1995

• Fushigi Yūgi series - Keisuke Yūki

1996

• The Vision of Escaflowne - Allen Schezar/Amano Susumu

1997

• Pocket Monsters - Kojirō (James), Satoshi's Hitokage/Lizardo/Lizardon (Ash's Charmander/Charmeleon/Charizard), Takeshi's Isitsubute (Brock's Geodude), Takeshi's Zubat (Brock's Zubat), Kasumi's Hitodeman (Misty's Staryu)^[2]

1998

• Weiss Kreuz - Youji Kudou

1999

• Kaikan Phrase - Yukifumi "Yuki" Todo
• Pocket Monsters: Episode Orange Archipelago - Kojirō (James), Satoshi's Lizardon (Ash's Charizard), Takeshi's Isitsubute (Brock's Geodude), Takeshi's Zubat (Brock's Zubat), Kasumi's Hitodeman (Misty's Staryu), Kasumi's Nyoromo/Nyorozo/Nyorotono (Misty's Poliwag)^[2]
• Pocket Monsters: Episode Gold & Silver - Kojirō (James), Satoshi's Lizardon (Ash's Charizard), Takeshi's Isitsubute (Brock's Geodude), Takeshi's Zubat/Golbat/Crobat (Brock's Zubat/Golbat/Crobat), Kasumi's Hitodeman (Misty's Staryu), Kasumi's Nyoromo/Nyorozo/Nyorotono (Misty's Poliwag/Poliwhirl/Politoed)^[2]

2000

• Descendants of Darkness - Asato Tsuzuki
• Mewtwo! I Am Here - Kojirō (James), Takeshi's Isitsubute (Brock's Geodude), Takeshi's Golbat (Brock's Golbat), Kasumi's Hitodeman (Misty's Staryu), Kasumi's Nyorozo (Misty's Poliwhirl), Mewtwo's Lizardontwo (Mewtwo's Charizardtwo/ Clone Charizard)^[2]

2002

• Naruto - Mizuki
• Pocket Monsters Side Stories Kojirō (James), Takeshi's Isitsubute (Brock's Geodude), Takeshi's Crobat (Brock's Crobat)^[2]
• Pocket Monsters: Advanced Generation Kojirō (James), Satoshi's Lizardon (Ash's Charizard), Satoshi's Cotoise (Ash's Torkoal), Takeshi's Isitsubute (Brock's Geodude), Takeshi's Crobat (Brock's Crobat), Shū's Flygon (Drew's Flygon)^[2]

2003

• Air Master - Shigeo Komada

2004

• Bleach - Kisuke Urahara
• Gakuen Alice - Persona/Rei Serio

2005

• Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE – Toya^[3]
• Black Cat – Creed Diskenth
• Kyo Kara Maoh! - Shinou

2006

• Fate/stay night – Assassin^[4]
• .hack//Roots – Kuhn^[5]
• Gin Tama - Tatsuma Sakamoto
• D.Gray-man - Bak Chan
• The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon - Kojirō (James), Kasumi's Hitodeman (Misty's Staryu)^[2]
• Pocket Monsters: Diamond and Pearl - Kojirō (James), Satoshi's Naetle/Hayashigame/Dodaitose (Ash's Turtwig/Grotle/Torterra), Shinji's Donkarasu (Paul's Honchkrow), Jun's Mukuhawk (Barry's Staraptor), Saturn's Dokurog (Saturn's Toxicroak)^[2]

2007

• Strait Jacket – Leiot Steinberg^[6]

2009

• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Roy Mustang^[7]

2010

• Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! - Kojirō (James), Dent's Ishizumai/Iwapalace (Cilan's Dwebble/Crustle), Shooty's Tsutarja (Trip's Snivy)^[2]

2011

• Gin Tama' - Tatsuma Sakamoto

2012

• Kuroko's Basketball - Kagetora Aida
• Nisemonogatari - Deishū Kaiki
• *Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! Season 2 - Kojirō (James), Dent's Iwapalace (Cilan's Crustle)^[2]

2013

• Hunter × Hunter (2011) – Knov
• Kill la Kill - Aikurō Mikisugi
• Monogatari Series Second Season - Deishū Kaiki
• Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! Season 2: Episode N - Kojirō (James), Satoshi's Hitokage/Lizardo/Lizardon (Ash's Charmander/Charmeleon/Charizard), Dent's Iwapalace (Cilan's Crustle)^[2]
• Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! Season 2: Decolora Adventure - Kojirō (James), Satoshi's Lizardon (Ash's Charizard), Dent's Iwapalace (Cilan's Crustle)^[2]
• Pocket Monsters: XY - Kojirō (James), Satoshi's Luchabull (Ash's Hawlucha), Tierno's Kameil (Tierno's Wartortle)^[2]
• Pocket Monsters: The Origin - Red's Hitokage/Lizardo/Lizardon (Red's Charmander/Charmeleon/Charizard)^[2]

2014

• Donten ni Warau – Naoto Kagami

2015

• Gin Tama° - Tatsuma Sakamoto
• Tai-Madō Gakuen 35 Shiken Shōtai - Sōgetsu Ōtori
• Fate/Stay Night - Unlimited Blade Works - Assassin
• One Punch Man - Snek
• Pocket Monsters: XY&Z - Kojirō (James), Satoshi's Luchabull (Ash's Hawlucha)^[2]

2016

• Dragon Ball Super - Zamasu
• One Piece - Pedro^[8]
• Concrete Revolutio - Magotake Hitoyoshi
• Bungo Stray Dogs - André Gide
• Pocket Monsters: Sun & Moon - Kojirō (James)

2017

• Yōjo Senki: Saga of Tanya the Evil - Relgen

Original net animation

• Comical Psychosomatic Medicine (2015) – Ryō Shinnai –^[9]

Film

• Pocket Monsters films (1998-) Kojirō (James)^[2]
• Expelled from Paradise (2014) – Dingo^[10]
• The Empire of Corpses (2015) – Alexei Karamazov^[11]
• Harmony (2015) – Elliya Vashirof^[12]

Video games

1994

• Virtua Fighter 2 – Akira Yuki

1996

• Fighters Megamix – Akira Yuki
• Street Fighter Zero 2 – Sagat, Announcer
• Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha – Sagat, Announcer
• Virtua Fighter 3 – Akira Yuki

1999

• Super Smash Bros. - Lizardon (Charizard)
• Pokemon Snap - Lizardon (Charizard)

2001

• Super Smash Bros. Melee - Lizardon (Charizard), Hitodeman (Staryu), Hassam (Scizor)

2008

• Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Lizardon (Charizard), Hitodeman (Staryu)

2011

• El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron - Enoch

2012

• Dead or Alive 5 – Akira Yuki^[13]
• E.X. Troopers – Regan Watts,^[14] Kreis Ravel (Young)
• Project X Zone – Akira Yuki^[15]

2013

• God Eater 2 - Haruomi Makabe
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle – Gyro Zeppeli
• Tales of Hearts - Creed Graphite^[16]

2014

• Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax – Akira Yuki^[17]
• Lost Dimension – Soujirou Sagara^[18]
• Assassin's Creed Unity - Arno Victor Dorian
• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U - Lizardon (Charizard), Hitodeman (Staryu), Darkrai

2015

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven – Gyro Zeppeli
• Project X Zone 2 – Akira Yuki^[19]

2016

• Seven Knights - Rudy^[20]

Unspecified Date

• Black Wolves Saga: Bloody Nightmare - Nesso Galland
• Black Wolves Saga: Last Hope - Nesso Galland
• Hakuōki series (2008–14) – Hijikata Toshizo^[21]
• Majou Ou - Marion Neithart

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• X-Men: Apocalypse – Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto (Michael Fassbender)^[22]
• X-Men: Days of Future Past – Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto ([Michael Fassbender)^[23]
• X-Men: First Class – Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto (Michael Fassbender)^[24]

Animation

• Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return – The Scarecrow^[25]
• RWBY – Roman Torchwick^[26]
• Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends – Arthur (Season 11 onwards, succeeding Yasuhiro Takato)^[2]

References

1. Doi, Hitoshi. "Miki Shinichirou". Seiyuu Database. July 13, 2010. Archived July 20, 2010, at WebCite
2. "声優さん出演リスト 個別表示: 三木眞一郎(Shinichiro Miki) [Voice actor's appearance list individual display: Shinichiro Miki]". Voice Artist Database (in Japanese). GamePlaza-HARUKA-. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
3. Katoh, Hidekazu et al. "Tsubasa - Reservoir Chronicle". (May 2007) Newtype USA. pp. 26-33.
4. "Staff&Cast|Fate/stay night フェイト/ステイナイト". Fate/stay night フェイト/ステイナイト (in Japanese). Retrieved January 19, 2010.
5. Yuki, Masahiro. "The Official Art of .hack//Roots". (May 2007) Newtype USA. pp. 101-107.
6. Strait Jacket (DVD). Manga Video. October 7, 2008. OCLC 244206876.
7. "Fullmetal Alchemist's 2009 Anime Cast Revealed".
8. "One Piece Anime Reveals Cast for Zou Arc Characters Wanda, Carrot, Pedro". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
9. "Comical Psychosomatic Medicine Anime's 1st Promo Streamed". Anime News Network. November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
10. "「楽園追放」イベントで三木眞一郎「ちょーおもしろいっすよ」と大絶賛！". TOKYO ANIME NEWS. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
11. "映画『屍者の帝国』の完成披露上映会が開催決定！　細谷佳正さん、村瀬歩さん、花澤香菜さんらキャスト陣＆監督が登壇". animateLAB Corporation. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
12. "劇場版アニメ『ハーモニー』、トァン役は沢城みゆき＆ミァハ役は上田麗奈". CINRA. inc. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
13. "Dead or Alive 5 Official Site". Retrieved 1 March 2016.
14. "81Produce Shinichiro Miki Profile". Retrieved 27 December 2015.
15. "Project X Zone". Retrieved 27 December 2015.
16. "Tales Of Hearts R Japanese Official Website".
17. "Virtua Fighter 5 - Akira Yuki ｜ Characters ｜ Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax". Retrieved 1 March 2016.
18. "ロストディメンション公式サイト - LOST DIMENSION OFFICIAL SITE -". Retrieved 29 April 2015.
19. "『PROJECT X ZONE 2：BRAVE NEW WORLD（プロジェクト クロスゾーン2：ブレイブニューワールド）』始動!!" (in Japanese). Famitsu. April 12, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
20. "Seven Knights Japanese Official Website".
21. "Hakuoki Japanese Official Website". Retrieved 29 April 2015.
22. "X-MEN：アポカリプス". Fukikaeru. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
23. "X-MEN：フューチャー＆パスト". Fukikaeru. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
24. "X-MEN:ファースト・ジェネレーション". Fukikaeru. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
25. "オズ めざせ！エメラルドの国へ". Fukikaeru. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
26. Lamb, Lynzee (August 14, 2015). "RWBY's Official Japanese Dub Trailer Released at Comiket 88". Anime News Network. Anime News Network. Retrieved August 14, 2015.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Official agency profile (Japanese)
• Shin-ichiro Miki at the Internet Movie Database
• Shin-ichiro Miki at Anime News Network's encyclopedia