Mitsuaki Madono

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Mitsuaki Madono is a Japanese voice actor who does anime, video games, and Japanese language dubbing. He is known as the voice actor for Tohru Adachi in the Persona series. His other notable roles include Kon in Bleach, Kaname Ohgi in Code Geass, Josuke Higashikata (part 8) in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fighting games, and the Japanese language dubover voice for Kermit.

Biography

Mitsuaki Madono was born in Osaka. As a child, he was interested in acting because of a comedy group that performed in Osaka. During university, he joined a theater company and also attended a voice actor school.[1] He debuted as an anime voice actor in 1989, but was living in poverty and at one point found himself sharing dry ramen with a rat in his apartment.[2] His first major role was in the anime adaptation of Ninku in 1995.

In the mid 2010s, Madono had expressed interest in portraying his Persona series character, Tohru Adachi, on stage. At the time, there had been three previous Persona 4 stage plays. However, he was in his early 50s, and the actors involved in these game stage plays that involve hybrid 2D/3D fighting sequences were usually in their 20s and 30s. Having recently overcome a health issue, he challenged himself to learn sword fighting and get in shape to perform in the Persona 4 Arena Ultimax stage play.[3]

Media Credits

Year Media Role
2008 Persona 4 Tohru Adachi
2010 Persona 4 Drama CD Vol. 3
2011 Persona 4 The Animation
Devil Survivor 2 Yuzuru Akie
2012 Persona 4 The Animation Drama CD Vol. 2 Tohru Adachi
Persona 4 The Animation: The Factor of Hope
Persona 4 Golden
2013 Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Devil Survivor 2 The Animation Yuzuru Akie
2014 Persona 4 The Golden Animation Tohru Adachi
Persona 4 The Golden Animation Drama CD Vol. 1
Persona 4 The Golden Animation Drama CD Vol. 2
2015 Persona 4: Dancing All Night
2016 Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Stage Play

Collaboration Credits

Year Media Role
2018 BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Tohru Adachi

Guest Appearances

Year Media Role
2014 Persona Stalker Club Episode 5 Himself
Persona Stalker Club Episode 6 Himself

External links

References

  1. Puff manga magazine. Published by Zassousha (March 2007). Japanese. p. 144-146. ISBN-13: 978-4047330627.
  2. Mitsuaki Madono Voice Acting Panel (Day 1). Sabaku Con, May 26, 2023.
  3. Mitsuaki Madono Voice Acting Panel (Day 2). Sabaku Con, May 27, 2023.