JoJo Part 6 Stone Oceanhad anew stream event,revealing Enrico Pucci will be voiced by veteran seiyuu Tomokazu Seki.

On November 28,JoJo Stone Oceanhad its final stream pre-release on the Warner Bros. Japan Anime YouTube channel, featuring the seiyuu Fairouz Ai (Jolyne Cujoh), Mariya Ise (F.F.), and Mutsumi Tamura, (Ermes Costello). After going through all the pastJoJoanime series, the final segment focused onStone Ocean, and revealed antagonist Enrico Pucci will be voiced by Tomokazu Seki.

Tomokazu Seki also joined the other seiyuu on stream, mentioning he did readJoJoin the past but he studied the manga again thoroughly to get in the role. He also mentioned how Fairouz Ai helped him a lot, seeing she’s such a hugeJoJootaku, she would always be at the studio even when she didn’t have anything to record. She wanted to hear all the seiyuu recoding live as much as possible. Seki also mentioned being pretty nervous about joining the cast as “an old man” when compared to the younger seiyuu.

Who is Tomokazu Seki, the seiyuu of Enrico Pucci inJoJo Stone Ocean

Tomokazu Seki debuted in 1991, with his first main role being Tomáš Masaryk inVictory Gundam. However, his breakthrough role and the character Seki is the most known for is Domon Kasshu, the protagonist ofG Gundam. That’s the one role that set Tomokazu Seki on his career path, voicing hot-blooded and passionate characters.

Since then, Tomokazu Seki voiced many other protagonists, including Stan Aileron inTales of Destiny, Van Fanel inEscaflowne, Vyse inEternal Arcadia,and Sousuke Sagara inFull Metal Panic.

You can also tell the amazing range Seki can do when seeing he voiced around the same years, in the early 2000s, Keisuke Takahashi inInitial D, Yzak Joule inGundam Seed AND ultra-cute mascot Meppuru inFutari wa Precure.

Most American anime fans know Tomokazu Seki for voicing Rob Lucci inOne Piece, Gilgamesh inFate/stay nightand the Nasuverse, and Kanji inPersona 4. More recently, Seki voiced Shinya Kogami inPsycho-Passand Ogata Nenji in13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim.

Tomokazu Seki as a singer, otaku and BL history

Tomokazu Seki was also part of theWeiß Kreuzcross media project, forming a band with other veteran seiyuu Takehito Koyasu, Shinichiro Miki and Hiro Yūki. Tomokazu Seki also voiced Shuichi Shindou, the protagonist ofGravitation, and is one of the iconic seiyuu of the BL scene right below BL emperor Morikawa Toshiyuki.

Seki Tomokazu also had his own circle atComiket selling doujinshiabout his career and life as a seiyuu, after being inspired by Masumi Asano and herSeiyu’s Lifeseries.

Last but not least, it’s important to not mix up Tomokazu Seki with another veteran voice actor: Toshihiko Seki (Duo inGundam Wing, Rau Le Creuset inSeed,Embryo inCross Ange, etc). I often mix them up myself.