#Hiroshi Kamiya-San

[isabeauwolf]

Oh holy shit, ya'll ain't gonna believe this!

They got Hiroshi Kamiya-San to voice young AFO! JP's VA for Trafalgar Law!

I recognize my snow leopards voice anywhere!

Ooo they are so sneaky.

I'm trying not to simp over this man... help! help! Send help!

Of course, I'll still support Hiroshi Kamiya-San no matter what role he does, I'm still soo torn. His voice is so smooth X////x

Wait? No! Bad me, bad me, stop it.....!

Honestly, help! T-T

[mushimatsu]

started watching shirokuma cafe

[sashamosu46]

Neuvillette & Wriothesley in Osomatsu-san style bc their JP VAs also voice Choromatsu & Jyushimatsu respectively💖

[1000sunnygo]

The Three Captain's Interview (2021) Part 2: Mayumi Tanaka as Luffy & Namikawa Daisuke as Kidd - Translated

The ask I received got deleted, I'm sorry! 😩

I've decided not to half-ass it, here's the remaining part of the interview with Namikawa san and Mayumi san's answers.

👒 : Tanaka Mayumi (Luffy)

🌷 : Namikawa Daisuke (Captain Kidd)

+ Kamiya Hiroshi as Law (already translated, check here)

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Q. How did you feel when you got the role?

👒: I was mostly indifferent, as the work (the manga) itself was unknown to me back then. In retrospect, I think it was for the best. I mean, if you know it's a deeply beloved work, you'd feel greedy, won't you? That's why I passed the audition without feeling nervous. Looking back now, maybe it matched Luffy's freedom.

🌷: I remember vividly. Among the eleven rookies with more than 100 million bounty, Kidd's was the highest. I had a clear image of the voice that would express Kidd's powerful appearance, but I couldn't imagine myself playing the role of Kidd. So, I didn't know how to do the voice. I kept thinking about it while recording. I still have a hard time doing Kidd's voice, but it was even harder back then than it is now.

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Q. Did you have any specific thoughts or feelings while playing in One Piece?

👒: In One Piece, there is the unshakable pillar called 'Eiichiro Oda' , but it's not enough to rely on him. I want people to think, "Wow, One Piece really is amazing" when - including myself, all the individual creators' imagination, music, scenarios, and everything else come together! We'd like to continue to create moments in anime that surpass the original manga.

🌷: Many One piece fans would say it's "fire" when expressing their opinions. Thinking about what makes them feel fired up, I can clearly see it in the scripts. The lines of a good scene are spread over several cuts. I feel that the timing; or rather, the process of speech delivery is given a high importance. So, in pursuit of an impact on the audience, when the scripts says "haah?" I myself try to stretch it with "HA~aah??" - to make everyone feel even more fired up.

[T/N: The Japanese word used was "hot", while "fire" expresses a different type of feeling, I think it works as a closer substitute.]

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Q. Impression of the character you're currently playing?

👒: Someone who accepts his weakness, says "I can't" when he can't do something and then relies on his friends, and never wavers from the freedom of doing so.

🌷: He's surprisingly kind and considerate of his crew mates. He'd often say "Let's go!" and bring along some of them, but that's not because he's afraid. I interpret it as saying, "I'll protect y'all no matter what, so let's enjoy the thrill of going ahead together!"

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Q. Thoughts on Mayumi Tanaka's Luffy?

🌷: Unwavering...isn't he? The story moves on, but the same old Luffy is always there. Regardless of the state you're in while watching anime, you can always relax and enjoy One piece. I think this is where Mayumi san's Luffy comes off as an undisputed champion. It's quite difficult to keep things the same for decades, so I have deep respect for it.

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Q. Thoughts on Daisuke Namikawa's Kidd and Hiroshi Kamiya's Law?

👒: Some voice actors separate their personal lives from work, but those two are as transparent as I am! It doesn't have to do with their roles, but that makes it comfortable to work with them, so I enjoy it a lot.

🌷: Law looks cool, but he has his passionate sides; he has the calm aura, but he also becomes emotional. You need to incorporate a variety of elements to express those subtle ups and down in a Law-like manner, so I think it's an incredibly difficult role. That's why I think Kamiya kun puts a lot of thoughts and efforts in his performance.

That said, I can't help but feel a storm of jealousy regarding their rankings in the worldwide popularity poll (laughs). Law was in top 5, and Kid was 23rd. Even though they don't have the same screentime frequency, they were introduced at the same time, yet the difference was so big... Like, I understand Law's charm, but it was frustrating!

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Q. Do you think it's possible to win against Kaidou?

👒: Of course, it's possible. But the absolute winner has to be Tesshô Genda (Kaido's voice actor). I don't think I can compete with that deep voice.. Well, I'd win though (laughs)

🌷: I want to believe that Kidd wouldn't lose his heart over his defeats. He doesn't intend to be beaten by anyone.

(T/N: Fun fact, Mayumi Tanaka doesn't read the manga. She only learns the manga's events when she reads her script. Sanji's actor Hiroaki Hirata does the same, and he admitted that he doesn't know much of the parts of story where sanji is absent.)

[seiyuucrossovers]

Osomatsu-san crossovers

Kamiya Hiroshi's character (Choromatsu, green hair) getting mad at the anime references in Osomatsu-san despite the fact that he voices a main or important character in all three of them

Ono Daisuke is also featured in two out of three of these anime as Midorima and Erwin (unlike Choromatsu, Jyushimatsu participates)

Anime referenced: Haikyuu, Kuroko no Basuke, Attack on Titan

[bunnymajo]

"Six Shame Faces" (Choromatsu ver.)

[psink]

Rainy season anime artwork translation:

A complicated chuunibyou guy

Kaidou Shun

(Voice Actor/ Shimazaki Nobunga)

Kusuo’s classmate that everyone knows is a chuunibyou. However because he’s shy, serious and pure-hearted by nature, he can’t maintain his chuunibyou persona.

⏴In the work, his chuunibyou sometimes causes problems for Kusuo, but in reality, he’s a good and timid child. He thinks of Kusuo, Nendou and Kuboyasu as important friends. Hopefully he’ll never lose this innocence.

Guy with a complicated love for his younger brother

Saiki Kuusuke

(Voice Actor/ Nojima Kenji)

Saiki Kusuo’s older brother, a genius mad scientist with an IQ of 218. Has a fetish for challenging his younger brother and getting defeated. He messes with Kusuo at any opportunity. 

⏶Contrary to his handsome looks, his real nature is quite disappointing. He’s an extreme masochist (however, this is limited to only Kusuo).

Complicated clingy guy

Akechi Touma

(Voice Actor/ Kaji Yuuki)

A logical and talkative transfer student who came to Kusuo’s class. He talks rapidly like a machine gun without reading the atmosphere of his surroundings. He suspects that Kusuo is a psychic. Although he was once deceived, he persistently continues to investigate Kusuo.

Guy who attracts complicated people

Saiki Kusuo

(Voice Actor/ Kamiya Hiroshi)

A high-school student who can control various psychic powers. In order to keep his abilities secret, he lives maintaining a moderate distance from those around him. His favorite food is sweets, he especially loves coffee jelly. 

⏶Although Kusuo almost never voluntarily expresses his emotions, he shows a blissful smile whilst tasting sweets. Is this cute contrast also a point that attracts people around him!?

⏶⏵In addition to Kaidou, other members of his troublesome group include the strongest idiot Nendou Riki (Voice Actor: Ono Daisuke and the delinquent Kuboyasu Aren (Voice Actor: Hosoya Yoshimasa), whose trouble-causing abilities are immeasurable. Despite that, they're also lovable guys that you can't hate.

(Kusuo’s left shoulder text)

The cheerful, sunny spring has passed and the rainy season has already arrived. Our handsome psychic, Saiki Kusuo, is on his way home whilst avoiding the scattered rain with his telekinesis, but there are people approaching him. His brother, Kuusuke, his classmate, Kusuo and the transfer student Akechi - these three people. Amongst them, Akechi, because of his natural quick thinking and good insight, seems to suspect Kusuo is a psychic!? With the intensity of either a devoted wife or a stalker, he clings to Kusuo and tries to reveal his secret by showering him with machine gun-like talk……Will Kusuo manage to avoid them like the rain and return the clear skies to his heart?

(Kusuo’s right shoulder text)

Just as his older brother, Kuusuke, is coming to pick him up with coffee jelly in one hand, Kaidou, struck by the rain, is showing off his chuunibyou. The transfer student Akechi invites Kusuo under his umbrella, too. Their attention-seeking offensive is even more persistent than the rainy season, how will Kusuo endure it!?

(Big text on white background)

A rain of love from the complicated people pours down intensively on

Kusuo☆

Heart-pounding regretful rain☆

QUESTION

If you were to share an umbrella with someone, who would it be?

Kamiya: Teruhashi-san. Her charm, which causes even the God to be her ally, makes me want to try saying 「offu」 as well.

Shimazaki: Of course, it’d have to be Teruhashi-san!!! Offu!!!

Saiki Kusuo’s Voice Actor

Kamiya Hiroshi-san 

Interview 

The 2nd season of 「Fierce Argument」. 

—If you were to express the growth and changes of Saiki Kusuo in the second season using four-character idioms or similar expressions, what would they be?

Kamiya: 「Fierce Argument (Editor’s note: The sound of swords clashing violently. Also, the state of engaging in heated debate)」 I feel that the degree of this is gradually increasing compared to the 1st season.

–Kamiya-san, please tell us a particular「Kusuo’s charm point」 that you’d like to recommend right now.

Kamiya: I don’t know much about Kusuo, but anyway, Teruhashi-san’s cuteness is a big charm of this work. 

–Please tell us the episode or moment that made you laugh whilst portraying Kusuo.

Kamiya: Kusuo is usually cool and it’s hard to read his emotions, but sometimes during particularly intense situations, he strongly interjects with 「You idiot!」, which is fun for me too.

–Kusuo is always extremely popular regardless of gender, Kamiya-san, if you were in his position, what would you do?

Kamiya: If each of them stays with me with the awareness that we're friends, then I will gratefully accept that.

Kaidou Shun’s Voice Actor

Shimazaki Nobunaga-san

Interview

Right now, I’m at my peak chuunibyou stage in life.

–If you were to express the growth and changes of Saiki Kusuo in the second season from a  chuunibyou perspective, what would that be?

Shimazaki: 「Jet Black Twilight - Ragnarok of Chaos」 Reason: it just sounds cool!

–Shimazaki-san, please tell us a particular 「Kaidou’s charm point」that you’d like to recommend right now.

Shimazaki: I find the contrast between Shun in his full-blown chuunibyou Jet-Black Wings mode and his natural self, who is a bit of a coward but is honest and caring about his friends, to be appealing.

–Shimazaki-sama, if you discovered a completely soaked Kaidou on a rainy day, what would you do?

Shimazaki: I’d protect him!!!

–Please tell us the episode or moment that made you laugh whilst portraying Kaidou.

Shimazaki: In the 2nd season, episode 4 of episode 8x, the loop episode 「Another Time Leap Challenge! I remember saying the same line over and over again like a broken record, it left a very strong impression on me. It was fun!

–Kaidou is still in full-blown chuunibyou mode, but Shimazaki-san, when were you the most chuunibyou-like in your life? 

Shimazaki: Right now. I seriously imagine using magic and saving the world every day.

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Did you know that Rollo’s VA also does Licorice Cookie in Cookie Run Kingdom?? They really made him the most pathetic and nonserious baddie lmao

The gif is Rollo in anger management therapy, daydreaming about playing Whack-a-Malleus/j

YEAH, THEY REALLY DID... Rollo's VA (Hiroshi Kamiya)... playing the part of a sentient cookie trying to hard to be taken seriously as a bad guy but just failing at every turn... Turning to the forbidden arts of Black Magic just like Rollo turned to flowers that should have been exterminated to achieve his goals... 💀 Licorice Cookie's in-game description even tells us that he keeps a diary "filled with everyday rants and complaints could fill up a library" which sounds like SUCH a Rollo thing to do??????

Recently I learned that there's a ton of other TWST VAs that are in Cookie Run Kingdom, not just Kamiya-san! If I recall correctly:

Chiaki Kobayashi (Deuce's VA) plays Sparkling Cookie, a bartender known for his impeccable manners and serving delicious juice. How fitting for Juice Deuce Spade, who aspires to be a well-behaved honors student 🧃✨

Aoi Ichikawa (Ruggie's VA) plays Stardust Cookie, a lump of dough granted life from the stars. He now seeks a place to call home and a purpose for himself. I guess you can say Ruggie went on a trip to visit his mom among the stars... ⭐️💫

Nobuhiko Okamoto (Floyd's VA) plays Mint Choco Cookie, a skilled yet humble and polite violinist. This one’s the most different from his TWST counterpart; I think the only thing Floyd and Mint Choco have in common are that they can play instruments 🍬🎻

Wataru Komada (Jade's VA) plays Espresso Cookie, a researcher obsessed with the pursuit of coffee-related knowledge. A perfectionist, he's always preoccupied with work. This is Jade if he had a hyperfixation with coffee instead of mushrooms— (though I’m sure the two can also be combined) ☕️🍄

Nobunaga Shimazaki (Silver's VA) plays Clover Cookie, a bard that seeks inspiration for his songs. The local animals are often attracted to Clover Cookie. He and Silver are similar in coloration and have many animal companions! 🍀🐇

[juiceboxscans]

Date drops!

Manga is still on hiatus but Volume 9 is listed as coming out February 2025. Keep an eye on Amazon or your local bookseller for more news.

New anime trailer was released today: Premiere date is Monday October 7, 2024.

Follow the official anime Twitter and anime website. Anime will be streaming on Crunchyroll and Prime Video (check in your location for availability).

OP is UNDER and OVER by Oral Cigarettes:

EP is Nani Warotonneen by Yoshino

Rounding out our cast of characters

Kirishima Miyama: Akira Ishida Yoshino Somei: Hitomi Ueda

Shouma Toriashi: Koji Yusa Azami Suo: Hiroshi Kamiya

Renji Somei: Youji Ueda Gaku Miyama: Kazuya Nakai

Tachibana-san: Ryota Takeuchi Inamori-san: Hiroshi Shimosaki

Hotei-san: Katsuyuki Konishi Tsubaki: Rina Ueda

Please make sure to support the mangaka.

We've gotten busy with life but have been checking back and the mangaka has not posted any updates so we're not aware of them coming off hiatus any time soon.

In the meantime, SUPPORT THE MANGAKA: Buy the tankobons if you can afford them, watch the anime when it airs and hype it on social media, and if you can't find the content legally in your area reach out to manga publishers in your region and book stores and ask them to stock your fave. Let them know that you want access to content. Bookstores take note when fans get excited about stuff.

Whatever you do: Please do not pay fees on scanlation sites that promise ad-free browsing.

Happy (almost fall)! 。.:☆*:･'(*⌒―⌒*)))

[yuurei20]

Happy Birthday to Rollo’s VA Kamiya Hiroshi!

Kamiya is a multi-award winning voice actor, inducted into the Seiyuu Awards Hall of Fame after receiving more votes than any other seiyuu for five years in a row.

Kamiya debuted in 1994 at the age of 19 and has since contributed to over 800 different anime, video games and drama CDs, such as:

・Bungo Stray Dogs (with Trein’s Koyama and Crowley’s Miyamoto) ・Angel Beats ・The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (with Silver’s Shimazaki and Riddle’s Hanae)

・Durarara!! ・Blue Exorcist (with Floyd’s Okamoto) ・Skate-Leading Stars (with Riddle’s Hanae, Azul’s Tamaru, Leona’s Umehara, Ruggie’s Ichikawa, Jack’s Ban, Sebek’s Ishiya, Ace’s Yamashita and Trey’s Suzuki)

・Attack on Titan ・Osomatsu-san ・Blue Lock (with Ruggie’s Ichikawa, Riddle’s Hanae, Trey’s Suzuki, Silver’s Shimazaki, Idia’s Uchiyama and Jade’s Komada)

・Fate Stay Night (with Grim’s Sugiyama and Trein’s Koyama) ・Urusei Yatsura (with Trein’s Koyama and Silver’s Shimazaki) ・Haikyu!! (with Floyd's Okamoto, Idia's Uchiyama, Azul's Tamaru, Silver's Shimazaki, Vargas's Takeuchi, Epel’s Tsuchiya, Ruggie's Ichikawa and Riddle's Hanae)

・and Genshin Impact (with Silver’s Shimazaki, Idia’s Uchiyama and Leona’s Umehara)

[oceanflowerrs]

love watching “voice actor other roles” videos for vas like takehiro sakurai or hiroshi kamiya and being reminded that the osomatsu-san anime was largely an unimportant blip to people who did not have a tumblr account.

[breakonthroough]

Blog guide

I decided to make a small guide to my posts here. Mostly of course for myself. Because I'm tired of scrolling and looking for certain works or information. If it will be useful to someone please welcome.

My text posts (analysis and longreads):

Left-handed Rocinante speculation (part one / part two)

Watch your head, Doffy!

Smile and SAD (speculation about Doffy)

Cora's love language

God Valley incident and Saint Donquixote Homing. Theory.

Rocinante's Devil Fruit

Some difference between manga and anime

Three captains (Luffy, Kid, Law)

Trigun - One Piece parallels

Celestial Dragons are tenacious of life

OP Unanswered questions

Skypieya foreshadowings

OP 1114 chapter thoughts (Doffy appears)

Law's tattoos

One Piece Chapter 1126. Thoughts about Shank's expression.

My fancomics (Cora, Law and others):

Stray dog

Hospital

Morning

The boys

Roadtrip

Killing Smoke

Law experiments (!mature warning!)

Hospital Clown

The Pet

Mask (!mature warning!)

My fanarts and redraws:

Spike Spiegel redraw

Bang... (Donquixote Rocinante/Spike Spiegel)

Collage for VA Kōichi Yamadera

Collage for VA Hiroshi Kamiya

Collage for VA Daisuke Namikawa

Collage for VA Takehito Koyasu

Collage for VA Hosoya Yoshimasa

Smile day collage and sketch for it

Sanji redraw

Toji Fushiguro redraw

DQ Brothers and sketch

Cora and Law (The snow)

Kid and Law redraw

Doffy redraw

Zoro and Zoro :) redraw both

Slowdown (Law and Cora)

Heart pirates redraw

Zoro and Sanji (two wings) redraw

Fire Fist Ace and Rengoku (collage) redraw

Sanji (mr. Prince)

ASL

Doppelganger (crossover OP/Trigun)

Law and Cora (digital)

DQ bros redraw II

RGB boys (Kid/Zoro/Buggy) redraw

CMYK guys (Vivi/Bonney/Cora/Law) redraw

Heart depth (Law's memories)

Nami redraw

Fem!Law and Cora

Dodge it, Cora (OP Academy)

Luffy

Belle-mere and Rocinante

Unexpected meeting at saloon (Trigun/One Piece crossover)

Roci sketch

Happy birthday Cora-san

[sashamosu46]

Wishing Kamiya Hiroshi a wonderful birthday filled with joy, blessings, laughter and success!🥳🥳🎉🎉 As always thank you so much for your hard work and contribution🫶💖Also first time drawing a proper chibi Neuvillette yay✨

[1000sunnygo]

(1.6.2024) Mugiwara space vol. 17 feat. Kazuya Nakai and Kamiya Hiroshi highlights! I don't promise accuracy

Source (give it a listen if you have time! it has teasers to the new opening and ending)

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Kazuya Nakai - Zoro || Kamiya Hiroshi - Law

-It's Kamiya's second time in Twitter Space, previously he was with Mayumi Tanaka (Luffy). He says that last time he babbled a lot thanks to Mayumi san's presence, even though he forgot most of it by now (hmm how convenient that you forgot this, kamiya san 🤨)

-Anytime One Piece (the 24/7 YouTube broadcast of the episodes) has 150M views and already in its 4th lap having completed broadcasting all episodes 3 times.

-The entire Space focused on the two voice actors reading out a heap of letters from the animation staffs about the Zoro vs King and Kid-Law vs Big Mom episodes.

-Kamiya jokes about being slightly younger than Nakai and calling him "Nakai-kun" instead of "Nakai san". Funny that Kamiya's career as a voice actor is actually longer than Nakai's.

-The Zoro vs King finale had 20000 frames in the episode which set a record. The movements were a lot more fluid and film-level. After all, often it's considered overwork if it crosses 5000 frames in a TV episode.

- The animators themselves tried out new things. It seems in one of the shots, Wado ichimonji's direction was reversed from the manga's direction as a realistic correction. Cue jokes about Zoro (and King's) long (long) attack names. Also, anticipation for legendary Mihawk vs Zoro to match the quality.

- Cutting to Kid-Law vs BM, Kamiya commented that it was scary that the fluidity of movements was so good that it made him wonder if that level of effort was necessary at all (he said it's like a Disney movie).

(in case you didn't know, this scene was indeed animated by an animator who worked in Disney.)

- Kamiya says it was both fortunate and unfortunate that Mami Koyama (Big Mom) wasn't there with them in the booth (she recorded her part separately). Both Kamiya and Nakai agreed that they'd give up immediately if they were to confront against Mami Koyama somehow.

- Kamiya also noted that Big Mom used "ore" to call herself in the final scene ("I am Big Mom") - exerting dominance 💪 her falling scene was intentionally animated beautifully.

- 1066 was animated by people all over the world, so the time adjustments and language barrier was a challenge. Episode director Henry thurlow balanced it well. In his letter, Henry credited the animation director for adjusting a variety of art styles from all participating animators. It was his first time directing a One piece episode, in fact it's the first time a foreigner has directed an anime episode. He thinks the episode was successful.

- Kamiya was calling Kidd "the extra budget man" for having his complicated-to-animate attacks costing extra budget 💸

-In the final scene vs Misery, Kamiya was asked to ad-lib breathing sound for Law. Kamiya immediately said "sure, got it". Regarding this, Kamiya said he loves doing ad-libs, it adds a little more life to the characters.

- Finally, announcement for the upcoming Egghead arc debut in anime (Nakai was exhausted of reading letters so Kamiya took over to read director Nagamine's final letter lol)

- The Egghead arc would appear in a new artstyle. Unlike the serious WCI and Wano, there's a more relaxed, "fun adventure" vibe for the future adventure island. And the animators are finally free from the torture of drawing Kaido's scales (and the kimono design patterns) so they're in a relaxed mood having escaped wano 🌞 and entering "the cool future where zoro has long legs and wears dove shoes" 👢✨

-(letter cont.) "..Also, about a certain change in Law! What will happen to his voice? It's an interesting future!"

Kamiya: Well, I just finished recording that. My voice is still cracking 😎 *nonchalantly continues reading*

Nakai: is it okay to spoil like that??

(fr Kamiya would not share Law's role with ANYONE even if he turns into a woman huh)

And that's it for the highlight!

[seiyuucrossovers]

When you're voiced by Ono Daisuke and Kamiya Hiroshi

Anime: Osomatsu-san & Saiki K

OnoD as Jyushimatsu & Nendou

Kamiya as Choromatsu & Saiki

[ourmondobongo]

Tsuda-san won the ViVi National Treasure Level Handsome Men 2023, in the Sexiest Male Voice category for his Nanamin performance!!

2nd place: Yuichi Nakamura (Jujutsu Kaisen: Satoru Gojo) 3rd place: Takuya Eguchi (SPY×FAMILY: Lloyd Forger) 4th place: Hiroshi Kamiya (Attack on Titan: Levi Ackerman)