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Kishō TANIYAMA

谷山紀章

Family name (in kanji): 谷山

Given name (in kanji): 紀章

Date of birth: 1975-08-11

Hometown: Yamaguchi, Japan

Blood type: B

Website:

Kishō Taniyama @ Ken Production (Japanese)

About:

Member of the band GRANRODEO

Non-anime roles:

Akira Kirigaya in "La Corda d'Oro: Starlight Orchestra" (VG) (Japanese)

Aoidos in "Granblue Fantasy" (VG) (Japanese)

Atara Nakajou in "Monochrome" (Visual Novel) (Japanese)

Berserker (Mori Nagayoshi) in "Fate/Grand Order" (VG) (Japanese)

Chiaki Tōgane in "La Corda d'Oro 3" (VG) (Japanese)

Chiaki Tōgane in "La Corda d'Oro 4" (VG) (Japanese)

Chiaki Tohgane in "Kiniro no Corda Octave" (VG) (Japanese)

Chris Landbird in "E.X. Troopers" (VG) (Japanese)

Condorock in "Rockman ZX Advent" (VG) (Japanese)

Eusis Roland in "Nishi no Yoki Majo - Astraea Testament" (drama CD) (Japanese)

Gray in "Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia" (VG) (Japanese)

Gray in "Fire Emblem Heroes" (VG) (Japanese)

Greece in "Hetalia Fantasia" (Drama CD) (Japanese)

Guillan Guinor in "Black Wolves Saga -Bloody Nightmare-" (VG) (Japanese)

Guillan Guinor in "Black Wolves Saga -Last Hope-" (VG) (Japanese)

Gunji in "Togainu no Chi" (VG) (Japanese)

Hien in "Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden" (Drama Cd)

Ichiro Dazai in "Shin Megami Tensei V" (VG) (Japanese)

Joe in "Migration" (animated movie) (Japanese)

Kai Tamamiya in "Utsusemi no Meguri" (VG) (Japanese)

Kasumimaru Fuuma in "Yo-Jin-Bo" (VG) (Japanese)

Kion in "Monochrome Shounen Shoujo" (Drama CD) (Japanese)

Kiri Kurose in "CRASH!" (VOMIC) (Japanese)

Lance in "Sing" (animated movie) (Japanese)

Len Tsukimori in "Kiniro no Corda Octave" (VG) (Japanese)

Len Tsukimori in "La Corda d'Oro 2 ff" (VG) (Japanese)

Len Tsukimori in "La Corda d'Oro 2" (VG) (Japanese)

Len Tsukimori in "La Corda d'Oro 4" (VG) (Japanese)

Len Tsukimori in "La Corda d'Oro" (VG) (Japanese)

Leni in "Under The Moon ~Crescent~" (VG) (Japanese)

Lu Xun in "Sangokushi Hadou" (VG) (Japanese)

Ma Chao in "Sangokushi Hadou" (VG) (Japanese)

Naoya in "Devil Survivor Over Clock" (VG) (Japanese)

Narrator in "Hetalia Drama CD: Prologue 2" (Drama CD) (Japanese)

Narrator in "Hetalia Drama CD: Prologue" (Drama CD) (Japanese)

Narrator in "Hetalia Drama CD: Volume 1" (Drama CD) (Japanese)

Narrator in "Hetalia Drama CD: Volume 2" (Drama CD) (Japanese)

Oda Nobunaga in "Hana Oboro ~Sengoku-den Ranki~" (VG) (Japanese)

Onimaru in "Tengai Makyou III: Namida" (VG) (Japanese)

Ren Ichikawa in "S.L.H - Stray Love Hearts!" (Drama CD) (Japanese)

Sho in "Granblue Fantasy" (VG) (Japanese)

Shuhei Kuzunoha in "Black Bird" (Drama CD) (Japanese)

Shūji Sakaki in "Zettai Karen Children DS: Dai 4 no Children" (VG) (Japanese)

Shuusui Hayasaka in "Busou Renkin" (Drama CD) (Japanese)

Snowe Vingerhut in "Suikoden IV" (VG) (Japanese)

Summer Fairy "Beronika" ("Veronica Flower") in "DEARS Hanakotoba Monogatari ~Ao no Kisetsu~" (CD) (Japanese)

Takahashi Takahiro in "Junjou Romantica" (Drama CD) (Japanese)

Toby Nebbins in "Catherine" (VG) (Japanese)

Utsushi in "Monster Hunter Rise" (VG) (Japanese)

Wilhelm Ehrenburg in "Dies irae 〜Interview with Kaziklu Bey〜" (VG) (Japanese)

Xun Yu in "Sangokushi Hadou" (VG) (Japanese)

Yūji Sakamoto in "Baka to Test to Shōkanjū" (drama CD) (Japanese)

Non-anime staff credits:

Opening Theme Song Performance for "Under The Moon" (VG) (Japanese)

Theme Song Performance for "Angelique Maren no Rokukishi" (VG) (Japanese)

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