Seiyuu
Name: Onosaka Masaya
Birth date: October 13 (like Tomo from Fushigi Yuugi! XD), 1964
Birth sign: Libra
Birth place: Osaka, Japan
Blood type: 0
Height: 170 cm
Works for: Aoni Production
Roles in the anime:
Angelic Layer --- Mihara Ichirou
Be-Bop High school --- Katoh Hiroshi
Capricorn --- Jill
Card Captor Sakura --- Kerberos (big)
Detective Conan --- Kobayashi
Gatchaman '94 --- G-1 Ken
Ge Ge Ge no Kitarou --- Crow Tengu B
Hoshikuzu Paradise --- Yuzuru
Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne --- Kaisei
Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer --- Icchan
Koume-chan ga Iku! --- Nakatani
Mahou Tsukai Tai! --- Takakura Takeo
Maps [debut] --- Karion
Master Mosquiton '99 --- Soron
Nineteen --- Kubota Kazushi
Omakase Scrappers --- Ten Q
Omakase Scrappers --- Narimasu
One Piece --- Chuu
One Piece --- Shamu
Pet Shop of Horror --- Leon Alcott
Pocket Monsters --- Masaki
Risky Safety --- Moe's father
Sailor Moon --- Jadeite *_*
Sailor Moon --- Kameda
Slam Dunk --- Aida Hikoichi
Slam Dunk --- Yasuda Yasuharu
Trigun --- Vash The Stampede
Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai --- Ikawa Tsuyoshi
Utsunomiko --- Various males voices
Opinion: I think that since Jadeite's personality wasn't quite developed, the way Masaya-sama
played him was an important part
of him that actually gave him some traits of character. When Jadeite needs to sound evil, the actor makes him sound
evil, but at the same time we have a feeling of Jadeite being a little bit immature as a villain (unlike Kunzite,
for example). He has an adorable voice of a young boy who tries his best and is sometimes over-confident, and that's a
part of Jadeite's charm.
Unfortunately, while Jadeite's original seiyuu is obviously very talented and can make even a non-developed character
be attractive, the NA voice actor (Tony Daniels) made a very shallow Jedite. While Masaya-sama sounds evil AND cute
when, for example, Jadeite growls at the Senshi, Tony Daniels just plays Jedite the way most typical villains sound.
That's really sad, since Jadeite (and even Jedite ^^) doesn't deserve this.
By the way, are you aware of the fact of Takeuchi Naoko herself having said in an interview that her favorite voices
in the BSSM anime were those of Usagi, Diana and Jadeite? She even said that she was sorry for killing Jadeite so
soon in the manga! (That's what a real talent can do... ^_^)
The Voice - Download an example of how Onosaka Masaya sounds as Jadeite.
This is a sound clip from episode 13: Jadeite is laughing at the Senshi after (seemingly) drowning Tuxedo Kamen.
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