This is the period of time in which Narita started to leave his mark in the seiyuu business.
Like most seiyuu, he was presented with a field of work filled with a lot of renowned names and lack of opportunities for a rookie like him.īeing a seiyuu turned out to be harsher than anything, and in this 5 year span he wasn’t handed a single role, leading to him to try other avenues and debut as a stage actor in 1988.Įven when the seiyuu business wasn’t as crowded as it is today, Narita faced what no rookie wants to face: rejection after rejection. On the other side his dubbing/narration roles are constantly increasing with each passing year.ġ985 – 1990 The rough start Ken Narita circa 1985ġ985 was the year in which Narita start to take his first footsteps as a seiyuu. Just by taking a quick look at the amount of roles he’s got since his debut, it’s easy to notice just how few his anime roles have been since 2015. The partnership didn’t last long and by 2008, he was enjoying his life as a freelance, status he has maintained up until now.įans might be a bit disenhearted when they find that Narita‘s focus on anime has always been secondary, recently it’s even more obvious. He then adopted the stage name Ken Narita, debuting in 1985 (as a seiyuu) and 1988 (as an actor).īefore Baobab filled for bankruptcy, Narita left and joined Aksent (Accent), Japanese talent agency focused on narration. He soon joined Baobab, talent agency that was household to Toshiyuki Morikawa, Shinji Kawada, Jun Fukuyama and many other seiyuu over the years. When he was in high school he joined a children’s theatre company and started developing his on stage skills and diction.Īfter completing high school, Narita enrolled in a training school in Tokyo to further his studies on performing arts, mainly theatre and narration. Tsutomu Narita (real name) was born on May 18, 1964 in Saitama, Japan.Įarly on he got interested in theatre and representative arts in general. Note: This article was written in 2017 and is undergoing a soft update. And despite the fact that he seldom is part of a leading cast, he can still leave an impression with his quirky secondary characters. You can say that he’s a victim of secondary character syndrome. But if you analyze it carefully, you’ll notice that it’s full of interesting characters (strangely enough, mostly doctors) and strong performances. With a long career spanning over 30 years, Narita has a rather inconspicuous repertoire.
The old-school method voice actor is here.ĭespite having debuted in the 80’s, Narita never got to be as extremely famous as some close friends and peers – for example Toshiyuki Morikawa and Show Hayami. Ken Narita has an impressive range underneath his silky deep voice tone and has never failed to impress every time he has given his voice to a character.
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