Tomokazu Seki



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Tomokazu Seki is a part of the seiyuu quartet of Weiss Kreuz led by Takehito Koyasu. He made himself a well-known name in the anime industry by sharing his voice skills which range from serious, comical to even deranged. His forte, however, is his ability to pull off Hot Blooded characters so well it rivals Nobuyuki Hiyama (and they duke it out in They Are My Noble Masters).

Seki is also a heavy smoker and he uses it to his advantage to coarsen his voice whenever necessary.

He has several relationships with other voice actors. With fellow Weiss Kreuz member Shinichiro Miki, they're usually cast as buddies. With another seiyuu Ayako Kawasumi, they often play either couples, or Seki's character has an unhealthy, unrequited lust for Kawasumi's character. And finally, he has an alleged rivalry with Tomokazu Sugita (We cannot lose to him!), likely just because they have the same first name.

Notable roles by Tomokazu Seki:

 * Domon Kasshu in G Gundam, Super Robot Wars F, F Final, Impact, MX and Advance Portable, Another Century's Episode 2 and Another Century's Episode 3: The Final, and Dynasty Warriors Gundam, between other games where appears this character,
 * Kung Fu Meiling's stand (Kung Fu Man) in MUGEN, who performs the Love Love Tenkyouken with her as their Fatal KO.
 * Sousuke Sagara in Full Metal Panic and Another Century's Episode: R
 * Gilgamesh in Fate Stay Night and Fate Zero (MONGRELS, THOSE SWORDS ARE FUCKING PATENTED!)
 * Gilgamesh (again), the main character of The Tower of Druaga series. His friends call him Gil.
 * Reiji Kageyama in Gate Keepers
 * Yzak Joule in Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny
 * Stahn Aileron in Tales of Destiny
 * Ken Hidaka in Weiss Kreuz
 * Dee Laytner in the OVA of FAKE.
 * Meito 'Anime Tenchou' Anisawa, the mascot for the Japanese Anime retail chain animate, as well as his animated versions, and his cameos in Lucky Star and Hayate the Combat Butler, among numerous others
 * Ren Uesugi in They Are My Noble Masters
 * Van Fanel in Vision of Escaflowne
 * Toya Kinomoto in Cardcaptor Sakura
 * Touji Suzuhara in Neon Genesis Evangelion
 * Tate Yuuichi in Mai-HiME
 * Kenichi Shirahama in History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi
 * Kunio Murai in Great Teacher Onizuka
 * Chichiri in Fushigi Yuugi
 * Haru Glory in Groove Adventure Rave/Rave Master
 * Shuichi Shindou in Gravitation
 * Brandon Heat/Beyond the Grave in the Gungrave anime, and Gungrave Overdose
 * Onyx in Odin Sphere
 * Kyo Sohma in Fruits Basket
 * Kanji Tatsumi in Persona 4
 * Ichiro Miyata in Hajime no Ippo
 * Gai Daigouji and Tsukomo Shiratori in Martian Successor Nadesico
 * Toshiya Dan of God Sigma's fame in Super Robot Wars Z (Banpresto wanted Kei Tomiyama, Toshiya's original VA, to voice him, but before God Sigma made its debut in the series, he's already long dead. So the job was given to Seki)
 * Kenji (Tracey) in Pokémon
 * Andrea Cavalcanti in Gankutsuou
 * Sonic the Werehog
 * Shi Ryuuki in Saiunkoku Monogatari
 * Ishida Mitsunari in the Sengoku Basara series (IIIIEEEEYAAAASUUUUUUU!!!)
 * Chiaki Shinichi in Nodame Cantabile
 * Rumina Asagi in Tokyo Underground
 * Luca Blight in Suikoden II Radio Drama ("This sword of mine burns with an awesome power!! It's burning steel tells you to DIE PIGS, DIE!!")
 * Kamen Rider Amazon in Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Daishocker
 * Aledy Naash in Super Robot Wars OG Saga Endless Frontier EXCEED
 * Ezio in Assassin's Creed II and it's sequels ("This hand of mine hides a lethal edge, its silent touch tells me to kill you!")
 * Tenma Morimura in Harukanaru Toki no Naka De
 * Takeshi Tatsumi in Giant Killing
 * Kyle in Lunar: Silver Star Story
 * Hidetora Tojo in Beelzebub
 * Bibidebi in Denji Sentai Megaranger
 * Prince Buldont in Chouriki Sentai Ohranger
 * Tekkumen Dimension Knight Tekkumen Blade Jouji Gouda in Akane Maniax
 * Riku Furude in the DS port of Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni
 * Gouyokuou in Kyouran Kazoku Nikki
 * Viewtiful Joe in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and the Viewtiful Joe anime.
 * The voice of the Mobirates in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger ("TV TROOOOOOPES!!!")
 * He's also the announcer for the "Super Hero Time" television block, leading to all sorts of Epileptic Trees about Kamen Rider OOO appearing on Gokaiger.
 * Itaru Hashida in Steins Gate
 * Daisuke Ichijyo in Resort Boin, a Hentai OVA (No, seriously)
 * Glenfire in Ultraman Zero: The Revenge Of Belial
 * Go in Getter Robo Armageddon and Super Robot Wars Z 2:Saisei-Hen
 * Toki and Amiba in Hokuto Musou (As Toki, surprisingly calm most of the time. As Amiba? Fits more on his 'jerk' type)
 * Rob Lucci in One Piece.
 * Skids in Transformers Revenge of the Fallen's Japanese dub.
 * Yoshimitsu in the entire Tekken series. (His ancestors have been voiced by two other well-known seiyu known for playing badasses: Nobuyuki Hiyama and Norio Wakamoto)
 * Shouji Toukairin in You're Under Arrest.

Tropes associated with Tomokazu Seki

 * Hot Blooded: A feat only rivaled by Nobuyuki Hiyama
 * Mean Character, Nice Actor: Especially with the villains he played. He even admits that Gilgamesh scared him.
 * Playing Against Type: As said above, he can do more than hot blooded, jerks or evil bastards.
 * Relationship Voice Actor: Along with Tomokazu Sugita, Ayako Kawasumi and Shinichiro Miki
 * Smoking Is Cool: It coarsens his voice for his advantage.
 * The Rival: With Tomokazu Sugita