Masakazu Morita

Masakazu Morita 森田 成一
Born	森田 成一 (Morita Masakazu) October 12, 1972 (1972-10-12) (age 39) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Seiyū, actor

Masakazu Morita (森田 成一, Morita Masakazu^?, born October 21, 1972) is a seiyū and actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He currently works for Aoni Production. He is also the host of the radio show, Bleach B-Station. Morita is perhaps best known for his roles as Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach), Tidus (Final Fantasy X), Auel Neider (Gundam Seed Destiny), Pegasus Seiya (Saint Seiya Hades: Chapter Inferno), Troy Bolton (Japanese versions of High School Musical and High School Musical 2), and Pod (Pocket Monsters).

According to Bleach author Tite Kubo, he's "overly energetic", but "very friendly and open".^{[citation needed]}

Roles

Anime and TV roles

• Aqua Kids (Juno)
• Baccano! (Claire Stanfield)
• Bakuman (Kazuya Hiramaru)
• Bakuman 2 (Kazuya Hiramaru)
• BECK (Hyoudou Masaru)
• Bleach (Ichigo Kurosaki, Hollow Ichigo)
• Case Closed (Fukuma Ryosuke in episode 419 and 420)
• Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! (Tarble)
• Diamond Daydreams (Yuu)
• Eden of the East (Ryō Yūki)
• Final Fantasy VII Advent Children - motion actor
• Heat the soul (Konstantín Balmont)
• Interlude (Nameless)
• Kiniro no Corda (Hihara Kazuki)
• Kite Liberator (Rin Gaga)
• Marginal Prince (Alfred Visconti)
• Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED Destiny (Auel Neider)
• Major (Sato Toshiya)
• One Piece (Marco)
• Onmyou Taisenki (Yakumo Yoshikawa)
• Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes (Pod)
• Prince of Tennis (Tashiro)
• Ring ni kakero (Ryuji Takane)
• Sengoku Basara (Maeda Keiji)
• Sengoku Basara 2 (Maeda Keiji)
• Saint Seiya: Hades Chapter (Pegasus Seiya)
• SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors (Ryomou Dijeh)
• Sonic X (Chris Thorndyke (Adult))
• Tiger & Bunny (Barnaby Brooks Jr.)

Game roles

• Bleach series (Ichigo Kurosaki)
• Bakumetsu Renka Shinsengumi (Kondo Hasami)
• Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 (Tarble)
• Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi as Hero Modes 'Evil Voice'
• Final Fantasy VIII (Zell) as the Motion Capture
• Final Fantasy X (Tidus)
• Final Fantasy X-2 (Tidus), (Shuyin)
• Kingdom Hearts (Tidus)
• Kiniro no Corda series (Hihara Kazuki)
• Riveria: The Promised Land (Ledah)
• Yo-Jin-Bo: The Bodyguards (Yozaburo Shiraanui)
• Sengoku Basara 2 (Maeda Keiji)
• Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2 (Loki)
• Dynasty Warriors 5 (Pang De)
• Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss (Saeki Teru)
• Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Tidus)
• Transformers Armada The Game (Hot Shot)
• Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary (Schezo Wegey)
• Puyo Puyo 7 (Schezo Wegey)
• Rewrite (Kotarou Tennouji)

CD Drama roles

• Special A (Tadashi Karino)
• Superior (Lakshri)
• Di[e]ce (Naoto Kanzaki)

Dubbing roles

• High School Musical (Troy Bolton)
• High School Musical 2 (Troy Bolton)
• Thomas and Friends (Captain)

Trivia

• He won "Best Rookie Actor" in the Seiyū Awards for his role as Ichigo Kurosaki
• His name is sometimes mistranslated as Seiichi Morita. Ironically, one of Morita's characters, Ichigo, has a habit of mistranslating written names.

References

External links

• Masakazu Morita at the Internet Movie Database
• Masakazu Morita at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Masakazu Morita at Aoni Production (Japanese)

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Name	Morita, Masakazu
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Date of birth	October 12, 1972
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
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