Hiro Shimono
Hiro Shimono is one of the newer seiyuus that seems to be set on very very meek young boys who're painfully shy, and have artistic sense. The catch, however, is that the guys he voices may have a hidden streak of cruelty or hot-bloodedness. Often (at least in anime he stars in), the characters he plays become subject to abuse... lots of abuse. Also tends to have a Unwanted Harem.
Minus the hidden side, he is pretty much the Japanese Spear Counterpart of Stephanie Sheh.
Roles done by Hiro Shimono:
- Akihisa Yoshii in Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu
- Allegretto in Eternal Sonata
- Almaz in Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
- Alone in Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas
- Ash in Phantom Brave
- Ayato Kamina in RahXephon (debut role)
- Dan in Basquash!
- Dean Stark in Wild ARMs 5
- Emil Castagnier (both normal and Ratatosk mode) in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
- Haruka Kasugano in Yosuga no Sora
- Hiro in the ef games and anime.
- Ikuto in Nagasarete Airantou.
- Ishut and Ashley in Gloria Union
- Jin Mikuriya in Kannagi.
- Keima Katsuragi in The World God Only Knows, who is definitely not meek and shy, but fits in the Butt Monkey status. As well as having an Unwanted Harem.
- Kenneth "Ken" Robbins in Kaleido Star
- Orphan in Final Fantasy XIII (Playing Against Type big time!)
- Rat/Jiro Nezu in Tantei Opera Milky Holmes
- Ryuuji Kisaragi in Dragon Crisis
- Satoshi Mochida in Corpse Party
- Satoshi Yabe and Gachiranger Red in Mitsudomoe
- Sasuke Tsubaki in Sket Dance, Playing Against Type.
- Shin'ichi Handa and Fidio Aldena in Inazuma Eleven
- Syo Kurusu in Uta no Prince-sama
- Tadashi Karino, the resident Bunny Ears Lawyer of Special A
- Taro in Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
- Tatsuya Takatsuka in Megane No Kanojo
- You Satou in Ben-To
- Yuuichiro Tajima in Ookiku Furikabutte, which seems to be Playing Against Type.
- Zephyr in Resonance of Fate
- Oozura Hiro in Danball Senki W