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Voice actors are able to create various voices. They had acted various characters not only with control of the voice pitch, but they even put effort into their breathing and the method to create the voices along with the splendid expression. We believe that a lot of people had experienced “This character and that character are voiced by the same person!?” when watching the anime, right?

Among the voice actors, there is one voice actor that is known for his “shape-shifting voice”, which is Fukuyama Jun-san. After being in the voice actors industry for more than 20 years, he had appeared in various anime, such as “Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo”, “xxxHOLiC”, “Big Windup!”, and “Mr. Osomatsu”.

Fukuyama-san has even shown off his voice acting in many anime of fall 2021 that have just started. This article will feature 3 anime among them with an explanation of the anime and his character.

■ “Code Geass” with the delicate expression of the emotion changes

It can be said that the special edition of “Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion” that is being broadcast now is a representative work of Fukuyama Jun. The main lead Lelouch, who he is voicing, was given the power of absolute obedience “Geass” where others are forced to obey his orders, by the mysterious girl C.C. In order to obtain a place where his younger sister Nunnally can live in peace as well as to take revenge on his assassinated mother, he wore a mask to hide his identity and called himself as “Zero”, and also established the resistance organization “The Black Knights”. With this, he is preparing to battle against the superpower country “Holy Britannian Empire” that controls one-third of the world.

Lelouch is a character that possessed a lot of faces. Normally he has a cool and smug personality, and he showed off a gentle and affectionate side in front of Nunnally, whom he trusts, but he showed off a completely different personality when he is “Zero”. This is because he treated others cruelly as a “pawn” while being driven by his desire to revenge as a “rebel”.
His strength, weakness, affection…various emotions of Lelouch can be seen in the anime. And Fukuyama-san is able to express the delicate changes of those emotions with his voice.

■ The sound of “Suna-” is so cute! The excited comedy is also the highlight of “The Vampire Dies in No Time”

The latest anime of fall 2021 “The Vampire Dies in No Time” is based on the manga that is currently being serialized on “Weekly Shounen Champion”. It depicts the excited, instant death vampire, comedy revolving around the historically weakest vampire, the worldly-wise vampire hunter, and the fools & perverts around them. Fukuyama is the voice of Draluc, who is feared as the invincible “True Ancestor” but he actually dies a lot and becomes dust easily even with slight pain, making him the weakest vampire. There are times when he shows a smug face and causes a ruckus due to the reason of it being “interesting”.

Draluc normal voice is the orthodox “handsome voice”, but the sound of “Suna-” when he turned into dust is so cute! Also, even during the exciting comedy scenes between Draluc and the vampire hunter Ronald, you can still feel the clear voice of Fukuyama-san

■ Two types of voice by Fukuyama Jun can be enjoyed “Shinkalion Z”
“Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion Z”, which started broadcast in April 2021, is a 2nd TV series as well as the character contents that depicts the activities of the Shinkansen transformation robot “Shinkalion” and its pilots. The children pilots of the new robot “Shinkalion Z” are working together with the researchers as they prepared the battle against the huge monsters that appear once again.

Fukuyama is the voice of SMAT, a transformation robot of the smartphone “Super Evolution Mobile Z Gear”. He is filled with emotions, quite adorable, and loves to read the 2d barcode. After the transformation in the Shinkalion mode, he becomes one with E5 Hayabusa and he is in charge of supporting the main lead Shin.

The usual SMAT is a mascot character with a high-pitched voice, but his voice becomes a low-pitch manly voice after the transformation. There is also an anime, where you can enjoy the two types of the voice of Fukuyama-san. SMAT always encourages others, supporting cutely in daily life, as well as combat support in a battle. I believe that since the voice is Fukuyama-san, both children and adults will surely “desire” it.

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There are many anime titles where you can enjoy the various voices of Fukuyama-san even in the fall this year. So, please do watch the three recommended works, and make this fall, a season to enjoy his voice and acting.