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His favorite past-time is spending time with his daughters
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He is currently (Feb. 2008 ) married, and he has two daughters.
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He is 167 cm (5'5.6") tall, weighs 61 kilos (134.5 lbs.) and has a shoe size of 24.5 cm (0.8').
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He usually voices characters who are very serious or easily agitated (like Sanzo in Saiyuki, Duo Maxwell in Gundam Wing, Iruka Umino in Naruto and Kaien Shiba in Bleach)
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He holds the rank of 2nd Dan in Kendo.
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Reading and kite-flying are among his hobbies.
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His favorite music is J-Pop artist Utada Hikaru's music, and his favorite food is teppanyaki. Furthermore, his favorite animals are cats, his favorite flowers are roses and his favorite color is blue.
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Some of his previous aspirations were to be a martial artist, a politician, and an astronaut.
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He has released one solo CD: Kicks on the Way (23.05.1990).
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His bloodtype is A.
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In June 2004, he ranked as the 9th most popular seiyū in Animage Magazine's 26th Annual Reader's Poll.
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He has voiced several characters which were also voiced by the American voice actor Richard Cansino in the dubs of the respective shows: Legato Bluesummers in Trigun, Takaya Ohgi and Kagetora Uesugi in Mirage of Blaze, Yurimaru in Ninja Scroll, and finally, Kall-su in Bastard!
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He worked with fellow seiyū Soichiro Hoshi on several anime in which their characters had strong relationships.
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As of August 2007, he has done voice-over work for 181 anime series, making him one of the more veteran seiyūs, and he's done the same amount of voice-over work as fellow seiyūs Tomomichi Nishimura and Nobuo Tobita.
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He is often confused with another seiyū; Tomokazu Seki, becaue their surnames are spelled the same in kanji.
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Aside from his main occupation is as a seiyū, he has also done live-action drama work.
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He is employed by 81 Produce.