For those who get confused easily, Midorikawa is his last name, and Hikaru is his first name. In Japan (and other Asian countries), they say their family name before their first name.

Midorikawa-sama has been a seiyuu since 1988; his first role being Murai from Be-Bop High School. Throughout his career, he's been casted as famous/popular characters, such as Heero Yuy of Gundam W, Tamahome of Fushigi Yuugi, and Faust of Saber Marionette J. His voice can range from high and cute, to deep and evil (love his evil laughs!). Because his voice is pretty high for a man, he has been casted in many yaoi drama CDs. You 1x2 fans must be drooling now... ^_^;; I'm not a yaoi fan, but I have to say Midorikawa-sama sounds very cute when playing a role in yaoi dramas. His seme voice makes you melt and his uke voice is really high and cute.

Not only has Midorikawa-sama been a seiyuu, but he is also a J-Pop artist, releasing five solo CDs. (See the CDs section for more info.) His last CD was released in the year 2000, titled "Time Capsule Vol. 1." (And no, "Vol. 1" doesn't mean that there will be more.) You must buy his CDs!! They're so good! You can get them here. CD Japan has all of his CDs, except for "COOL," which is out of production. You may, however, be able to special order it. Midorikawa-sama was part of the popular seiyuu unit of Sotsugyou M, "E.M.U". They officially disbanded in March of 2000, but now Midorikawa-sama and Canna Nobutoshi-sama (was Hayashi Nobutoshi) have started their own band titled "Zero Phoenix". Zero Phoenix is awesome! Other things Midorikawa-sama does is voice video game characters (this is still considered "seiyuu business"), dub foreign films, and he does some narrations for documentaries.

Now you must be wondering what is up with Midorikawa-sama's nasal voice. Well, Midorikawa-sama was born and I'm thinking also raised in Tochigi. The people of Tochigi have an accent that makes their voice nasal when they talk. It would sound very odd for people who are used to listening to standard Japanese. At the beginning of his career, Midorikawa-sama found it very hard to do his job because of his accent. He's said before that he had to practice countless hours to get rid of that accent and that he was really self-conscious about it. Midorikawa-sama has come a long way, and now he is able to speak perfect standard Japanese. It's really fun to compare and contrast Midorikawa-sama's voice. Listen to some Cyber Formula songs of his, then listen to something like Gundam W or Fushigi Yuugi. He's improved much and we're all so very proud of him, aren't we?!

Though it would seem that Midorikawa-sama is closest to Canna-sama, he is in fact best friends with Okiayu Ryoutarou-sama. I thought he was best friends with Canna-sama, too. ^_^; Speaking of which, it's really cute when Canna-sama calls Midorikawa-sama "Hikaru-chan". =D

This poor guy is afraid of airplane rides. (How cute!) He's only been out of Japan two times.The first time was when he went with his wife to Taiwan, and the second was to OTAKON 2001 in Baltimore, MD, USA. His first plane ride was within Japan and he stated that he was really scared. (Awww... Don't ya just wanna hug 'im?)

I'm 98% positive that Midorikawa-sama's favorite sport is basketball. I could always be wrong, but why would he have a link to a basketball site in the Links section of his website if he didn't like it? And why would he have so many basketball shirts if it weren't his favorite sport? >_> I think Michael Jordan is Midorikawa-sama's favorite player because he has a Jordan jersey, and he even has a Chicago Bulls shirt. If Jordan is his favorite player, I'm sure he's glad Mike is back in the NBA. ^_~

To commemorate his 10th year in the seiyuu business (back in 1998), a doujinshi, titled Scintiller, was released. Unfortunately, I only have information on volumes 2 and 3 of the series. Both are B5 size with a full color cover. Volume 2 is 104 pages with 14 pages in color. It includes a message of congratulations by Okiayu Ryoutarou-sama, an essay by Midorikawa-sama, and illustrations by various people, including Midorikawa-sama's own drawings. Volume 2 has a retail price of ¥1720. Volume 3 is 168 pages with 18 pages in color. Photos include a stage drama called "Hi no Tori ~Houou Hen~" from October of 1999 and a stage drama from when Midorikawa-sama was in high school. There's also a manga written by Midorikawa-sama when he was in high school. Other things in this volume includes a role list from when he debuted to sometime near the present, an essay about Midorikawa-sama's work written by himself, two talk guests (Hisakawa Aya-sama and mangaka Anzai Nobuyuki-sensei) and illustrations by seiyuu and other people, including Ishikawa Hideo-sama, Sakaguchi Daisuke-sama, Murakami Ryouko, and Midorikawa-sama among man others. This volume retails for ¥1980.

Did you know? If Midorikawa-sama was not a seiyuu, he'd probably be taking over his parents' pharmacy!! Cute. ^^ The store is called Midori Yakkyoku, which means "Green Pharmacy."

Midorikawa-sama manages his own website, HIKARU'S BAR, where you can interact with him, and other fans. You might want to read the "Attention" page before doing anything, though. There is an English version of it at the bottom of the page but it's outdated since Midorikawa-sama changed some parts. Also, the site is, of course, in Japanese, so having Japanese Text Support is really handy. If you don't know Japanese to write on the BBS, just write it in English; but you might not get a reply. I suggest you have someone who knows Japanese to translate the message for you. If you know Japanese, but don't have a Japanese Input Method Editor (IME), you can download one from Microsoft.com, or type in romaji.

There is this telephone and fax service "STAR LINE" hotline thingy in Japan. I'm not totally sure what it is, but I know that there is a fee involved (just like a 1-900 number) and is suposedly some kind of telephone request. Midorikawa-sama's hotline is called "HIKARU'S CAFE". You can access it by dialing 0990-51-5555, box number 620-011. Please note that that is a Japanese phone number. If you call from somewhere other than Japan, you will be charged a long distance fee by your phone company, plus the additional charge of the hotline.

If you would like to write Midorikawa-sama some fanmail, here is the place to send it! It's handled by Aoni Production, the agency Midorikawa-sama works for.
      Mr. Hikaru Midorikawa
      c/o Aoni Production
      2-11-14 Minami-Aoyama
      Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
      107-8572
Please note, however, that Midorikawa-sama does not understand much English. It's best to write in Japanese or romaji, but if you don't know Japanese, write in English. He's sure to understand what you intend to say if you decide to try out your Japanese. (I'll bet he'd be glad knowing that you tried to write in Japanese.) I don't know if he replies to his fanmails or not, but it'd definately make him feel good to receive fanmail from abroad. ^_^ Show your support for this talented individual and send him some mail! Of course, you can also email him or something.