Nobuyuki Hiyama

Nobuyuki Hiyama (檜山 修之, Hiyama Nobuyuki, born August 25, 1967) is a Japanese voice actor who was born in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima. During his free time, he likes to play card games and research Japanese history. Fellow voice actors joke that he bears a striking resemblance to the Japanese violinist, Taro Hakase. Hiyama professes that he was once an avid, loud drinker with a vivacious sweet tooth. As he is good friends and drinking buddies with Toshiyuki Morikawa (who calls him "Hi-chan"), he remarked they were a late night laugh riot at bars. For health reasons, he is recently cutting back on his drinking ways. The duo are known to frequently appear on radio shows together and even hosted live comedy events for their female fans called Omaera no Tamedaro!.

Hiyama decided to become a voice actor after graduating high school and knew he had to move to Tokyo. However, because he was living on a low budget at the time, learning was difficult for him. Hiyama recalled living within a cramped one-room apartment, working part-time, and living on a daily 100 yen food budget. He attended classes offered at Tokyo Announce Academy and Tokyo Narration Performance Institute. After graduating from the second voice acting school, he gained his current affiliation with voice actor company, Arts Vision. He made his professional debut as a voice actor in the late eighties. Since he is a native of the area, he lists Hiroshima accent as one of his voice specialties.

Early in his career, Hiyama played minor roles to incidental characters. His breakout role for popularity was Hiei from YuYu Hakusho. He became well known for playing various young, hot-blooded characters (such as Harunobu Madarame in Genshinken, Hua Tuo in Shin Koihime†Musou, or Teppei Takiyama in B't X), but his wide vocal range has been used to voice a variety of characters within the entertainment industry. He is also known for his quiet stoic characters like Yushiro Gowa in Garasaki, Demitri_Maximoff in the Darkstalker series, or Veigue Lungberg in the Tales of series. Hiyama is aware that he has a lot of female fans due to his performances, so he always enjoys seeing their shocked expressions when his actual face destroys their perceived image of him.

Works with Koei

 * Cao Pi - Romance of the Three Kingdoms drama CD series
 * Sha Wujing - Saiyuki: Journey West
 * Masamune Date, Kennyo Honganji, Kotarō Fūma - Samurai Warriors series
 * Masamune Date, Kotarō Fūma - Warriors Orochi series
 * Hayato Kobayashi - Dynasty Warriors: Gundam; reprise of the theater edition of Gundam Z
 * Gerald - Angelique ~Maren no Rokukishi~