Birthday: August 11, 1975

Age: 41

Birthplace: Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Occupation(s): Voice actor, Singer, Lyricist

Blood Type: B

Years Active: 1995-present

Labels: Lantis

Agent: Ken Production

Height: 175 cm

Weight: 63 kg

Education: Yoyogi Animation Gakuin

Notable Credit(s):

Attack on Titan as Jean Kirschteihn

Seiyuu facts from Tumblr:

~Taniyama-san is a big fan of the LA Lakers and Kobe Bryant.

~Also, Taniyama Kishou likes tennis a lot, a lot of his tweets recently is full of reactions/thoughts on Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer.

~In one episode of his radio show, Mr. Tambourine Man, he described his ideal woman's height to be "Around 150 to 165cm, because the height would be just perfect when you xxxx from behind".

~His "wife" is Joy Max. (A/N: Please not the "double quotes")

~Quite a number of the younger male seiyuus seem to be rather enamored with Taniyama Kishou, most noticeably, Ono Yuuki and quite recently, Eguchi Takuya.

~He calls Ono Yuuki "Hobgoblin" or "Tomoki".

~He is very fond of the Kadokawa Horror Book Collection.

~Another from Mr. Tambourine Man, while in front of a live audience, he recounted the story of how he was caught by his mom while err... playing with himself... He said that while his hand is in his pants, he forgot to lock his room and his mom came in, announcing that some of his friends are in to visit him. After the shock, he zipped up so fast, he almost caught his...little Kiiyan in his pant's zipper.

~When made to choose on who between Miyano Mamoru, Kaji Yuuki and Shimono Hiro to "seme", he said he'll choose Yonaga Tsubasa, because Wing can totally sound like a girl, but ultimately chose Namikawa Daisuke. And when asked who he would like to be his "seme", he chose Nagai Val Ichirou, GRANRODEO's drummer during live stints. lol

~When his beloved bicycle first got delivered to him, he was so happy about it that he took it at once, for a ride into the streets of Tokyo. He got so engrossed that he forgot that he had work that day, he was supposed to do a commentary on a GRANRODEO DVD and he completely missed the staff calling him again and again on his phone.

~He has a fetish on ladies' toes and he likes it when they have prettily shaped toes and made up toenails.

~In Mr. Tambourine Man, a fan sent a letter asking Kiiyan if he believes that men with prettily shaped fingers also have prettily shaped err... d**ks. His response was "Yes of course, many people tell me that I have pretty fingers and I have witnesses, like Joy Max and Iwata Mitsuo-san as to how pretty my "asoko" is. And as for my "asoko", you really should see how pretty (hard) it is every morning when I wake up!"

~He does have beautiful fingers.

~Kiiyan gained infamy of not wearing underwear, even onstage, because of one comment he made that he'd want to be just like Fukuyama Masaharu, a prominent actor, who's also kind of infamous for not wearing underwear, so much that he started emulating him, even the no underwear part.

~His character in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Kittan was originally supposed to die early in the series, but when the GAINAX team saw Kiiyan and knew that he was the one who would voice Kittan, they decided to extend his role and gave him more screen time.

~He's allergic to cats. And his family's dog always bites him when he comes home. lol

~When filming for the music video of 変幻自在のマジカルスター / Hengenjizai no Magical Star, he said that they were emulating the classic rock era and it would've been great if he had some chest hair then, for a more realistic feel.

~To ease off nerves during live shows, he and e-ZUKA dance to Perfume songs backstage

~Miyano Mamoru looks up to Taniyama Kishou , as a seiyuu and as a powerful singer. But most of time when they're together, they just end up acting like dorks.

~If it's not obvious enough, Taniyama Kishou really enjoys messing with Shimono Hiro, up to the point of giving him hickeys

~Taniyama Kishou really, really, really hates frogs

~When Ono Yuki was a college student he couldn't figure our what he wanted to do with his life, when he saw this person on stage, he started to think "One day, I want to stand on the same stage as this person" And that person was Taniyama Kishou

~Taniyama Kishou was supposed to voice both Himuro Tatsuya and Seirin's Dog (Nigou). The reason he didn't get it was because instead of barking like a dog Kiiyan was howling like a wolf that's why the role was passed to Nojima Hirofumi (Izuki Shun's seiyuu)

~Taniyama Kishou's mother called him "Kii-kun"

~"When I was a child, one day, I went to a swimming pool. There was a mother changing her little girl's clothes. I was just beside he, and of course I can see...... the stuff!! I felt so wrong that time! MY face felt terribly hot, and I couldn't even forget about that day!" ~Taniyama Kishou

~Taniyama Kishou's hobby is reading. To the point that his second home is a manga cafe

~Taniyama Kishou and Shimono Hiro kissing incident (A/N: This part will be explained in bullet form ^^)

-Kishou-san hopped and accidentally kissed Shimono Hiro on the cheek

-When they drink and then get drunk together sometimes Taniyama Kishou will kiss Shimono Hiro

-One day Shimono Hiro woke up and realized that he got a kiss mark, but Kishou-san calmly said, "Oh, I think that I'm the one who gave it to you *smile*"

~Taniyama Kishou and Shimono Hiro wear an exact same bracelet

~Taniyama Kishou's first aid for a lonely mouth caused by no smoking attempt was a Family Mart Double Cream Eclair

~Taniyama Kishou is the first male seiyuu who held a live concert at Nippon Budokan as a singer (Granrodeo)

~Taniyama kishou said the she will still date her girlfriend even though she is a fujoshi (Girl who likes yaoi) and said "Of course I will continue to date her! Compared to the imaginary world, reality is much more beautiful. I will be the person who shows her the beauty of reality"

~Taniyama Kishou has 100% success rate in seducing women

~Taniyama Kishou doesn't believe in credit cards! He prefers to use cash, and his wallet look 'plump' with sweet amount of cash inside

~Shinomiya Natsuki message to fans (CV:Taniyama Kishou)

"This love-filled game is more worth to by because Miyano Mamoru is the one in charge for the theme song! I LOVE Miyano Mamoru's sings , I totally recommend it!!"

~Taniyama Kishou was very surprised but happy when he accidentally met an old pal of his and presented him with a paper and calmly said "My daughter is a big fan of you Kishou. Now give me your autograph!"

~Taniyama Kishou says he prefers the "back" position... or, to be blunt, doggy style. And another one of his favorites is the cowgirl or girl on top. Also, he doesn't care if girls has big boobs or small boobs, anything goes! One of his main fetishes are girls' toes, he likes it when they have just come out from a pedicure.

Musical Career

Granrodeo

Kishow (Taniyama Kishou)- Vocals, Lyrics

E-zuka (Iizuka Masaaki)- Lead guitar, Backing vocals, Composer, Arranging 

Years Active: 2005 - Present

Singles:

Go For It! [IGPX opening theme]

Infinite Love [Koi suru Tenshi Angelique (season 1) opening theme]

Decadence [Demon Prince Enma ending theme]

Dokoku no Ame (慟哭ノ雨) [Koi suru Tenshi Angelique (season 2) opening theme]

Delight song

Note for Sale [Game Duel Love theme song]

Detarame no Zanzo (デタラメな残像) [Blassreiter opening theme]

Darlin

Trance [Black God 2nd opening theme]

Modern Stage Cowboy [Needless opening theme]

Koi Oto (恋音)

We wanna R&R Show

Rose Hip-Bullet [Togainu no Chi opening theme]

Ai no Warrior [Game Angelique: Maren no Rokukishi opening theme]

Can Do [Kuroko's Basketball 1st opening theme]

Rimfire [Kuroko's Basketball 2nd opening theme]

Dark Shame [Code:Breaker opening theme]

Henai no Rondo (偏愛の輪舞曲) [Karneval opening theme]

The Other Self [Kuroko's Basketball 2 1st opening theme]

Hengenjizai no Magical Star (変幻自在のマジカルスター) [Kuroko's Basketball 2 2nd opening theme]

Punky Funky Love [Kuroko's Basketball 3 1st opening theme]

Memories (メモリーズ) [Kuroko's Basketball 3 3rd opening theme]

Collaboration Singles:

7-Seven with FLOW [The Seven Deadly Sins ending theme]

Studio Album:

Ride on the Edge

Instinct

Brush The Scar Lemon

Supernova

Crack Star Flash

Karma to Labyrinth (カルマとラビリンス)

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A/N:

I just wanna recommend HiroC18's story Encountering Kamiya Hiroshi.  I really loved the story, I felt like I fell in love all over again XD. Anyway it took me almost a whole month to update because of school 0_0 The horror that school brings is terrifying. But I think I'll be able to update faster for the next chapter because my sem break is approaching \(^o^)/

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