lost-in-hibernation: Saito Soma Here are some interesting points about him from a couple of his inte
lost-in-hibernation: Saito Soma Here are some interesting points about him from a couple of his interviews. I bolded some of the things that I found particularly interesting. From Voice Newtype No.52 Likes watching anime and movies This had helped him through rough times and the works of the actors/voice-actors inspired him to go back to high school (10th grade) and become a seiyuu so he can do the same for others Really likes Ishida Akira Other actors that he looks up to include his great senpai, Nakao Ryusei, from the training school for 81Produce Also grateful to his senpais, Eguchi Takuya and Kakihara Tetsuya (former 81Produce). Although he is the oldest child, he feels that they were like older brothers to him. He gets a lot of model-student / soft / gentle type of roles, but he would like to try playing temperamental / two-faced characters (the unstable types that can smile while killing someone) <– yes, please do give him those roles His profile says his hobbies are reading, taking walks, playing instruments, watching movies and cooking His whole family likes reading – the reason being his grandma loves it and their living room is lined with bookshelves and everyone would read. Likes to go to the park and read books there, and looking around second-hand bookstores and finding out-of-print books. The first authors that come to mind that he likes or often reads their works: Tsutsui Yasutaka, Fukunaga Takehiko, Inagaki Taruho and Maijo Otaro, etc (Japanese) Kurt Vonnegut and Jonathan Carroll, etc (Overseas) Nakajima Ramo and Ohtsuku Kenji (Essays) Likes sci-fi but feels like reading about the pains of youth (切ない青春) when summer comes around Also likes shoujo manga – the elder of his younger sisters is close to him in age so they’d share manga and their thoughts on them Eguchi Takuya and Saito Soma From Voice Newtype No.54 Saito Soma calls Eguchi “Takuya-san” while Eguchi Takuya calls him “Soma-kun” which I found interesting, they seem to be fairly close First impressions of each other: Saito Soma being “young” and Eguchi Takuya being “huge (デカイ) ”. They first met when Eguchi was only 21 and Saito was still in high-school (this was 6 years ago) This was when Saito had just moved to Tokyo to get ready for university and Eguchi was the first senpai he could rely on. Saito’s impression of Eguchi was that he was a tall and stylish person, but after looking at Eguchi’s audition photo for 81Produce thought “I wonder if they’re different people..?” (lol Egu tells him off for bringing up how “uncool” he was back then – they really sound close) Eguchi was surprised at how clever Saito was at the time (Saito: “Really?” *laugh*). He seems to be impressed that he could juggle his studies with seiyuu work and that he’s logical and a fast thinker (quick-witted). Eguchi says back when he was at Saito’s age, he couldn’t really speak to others while looking them in the eye and would shy away from his seniors. On the other hand, Saito was able to start and keep the flow of the conversation with them. The two of them got closer thanks to the short series Sengoku Paradise. It was a first time for Saito as a regular and Eguchi and Kakihara Tetsuya looked after him. Eguchi mentions he’s the passive type so Saito was the one who wanted to get to know him. Saito brings up Eguchi’s room (Eguchi tells him off and jokes that he should only talk about the good things about his seniors – Saito: “Uh, he has a lot of interesting things (in his room)…lol”) Eguchi’s room is messy, which Saito pointed out when he came into Eguchi’s room. Eguchi admits that his room wasn’t really in a state where he could invite people over but he had thought hey, it should be OK if it’s Soma (lol). Eguchi feels that Saito’s room would be “absolute territory” (which he seems to be told a lot) but Saito denies this and ends up telling Eguchi to come over and see for himself after he finishes moving houses. There’s that one mic that is super high up when working with Eguchi The thing they have in common is their love for western-styled clothing so whenever they go out shopping together they’d go “Ahh! That’s cute!” etc. While Eguchi buys his clothes at normal price, Saito is the only one who gets 10% off his (lol) (Eguchi: “Really, what is with that–?!” *laughs* Saito: “Well, that’s because the shop attendant was a really nice person” *laughs*) Eguchi explains that Saito can talk to the shop attendants as if he knows them while Eguchi is the type who doesn’t really want to be talked to so when he’s told “That’s cute, isn’t it?” he kind of stops wanting to buy it (lol) Eguchi ended up bringing Saito with him when he went to hang out at Kimura Ryohei’s place (Egu mentions he is the closest to KimuRyo) -- source link
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