Ryota Iwasaki

**Ryota Iwasaki** (岩崎諒太) is a voice actor involved in Bottleman. He voiced Hanta Minezaki and Santa Zan in the Japanese dubs of Cap Revolution Bottleman and Cap Revolution Bottleman DX respectively.

## Biography

Ryota Iwasaki was born on July 1, 1986 in Osaka, Japan. He was born as the eldest of three siblings, having two younger brothers. He has an affiliation with Theater Company Helohero Q Kamppany.

He was born breech and with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, but he was fortunately able to survive through a regular delivery.

He became interested in voice acting after listening to Megumi Hayashihara's programme *Megumi Hayashihara's Heartful Station*.

After graduating from an agricultural high school in 2005, Iwasaki graduated from Yoyogi Animation Gakuin Osaka in 2007 and moved to Tokyo. He attended the Japan Narration Acting Institute, but left after one year. After leaving the institute, he worked part-time as a telephone announcer to make ends meet.

He then attended the Atomic Monkey Voice Acting and Acting Institute and graduated as a 5th year student. During his time at the training institute, he received guidance from Miki Nagasawa as he struggled with the dialect barrier.

In 2011, he accepted an invitation from Miki Nagasawa to join the "Gekidan Herohero Q Kamupany" ("HEROHERO-Q") organized by Tomokazu Seki, a voice actor whom he admired. However, due to debts, he took a break from the company for a while. He was later called upon by Seki to return to the stage in the play "Infinite Dweller".

In 2019, he played the role of Raku Shirajoki in "Hypnosis Mike -Division Rap Battle-", where he took on his first rap role.

In 2020, he played his first starring role in "Herohero Dai Panic Barelunakiken - with Corona".

In 2021, he played the lead role in the daily drama "Appare! Shimomachi Daikakusei", and sang the theme song "NIJI ~Over the rainbow~", which was distributed on various music distribution sites.

## Bottleman

 2022-2023
 2022
 2022

## Trivia

* His nicknames are Ryouchan (from Rock Hunting Delivery) and Ryochiru (from Ryuichi Kijima's This Piggy). In his theater troupe, he is called Gorilla, Gori-chan, etc.
* He has a reputation for the loudness of his natural voice, and in a decibel measurement of his voice in the variety show "Hypnosis Mike: Division Variety Battle," he hit a record of 199 dB.
* He speaks mainly in Kansai dialect.
* His hobbies and special skills include karaoke, mimicry and drawing illustrations.
* His favorite foods are chicken, salmon, popcorn, and chocolate mint, whereas his disliked foods include oysters, fermented soybeans and other sticky foods.
* His favorite drink is cola.
* His favorite color is black.
* His favorite season is summer.
* He is an expert on home appliances and gadgets, especially Apple products.
* He has a strong luck to win and almost never loses when he plays rock-paper-scissors-scissors in many TV programs.
* He has been a big fan of Gundam and special effects since he was a child, and has stated that his dream is to become a Gundam someday.
* His favorite anime is "Saber Marionette," and his favorite manga include "Grappler Baki," "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure," and "Jigoku Sensei Nube".
* He is an animal lover and his childhood dream was to be a pet store clerk. He is especially fond of cats, penguins, owls and other birds.

## Gallery

### Notable Characters

Sasara Narude (*Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle-*)Pingu (*Pingu in the City*)Gladion's Zoroark (*Pokémon*)Inasa Yoarashi (*My Hero Academia*)

## Links

### External Links

* Twitter page: https://twitter.com/zurixzuri