Ryuuichi Kijima

Ryuuichi Kijima (木島 隆一, Kijima Ryuuichi, born March 29, 1985 in Hokkaido) is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Mausu Promotion. He graduated from Sapporo Designer Academy's anime and manga department before making his official debut.

As the eldest of three siblings, Kijima discovered he had a knack for singing and public speaking which led him to pursue a voice acting profession. While his love for anime further motivated him to accomplish this goal, he was hesitant to move to Tokyo so suddenly. This convinced him to study in Sapporo first while working at a factory in Tochigi to save money for his eventual move to the capital. There, he found another part-time job to support himself and received the necessary courses from Mausu Promotion's training school.

Despite Kijima's initial success entering the field, he gradually became dissatisfied by the scarce amount of meaningful roles that came his way. Constantly out of work at the time, he began to lose sight of himself and asked himself why he was doing all this for. After much introspection, Kijima realized he had been doing his job half-heartedly while remembering the feelings that drove him to this vocation to begin with. As a result, he fully devoted himself to work and eventually landed his first major role in 2015.

Introverted by nature, Kijima tends to shy away from public appearances. Nonetheless, he is deeply respectful of his seniors, particularly Akio Otsuka who he looks up to. When Kijima once thought about quitting voice acting altogether, he would try to imagine what Otsuka would say or do in his position. He has a close bond with Kengo Kawanishi who works in the same agency as him. The two of them enjoy fishing, skiing, and frequenting hot springs together.

Kijima loves traveling, gardening, muscle training, reading, and collecting stuffed pigs. Being a lover of pigs, he enjoys eating pork and likes drawing pigs as part of his signature. He even opened a Niconico program dedicated to pigs in 2019. Outside of his main job, he is also qualified to teach calligraphy.

Throughout Kijima's years of voice acting, he has taken on a number of different roles ranging from dashing young boys to more antagonistic figures. Some of his more prominent roles include Francis Barton in Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow, Takuya Nabeshima in Cheer Boys!!, and Mitsuki in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.

Works

 * Sigmund, Felpurr - Ken to Mahou to Gakuenmono. 3
 * Lux - Ciel Nosurge drama CD
 * Shinmen Takezo - Nioh
 * Kamui Fu - Hyakka Hyoujinden Asuka
 * Yosuke Ishibashi - Captain Tsubasa Zero ~Kimero! Miracle Shoot~