Kikunosuke Toya
Kikunosuke Toya | |
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Born | November 30, 1998 |
Occupations |
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Years active | 2022–present |
Agent | Sony Music Artists |
Notable work |
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Awards | Seiyu Award for Best New Actor Award (2024) |
Japanese name | |
Kanji | |
Kana | とや きくのすけ |
Kikunosuke Toya (Japanese:
Early life[edit]
Toya, born on November 30, 1998,[1] is a native of Tokyo[2] and of Kanagawa Prefecture.[3] Toya has an older brother and older sister. As a young child, he lived for years in Thailand due to his parents' work.[4] He began playing the piano at the age of three, and he was invited to accompany a chorus competition while in junior high school due to his skills and once unsuccessfully auditioned to play jazz piano for a school club.[4] While in high school, he posted covers on YouTube and Nico Nico Douga, was the keyboardist of an all-male Princess Princess cover band, and was part of a volunteer comedy group who performed at school festivals and graduation parties.[4][5]
Career[edit]
After spending some time in a high school drama club, he was offered both a lead role and the opportunity to be screenwriter and director for a school festival class play.[4] Auditioning for several comedians' offices and training schools, and going to acting workshops, he learned that he could make people laugh through acting, so he decided to pursue acting.[4][5] In October 2017, when he was 18 years old, he won the Special Award at Sony Music Artists' 6th Anistoteles' audition;[6][7] he had been inspired to participate by Inori Minase's win of the Anistoteles' Grand Prix.[4] He subsequently decided on a career in voice acting.[8] Afterwards, in 2019, he was part of the first graduating class of Megumi Ogata's private acting school Team BareboAt, which opened in the same year.[7][9]
In October 2018, Toya was cast in DMM Games' Wind Boys! project.[10] In 2019, he appeared in the music video for Owarikara 's song "Fetish!".[1] In 2022, he starred in his first main role as Denji in the anime Chainsaw Man,[7][11] with Ogata herself giving him words of encouragement.[9] In his Anime News Network review for "Rescue", the fourth episode of Chainsaw Man, James Beckett praised Toya's performance as Denji, saying that Toya "nail[ed] Denji's particular mix of ferocity, mania, and brazen idiocy".[12]
He stars as Akira Kiyose in Sony Music Entertainment Japan's UniteUp! project,[13] and in addition to reprising his role in the anime and being part of the tie-in trio unit Protostar, he sang the anime's theme song "Unite Up!" alongside the rest of the cast.[14] He also starred as Donny in Four Knights of the Apocalypse, Mikoto Yuzuki in The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons, and Fubuki in The Elusive Samurai.[15][16][17] In November 2023, he was a guest at the North American premiere of Four Knights of the Apocalypse at Anime NYC 2023.[18]
In 2024, Toya won the Best New Actor Award at the 18th Seiyu Awards.[19] He will star as Mitsuru Kudou in the third season of The Irregular at Magic High School and Hadis Teos Rave in The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor.[20][21]
Filmography[edit]
Animated television[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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2022 | Chainsaw Man | Denji | [22] |
Heroines Run the Show | Miyazawa | [1] | |
Tokyo 24th Ward | Demonstrator | [1] | |
2023 | UniteUp! | Akira Kiyose | [13] |
My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer | Ashcroft | [23] | |
Four Knights of the Apocalypse | Donny | [15] | |
The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons | Mikoto Yuzuki | [16] | |
2024 | The Irregular at Magic High School | Mitsuru Kudou | [20] |
Wind Breaker | Chōji Tomiyama | [24] | |
The Elusive Samurai | Fubuki | [17] | |
Black Butler | Cheslock | ||
The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor | Hadis Teos Rave | [21] |
Video games[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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2021 | Binding Boyfriend | Shindo Aki | [1] |
Wind Boys! | Osei Kiyoshima | [1] | |
2023 | One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e | Mamoru Sumii | [1] |
Shadowverse | Bolt Demon, sealing magician, creator of secret medicine | [1] |
Dubbing[edit]
Awards[edit]
Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2024 | Seiyu Award for Best New Actor | Won | [19] |
References[edit]
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戸谷 菊 之 介 ] プロフィール". Sony Music Artists (in Japanese). Retrieved March 23, 2024. - ^ "いま
大 注目 の"彼 "は誰 ? 「チェンソーマン」主演 声優 に抜擢 !戸谷 菊 之 介 、23歳 の素顔 ". Crea Web (in Japanese). October 8, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2024. - ^ "『チェンソーマン』デンジ
役 声優 、実 はネコ好 き♡「見 た目 だけじゃなくて匂 いもすごく好 きです」…戸谷 菊 之 介 を直撃 ". Kobe Shimbun (in Japanese). December 30, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2024. - ^ a b c d e f Toya, Kikunosuke (July 21, 2023). "
戸谷 菊 之 介 :さまざまな作品 で鍛 えられ、さらなる高 みへと羽 ばたく最中 【前編 】". Cocotame (Interview). Interviewed by Mika Abe. Retrieved March 23, 2024. - ^ a b Toya, Kikunosuke. "
戸谷 菊 之 介 :TVアニメ『チェンソーマン』でデンジ役 を務 める注目 の声優 ". Cocotame (Interview) (in Japanese). Interviewed by Hidekuni Shida. Retrieved March 23, 2023. - ^ "
戸谷 菊 之 介 ". コミックナタリー. ナターシャ. Retrieved August 6, 2022. - ^ a b c Toya, Kikunosuke (July 22, 2023). "
戸谷 菊 之 介 :さまざまな作品 で鍛 えられ、さらなる高 みへと羽 ばたく最中 【後編 】". Cocotame (Interview). Interviewed by Mika Abe. Retrieved April 21, 2024. - ^ "
戸谷 菊 之 介 「周 りの空気 を明 るくできるような声優 になりたいです」".声優 図鑑 .主婦 の友 インフォス. November 25, 2022. Retrieved November 26, 2022. - ^ a b "
緒方 恵美 「チェンソーマン」主役 抜 てきの"教 え子 "声優 戸谷 菊 之 介 にエール".日刊 スポーツ.日刊スポ ーツ新聞社 . Retrieved April 21, 2024. - ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (October 19, 2018). "DMM Games Reveals Wind Boys! Project". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "『チェンソーマン』10
月 放送 開始 PV&キャスト公開 で出演 は戸谷 菊 之 介 ・楠木 ともり・坂田 将 吾 ・ファイルーズあい". ORICON NEWS. oricon ME. August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022. - ^ Beckett, James (November 3, 2022). "Chainsaw Man ‒ Episode 4". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (September 24, 2022). "UniteUp! YouTube Project Gets TV Anime in January 2023". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "『UniteUp!』スペシャルステージレポ【AGF2022】". Animate Times (in Japanese). November 6, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 26, 2023). "Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse Anime Reveals More Cast, Staff, October Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 12, 2023). "Yuzuki-san Chi no Yon-Kyōdai TV Anime Reveals Main Cast, Teaser Video". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ a b Mateo, Alex (September 9, 2023). "The Elusive Samurai Anime Reveals More Cast, 2024 Debut". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 10, 2023. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ Mateo, Alex (November 2, 2023). "Anime NYC Screens World Premieres for High Card Season 2 Anime, English Dub for Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet Film". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ a b Loo, Egan (March 9, 2024). "Kana Ichinose, Kazuki Ura Win 18th Annual Seiyū Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- ^ a b Cayanan, Joanna (January 4, 2024). "The Irregular at Magic High School Season 3's New Video Unveils Returning & New Cast, April Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ a b Cayanan, Joanna (March 20, 2024). "The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor Anime Teases Main Cast in Video". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "[
戸谷 菊 之 介 ]【TVアニメ出演 情報 】「チェンソーマン」デンジ役 として出演 決定 !!!!". www.sma.co.jp. Retrieved October 24, 2022. - ^ Mateo, Alex (September 15, 2023). "My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer Anime Reveals 2nd Promo Video, Additional Cast, September 28 Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
- ^ Mateo, Alex (April 18, 2024). "Wind Breaker Anime Reveals Cast, Visual for Shishitōren". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
- ^ "
宮 世 琉弥と齊藤 京子 が「ミュータント・タートルズ」吹替版 に参加 、佐藤 二 朗 は悪役 ". Natalie. July 11, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- 1998 births
- 21st-century Japanese male actors
- 21st-century Japanese male singers
- 21st-century Japanese singers
- Anime singers
- Japanese male pop singers
- Japanese male video game actors
- Living people
- Male voice actors from Kanagawa Prefecture
- Male voice actors from Tokyo
- Seiyu Award winners
- Singers from Kanagawa Prefecture
- Singers from Tokyo