(Re-)discovering Irino Miyu... <3

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I first heard him in "D.N Angel" and Ghibli's "Chihiro", but it was "Tsubasa Chronicle" that made me aware of him as a seiyuu. And lately I'm also into his music as well (thanks to "Disney Date"). This 'boy' is soo adorable! <33 And though I'm actually not really into boyish voice, Miyu-kun (with Hiro-kun and Yonaga Tsubasa) is an exception, not annoying, but nice, pleasant and soft.
I've heard that he started acting at quite young age, but just checking out wiki revealed that he was only 4 years old when he had his stage debut! Wow!!!
Here some adorable-funny facts from wiki:



(from tumblr: kamiya-sexual)

• He loves ghost stories and mystery books (like myself).
• He's a big Naruto-fan. A man but also still a kid, as once Takeuchi-san (Naruto's seiyuu) said when she first met him.
• He tends to be EXTREMELY forgetful. He always forgets things in bus and trains or drops his wallet. Hence ppl say, that he's "careless" or "thoughtless" at times. He announced during an interview, that he "won't forget things anymore", but after the very same interview he forgot his hat in the studio when leaving.XDDD
• Because of his "careless" nature he had difficulties during driving lessons, that his teacher once scolded him: "You wanna die, idiot!" (Well, he eventually passed the test and got his license.)
• Saitou Chiwa once presented him chocolates during afureko of "Gundam 00" as a parting gift. He promised to eat it afterwards and put the chocolate in his pocket. And left it there until it melted....XD He felt very bad about it.
• He's good friends with Mamo-chan, Suzu, Yocchin, NamiDai and HiroC.
• Mamo: They knew each other since their stage acting days and still often act together in plays and interact with each other a lot after work. Also appear together in a lot of Anime and Games.
• Suzu: Suzu once called him 'The idol of the Seiyuu World'. He also mentioned several times that he knew Miyu-kun for quite a long time. They first met when Miyu-kun was in the first year of junior high school (he was around 11 at that time). They appeared together in Radio Shows for several years. Miyu-kun then often asked Suzu: "Suzu-san, let's play games!" and such after done work. (Soo kyuute!) Suzu regards Miyu-kun as his cute Kouhai.
• NamiDai: First met in "Eyeshield 21". Afterwards several collaborations in Radio Shows and other Anime. Miyu-kun described NamiDai as "a funny guy".
• HiroC: HiroC once presented him a saving box. It was actually from OnoD who didn't need it anymore and left it at HiroC's place. When Miyu-kun visited him, HiroC gave it to him, saying "Here, my present for your 20th b'day." They formed the unit Kamiyu. As HiroC is almost about the same height and size, he sometimes gives Miyu-kun clothes he doesn't wear anymore.

I found myself to like... no, love Miyu-kun more and more after learning all these. The videos and Anime I saw/heard so far already make me like him a lot and I want to know more about him. Miyu-kun isn't only a good singer, but also a very good dancer. His dancing looks cool and effortless. I really love watching him singing and dancing. <3 Like Suzu, he can work up the audience and it's obvious that he has fun. The energy of youth, as Suzu once commented.^-^
Yeah, he's few years younger than me and I probably wouldn't fangirl over him in the same way like I fangirl over Suzu, Sakupyon and others. But his charm is irresistible, he's respectful, nice (on DanshiKou-afureko he brought a cake to the studio in order to celebrate Sugitan's b'day. Sugitan was surprised and happy.), cute and very warm. Would certainly love to have such a cute brother. (Not that I'm not happy with mine.xD)

Here some of my favourite live perfomances:

Dice (KiraFes 2010)


Banana (KiraFes 2010): This always makes me smile and happy:


Faith&Brave (KiraFes 2009)


And here a stage play with Miyu-kun, Sakupyon and Konishi Katsuyuki XD:

Miyu-kun was adorableness pure. And Sakupyon (playing the same role) was so funny. I've noticed long before that Saku has got some acting talent, but here he proved it once again!