is a Japanese actor, voice actor, singer, songwriter and radio personality who was formerly affiliated with I'm Enterprise and Pro-Fit. He is the only "live-action" character (as he played "himself" in Lucky☆Star) in the Newtype Anime magazine to be featured in the Monthly Top-10 Most-Popular Male Character charts. He played himself in Episode 6 of Kiddy Girl-and as a voice actor in a voice actor cafe. Other roles include Taniguchi in the Haruhi Suzumiya series, and Itsuki Takeuchi in the Initial D reboot feature films in 2014. Minoru married on August 9, 2011, but has chosen to keep his wife's identity anonymous. On December 29, 2015, Minoru revealed that he has facial paralysis, making him unable to move the right side of his face. He is currently taking medication and undergoing treatment. Filmography Anime D.N.Angel (2003), Takeshi Saehara Fafner of the Azure (2004), Kenji Kondou Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (2005), Super Rabbit, Chikuwan Mahou Sensei Negima (2005), Seruhiko-sensei The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006), Taniguchi The Skull Man (2007), Police Officer Lucky ☆ Star (2007), Himself Ga-rei -Zero- (2008), Kazuki Sakuraba, Kensuke Nimura The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya/Nyorōn Churuya-san (2009), (Taniguchi/Kimidori-san) Kiddy Girl-and (2009), Minu-san, cafeteria owner Saki (2009), Ichita Uchiki Seitokai Yakuindomo (2010), Kenji Steins;Gate (2011), 4°C (Shid) Nichijou (2011), Sakamoto Maken-ki! (2011), Tanaka Future Diary (2011), Ōji Kōsaka Photo Kano (2013), Itta Nakagawa My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU (2013), Ōoka My Neighbor Seki (2014), Akiyoshi Uzawa Buddy Complex (2014), Saburota Ogisaka New Initial D: Legend 1 - Awakening (2014), Itsuki Takeuchi Doraemon (2015), Sugoroko Dice (Ep.436) My First Girlfriend Is a Gal (2017), Minoru Kobayakawa Cutie Honey Universe (2018), Alphonne The Price of Smiles (2019), Blake Boyer Ultraman (2019), Shiraishi Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (2019), Daisuke Hiyama Magatsu Wahrheit -Zuerst- (2020), Jade Skeleton Knight in Another World (2022), Cetrion The Fruit of Evolution 2 (2023), Agnos Passion Video games (2005), Male characters Super Robot Wars UX (2013), Kenji Kondou Granblue Fantasy (2015), Lowain MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death (2015), Ganz Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (2019), Pinstripe Potoroo References Maeda, Hisashi. "The Official Art of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya". (November 2007) Newtype USA. pp. 133–139. External links Official blog Official agency profile Minoru Shiraishi at Ryu's Seiyuu Infos 1978 births Living people Anime singers I'm Enterprise voice actors Japanese male stage actors Japanese male video game actors Japanese male voice actors Japanese radio personalities Japanese male singer-songwriters Japanese singer-songwriters