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He is well known for his several other roles such as Naraku in {{W|Inuyasha}}, Sephiroth in the {{W|Final Fantasy}} and {{W|Kingdom Hearts}} series, Dante in the {{W|Devil May Cry}} series, Isshin Kurosaki in {{W|Bleach (manga)|Bleach}}, Enel and Hatchan in {{W|One Piece}}, Minato Namikaze in {{W|Naruto}}, Griffith in the 1997 {{W|Berserk (manga)|Berserk}} anime, Katsuya Jonouchi in {{W|Yu-Gi-Oh!}}, Boros in {{W|One-Punch Man}}, Julius Novachrono in {{W|Black Clover}}, Bondrewd in {{W|Made in Abyss}}, and Kagaya Ubuyashiki in {{W|Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba}}.
[[File:Toshiyuki-Morikawa-Sig.png|thumb|200px|Toshiyuki Morikawa Signature]]
==Biography==
Toshiyuki Morikawa was born in {{W|Tokyo}} in 1967 but grew up in {{W|Kawasaki}} and {{W|Yokohama}}. Morikawa was initially interested in sports. He entered the {{W|日本体育大学荏原高等学校|Nittai University of Physical Education's Ebara High School}} in the hopes of becoming a professional physical education teacher and practiced American football. However, Morikawa was injured in the neck, which dashed his hopes of a career in sports.<ref>『日経エンタテインメント! アニメSpecial 声優バイブル2019』日経BP、2018年、21頁。ISBN 978-4-296-10076-7。</ref><ref>声優物語②森川智之 トム・クルーズ「呼吸だって芝居のうち」『北海道新聞』夕刊2021年10月19日4面</ref>
A friend recommended Morikawa to work with his voice instead because he was "talkative and loud". Morikawa thus found and entered the {{W|勝田声優学院|Katsuta Voice Actor Academy}} in which he trained alongside other future famous voice actors such as [[Wataru Takagi]].<ref>山本 2007, p. 25.</ref> Morikawa was also notably appointed teacher during his studies, training other students at vocalization, an activity he continued during five years alongside his main activity as a voice actor. He trained several other notable voice actors such as [[Tomokazu Seki]] or [[Katsuyuki Konishi]] and [[Daisuke Hirakawa]].
Morikawa debuted as a voice actor in 1987<ref>声優物語②森川智之 トム・クルーズ「呼吸だって芝居のうち」『北海道新聞』夕刊2021年10月19日4面</ref>. He first narrated Japanese language teaching lessons for foreigners. His first named role was that of Hayashi Kato in the TV anime {{W|Dash! Yonkuro}}.
On April 1, 2011, Morikawa stopped his affiliation with the Arts Vision talent agency and established his own agency named {{W|アクセルワン|Axlone}}, of which he is the representative director.
In 2015, Morikawa won the award in the Supporting Actor category at the 9th {{W|Seiyu Awards}}. He also won a second award at the 13th Seiyu Awards in 2019.<ref>https://www.seiyuawards.jp/winning/winning_09/index.php</ref><ref>https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1552103582</ref>
On January 9, 2017, Morikawa ranked 12th among a list of 200 popular voice actors presented by {{W|TV Asahi}}.
==JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Roles==
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