#Kousuke Toriumi

[indigozeal]

AT LONG LAST: the interview translations from the Baten Kaitos artbook are finally finished with conversations with composer Motoi Sakuraba and the Japanese voice cast. (If you haven't checked it out previously, this document also contains translations of interviews with illustrator Nakaba Higurashi, scriptwriter Masato Kato, and the producers & directors.)

For many, the interview with Sakuraba will be the highlight, but I personally found most memorable this spoilery bit below the cut from Kalas's Japanese voice actor Kousuke Toriumi, which explains precisely why he was chosen for the role:

In the middle of the story, there's a scene where you betray your comrades; your performance there must have been difficult, wasn't it? Toriumi: I didn't think it was particularly tough! I actually ended up enjoying that scene itself, and when I read it, I thought, "oh, wow, I betrayed them!! Yahoo!"

Congratulations, you absolute, perfectly-cast dick.

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Different shade of Clarence

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More things from KuwaP Studio besides Midorikawa helping pick the songs for fine:

Kousuke Toriumi told that one of the dancers for MaM songs had told him they were years ago in an MV of Toriumi and Junichi Suwabe's PheroMen unit. :D In this video!

And aww, when they were asked to describe Stafoni with one word, Egu picked "omoi": feelings. He talked about how even though he doesn't think he's very good at singing and performing, seeing other fine members work hard, he would do his best too, and how the energy from the audience felt special, so it was fun. He talked about how Enstars has gone on for a long time and the accumulated feelings can be felt in moments like Stafoni.

That's really sweet because Egu often says how he views work just as work (and has said in an interview before how he doesn't usually feel very strongly about things), which is of course totally okay. But so it's nice to hear it was good experience for him too. (Funny thing is, he gives this sort of detached air and yet he drops those spot-on analyses on Wataru)

When they were asked to pick a favourite snack, Egu picked "bread" and proceeded to tell how amazing the catering [at Stafoni] was and then Toriumi said he saw Daiki Yamashita (Ritsu) standing in front of the breads all the time too and asked if everything's ok and Yamashita was like "I can't decide" [because they all looked delicious]. (Toriumi did lil Daiking impression too there. :D)

So if we've learned anything, it's that everybody was really into the food at the backstage lolol.

[fallinlovewithmiyanomamoru]

『鬼滅の刃』鬼舞辻無慘、上弦の鬼が舞台挨拶に初集結！

[gj340]

as if this banger wasn't long enough, it has a longer version, making it more awesome!

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“Mr. Sadistic Night” - Diabolik Lovers - September 16, 2013

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Wachawa Channel

Masatomo Nakazawa and Kousuke Toriumi were the guests in the Wachawa Channel show hosted by Jun Fukuyama. Masatomo-san has good knowledge of food market prices. Sassuga, danna-san 😌❤ He sometimes goes for grocery shopping, he said.

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The Lotion Slider: Kousuke Toriumi, Hiroki Yasumoto (Pash November 2020)

The Lotion Slider: Kousuke Toriumi, Hiroki Yasumoto (Pash November 2020)

 鳥海 浩輔, 安元 洋貴 The Lotion Slider: Complete resurrection!! Member exclusive interview. The shocking news of the revival of the band “Lotion Slider”, which cared a legend into the Japanese rock scene, has jumped in. A dramatic revival that saw crowdfunding by fans. This time, miraculously, we were able to interview all the members. The power of the fans will unite and lead the legendary band to a…

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Interviews with the Lovebrush Chronicles men after the Harp Island Elite Conference.

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Crazy:B on bicycles between songs!

(Subbed by me, from KuwaP Studio)

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Drama CD translations update

Dear fellow fujoshi and fans of boys love Drama CDs from the 2000s, I have updated my wordpress Drama CD translation blog :D

Adult Education ～The Training of a Gentleman～ Kondou Takashi x Morikawa Toshiyuki

Now Here Toriumi Kousuke x Tobita Nobuo

Love Blooms at the Law Firm (Houritsujimusho Ni Koi Ga Saku) Takahashi Hiroki x Ishikawa Hideo

A Tale of the BL Detective / BL Inside Stories Special 2004 (BL Tantei Monogatari) Nakahara Shigeru x Kosugi Jūrōta Horiuchi Ken'yū x Kosugi Jūrōta

That's all for now. I hope to post my thoughts and reviews on these old Drama CDs one of these days. In the meantime, please enjoy the translations and the Drama CD themselves. (Download links and pw are available in the introduction post for each Drama CD.)

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Chiaki was a guest on Kindan nama radio with Angen and Tori-chan.

I was listening and had to muffle my giggles and squeals. He was too precious.

At one point they had to act as some characters for a skit, and Chiaki was acting as a girl. His voice was SO CUTE!!! So soft!!! "She" was talking about her papa. The way Chiaki was talking was so cute!!! He said papa but later said chichi, so Angen asked which one was it, so Chiaki replied: "papa desu" in such a cute voice asdfghjkl!!!

On the second skit Angen & Tori-chan were acting as cats. Angen enjoyed it too much, nyaaaing all over the place (every nyan was amazing). Then they decided the cats were: Tori-chan = Egu, Angen = Kouchan. Angen enjoyed doing the: "neeeeee~" and Tori-chan (Egu) did: "ooooiiiii!!" XDD

Angen really adores Chiaki. I've probably mentioned that before. That's super cute. I remember Chiaki was a guest on Angen's radio a few years ago, when he (Chiaki) was less active/known. Since then he's been a guest on his radio a few more times I think. He was also a guest on Yoasobi where Angen was the host.

They're together on VS AMBIVAENZ (they've been on Yuukoku no Moriarty too), and yesterday it was revealed that Angen is a character on Cherry Magic as well, so he's with Chiaki again ^__^ (I obviously recognized his voice the second he started talking and was beaming from ear to ear. Today Angen tweeted about it. Loved his Cherry Magic emojis~)

I think that everyone who meets Chiaki likes and adores him, there is no other option, he's just that precious and loveable ^_____^ But Angen REALLY adores him <3

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Listening to the Love Scramble song I'm thinking again how Kousuke Toriumi (that's Madara for you enstarries) has such a great singing voice. He sounds good in many different kind of songs and with everyone yet has very distinct voice?! I'm not talking only Enstars songs, I mean various music projects.

My favourite song he has sung is a duet cover of magnet, the Vocaloid song, with Kensho Ono. Again, they sound crazy good together.

[eleiyaumei]

Souma's route was a slog to get through so here's some bad jokes that kept me awake

I got scared every time Kaji-san screamed ^^' Dialovers trauma is real

(So disappointed we didn't get a proper Dialovers reunion scene...)

(It's so weird to me that Hakuouki was first with the whole MC-gets-her-blood-sucked-by-her-love-interests thing and Dialovers just leaned into it more. Ah, and comparing the blood-drinking scenes from EB with DL really did me no good, it just frustrated me due to the missed opportunities... Especially since imagining Souma during Kanato's dummy head moments helped me get through his route ^^' I kinda want a Souma with some Kanato-elements now, you know? Oh, and not to mention all the shame every Hakuouki love interest felt before/while/after drinking blood, like: It wouldn't be awkward/bad if you didn't make it so! Also feels like kink-shaming tbh...)

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were you saying something? oops, sorry. i was thinking about XIP.