Seki Tomokazu
Voice Actor
- Name Romanji: Seki Tomokazu
- Name: 関智一
- Date of Birth: September 8, 1972
- Hometown: Koto, Tokyo, Japan
- Height: 172cm
- Sex: Male
- Blood type: AB
- Affiliated With: Atomic Monkey (アトミックモンキー)
- Honors:
• *Ranked 5 in TV Asahi's "200 popular seiyuu seriously chosen! Seiyuu election! 3 hour special" on January 9, 2017
BIO
He had a lot of exposure to theatre and film as a child and felt he wanted to become an actor. However, he didn’t think he could become a performer who shows his face so he made up his mind to become a seiyuu.
He started his career at age 16. He did 5 years of voice acting school before getting his first role at age 21. His seiyuu debut was the role of a farmer in the dub of the foreign anime “Reporter Bruce” in 1991. In 1993, he got his first regular role as Tomache Massarik in “Mobile Suit Victory Gundam.”
From his debut until 2000, he was a part of the Tokyo Actor’s Consumer’s Cooperative Society. He then switched to Atomic Monkey, the agency which he co-founded and is the head of.
In 2010, he starred in Namikawa Daisuke’s live-action film “Wonderful World.” Before this, he launched his own theatrical company, Gekidan Herohero Q Company, for which he himself sometimes writes scenarios and makes guest appearances for other theatre companies. He also was active in the 3-person drama unit “Sannin no kai” with Yamaguchi Kappei and Takagi Wataru. He is also a special lecturer at Japan New Art College.
In 2014, he was in charge of the direction and the screenplay of the live performance, “Ultraman Legend Stage.”
Hobbies:
- Naps
- Making model figures
Trivia
- He has a close relationship with Koyasu Takehito and together they created the short story CDs “VERSUS” and “VERSUS 2,” with parody short stories of “Initial D” and “Captain Tsubasa,” which they have co-starred in (track names “[Takebayashi Brothers]” and “Vice Captain Shou.”)
- He was inspired to obtain a driver’s license as a result of playing the role of Takahashi Keisuke in “Initial D.”
- Although he entered university through entrance exams, because it wasn’t out of his own will, he dropped out just as he went to the entrance ceremony.
- In his school days before his seiyuu debut, he would go to Kaiyodo, a figure maker, to study small scale production model kits. He himself has written columns and publications as a modeler in various model magazines. He is currently continuing column serialization in “Dengeki Hobby Magazine.” In model magazines, he is often called “Seki-sama.”
- In addition to model figures, he is also good at illustrating.
- He is known as a “Kamen Rider” enthusiast.
- He is the dubbing voice of Korean actor Cha Tae Hyun.