Masakazu Morita is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer.
13 Facts About Masakazu Morita
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Masakazu Morita is the host of the radio show Bleach B-Station.
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Masakazu Morita won the "Best Rookie Actor" at the first Seiyu Awards.
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Masakazu Morita is the official Japanese dubbing voice of Zac Efron.
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Masakazu Morita worked as an actor at NHK Promotion, studied under film director Yukio Fukamachi, and appeared in films, stage plays, and dramas.
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Masakazu Morita voiced Tidus Final Fantasy X While originally only in charge of motion capturing for a role, after over 100 people auditioned and no voice actor was chosen, Morita was finally called in for an audition and was hired.
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When Morita met Hideo Ishikawa, Kazuya Nakai and Hiroshi Kamiya, he came to respect the fun of voice acting and their attitude toward their work, and decided that he wanted to work in the same industry like them and join the same agency.
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Masakazu Morita said that Ichigo was one of his favorite characters he ever played alongside Tidus, and in 2005 he was chosen to replace Toru Furuya as the voice of the main character Pegasus Seiya in Saint Seiya: Hades.
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Masakazu Morita was said to have shed tears of joy when he was chosen at the audition.
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Masakazu Morita voiced Ryuji Takane, the main character in Ring ni Kakero 1, and was thus selected twice to play the lead in works written by Masami Kurumada.
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In 2012, Masakazu Morita made his debut as a singer with RING BONES.
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Masakazu Morita said he had "almost died three times" due to anaphylactic shock, myocardial infarction and side effects.
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Masakazu Morita was in a very dangerous state, but thanks to the efforts of doctors, he recovered.