Following up my
first seiyuu appreciation post a week back, the next voice actor I decided to
write about is Okamoto Nobuhiko.
To those who have
been reading my blog back then, it's no secret that I'm a huge fan of Okamoto.
I think that Okamoto Nobuhiko is best known for his role as Accelerator from To Aru Majutsu no Index and Usui Takumi from Kaichou wa Maid-sama!.
I haven't seen Index so I'm going to talk about my fave
Okamoto voices. Naming my fave Okamoto
character voices, I'll go with Kaichou wa
Maid-sama!'s perverted alien, Usui Takumi and Bakuman.'s
genius highschool student mangaka, Niizuma Eiji.
Similar to Kamiya
Hiroshi, Okamoto has also voiced a wide range of characters. What
particularly captured me in Okamoto's voicing was his strange onomatopoeia in
Niizuma. Niizuma is one of those characters that can both be childish and
mature at times. And his childish personality while writing manga is one of his
strongest point for being remembered.
What also surprised
me back then was knowing that the guy who voiced Niizuma was also the one who
voiced one of my fave bishounen characters - Usui Takumi from Kaichou wa Maid-sama!. Although Usui can be
strange at times, it's still surprising to know that the guy shouting 'CROW!'
all the time was the same guy.
Other interesting
Okamoto voices/characters: Kido Kenji (Guilty Crown), Mizuki (Kamisama Hajimemashita), Kisa Shouta (Sekaiichi Hatsukoi).
Okamoto's greatest
strength for me is his cheerful character voices in Niizuma and Mizuki although
his bishounen voices such as Usui and Io also works well :3 Similar to
Kamiya-san, he's also one of my fave voice actors and I'd definitely watch an
anime if I see him in the cast.
