Otanjoubi Omedetou, Morikubo Shoutarou!

Today's the birthday of Morikubo Shoutarou who is turning 32 this year and he plays Kirihara Akaya from Rikkaidai in the anime whose pet phrase is "Tsubusu" (I will destroy you). Besides being a seiyuu, Morikubo-san also forms the band, AN's ALL STARS with another seiyuu, Ishikawa Hideo. His hometown is Hachioji City in Tokyo and he left Tama Arts University before graduation. Morikubo-san's height is 165cm and his blood group is B. He counts playing the guitar and skiing as his hobbies. Morikubo's current agency is VIMS which is a related company to I'm enterprise Co. Ltd, an agency managing mainly seiyuus.

I've not watched many of the animes he appears in with the exception of "Boku wa Imouto ni Koi wo Suru where he plays the lead character Yuki Yori. Due to the fact that his voice is very unique and relatively higher-pitched as compared to most male seiyuus, I could identify him immediately. The coincidental thing was that Toriumi Kosuke who plays Sengoku in Tenipuri also appeared in this anime as Yori's best friend Yano Haruka. I just felt as if I was hearing Kirihara and Sengoku in this anime despite seeing two different characters and watching a story totally unrelated to Tenipuri. ^__^

Besides this OVA, Morikubo-san also counts animes like Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo, Cyborg 009, Shin Shirayukihime Densetsu Pretty, Tokyo Underground, NARUTO, Matantei Roki RAGNAROK and Black Jack in his career portfolio. As Kirihara Akaya, he has also released a solo single, "Akaku Someru Tsuki" and is a member of "Pull Tab to Can".