Mitsuaki Madono
Mitsuaki Madono (真殿 光昭, Madono Mitsuaki) is a Japanese voice actor who voices JoJolion's Josuke Higashikata in All-Star Battle, Eyes of Heaven, All-Star Battle R, and the Ultra Jump Commercials. He also voiced Noriaki Kakyoin and several other characters in the Capcom fighting games.
Madono is well known for his roles as Kon in Bleach, Tohru Adachi in Persona 4, Kaname Ohgi in Code Geass, Scratchmen Apoo and Thatch in One Piece, Kamotaro Ito in Gintama, Masahiko Umezawa in Hajime no Ippo, Yoshitsune in Air Gear, Kotaro Yanagisawa in Assasination Classroom, and Kanryu Takeda in Rurouni Kenshin (2023).
Biography
Madono moved from Osaka Prefecture to Hiroshima Prefecture when he was in the third grade of elementary school and spent his time there until graduating from Hiroshima Prefectural Kaita High School.[4] As a child, he only looked forward to watching the comedy troupe theater group Yoshimoto Shinkigeki, and he considered joining it.[5]
In elementary school, he was part of the drama club,[5] and later joined the broadcasting club in sixth grade.[6] In junior high and high school, Madono felt that he couldn't join those clubs since they only had girls, so he joined a sports club instead.[5] During high school, his girlfriend, who liked acting, suggested he had a good voice for voice acting, which led him to pursue the career.[5][6]
Understanding the challenges of making a living as an actor, Madono decided to take time to think and went to college. In his second year of college, his girlfriend broke his heart, so he resolved to become an actor.[5] He then joined a theater company. In his senior year, he attended college in the morning to write his thesis, practiced acting from noon to evening, and worked part-time at a pub at night to make ends meet. While attending college, he also went to a voice acting school. After graduating, he declared to his parents his intention to pursue acting.[7]
Madono graduated from the Voice Acting Department of Tokyo Announce Gakuin Performing Arts College and Theater Echo's affiliated training school.[8] After working with Mausu Promotion, he joined Aoni Production.[1]
His first regular role in a foreign drama was as Matthew Cooper in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, and his first regular role in anime was as Aicho in Ninku.[5]
He is proficient in Kansai dialect and Hiroshima dialect.[1] He has also been the voice actor for Kwon Sang-woo in Japanese dubs, handling most of his works since Stairway to Heaven.[9]
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
As the voice of Josuke Higashikata in All-Star Battle, Madono was a guest on the All-Star Battle League main stage at Tokyo Game Show on September 21, 2013.[10] In April 2014, he posted that he stopped by the toy section of the store Bic Camera, where he noticed JoJo figures were on sale, but was disappointed to see that they didn't have any Part 8 Josuke figures.[11] In December 2016, Madono congratulated Hirohiko Araki due to JoJo exceeding 100 million copies in circulation as of JoJolion volume 14, noting that he still needs to buy the volume.[12]
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Roles
| Title | Media | Year |
|---|---|---|
| JoJo's Venture | Video Game | 1998 |
| Heritage for the Future | Video Game | 1999 |
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | Video Game | 1999 |
| Title | Media | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Heritage for the Future | Video Game | 1999 |
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | Video Game | 1999 |
| Title | Media | Year |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star Battle | Video Game | 2013 |
| Eyes of Heaven | Video Game | 2015 |
| Ultra Jump CM | Commercial | 2016 |
| All-Star Battle R | Video Game | 2022 |
| Title | Media | Year |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star Battle | Video Game | 2013 |
| Eyes of Heaven | Video Game | 2015 |
| All-Star Battle R | Video Game | 2022 |
| Title | Media | Year |
|---|---|---|
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | Video Game | 1999 |
| Title | Media | Year |
|---|---|---|
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | Video Game | 1999 |
| Title | Media | Year |
|---|---|---|
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | Video Game | 1999 |
Gallery
Madono with Hiroshi Matsuyama and Noriaki Niino at TGS 2013
Madono posing with Josuke at TGS 2013
Madono with Kazuyuki Okitsu and Wataru Hatano at TGS 2013
Videos
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Aoni Production - Biography
- ↑ "Voice Actors and Voice Actresses (声優名鑑), p. 637", Seibido Publishing.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Aoni Production - Biography (Archived)
- ↑ Mitsuaki Madono [@madonodono] (July 12, 2018), "Madono talks about where he lived as a child", on Twitter.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "Pafu March 2007 Issue, p. 144-146", Zassosha, March 2007.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "How I Became a Voice Actor BOOK July 2002 Issue Supplement, p. 14-16", Shufu no Tomo-Sha, June 2001.
- ↑ Mikio Takeda (October 10, 1992), "Animage - Voice Review 35th: Mitsuaki Madono, p. 134", Tokuma Shoten.
- ↑ "Mitsuaki Madono - Mausu Promotion", Mausu Promotion.
- ↑ "BAD LOVEDrowning in Love DVD Official Blog: Staff Interview Vol.6 Finally, the voice actors appear!", mv.avex.jp, February 10, 2009.
- ↑ Mitsuaki Madono [@madonodono] (September 18, 2013), "今週行われる９月２１日土曜日東京ゲームショウでジョジョのオールスターバトルリーグTGS２０１３メインステージにゲストで行きます！！", on Twitter.
- ↑ Mitsuaki Madono [@madonodono] (April 7, 2014), "Bic Camera Post", on Twitter.
- ↑ Mitsuaki Madono [@madonodono] (December 16, 2016), "Congratulating Araki", on Twitter.
