Peculiar Business

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[znts]

He, Ainu… The aged eagle, he who is old and wrinkled, and tired of pain. Of snow-white beard, of majestic attus, he sharpens his makiri, cross-legged. He trims the deadman’s fingers, and his mind clouds.

(Rest in peace, Arima Kishou)

Dedicated to Senka ❀

[k8ecrowley]

It’s over, dumbass

[seiyuuslittleforest]

<3

[natsthinkitythinkthinkthonk]

Seiyuu That Write Music and Play Instruments!

Almost everything in this post is from this Reddit thread. I enlisted the help of the Reddit community, and I was so impressed! They’re very thorough and contributed a lot of what makes this list! I will try to find examples and sources if the information didn’t come with it.

Check out the Reddit Thread HERE!

Thanks to all the people who contributed to this list!

I might be making edits as we find new information! Feel free to contribute to this list too!

Seiyuu That Write Music!

Okamoto Nobuhiko He helps write lyrics for his solo music. There’s a post on Tumblr where he talks about it [here].

Kakihara Tetsuya

Irino Miyu

Miyano Mamoru 

Suzuki Tatsuhisa He often writes for his band Oldcodex.

Toyonaga Toshiyuki

Saito Soma  It’s mentioned in Seiyuu Digest that he does write his own music.

Ito Kento It’s mentioned in Seiyuu Digest that he started writing music in 2009.

Nana Mizuki She writes a lot of her music

Minako Kotobuki She wrote all the new songs on her latest album

Maaya Sakamoto She often collaborates with other composers like Yoko Kanno, but she’s also known for writing lyrics. She talks a lot about her life and involvement with music in an interview. [source]

Saori Hayami  Wrote “Jewelry” which was used for the ending of the new Cardcaptor Sakura which you can listen to [here].

Aoi Shouta Here’s a song he wrote [video].

Hosoya Yoshimasa He wrote the lyrics to few of his character songs for Shiraishi Kuranosuke from TeniPuri. [source]

Seiyuus that play instruments

Hosoya Yoshimasa - guitar

Saito Soma - guitar They say a lot about his musical abilities in his Seiyuu Digest article.

Terashima Takuma - guitar

Hatano Wataru - guitar

Suzuki Tatsuhisa - guitar + piano

Morikubo Shoutaro - guitar

Suzumura Kenichi - guitar + piano

Umehara Yuichiro - guitar + piano

Miyano Mamoru - guitar + harmonica + harp

Irino Miyu - guitar + piano + drums [thanks @datenshi-luci for your contribution!]

Toyonaga Toshiyuki - guitar + drums

Maeno Tomoaki - flute

Kimura Ryohei - piano + keyboard

Aoi Shouta - flute + piano

Kakihara Tetsuya - piano + keyboard

KENN - piano + keyboard

Kaji Yuki -  Electone/Electric organ [interview source] If you just want to know what an electone sounds like, here’s a video. (Yeah, that’s all one instrument. It’s an OP instrument, to say the least)

Miyuki Sawashiro - piano [source]

Nana Mizuki - piano + harp She’s friends with the famous harpist Agematsu Mika and they performed together in some of Mizuki’s concerts. [source]

Maaya Sakamoto - guitar [source]

Minori Chihara - guitar [source]

Matsui Eriko - trumpet

Atsushi Abe - piano

Tadokoro Azusa - guitar

Uchida Yuuma - piano

Tachibana Rika - piano

Gotou Yuuko - guitar

Komatsu Mikako - guitar

Inoue Marina - piano

Kawasumi Ayako - piano It’s also how she got into the seiyuu industry

Serizawa Yuu - piano

Matsuoka Yoshitsugu - guitar + tuba

Aida Rikako - piano She does some songs for Love Live! Sunshine!! live performances

Otsuka Sae - trombone + piano + guitar [source] Takanashi Rie - guitar 

Touyama Nao - piano + electone Here’s a video of her performing while singing and playing the piano [here].

Nishi Asuka - flute + trumpet

Yasumoto Hiroki - tuba (high school)

Nakamura Yuuichi - Euphonium (high school)

Ito Kento - guitar + drums + piano + bass + synths It’s talked about in his Seiyuu Digest article

Tarusuke Shingaki - guitar It’s talked about in his Seiyuu Digest article

According to Midorikawa Hikaru’s Seiyuu Digest article, he was part of the group called E.M.U. (Entertainment Music Unit) which consisted of some veteran seiyuu. They formed in 1995 and disbanded in 2000.

Midorikawa Hikaru - bass

Ishikawa Hideo - drums

Ryotaro Okiayu - guitar

Nobutoshi Canna - lead guitar

Daisuke Sakaguchi - keys

All the seiyuu of “Hibike Euphonium” were instructed to learn their character’s designated instrument for a seiyuu event. [source]

Tomoyo Kurosawa - Euphonium

Ayaka Asai - Tuba

Moe Toyota - Contrabass

Chika Anzai - Trumpet

All the seiyuu of “K-On” learned their character’s designated instrument. ~This is a video of them learning~

Yoko Hikasa - electric bass [source]

Satomi Sato - drums [source]

Aki Toyosaki - guitar [source]

Minako Kotobuki - keyboard + guitar [source] (Technically she doesn’t play the guitar for K-On but knows it nonetheless)

The members of Poppin’ Party and Roselia from BanG Dream! play their respective instruments:

[PoPiPa]

Aimi - guitar

Otsuka Sae - guitar

Nishimoto Rimi - bass

Ohashi Ayaka - drums

Itou Ayasa - keyboard

[Roselia]

Kudou Haruka - guitar

Endou Yurika, Nakashima Yuki - bass

Sakuragawa Megu - drums

Akesaka Satomi - keyboard

A lot of the Your Lie in April cast actually know how to play the piano (this is where Kaji also says that he plays the electone) [video source]

Hanae Natsuki - piano + guitar

Taneda Risa - piano

Sakura Ayane - piano

Hayami Saori - piano

[thelosthorizon]

Kimura subaru doing freestyle rap in english y’all

[paranoid-rhythm]

Nakamura: If Loco Roco’s goal was to make me really irritated, then they’ve got it right!

OnoD: So that’s the reason they’ve revived for the PS4 huh?

Sugita/Nakamura/OnoD: HAHAHAHAHA!!!

Nakamura: If so, then they really were right about it!!

And so, Nakamura lost his cool because of Loco Roco… wwwww

[msyuksanh]

Ume-chan’s One-on-One with Yuukyan!

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Senpai to Futari kiri desu ga…? Second Episode (2017.04.29) Umehara Yuichiro x Nakamura Yuichi

(Little Ume-chan was prepared with his questions, and Yuukyan was so nice! ♥)

[summertimegraffiti]

If Gray-sama EVER had a younger brother, i’d want Ume-chan to voice him, They’re perfect!!!

[sarapyon]

Should I prepare myself with these osomatsu-san seiyuus 🤔🤔 Cause I know for sure there’s going to be some adult jokes again 😂😂

[argeno]

magnet

[kenkamishiro]

Nakamura Yuuichi (Yomo’s VA): I’m pissed at Hanae-kun because he gets art drawn for him by Ishida-sensei, so when I see him next time I’m going to split his asshole into three.

Ishida: Please do it for me as well.

Hanae: Why!? (X)

[kamiyan-luv]

ダ。ヴィンチ November 2017 Issue featuring Osomatsu-san cast. [PART 2]

Source: https://weibo.com/u/1660224423

[msyuksanh]

Shirai Yusuke @shirai_universe [x] 今日すでに3度目のうんこぶりぶり It’s already my third poop today jeez

Sugita Tomokazu‏ @sugitaLOV [x] あとでこっそり写メくれよ。西山君辺りに。 Send a picture after. With Nishiyama-kun nearby.

Nishiyama Kotaro‏ @Koutarotaro [x] ここで名前の上がる自分って一体… To have my name dropped here…what in the world have I done…

Shirai Yusuke @shirai_universe [x] 動画でもいいですか？ Will a video be okay too?

Sugita Tomokazu‏ @sugitaLOV [x] おいおい。結構なビッグネームがガン見してんぞ。 Oi, oi. A pretty big name looked at this. (Yamamoto Sayaka) Shirai Yusuke @shirai_universe [x] あ、なんかごめんなさい(笑) Oh, I kinda feel bad - sorry (lol)

(2017.09.01)

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LOOOOOL why EDIT: Excuse the messy formatting and ass quality images T_T

[todorokih]

It’s too perfect… for the training I did!

[seiyuuslittleforest]

….. *sniff*

[ju-da-su]

Source

Egu - I’ve been talking to my mom through email at least once a month, but just now, she just sent me a mail saying “The scream of that monkey in Higashiyama Zoo that everyone is talking about right now actually sounds just like you.”

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! (I checked) > Previous tweet

I don’t know. All I know is I’m seriously LMAO’ing right now…so hard…because when I looked it up, it’s actually true. LOL

You guys be the judge…XD

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Hakone Tozan Cable Car

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