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Nobutoshi Canna (神奈 延年, Kanna Nobutoshi^?) is a seiyū who was born Nobutoshi Hayashi (林 延年, Hayashi Nobutoshi^?) on June 10, 1968 in Tokyo. Canna is currently affiliated with Aoni Production.

He is most known for the roles of Tasuki (Fushigi Yugi), Ban Mido (Getbackers), Basara Nekki (Macross 7), Kabuto Yakushi (Naruto), Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog series of games and the anime Sonic X) and Li Pailong (Shaman King).

• Ryuuya (Air)
• Randy (Angelique)
• Nightscream (Beast Wars Return)
• Guts (Berserk)
• River Zastory (Black Cat)
• Nnoitra Jiruga (Bleach)
• Hirokawa (Colorful)
• Cao Pi (Dynasty Warriors 5)
• Lancer in Fate/stay night)
• Kaze (Final Fantasy: Unlimited)
• Meyvn Nooj (Final Fantasy X-2)
• Tasuki (Fushigi Yūgi)
• Makoto Katagiri, Leon Earnhardt (Future GPX Cyber Formula series)
• Gawl (Generator Gawl)
• Ban Mido (GetBackers)
• Nakamoto Shou (Graduation M)
• Aoki (Here is Greenwood)
• Kai Kogashiwa (Initial D Third Stage)
• Dai Yôko (Inukami!)
• Hiten (InuYasha)
• Ryuura (InuYasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island)
• Scorpion Imagin (Kamen Rider Den-O)
• Basara Nekki (Macross 7)
• Spider (Rockman X: Command Mission)
• Wachi (Mirmo!)
• Tanaka (My Dear Marie)
• Kabuto Yakushi (Naruto)
• Michael Saito and Bob (Policenauts)
• Cygnus (Ryusei no Rockman)
• Aquarius Camus (specter) (Saint Seiya)
• Tei Yuushun (Saiunkoku Monogatari)
• Yuji Okusu, Kentaro Ishii, Tetsuji Kozaki, Soichiro Jin and Mitsuru Nagano (Slam Dunk)
• Li Pailong (Shaman King)
• Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog (series))
• Maxi (Soul Calibur, Soul Calibur II and Soul Calibur III)
• Axel Almer ((Super Robot Wars Original Generations)
• Geronimo (Kinnikuman: Scramble for the Throne)
• Inferno & Laserwave (Transformers: Superlink)
• Pie (Tokyo Mew Mew)
• Genso (Konjiki no Gash Bell!!)
• Wolf Imagin (Kamen Rider Den-O)

• Canna worked as Nobutoshi Hayashi up until December 1999
• Nobutoshi worked as Nobutoshi Canna since January 2000
• His birthday is on the same day as Yūsuke Numata.
• Is a good friend of fellow seiyu Morikubo Shotaro. Also, Nobutoshi stood in for Shotaro for an episode of Naruto: episode 141 (Shotaro voices Nara Shikamaru, while Nobutoshi normally voices Yakushi Kabuto). The pair voiced close partners in GetBackers.
• Sometimes his former name, Nobutoshi, is mistakenly read as 'Nobunen' because the character 'toshi' in kunyomi, meaning year, can also be read as 'nen' in onyomi.
• He has worked in various titles along with Toshiyuki Morikawa where their characters are mostly related to each other, be it antagonistic rivalry or friends:
  • In Slam Dunk, Nobutoshi voiced Soichiro Jin and Toshiyuki voiced Nobunaga Kiyota, two ace players of Kainan High. In addition, they also voiced two members of Sakuragi's gang: Mito Yohei (Toshiyuki) and Ookusu Yuji (Nobutoshi)
  • In Berserk, Nobutoshi voiced the protagonist Guts, while Toshiyuki voiced Guts' rival and the antagonist, Griffith.
  • The relation is resumed in Super Robot Wars Original Generations, where Nobutoshi voiced Axel Almer, rival of Toshiyuki's Kyosuke Nanbu.
  • Though their characters are unrelated, both Nobutoshi and Toshiyuki have lent their voice work to the Soul Calibur series. Nobutoshi voiced Maxi, while Toshiyuki voiced Mitsurugi Heishiro
  • Recently, Nobutoshi is chosen as the seiyuu of Nnoitra in Bleach, once again reuniting with Toshiyuki, who voiced several characters there (one of them, Kaname Tōsen, currently belongs to the same allegiance Nnoitra is in)

• Noburogu: Nobutoshi Canna's blog (in Japanese)
• Party On! Nobutoshi Canna Official Fan Club (in Japanese)
• Nobutoshi Hayashi and Nobotoshi Kanna at the Seiyuu database
• Nobutushi Hayashi - at Ryu's Seiyuu Info
• Nobutoshi Canna at Anime News Network

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