Suddenly - Kanemaru Junichi (Sonic's Japanese Voice Actor)

[MovieMan1065]

Hearing all these songs, I wonder what it'd be like if Junichi Kanemaru sang a song for a Sonic the Hedgehog game.

[morahble]

(the first thought that crosses my mind when I saw this video) YAY I finally get to hear sonic sing!!!! XD (after video ends) aww it was in english not japanese... DX

[fighter20brawler10]

If some fangirl even says he's singing about Amy I don't know what I'd do.

[Talistarful1]

Knuckles:WTF!!!!!!

[knucklesandmanic101]

It's not fair that Japan keeps THEIR Sonic voice actors and people in the US are on their third cast. I didn't mind the 4kids change because I like the cast their the best(also first cast I heard), but now we're in the currently worst cast of them all. While using Studiopolis was a good again, some of the casting was not.

[amyrosefan926]

im glad sega hasnt gotten rid of him as sonic. i play sonic generations with the japanese voice over because they keep all their voice actors

[Flegan777]

He's a singer and a former English teacher. This man's got a lot of talents.

[Sicowkaksin]

sonic r anyone?

[Supersonamylove]

i think i broke the replay button :/

[minifig2401]

He's either singing this to amy or sally.

[fighter20brawler10]

@minifig2401 please don't bring the fan couple war here >.<

[MeemzCat]

@minifig2401 My bets are he's singing this to Big.

[TDImiracle]

Tails: ....Wow...

Knuckles: *speechless*

Amy: <3333333

Eggman: *fuming*

[SketchupDesigns12]

Wait so sonics japanese voice actor is a singer too?? go figure

[grim10fire]

0:34 Let's make it the exciting year! THE WORST YEARS IN SONIC HISTORY!

[LondoninColouredRain]

Hau~ Sonic, you're so romantic! XD <3

[LondoninColouredRain]

Yahoooooooo~! <3

[WindTales396]

Oh my god....

[MSPaynt]

he sure can belt em out can't he

[BUFFYTHEBUNNY18]

._.

[SONICBOYREBORN234]

Jun'ichi still has an awesome voice :D

[SONICBOYREBORN234]

......Now imagery of Sonic singing.......WHY!?!?

[lysistrati]

woorales el sonic canta

the sonic sings OoO ohhhhh

[xxAliceAxx]

O_O Oh My God... That Beat With That Voice.

[sonicstefan1991]

Oh, I am in love with Junichi Kanemaru's voice as Sonic's voice! When I hear him singing, I think that that's Sonic singing onstage! The perfect voice for Sonic! ^^

[fullmoon1230]

Kyaa~! Soniikkuuu~! >w<

[DarkFairy003]

Awww, he actually has a sweet voice! <3

[Mikugumii]

;u; Junichi's voice makes me smile! I didn't know he used to sing! :D the only thing I can picture while listening to this is Sonic singing in green hill zone XD lol

[Namine12354]

I just noticed that Kanemaru's last name can mean "Genuine One." Coincidence? xD

[TheYugiohgxfan]

Eggaman: Alright! here i go. *sings E.G.G.M.A.N.*

Sonic*Sings suddenly*

Ends

Audience: WHOOOO SONIC!!!

[LondoninColouredRain]

Nice voice, Sonic! <3

[soniario12]

was this sonic's voice for sonic x?

or was his voice actor singing for another anime?

[SparkHedgehog]

@soniario12 This guy was always Sonic's Japanese VA.

[soniario12]

@SparkHedgehog ohhh :o

[crunchvx]

This should be the ending credits theme in Japanese version of generations and maybe english if not something similar to the sonic 1 credits but with levels used in generations

[SonicsTwinSonie]

sonic should sing this in a game :)

[huiwaikin2006]

I wonder how did he train his english skills?he's awesome!!

[LittleMangaColours]

Kanemaru Junichi is officialy the best engrish master ever.

[SonicBabe1011]

sonic is singing to amy everyone :)

[ExcaliburSonic24]

Sonic Generations should have this song playing somewhere in a romantic scene. That would make me so happy :D

[PJfan94]

He...sounds...AMAZING!

[Grandmolekid]

Shadow and Eggman were the 2 people who disliked this video.

[videoman024]

Eggman: I'll show that miserable hedgehog who's the best singer!

( gets on stage in front of the audience and clears his throat, then takes a deep breathe and.......)

Eggman: My milkshakes brings all the boys to yard, damn right it's better than yours.....no wait let's try that again, ummmmm........ Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me!

Audience: BOO YOU SUCK, GET YOUR FAT ASS OFF THE STAGE!

Eggman: I ......HATE......THAT.......HED­GEHOG!

[LoveTheSonic]

OMG HIS VOICE IS CUTEEEEEEE! XD

I dowloaded this one and Daybreak <3

[SuperEmoBros]

Sonic: How the heck did my song get put on YouT-uh I mean, *clears throat* This song sucks.

Jk, I like the song :D

[DrRobotu]

Out of the 270 likes,I wonder how many are Amy's.....

[SonicJourneyOfDreams]

He needs his own Vocaloid. One with bilingual coding so he can sing in both Japanese and English. 8D

[Shikomaru136]

@SonicJourneyOfDreams His english is amazing.

[iTheTruth42]

@SonicJourneyOfDreams That would be cool. Then I could make it sing this and Digital Surviver.

[shadowRULESshadow]

@SonicJourneyOfDreams Yusa Koji does too.

But their Vocaloids should be Shadow and Sonic. 8D

[Shadowdoll358]

@SonicJourneyOfDreams Hell yeah...

[TheLittlejadeanimal]

@SonicJourneyOfDreams Agreed. ^^

[SaffeeBear]

they should hire junichi as the english voice of sonic....that'll be cool right?! ^^

[Realagirl64]

I LOVE THIS GUY! HE'S AWSOME!

[kikosho2002]

@Cherucha So then what was the point of all this?! First you say it's his Sonic voice and now you say it's very close? Of course it's very close! His real voice isn't much different than his Sonic voice.

[Cherucha]

@kikosho2002 why are we even arguing about this

[kikosho2002]

@Cherucha Again, have you ever heard his voice in other works? His voice really isn't much different than his Sonic voice. Only difference is his real voice is more plain which is what I'm hearing in this song. Besides, this song and the album came out in 1993, before Sonic started having a voice in video games.

[kikosho2002]

@Cherucha Have you ever heard his voice in other voice over works and songs? He pretty much has the same voice. This song has no relation with Sonic therefore there's no point in singing in his Sonic voice.

[kikosho2002]

@Cherucha Why are you commenting on something that was posted a year ago and doesn't matter now? Besides, I can tell that's not his Sonic voice. His Sonic voice is not that plain.

[victor147159]

*squeals* AWESOME!!! :3

[BokuTenshiDesu]

It's really awkward hearing Sonic saying all these mushy stuff in a sexy voice....but I still love Sonic and Jun'ichi Kanemaru!!

[draconicon2]

Now, why couldn't this guy do the english voice for sonic too?

[HyperSonicXtreme]

@draconicon2

Um because he's Japanese.

[31operafan]

@HyperSonicXtreme I have actually heard Junichi Kanemaru can speak English fluently.

[HyperSonicXtreme]

@31operafan

Engrish you mean?

[TheSoniclover34]

Amy: awwwwwwh sonic.!!!!!

[shugopower5]

i got this song on my mp3 :3

[TAmyRosy]

here you go amy.

[hollygirl123456789]

wow sound like Jap. Sonic is singing to Amy saying her smile is presious to Sonic

[VikutaaChyaaruzu]

@hollygirl123456789

Wait, WHAT? I'm sorry, but it would only be fitting if Sonic sung it to the ever-so-tomboyish Princess Sally Alicia Acorn -- and I hope you're a reader of the Sonic comic books, because I will NOT go into detail regarding who Sally is.

[BluesifulWave]

It's a nice song. Wonder if Sonic's theme in a Sonic would be sung by Junichi Kanemaru. And the other Sonic characters theme songs would be sung by their voice actors.

[Cherucha]

@BluesifulWave OMG KOJI YUSA SINGING SHADOWS THEME HELL YA

[stewiedude59]

Is there an instrumental version?

[katrins23]

OOOOHHHH his voice is just soooo cute X3 this is also the reason I change the language from English to Japanese sometimes when I play

[OrinokawaMizuki]

"on some other shore"? I got the feeling that the original words might be more vulgar before they realized then changed into something more romantic.

It does reminded one of Sonic the Hedgehog CD, which came out at the same time. I wonder if they planned to use him as Sonic since the mid 90's. I mean Sonic Adventure started developing at the mid 90's. Even Sonic OVA got traces of Sonic Adventure (arms backward when running and so on).

[hippygirlanna]

I love this!! he speaks (or sings) pretty good enlish compared to most japanese singers

[acrobatsutr]

maybe I should ask sonic to give me some japanese lessons.

THE JAPANESE SONIC

...Dont take that too seriously

[TheHedgehogBrothers]

THAT'S IT! IM FAVOURITING IT!!!! I WILL LISTEN TO SONIC!!!!

[staticmunk7777]

trully awesome this would make a good ending song for a new sonic game or a sonic movie i hopes hint hint

[hipten]

that would be cool if this was the ending to sonic colors or sumthin

[OrinokawaMizuki]

@hipten

Would be nice if there's a romantic love song at the ending, but even Colors seems to have a muted romantic theme with the current version of "Reach for the Stars".

The most recent was "Dear My Friend", but it's muted also since it's associated Chip.

The last true romantic love song maybe was "Sweet Dream" 4 years ago, and it didn't go so well due to... 'Elisabeth' isn't 'Mary'. And the fact it's a reused song.

[usernamessuck58]

I have to laugh at this since every time I hear it I imagine Sonic singing to Amy in some musical.

[OrinokawaMizuki]

@usernamessuck58

The lyrics style of this song seems to be more suited as Amy's though.

It certainly would be nice if Sonic sang a song to a particular special girl of his, the closest comparison would be that scene in Sonic X' 52nd episode, that is kinda like a Sonic music video of "Natsu no Hi" (that its singer also composed "Suddenly").

Hmmm... Maybe Sonic should do a musical? Or at least more music videos?

[Numbuh214]

@OrinokawaMizuki Let's see if Sonic's new VA can sing better than Griffith.

[mu556]

Sonic's Japenes voice actor was before a english teachter

[katrins23]

his voice is ssssssssooooo cute!!!!!!! X3 X3 X3 XD

[kyuubi1396]

Good song¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[katrins23]

I just love it when I hear him sing in English!!!! XD 8D

[ScurveyJoe]

This better be an ending to a Sonic Game, becuse Kanemaru, has such an amazing singing voice. I agree with silverthehedgehog23. And it should also be an ending to some other type of anime or another Next-Gen Sonic Game. This song is going to my favorites on my MP3 player. :) And it will be on the top of my playlist. Cover? MADNESS!!

[sonicman243]

he should have voiced the english sonic not the jappensee sonic

[shinypokefan]

ok to say this ryan was good now i think griffith is almost on par with him overall the jp is the best next in my opinoin jaheel white ryan then griffith only cause i grew up with white i never realy heard drummends because on the dreamcast games i changed the voices to jp cause omi chows voice was err actully you can shoot him with eggman or tails and with the other pick him up and throw him across the stage yayayay

[DreamingSun1]

now he or ryan should replace jason grifith in sonic x

[QuesoGr7]

@DreamingSun1

Lol, Sonic X was done a long time ago. So that would be kinda pointless now. xD

[MarioSonicCouncil]

Whoa! This song is a neat find for me. I was SNOO PINGAS USUAL on YouTube and I found this! It's a real neat song!

[QuesoGr7]

Lol, Sonic singin this to Amy while the video is in the style of "The Way You Make Me Feel". XD

[EliseHedgehog]

*The song ends*

Knuckles: WAT.

Amy: ♥_♥..

[stewiedude59]

@EliseHedgehog And yet Tails has no reaction at all?

[byron123000]

man i can listen 2 dis song forever.... lol great song well done Kanemaru Junichi well done

[boricuachristian1279]

OMG, this is my new favorite song! I'm still shock that sonic's japanese voice actor sings this! I can just imagine amy rose hearing sonic sing this, I think she would scream and faint, LOL! Anyways, thanks for sharing this, the song is beautiful!

[OrinokawaMizuki]

@boricuachristian1279

If Amy heard Sonic sang this or Natsu no Hi or any song that as romantic.

I imagine she would pulverize one particular "The Simpsons" billboard potraying her and him as a celebrity couple, who hold out before marriage.

She probably then said, "Sonic... NOW!!!" (with sparkling eyes)

Which probably will scare him, as usual.

Sonic is definetly a "Listen to my song!" kind of guy though, and Amy is that green eye pink haired who chase after him.

[stopwatchrewind]

EEeeeeeeeee! 8D

[infopow477]

Sounds like it would be in Sonic Gems Collection/Sonic CD.

[vckhaze]

Wow, I'm surprised people still remember that.

[Kagomechan7o]

The fangirl in me is going KYAAAAAA~!

The Engrish is so charming in a way...

[shinypokefan]

@Kagomechan7o im laughing and enjoying this at the same time

[JoleenTheHedgehog]

AHHH SONIC.. *-* Song of cringiness and handsomeness <3

[SonicFanGirl2007]

I can imagine Sonic singing this to Blaze. It seems to fit those two.

Sonic sings so amazingly. <3

[MrAwesomeman900]

i agree man i agree

[otenko28]

she would just die

[JoleenTheHedgehog]

I just pictured Sonic at a bar singing this.. Who knows when that visual will go away -_-

[twistedsweet8]

holy! this is catchy and smoot ahahaha Ohh Junichi >_^

[DemonicRemption]

Awkward... To know that Sonic's a singer, and a good one at that. It's gonna be a week before I can get the image of Sonic on a concert stage sining this out of my head.

[Stardart]

There's only one thing I can say... DAMN THIS GUY IS GOOD. He's so multi-talented

[NiviaTheSeedriox]

XD AWESOME ONE SONIC..AWESOME.. Today when I was playing Sonic Heroes and beat it on Team Sonic and Juni'chi Kanemaru came up on the Japanese voice actors I was like, OMFG YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!! lol

[ZZoePrower]

Beauitful.. and handsome in another way.. ^_^

[Terralventhe]

Personally, between the lyrics having the theme of parting and meeting again after a long time, and the talk of heat, fire and the like, makes it sound more like a Sonic/Blaze song. Especially the part that talks about 'finding the words to steal your heart away'. Kind of reminiscent of Sonic getting past Blaze's cold exterior - especially since Sonic wouldn't exactly need to find any words to steal Amy's heart. She was stalking him as a fangirl before they even met in person for the first time.

[ZZoePrower]

I Agree with you too and the part where he said he would saw someone on the shore..

[Numbuh214]

I don't know; much as I hate to admit, I see hints of Sonic/ELISE. "Falls and fades away" implying the big reset button they pushed at the end, "it seemed when i met you, we'd been here before" implying that they're meeting for the first time after said reset. *shrug*

[Terralventhe]

*Cringe*

[Numbuh214]

I never said I liked seeing it there. I said I see it there.

[Terralventhe]

And yet I still cringe.

[OrinokawaMizuki]

@Numbuh214

Yeah, it kinda can be used for Sonic-Elise (the previous timeline). Then again, it can be used also for Shadow-Amy (her being Maria at the Space Colony Ark's observation deck).

Of course, the song is from 1993, a 17 years old love song. About a lovestruck guy who so lovestruck he seems to believe he met her previously, a sort of past life relationship.

[AJVandGEJ]

LOL! It does sound like him! XD

[JoleenTheHedgehog]

@CaramelTheCat190 AGREED XD My jaw was dropped to the floor when I first heard this earlier xD

[CaramelTheCat190]

lol! ^_^

[allroundgamer0017]

keep that sonamy stuff for fanfiction, cos i doubt amy and sonic are ever gonna get together.

[JoleenTheHedgehog]

ROFL! I laughed through the whole song cause this just made my day!!

[HOOFuL]

Oh my gosh! It's the English version of "Love Story wa Totsuzen ni"!

[Hannahlikesmusic]

this is now my new favourite song! it really sounds like sonic!

[Phanielaeriza]

enserio me gusta la cancion

i really like it

[cyraxthehedgehog]

My girlfriend loves this song so much

[clairefedfield]

this is a cover of a Rita Coolidge song also, so give her credit too, she sang the theme to octopussy!

[clairefedfield]

way similar to the 'Sonic' game sounds, very nice chorus it's freaking heaven

[archiesonic]

So much better than Jason...

Ryan's great, but I don't think as good as the original ^-^

[SonicMaverick3000]

Amy's NOT his girlfriend.

[OrinokawaMizuki]

@SonicMaverick3000

Try telling that to both Sega and a division of theirs, the Sonic Team.

[jacoblgames]

Ryan Drummond should try singing this song.

[kikosho2002]

I think just for kicks. He should try singing this song in his Sonic voice.

[shinypokefan]

@kikosho2002 he pretty much already is

[kikosho2002]

@shinypokefan I meant Ryan Drummond should sing this song in his sonic voice since jacoblgames said that Ryan Drummond should try singing this song.

[shinypokefan]

@kikosho2002 that would be cool anyway didnt underground go into japanese production then wouldnet hsi voice va have done the songs

[darkx602]

This kind of reminds me of Sonic OVA.

[residentevilkid01]

gotta love that engrish

[Metroid4everPro]

ohh my goshh!!!! Sonic is so sexy!!! this is my new favorite song!!! i luv it!! :D

[jailin24]

i love this song!!!!!!

[MonyXChan]

"Well, love is forever. As free as the wind."

It could just fit SonAmy so well, if he sang the song to Amy. <3

[silverthehedgehog23]

i would so want this to be an ending song for an awesome sonic game!

[haruningster]

Dunno 'bout you guys, but this song has a Sonicy feel to it.. Reminds me of the Genesis times. Love it.

[staticmunk7777]

@silverthehedgehog23 especially for the 06 one with elise thankies silver

[knyght4christ]

This could totally be Sonic's theme song... And they could say it's him singing it, too! Everything about this song is beautiful!!! (Lol, I'm commenting on/from the Wii :p )

[SonicDelta]

Next Sonic game should play this for the credits music, with Sonic in the background lip-sync to this.

[teenkitsune]

This song reminds me of SA2, mostly Death Chamber. Rewrite the lyrics, which I highly recommend not do, replace the death chamber theme with this, and BOOM it works perfectly.

[xtweela]

i can just imagine sonic singing... OwO

[MonictheDemon777]

This song has the win

[abridgedcentral]

i love this song it's so awesome

[ILOVESHADOWGOHAN]

That was amazing, now they know Sonic can sing! lol Well, at least the Japanese one, I don't know about the English one. o.o lol XD

[TKGB2006]

WOW!!! Japanese music is BETTER than american music. It's actually ABOUT something instead of worthless junk.

I can so totally envision Sonic singing this.

Japanese Sonic can sing.

American Sonic can't even sing the American National Anthem. O~O

[MrAwsomeman700Jr]

@TKGB2006 how do u know

[TKGB2006]

@MrAwsomeman700Jr Actually, I meant to say that it's better than american music today but someone notified me that this song was made in the 90's and I thought it was a recent song, so that pretty much cancels out what I said first.

[MrAwsomeman700Jr]

@TKGB2006 i have to agree sometimes

[nessy17142]

amy rose would love this song because sonic is singing it lool

[seraphinprincess]

Sonic being cute!!............I can´t imagine that xDDD

[PurringCat123]

Junichi did really good with this song even if he has an accent.

[IshidaTheQuincy]

Specially when compared to how generally japanese people speak english.

[ShadowTheHedgehogCZ]

Good point indeed!

[girrules123123]

Junichi rocks, no question about it.

[TheCommentGuy8]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA this sounds so price-less hahahahahahahahaha (5/5)

[manabluerose]

Junichi has a really amazing voice! I'm surprised by how well he sings in english. it's so cute~!

[marudesoramitai]

Or should I say he make Sonic become more sexy because for Junichi voice. KYAA~~~~

[KingdomHeartsNone]

-GIGGLESNORT- heh,cute.....BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH­!

[RokkumanZero23]

Sweet!! 5/5

[GingerTheHedgehog]

AWSOME!!

I wonder what Ryan Drummad or Jason sounds like?

[GothicGali]

Yea me too. But I bet Jason wouldn't sound tht good...

[GingerTheHedgehog]

Yeah

[ButterflyGalaxy999]

FAVES!!! ^_^ Faints because the voice is so hot!

[rumika]

sonic in a karaoke bar anyone???

8DDD <3