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is a Japanese voice actor, singer and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. He is best known for the voice of Levi Ackerman in Attack on Titan, Trafalgar Law in One Piece, Mephisto Pheles in Blue Exorcist, Izaya Orihara in Durarara! !, Shinji Matō in the Fate franchise, Takashi Natsume in Natsume Yūjin Chō, Choromatsu in Mr. Osomatsu, Akashi Seijuro in Kuroko's Basketball, Yuzuru Otonashi in Angel Beats!, Yato in Noragami, Nozomu Itoshiki in Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei, Koyomi Araragi in the Monogatari series, Sōma in Working! !, Juli in Brothers Conflict, Balder Hringhorni in Kamigami no Asobi, Tieria Erde in Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Saiki Kusuo in The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., Edogawa Ranpo in Bungo Stray Dogs, Kinshirō Kusatsu in Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! and Ittetsu Takeda in Haikyū!!. He won "Best Lead Actor" and "Best Personality" at the 3rd Seiyu Awards, and "Best Supporting Actor" at the 2nd Seiyu Awards. He hosts the radio show Dear Girl: Stories with Daisuke Ono.Personal life
In July 2016, the tabloid magazine Flash revealed <mask> had been married to manga artist Hikaru Nakamura for an undetermined amount of time. They have a daughter. During the 484th episode of Dear Girl: Stories, <mask> only confirmed himself to be the person in the photo with the child, but he has never revealed the marriage allegations. Filmography

Animated series
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! Title
! Role
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|rowspan="2"| 1992
| Kiteretsu Daihyakka
| Akihiko Nonoka
| second voice
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| Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai
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| 1993
| Aoki Densetsu Shoot! |
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|rowspan="2"| 1994
| Marmalade Boy
| Ginta's Friend
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| Chibi Maruko-chan
| Hiroshi Takeda
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|rowspan="2"| 1995
| Captain Tsubasa J
| Hanji Urabe
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| Magical Girl Pretty Sammy
| Makoto Mizushina
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|rowspan="3"| 1996
| Dragon Ball GT
| Poberu [Pan's Date]  Ronge
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| Slayers Next
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| Magical Project S
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| 1997
| Cho Mashin Hero Wataru
| Boy
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|rowspan="5"| 1998
| Android Ana Maico 2010
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| DT Eightron
| Ryou/ Karuno
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| Trigun
| Zazie the Beast
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| Sorcerous Stabber Orphen
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| Yu-Gi-Oh! | Officer
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| 1998–99
| Master Keaton
| Shinsuke Funase
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|rowspan="3"| 1999
| Corrector Yui
| Takashi Fuji
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| Jibaku-kun
| Kai
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| Super B-Daman
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|rowspan="6"| 2001
| Super GALS! Kotobuki Ran
| Rei Otohata
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| The Family's Defensive Alliance
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| Noir
| Dominic
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| Beyblade
| Sanguinex
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| Gundam Evolve
| Hiden
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| Offside
| Katsuhiko Ibino
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|rowspan="8"| 2002
| Atashin'chi
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| Kanon
| Kuze
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| Digimon Frontier
| Koji Minamoto
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| Baby Baachan
| Eiki Jinguuji
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| Mirage of Blaze
| Kojirou Date
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| Generation of Chaos Next
| Lifile
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| I'll/CKBC
| Hiiragi Hitonari
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| Mirmo Zibang
| Takumi Kiryuu
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| 2002–08
| Saint Seiya Hades: Chapter Inferno
| Lyra Orphee
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| rowspan="8" |2003
| Ultra Maniac
| Tetsushi Kaji
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|One Piece
|Eddy
|Ep. 146
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| L/R: Licensed by Royalty
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| Zatch Bell! | Eita Kobozuka
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| Green Green
| Kenichi Hotta
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| Beyblade G-Revolution
| Garland Siebald
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| Tank Knights Portriss
| Dua Carry
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| Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation
| Hiromi
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| 2003–04
| Mirmo!|
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| 2003
| Sonic X
| member of team S
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|rowspan="15| 2004
| Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
| John
| Ep. 1
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| Superior Defender Gundam Force
| Captain Gundam
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| Gantz
| Masanobu Hojou
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| Kita e
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| Desert Punk
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| Tsukuyomi -Moon Phase-
| Kohei Morioka
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| Hamtaro
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| Ep. 182
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| Phoenix
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| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
| Yashinomi Man
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| Monkey Turn
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| Ring ni Kakero
| Takeshi Kawai
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| Rockman.EXE Stream
| Narcy Hide
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| Burn-Up Scramble
| Wonderful person
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| Diamond Daydreams
| Minoru Jinguuji
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| Samurai Gun
| Hebizo
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| rowspan="6" | 2005
| The Law of Ueki
| Mario
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| Gunparade March
| Nakatoshi Iwasaki
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| Canvas 2: Niji Iro no Sketch
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| Cluster Edge
| Rhodo Chrosite
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| Damekko Dōbutsu
| Peganosuke
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| Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
| Kiefer
| Ep. 16
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| 2005–06
| Honey and Clover
| Yūta Takemoto
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| rowspan="2" | 2005
| Pani Poni Dash! | Tsurugi Inugami, Lord Cat
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| Battle B-Daman
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| 2005–06
| Play Ball
| Aiki
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| 2005
| Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu
| Kunihiro Suizenji
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| rowspan="2" | 2006
| Ergo Proxy
| Security Bureau employee
| Ep. 2
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| Gakuen Heaven
| Kaoru Saionji
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| 2006–09
| Sgt. Frog
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| rowspan="5" | 2006
| Zegapain
| Hayase
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| Crash B-Daman
| Teruma Kamioka
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| Fate/stay night
| Shinji Matō
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| Princess Princess
| Shūya Arisada
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| Rockman.EXE Beast
| Narcy Hide
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| 2006–07
| The Galaxy Railways: Crossroads to Eternity
| Klaus Von Meinster
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| rowspan="2" | 2006
| Ring ni Kakero 1: Nichibei Keisen Hen
| Takeshi Kawai
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| Fist of the Blue Sky
| Peter
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| rowspan="3" | 2007
| El Cazador de la Bruja
| Okama A
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| Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula
| Masahito Oghuro
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| Sakura Taisen: New York NY.| Tutankamon
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| 2007–08
| Mobile Suit Gundam 00
| Tieria Erde
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| 2007
| Gintama
| Robot 502
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| 2007–08
| Code-E
| Adol Brinberg
| second season titled Misson-E
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| 2007–09
| Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei
| Nozomu Itoshiki, Mikoto Itoshiki, Kouji Kumeta
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| rowspan="8" | 2007
| Shion no Ō
| Kobayashi
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| Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica
| Phoron Tatara
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| Digimon Data Squad
| Craniamon
| Ep. | Hiroomi Sōma
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| rowspan="11" | 2010
| Angel Beats! | Yuzuru Otonashi
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|Durarara!! |Izaya Orihara
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| Arakawa Under the Bridge
| Kou Ichinomiya
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| Uragiri wa Boku no Namae o Shitteiru
| Kuroto Hourai
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| HeartCatch PreCure! | Hideo Saitani
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| Togainu no Chi
| Yukihito
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| Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan
| Senba
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| Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge
| Kou Ichinomiya
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| The Animal Conference on the Environment
| Dr. Rabi the Rabbit
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| Kacho No Koi
| Yukio Kumagai
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| Ring ni Kakero 1: Shadow
| Takeshi kawai
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| rowspan="12" | 2011
| Starry Sky
| Miyaji Ryunosuke
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| Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san
| Beelzebub
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| Blue Exorcist
| Mephisto Pheles
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| Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi
| Yuu Yanase
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| Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai! | Yamato Naoe
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| Dragon Crisis! | Ittetsu Takeda
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| Kamigami no Asobi
| Baldr Hringhorni
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| Captain Earth
| Arashi Teppei
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| Broken Blade
| Zess
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| Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life
| Darth Wooser
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| Hero Bank
| Nagare Amano
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| Ace of Diamond
| Shunpei Sanada
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| Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
| Shinji Matō
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| Re: Hamatora
| Art
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| Space Dandy
| Johnny
| Ep.20
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| Sword Art Online II
| Zexceed/Shigemura Tamotsu
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| Zephyr
| Kal
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| Attack on Titan: No Regrets
| Levi Ackerman
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| The Seven Deadly Sins
| Helbram (Fairy form)
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| Tsukimonogatari
| Koyomi Araragi
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| rowspan="10" | 2015
| Durarara! !x2
| Izaya Orihara
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| Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! | Kinshirō Kusatsu
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| Ultimate Otaku Teacher
| Junichirō Kagami
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| Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold
| Garmr Útgarðar
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| Prison School
| Kiyoshi Fujino
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| Noragami Aragoto
| Yato
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| Owarimonogatari
| Koyomi Araragi, Seishirō Shishirui
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| Mr. Osomatsu
| Choromatsu Matsuno
| 2nd and 3rd season in 2017 & 2020
|
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| Seiyu's Life! | Hiroshi <mask> (as himself)
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| Attack on Titan: Junior High
| Levi Ackerman
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| rowspan="6" | 2016
| Bungo Stray

masks: Kamiya Kamiya Kamiya


type: original

texts:
 Dogs
| Edogawa Ranpo
| 2nd season in 2019
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| Crayon Shin-chan
| Buriburizaemon
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| The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
| Kusuo Saiki
| 2nd season and Reawakened in 2018 & 2019
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|My Hero Academia
|Kojiro Bondo
|2nd season onwards. | Edogawa Ranpo
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| SSSS.Dynazenon
| Jyuga
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| Backflip!! | Kōtarō Watari
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| Fruits Basket: The Final
| God
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|  The Duke of Death and His Maid
| Zain
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| Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan
| Uramichi Omota
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| Pokémon Journeys: The Series
| Tsurugi
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| Bonobono
| Rosshi
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|  Tesla Note
| Oliver Thornton
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| Sakugan
| DJK
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| Kaginado
| Yuzuru Otonashi
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| 2022
| Urusei Yatsura
| Ataru Moroboshi
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|}

Anime films

Live-action films

Tokusatsu

Video games
2013
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle as Rohan Kishibe
2015
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven as Rohan Kishibe
2017
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia as Clive
Granblue Fantasy as Levi (collaboration event)
2016
Dragon Quest Heroes II as Terry
2021
Onmyoji as Taishakuten
Identity V as Joseph Desaulnier
2022
Granblue Fantasy: Relink as Rolan
Unknown date
.hack//G.U. as Arena Commentator
Black Rock Shooter as LLWO (Ririo)
Black/Matrix AD (Advanced) as Abel
Black/Matrix 00
Black/Matrix 2 as Reiji
Brothers Conflict: Passion Pink as Juli
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence as Joachim Armster
Castlevania Judgment as Aeon
Dear My Sun!!Dear Girl: Stories Hibiki - Hibiki Tokkun Daisakusen! Dokidoki Pretty League
Dragon Quest: Heroes as Terry
Drastic Killer
Fate/Extra as Shinji Matō
Fate/stay night Réalta Nua as Shinji Matō
Fate/tiger colosseum as Shinji Matō
Favorite Dear as Ryudrall Allgreen
Final Fantasy Type-0 as Machina Kunagiri
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD as Machina Kunagiri
Final Fantasy X as Gatta, other minor characters
Final Promise Story as Wolf
Gakuen Heaven Boy's Love Scramble! Type B
Gakuen Heaven Okawari! Generation of Chaos Next
Genso Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki as Protagonist
Green Green
Gum Kare! as Kiryu Takayuki
Street Gears as Rookie
Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Masou Kishin II Revelation of Evil God as Eran Xenosakis
Super Robot Wars series as Tieria Erde, Mikhail "Michel" Blanc
Tales of Hearts as Chalcedony Arcome
Tales of Hearts R as Chalcedony Arcome
The Robot Tsukurōse! Togainu no Chi as Yukihito
Tokyo Babel as Setsuna Tendō
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria as Dallas, Kraad, Roland, Seluvia, Xehnon and Masato
Valkyria Chronicles II as Zeri
Venus & Braves
VitaminZ as Ruriya Tendo
Warriors Orochi as Azai Nagamasa
Xenosaga (I, II and III) as Canaan

Drama CD

Ai de Kitsuku Shibaritai ~Koi Yori Hageshiku~ as Ushio Igarashi
Attack On Titan Cleaning Battle as Levi
Barajou No Kiss as Mitsuru Tenjou
Hakushaku to Yōsei as Paul Ferman
Hana to Akuma as Vivi
I Love Pet! vol.4 as Lop Ear - Sora
Karneval as Gareki
Kiss x Kiss vol 09: Tsundere Kiss as Togari Sakuya
Me & My Brothers as Takashi Miyashita
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Another Story: Mission-2306 as Tieria Erde
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Another Story: Road to 2307 as Tieria Erde
Mousou Kareshi (Pet) Series: Do M na Petto-kun as Makoto
Natsume Yūjin Chō as Takashi Natsume
S.L.H Stray Love Hearts! as Minemitsu Yamashina
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor as Naoya
Shirokuma Cafe as Penguin
Shitsuji-sama no Okiniiri as Iori Douke
Watashi ga Motete Dousunda as Hayato Shinomiya

Boys love CDs

 Abareru Inu as Yuuji Tanimoto
 Ai de Kitsuku Shibaritai: Koi Yori Hageshiku as Ushio Igarashi
 Ai Kamoshirenai: Yamada Yugi Bamboo Selection CD 2 as Yanagi
 Ai to Jingi ni Ikiru no sa as Seiji Shinkai
 Benriya-san as Aki Kirigaya
 blanc as Hikaru Kusakabe
 Doukyusei as Hikaru Kusakabe
 Eden wo Toukuhanarete 2 -Ryokuin no Rakuen-
 Eden wo Toukuhanarete 3 -Setsunai Yoru no Rakuen-  as Tadanao Takahashi
 Egoist no Junai as Yukihito Hanamoto
 Gakuen Heaven: Mirai wa Kimi no Mono as Kaoru Saionji
 Gakuen Heaven: Tsuyokina Ninensei as Kaoru Saionji
 Gakuen Heaven: Welcome to Heaven! as Kaoru Saionji
 Gakuen Heaven: Happy Paradise as Kaoru Saionji
 Hanaōgi: Zabuton 2
 Hitorijime Theory as Wakamiya
  Isso mou, Kudokitai! as Mikuni
  Kachou no Koi as Yukio Kumagai
 Kakehiki no Recipe as Masato Aihara
  Kamisama no Ude no Naka as Ginger
  Kannou Shousetsuka wa Hatsujou-chuu♡   as Wakaba Miyano
  Kannou Shousetsuka wo Choukyou-chuu♡ as Wakaba Miyano
 Kawaii Hito as Tomohiro Ikeuchi
 Kayashima shi no Yuugana Seikatsu as Koizumi
 Kishidou Club as Yuuki Sawamura
 Kodomo no Hitomi (Misaki Kashiwabara)
 Koi dorobou o Sagase! as Mikari Kasugano
 Koi no Shizuku as Hajime Kikusui
 Koi ni Inochi o Kakeru no sa as Seiji Shinkai
 Kotonoha no Hana Series 1: Kotonoha no hana as Kazuaki Yomura
 Kotonoha no Hana Series 2: Kotonoha no sekai as Kazuyo Akimura (fortune-teller)
 Kotonoha no Hana Series 1.5: Kotonoha Biyori as Kazuaki Yomura
 Kowakare: Zabuton  3
 Kuroi Ryuu wa Nido Chikau as Rashuri
 Migatte na Karyuudo as Satoshi Takase
 Milk Crown no Tameiki as Mitsuru Uchikawa
 Mimi o Sumaseba Kasukana Umi as Shoi Oosawa
 Missing Road: Sekai wo Koete Kimi o Yobu as Alandis
 N Dai Fuzoku Byōin Series 2 as Masahiko Sudo
 O.B. as Hikaru Kusakabe
  Osana na Jimi as Mitsuo Izawa
 Ouji-sama Lv 2
 Pretty Babies 1 & 2 as Kanata Fujino
 Rakuen no Uta 1 & 2 as Nachi Sasamoto
 Reload as Satoshi Jingu
 Renai Kyotei Nukegake Nashi! as Igarashi Masami
 Renai Sousa 1 & 2 as Kousuke Shiki
 S as Masaki Shiiba
 S - Kamiato - as Masaki Shiiba
 S - Rekka - as Masaki Shiiba
 S - Zankou - as Masaki Shiiba
 Saihate no Kimi e as Masaya
 Sanbyaku nen no Koi no Hate as Kon
  Seikanji Series Vol.1. Kono Tsumibukaki Yoru ni
  Seikanji Series Vol. 2. Yogoto Mitsu wa Shitatarite as Fuyuki Seikanji
  Seikanji Series vol. 3. Setsunasa wa Yoru no Biyaku
  Seikanji Series Vol. 4.Tsumi no Shitone mo Nureru Yoru as Fuyuki Seikanji
  Seikanji Series Vol. 6. Owari Naki Yorunohate
 Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 1: Onodera Ritsu no Baai + Yoshino Chiaki no Baai as Yuu Yanase
 Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 2: Yoshino Chiaki no Baai + Onodera Ritsu no Baai as Yuu Yanase
 Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 3: Onodera Ritsu no Baai + Yoshino Chiaki no Baai as Yuu Yanase
 Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 4: Yoshino Chiaki no Baai + Onodera Ritsu no Baai as Yuu Yanase
 Sentimental Garden Lover as Hiro
 Sex Pistols 3 as Shima
  Shinayakana Netsujou Series 1. Shinayakana Netsujou as Omi Koyama
  Shinayakana Netsujou Series 1.5 Sarasara as Omi Koyama
  Shinayakana Netsujou Series 2. Himeya ka na Junjo as Omi Koyama
  Shinayakana Netsujou Series 3. Azayakana Renjo as Omi Koyama
  Shinayakana Netsujou Series 4. Yasuraka na Yoru no tame no Guwa as Omi Koyama
  Shinayakana Netsujou Series 5.Hanayakana Aijo as Omi Koyama
  Shinayakana Netsujou Series 6. Taoyakana Shinjo as Omi Koyama
  Shinayakana Netsujou Bangaihen - Papillon de Chocolat
 Shounen Yonkei
 Slavers Series 2: Slaver's Lover Zenpen as Yoshihiro Hayase
 Slavers Series 3: Slaver's Lover Kouhen as Yoshihiro Hayase
 Slavers Series 4: Freezing Eye as Yoshihiro Hayase
 Sokubaku no Aria as Shiki Fujimoto
 Sono Yubi Dake ga Shitte Iru 2: Hidarite wa Kare no Yume o Miru as Masanobu Asaka
 Sono Yubi Dake ga Shitte Iru 3: Kusuri Yubi wa Chinmoku Suru as Masanobu Asaka
 Sora to Hara as Hikaru Kusakabe
 Sotsugyousei  as Hikaru Kusakabe
 Steal! Series  as Takayuki Kiryuu
 Steal! Series 1: 1st Mission as Takayuki Kiryuu
 Steal! Series 2: 2nd Mission as Takayuki Kiryuu
 Steal! Series 3 part 1: Koisuru Valentine as Takayuki Kiryuu
 Steal! Series 3 part 2: Aisare White Day as Takayuki Kiryuu
 Subete wa Kono Yoru ni as Satoru Kaji
 Super Lovers as Kaidou Ren
 Tsumi no Shitone mo Nureru Yoru as Seikanji Fuyuki
 Unison as Shuiichi Nagase
 Utsukushii Hito as Riku Kotani
 VIP as Kazutaka Yugi
 VIP: Toge as Kazutaka Yugi
 VIP: Kowaku as Kazutaka Yugi
 Zabuton

Dubbing

Live-action
Josh Hutcherson
The Hunger Games – Peeta Mellark
The


texts:
 Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Peeta Mellark
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – Peeta Mellark
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 – Peeta Mellark
2 Days in the Valley – Allan Hopper (Greg Cruttwell)
Aaron Stone – S.T.A.N.(J. P. Manoux)
Alita: Battle Angel – Zapan (Ed Skrein)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg)
Below the Surface – Philip Nørgaard (Johannes Lassen)
Detective Chinatown 3 – Qin Feng (Liu Haoran)
F9 – Otto (Thue Ersted Rasmussen)
Flatliners – Ray (Diego Luna)
Genius – Young Pablo Picasso
It Chapter Two – Adult Eddie Kaspbrak (James Ransone)
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons – Prince Important (Show Lo)
Justice League – Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg)
Killing Eve – Aaron Peel (Henry Lloyd-Hughes)
Pee Mak – Aey
Running Wild with Bear Grylls – Bobby Bones
Shark Lake – Peter Mayes (Michael Aaron Milligan)
Zack Snyder's Justice League – Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg)

Animation
Clifford the Big Red Dog – T-Bone

Character song CD

Attack on Titan - "Dark Side Of The Moon"
Bungo Stray Dogs - "Labyrinth Deciphering Game"
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! - "Never Know"
Dear My Sun!! - "Metamorphose"
Digimon Frontier - "In the Blue"
Digimon Frontier - "More More Happy Christmas"
Durarara!! - "Subarashii Hibi (Wonderful Days)"
Durarara!! - "Katte ni Shiyagare (Whatever You Like)"
Favorite Dear - "Mirai no Tameni"
Gakuen Heaven - "Little Wish"
Gakuen Heaven - "Share the Future"
Gakuen Heaven - "Walk Up!" Green Green - "Ondō ~Sōchō Solo Ver.~"
Hakushaku to Yōsei - "Shining Rose"
Kamigami no Asobi - "I Bless You"
Karneval - "Reach for the sky"
Kuroko's Basketball - FINAL EMPEROR
Kuroko's Basketball - DOUBLE CORE
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - "Idea"
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - "Elephant"
Monochrome Factor - "Awake ~Boku no Subete~"
Monochrome Factor - "The World of Tomorrow"
Natsume Yūjin Chō - "Atatakai Basho"
Noragami - "Tsukiyo no Fune"
Lxion Saga DT - "Stand Up ED"
One Piece - "Dr. Heart Stealer"
One Piece - "Lost in Shinsekai"
One Piece - "Headliners"
Pani Poni Dash! - "Nikukyū Bochō"
Ring ni Kakero - "Ibara no Senritsu ~Melody~"
Samurai Warriors - "Tokoshie Ni Saku Hana (A Flower That Blooms Eternally)"
Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei - "Happy Nanchara"
Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei - "Zesshō"
Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei - "Kurayami Shinjuu Soushisouai"
Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica - "Way to Go"
Starry Sky - "Shoot High"
Ultra Maniac - "Boku dake no..."
Working!!- "Heart no Edge ni Idomō (Go to Heart Edge)"
Working! !2 - "Itsumo you ni Love & Peace"
"Working! !3" - "Matsuge ni Lock"
Zoku Natsume Yūjin Chō - "Ayumiyoru Yuuki"

Discography

Mini albums
  (2009)
  (2013)
  (2014)
  (2015)
  (2015)
  (2016)
 TOY BOX (2018)
 CUE (2019)
 TP (2020)
 BRAND NEW WAY (2021)

Albums
  (2011)

Singles
 "For Myself" (2010)
  (2011)
 "Such a Beautiful Affair" (2012)
 "START AGAIN" (2014)
 "Danger Heaven?" (2016)
  (2017)
(2017)

Live performances
Kiramune Music Festival 2009
Kiramune Music Festival 2010
Kiramune Music Festival 2012
Kiramune Music Festival 2013
Kiramune Music Festival 2014
Kiramune Music Festival 2015
Hiroshi <mask> ~First Live~
Kiramune Music Festival 2016
DGS EXPO 2016
 Hiroshi Kamiya Live 2016 “LIVE THEATER”
Kiramune Music Festival 2017
KAmiYU in Wonderland 4 2018
Kiramune Music Festival 2018
DGS vs MOB Live Survive 2018
Hiroshi Kamiya LIVE TOUR “SUNNY BOX” 2021

References

External links

 <mask> <mask> at Ryu's Seiyuu Info
 <mask> <mask>  at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database
 <mask> <mask> Doi's Seiyuu Database

1975 births
Living people
Aoni Production voice actors
Best Actor Seiyu Award winners
Japanese male pop singers
Japanese male video game actors
Japanese male voice actors
Lantis (company) artists
Male voice actors from Chiba Prefecture
Musicians from Chiba Prefecture
20th-century Japanese male actors
21st-century Japanese male actors
21st-century Japanese singers
21st-century Japanese male

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Sayyid ul Sadaat Khwaja Sayyid Mir Khawand Mahmud ibn Sharif Naqshbandi al-Hasani wal-Husseini, known as <mask> (1563 — 5 November 1642) was a Sufi Saint from Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Ancestry
<mask> was a Sayyid, signifying his direct descent from the Islamic prophet Muhammad (in this case through his daughter Fatima al Zahra and his son in law and cousin Ali ibn Abu Talib). Paternal descendance
Two paternal Sayyid lineages of him are currently known. From one line he is a direct descendant of the seventh Imam Musa al Kadhim, through his son Ibrahim al Murtadha and of the well known Sufi master Khwaja Sayyid Mir Alauddin Atar. Sayyid Alauddin Atar was the successor and son in law of <mask>. Therefore, <mask> is also from the progeny of <mask>, who was himself a descendant of the eleventh Imam Hasan al Askari, through his son Sayyid Ali Akbar. <mask> is also known to have a familiary relationship with the Sufi saint Farid ul-din Attar and Khwaja Ubaidullah Ahrar.Khwaja Ahrar was his ancestor, which also indicates <mask> Ishaans descent from Caliph Umar ibn Al Khattab

Maternal descendance
From his maternal line <mask> <mask> is of Hashimi descent from two lines. One line is linked to Imam Hussein though his maternal grandfather Mirak ibn Zayn ul Abideen. Another line is linked to Imam Muhammad Ibn al Hanafiyyah. Biography

Family
<mask> <mask> was the second son of Khwaja Sayyid Mir Sharif Naqshbandi. His older brother was Khwaja Khawand Muhammad Naqshbandi, known as Khwaja Khawand Aftab, who also was a saint. <mask> <mask> had issued 5 daughters and 6 sons, who are all regarded as saints. Lineage

Registered lineages of him to Muhammad, that are currently known are the following two:

1.Muhammad

2. Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatima Al Zahra

3. Imam Hussain

4. Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin

5. Imam Muhammad al Baqir

6. Imam Ja'far al-Sâdiq

7. Imam Musa al-Kazim

8.Imam Ali al Reza

9. Imam Muhammad al Taqi

10. Imam Ali al Hadi

11. Imam Hasan al-Askari

12. Mir Sayyid Ali Akbar

13. Sayyid Mir Mahmud Fakhriddin

14. Amir Sayyid Mir Muhyuddin

15.Amir Sayyid Mir Khalwati

16. Amir Sayyid Mir Naqi Naqib

17. Sayyid Mir Ilaq

18. Sayyid Mir Mahmud

19. Sayyid Mir Burhan Qilchy

20. Sayyid Mir Shaaban

21. Sayyid Mir Qasim

22.Sayyid Mir Zayn ul Abedin

23. Sayyid Mir Abdullah

24. Sayyid Mir Burhanuddin Qilchy

25. Amir Sayyid Mir Jalalludin Muhammad Bukhari

26. Amir Sayyid Muhammad Bukhari

27. <mask> Khwaja Sayyid Mir Bahauddin Naqshband

28. Shahe Naqshband´s daughter and her husband Khwaja Sayyid Mir Alauddin Attar

29.<mask> Khwaja Sayyid Mir Hussain Atar Bukhari

30. <mask> Khwaja Sayyid Mir Tajuddin Hussain

31. <mask> Khwaja Sayyid Mir Muhammad

32. <mask> Khwaja Sayyid Mir Zia ul Din

33. <mask> Khwaja Sayyid Mir Sharif

34. <mask> Khwaja Sayyid Mir Khawand Mahmud, also known as <mask> <mask>

1. Muhammad

2.Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatima Al Zahra

3. Imam Hussain

4. Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin

5. Imam Muhammad al Baqir

6. Imam Ja'far al-Sâdiq

7. Imam Musa al-Kazim

8. Sayyid Mir Ibrahim

9.Sayyid Mir Abu Bakr al-Kabir

10. Sayyid Mir Abdul-Haq

11. Sayyid Mir Jafar

12. Sayyid Mir Muhammad Rumi

13. Sayyid Mir Abdullah

14. Sayyid Mir Musa

15. Sayyid Mir Hussein

16.Sayyid Mir Qasim

17. Sayyid Mir Abu Bakr Reza

18. Sayyid Mir Abdullah Zarbakhsh

19. Sayyid Mir Muhammad Khwarezmi

20. Khwaja Alauddin Attar

21. <mask> Khwaja Sayyid Mir Hussain Atar Bukhari

22. <mask> Khwaja Sayyid Mir Tajuddin Hussain

23.<mask> Khwaja Sayyid Mir Muhammad

24. <mask> Khwaja Sayyid Mir Zia ul Din

25. <mask> Khwaja Sayyid Mir Sharif

26. <mask> Khwaja Sayyid Mir Khawand Mahmud, also known as <mask> Ishaan

The significance of his lineage is an evidence for descendants of Imam Hasan al-Askari. Spiritual journey
<mask> <mask> was influenced by his ancestors´ teachings and was therefore a disciple of his father. Hazat <mask> was granted permission from his father to study in a royal college and had become an accomplished scholar. In the age of 23 years <mask> <mask> Shah Saheb has received a letter to visit his father and to accompany him in his last days.Upon his father, passing away, he abandoned further studies and concentrated on the mystical quest. In this he first left to Wakhsh, where he became Shaykh ul Islam, performing his duties there. While staying in Wakhsh, he got to know Khwaja Hajji. They have met a second time in Balkh, where Khwaja Hajji has introduced him to his future master Khwaja Ishaq Dahbidi and has become his disciple. He met him the second time in Bokhara and has become his disciple. After twelve years of spiritual training <mask> <mask> Saheb has reached the level of a Shaykh in Tasawuff in year 1598. Khwaja Ishaq Wali has welcomed him in his circle as the emperor of all Awliya Allah.On the order of Khwaja Ishaq Wali <mask> <mask> Saheb went to Lahore to propagate the Ishaqqiya path. Instead he went to Srinagar in Kashmir. In Srinagar he attracted many people, who have later followed him. The fame of his piety has reached many areas of Central Asia. Hundreds of thousands of disciples in Khorasan, modern-day Afghanistan, especially in the cities of Kandahar, Kabul and Herat, followed him. He has sent disciples in all over Central Asia under, whom 2 have been sent to Tibet. Unlike other Naqshbandi Masters he attracted many people, who were not only official patronages.<mask> Khwaja Khawand Mahmud was invited by the Moghul Emperor Jahangir to go to his court in Agra. Going there several times, he was able to create firm connections to the court, because Jahangir was his disciple. Jahangir firmly believed in him, being taught by his father Akbar that he was born through <mask> Ishaan´s prayers, when Akbar desperately wished to have a child. Becoming entangled in the struggle against the Shia community there, Moghul emperor Shah Jahan evacuated him in year 1636 to Delhi. <mask> <mask> spent his last six years in Lahore, where he Shah Jahan has built a Palace for him, that later became his mausoleum. Succession
<mask> <mask> was succeeded by his son Moinuddin Naqshabnd in Kashmir. His youngest son Bahauddin succeeded his father in Lahore in a very young age.His spiritual line died out in the late eighteenth century. <mask> <mask> has stated that one of his progeny will come to revive his lineage and to take his place as Ghawth. It has been found, that <mask> Sayyid Mir Jan is this person, who is his successor in the Uwaisiyyah way. Spiritual rank
<mask> <mask> was Qutb the highest ranking Wali Allah (saint) of his time. In Sufism the Qutb is known as the cosmic leader of the whole universe and righteous successor of Muhammad. It is said that <mask> <mask> stated that under his progeny there will come a son of him, who will revive the spiritual lineage and legacy of <mask> <mask> and who will take his place as Qutb after him. His miraculous and prophesied successor is Sayyid ul Sadaat <mask> Sayyid Mir Jan.

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See also
Abdul Qadir Jilani
Sultan Sadaat Sayyid Ali Akbar
Ali Hujwiri
Bahauddin Naqshband
Moinuddin Chishti
<mask> <mask> (Title)
Ziyarat Naqshband Sahab
Moinuddin Hadi Naqshband
Sayyid Mir Jan
Sayyid Mahmud Agha

External links
www.hazrat-ishaan.com

References

17th-century Muslim scholars of Islam
Family of Muhammad
Hashemite people
Sufi religious leaders
Sufi saints
Naqshbandi order
Sufi mystics
Muslim mystics
1563 births
1642 deaths
People of Arab descent

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<mask> (楊業) or <mask> (楊繼業) (died August 986), named Liu Jiye (劉繼業) before 979 and <mask>i (楊重貴) in his youth, was a military general in imperial China, serving first the Northern Han state during the last years of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and later the Song Dynasty which annexed Northern Han in 979. While at Northern Han, he took on the surname "Liu", having been adopted by Northern Han's founding emperor Liu Chong as a grandson. After pledging allegiance to Emperor Taizong of Song, he was stationed at Song's northern border with the Khitan-ruled Liao Dynasty, where, in 980, he played an instrumental role in expelling a major Liao invasion in Yanmen Pass. Early life
<mask>i was born in a military family. Growing up, his father <mask> (楊信) was named the Linzhou (麟州; modern Shenmu County, Shaanxi) prefect (刺史) during the Later Han (947–951). At a young age, <mask>i was a very good horse archer, always returning with several times more game than others on hunting trips. He used dogs and falcons to hunt and saw it as a way to prepare for a career commanding soldiers as a military general.Career under Northern Han
In his 20s, he joined warlord Liu Chong (Liu Min), quickly becoming a chief director of defense (保衛指揮使) after Liu established the Northern Han state in Jinyang (晉陽; modern Taiyuan, Shanxi) in 951. <mask> showed enough gallantry in battles, some against the neighboring Khitan-ruled Liao Dynasty, for the new ruler to bestow the youngster the name Liu Jiye so that they share the same surname. In 968, Northern Han was attacked by the Song Dynasty, and its 4th ruler Liu Jiyuan sought help from Liao, but Liu Jiye suggested attacking Liao's unsuspecting reinforcement to capture their horses: "The Khitans are greedy and untrustworthy, they will definitely invade our country one day." Liu Jiyuan refused the proposal, and eventually the Song forces withdrew. Liu Jiye was already the Jianxiong Command (建雄軍) military governor when the Song forces invaded again in 979. With Emperor Taizong of Song personally leading the troops, Song forces quickly reached Jinyang. Liu Jiyuan came out to surrender, but Liu Jiye continued fighting and defending the capital city.Impressed by his bravery, Emperor Taizong ordered Liu Jiyuan to persuade him to surrender. Having received Liu Jiyuan's message, Liu Jiye cried and bowed to the north, then took off his armor to surrender. A pleased Emperor Taizong rewarded him very well, and he changed his name to <mask>. Career under Song
Knowing <mask>'s experience in defending the same area from the Liao Dynasty, Emperor Taizong named <mask> prefect over Daizhou on the frontier and the armed force director (兵馬部署) of the neighboring Sanjiao (三交) military base. Previously <mask> was also named a defense commissioner (防禦使). <mask> was illiterate but knew military strategies well. He would join his soldiers in military exercises, enduring the same hardship as his inferiors.Winters were very frigid in the area, but <mask> never asked anyone to start a fire for him as he handled military matters outdoors. His soldiers were very loyal to him. In 980, the Liao invasion started with roughly 100,000 Liao soldiers arriving before Yanmen, a pass on the Great Wall in Dai Prefecture and a strategic choke point. After the arrival of Song army commander Pan Mei in Daizhou, <mask> and a few hundred cavalrymen took a difficult route on the west, arriving at the north and back of the enemy. As Pan and <mask> attacked from both directions, the Liao army suffered a catastrophic defeat: Liao general Li Chonghui (李重誨) was captured; while Emperor Jingzong of Liao's brother-in-law and military governor Xiao Chuoli (蕭啜裏) was killed. Song forces acquired countless horses, saddles, and armor. Following this battle, the Liao army would "retreat immediately whenever they saw [<mask>] <mask>'s flag", according to History of Song.Within two years of his surrender, <mask> was promoted to the nominal post of surveillance commissioner (觀察使) of Yunzhou (雲州, modern Datong, Shanxi, then still under Liao control), while retaining his appointments in Daizhou and the Sanjiao military base. Several Song border generals became jealous. Some sent letters to Emperor Taizong listing <mask>'s shortcomings. Emperor Taizong allegedly forwarded the letters to <mask> to show his trust. Death
In 986, the Song armies embarked on a large-scale northern campaign to take the Sixteen Prefectures from Liao. One of the three forces was led by Pan Mei, assisted by <mask>, along with military supervisors Wang Shen (王侁) and Liu Wenyu (劉文裕). In a little over a month, this force had already conquered 4 of the 16 prefectures, namely Huanzhou (寰州, part of modern Shuozhou, Shanxi), Shuozhou, Yingzhou (應州; modern Ying County, Shanxi) and Yunzhou, killing thousands of Liao soldiers.<mask>'s son <mask> (<mask>) was the vanguard general in the attacks of Shuozhou and Yingzhou. Elsewhere, Gao Hua (高化), a capable subordinate general whom <mask> valued and promoted, captured Liao general Dapengyi (大鵬翼). However, another Song force on the east led by Cao Bin was destroyed by a Liao force led by <mask> Xiuge, and tens of thousands of Song soldiers perished. As the Liao force with over 100,000 soldiers marched westward, Pan and <mask> were in Daizhou and received orders to help the civilians of the four conquered prefectures retreat back to Song territory. When Huanzhou fell to the Liao army, <mask> told Pan, "Liao forces are strong and we must not fight them." He proposed a detailed plan to maximize the safety of the civilians from the 3 remaining prefectures. Per this plan, the Yunzhou civilians would leave first.The main Song force would advance from Daizhou to Yingzhou, drawing the main Liao force, thus allowing the Shuozhou civilians to leave and move to a valley called Shijiegu (石碣谷), which could be defended by a thousand soldiers with arrows. Finally a cavalry reinforcement would help the main Song force retrieve the Yingzhou civilians. The generals defending Shuozhou and Yunzhou would be notified of the plan to coordinate activities. Wang Shen refuted his suggestion, jeering, "Such cowardice despite having tens of thousands of strong soldiers!" With the support of Liu Wenyu, he insisted that <mask> immediately take his troops to take the enemy head-on. <mask> reiterated his belief that such a move would bring defeat, which was met by Wang's rebuttal of "You sir have been called 'invincible', but today you are so hesitant in face of the enemy and reluctant to fight. Is your loyalty elsewhere?"<mask> had no choice but to reply, "I am not evading death, but this is a bad situation which would make soldiers die and injure in vain. However, since you accuse me for fearing death, I will be the first (to die) before you all." He pointed at the end of a valley called Chenjiagu (陳家谷, in modern Shuozhou): "Gentlemen, please put infantrymen with arrows on both sides of that place, so that they could attack from both directions and provide assistance in case I retreat there. Otherwise, the situation could be dire." Pan and Wang agreed, and led their men to the place. Liao general <mask> Xiezhen heard of <mask>'s arrival and set up an ambush. <mask> engaged the Liao force in a bloody battle and fought from noon to dusk until he indeed retreated to the end of Chenjiagu, but no Song soldier was there, as Pan and Wang had already left.As the enemy closed in, <mask>'s son <mask> (楊延玉) was killed, as was a 72-year-old subordinate Wang Gui (王貴) who continued fighting with his fists after exhausting all arrows. Seeing only around a hundred soldiers around him, <mask> told them, "You all have fathers, mothers, wives and children, no point in dying together with me. Return home and serve the emperor later." His men all cried, but nobody left. Liao soldiers were instructed to capture <mask> alive. Even with several dozen wounds on him, <mask> fought on, killing about a hundred enemy soldiers by himself. He was captured when his horse was gravely wounded by an arrow from Liao general <mask> Xidi.<mask> Xiezhen yelled, "You have been fighting with our country for over 30 years. What do you have to say today!" To which <mask> replied, "I deserve the death sentence." He allegedly sighed and said, "The emperor has treated me so kindly, expecting me to conquer the enemy and defend the borders in return. However, due to persecutions from treacherous officials, the royal troops have been defeated. How can I live on?" he suicided by smashing his head .As expected Yunzhou, Yingzhou and other prefectures were recaptured by the Liao army, but according to History of Liao, it was because Song generals "abandoned the cities and fled when they heard of (<mask>) Jiye's death". Aftermath
<mask>'s severed head was presented to the young Emperor Shengzong of Liao and his mother Empress Dowager Xiao Yanyan. This was such a great victory for the Liao, where Buddhism was the state religion, that Kailong Temple (開龍寺) in the capital Shangjing (上京, in today's Baarin Left Banner) conducted religious activities for a month and provided food for over 10,000 monks. In the Song Dynasty, the <mask> family was initially compensated only 100 rolls of silk, 100 rolls of textile and 10 stones of rice for <mask>'s death. In comparison, the family of a lesser general He Huaipu (賀懷浦) who also died in the same battle was compensated 100 rolls of silk, 100 strings of coins, 20 bottles of wine, and 15 sheep, indicating possible scapegoating against <mask>. What exactly happened afterwards is unclear, but a few months later Emperor Taizong proclaimed the following edict:

<mask>'s six surviving sons were also given official appointments, especially <mask>, who would become a prominent general himself. Invincible Yang Temple
Liao Dynasty had built an "Invincible Yang Temple" in Gubeikou shortly after his death.Its earliest mention was a 1055 poem "Passing Gubeikou's Invincible Yang Temple" (過古北口楊無敵廟) by Song politician Liu Chang (劉敞), who went to Liao on a mission that year. In a 1089 poem, "Gubeikou's Invincible Yang Temple" (古北口楊無敵廟), Su Zhe who was also visiting Liao, compared <mask> to the Jin Dynasty (266–420) general Zhou Chu who was similarly persecuted by his superior. This temple is still at the location today in Gubeikou, Miyun County, Beijing. In fiction

In the popular The Generals of the Yang Family legends, <mask> married She Saihua, a woman skilled in martial arts and archery. In most versions, his weapon is a poled golden glaive. The older <mask> is usually called <mask> (楊令公, literally "Commander Lord <mask>"). During the battle of Mount Twin Wolves, he was surrounded by enemies.His eldest three sons had already died and his fourth and fifth sons were missing. His sixth son <mask> asked the seventh son to seek aid while he tried to fight a way out for the father. Feeling hopeless, <mask> saw in a distance a headstone on the ground. The name on it was Li Ling, a famous Han Dynasty general who in 99BC was forced to lead an army of 5,000 to attack the 80,000-men strong Xiongnu army from the north. Fighting valiantly for over 10 days and killing over 10,000 Xiongnu soldiers, Li received no reinforcement and defected to his enemy in the end, resulting in the execution of his entire family back home. Refusing to become another Li Ling, <mask> decided to commit suicide by ramming his head on the stele. The Water Margin character, <mask>, is stated to be one of <mask>'s descendants, and <mask> is mentioned to have been one of the many generations to have wielded <mask>'s legendary sabre.Notes and references

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<mask> (born 28 May 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for  club Manchester City and the England national team. He is considered one of the best young players in the world. Foden's breakthrough into professional football came in 2017 when he won the FIFA U-17 World Cup Golden Ball award following England's successful Under-17 World Cup campaign. He made his debut for City during the same year and in December was named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year. Foden has since made over 100 appearances for the club, winning eight honours including becoming the youngest recipient of a Premier League winners' medal. In 2019, he won a second Premier League and became the club's youngest-ever goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League, and is the youngest English player to both start a match and score in the knockout stages of the competition. In 2021, he was named as the Premier League Young Player of the Season and the PFA Young Player of the Year.Foden has represented England at many youth levels, scoring 19 goals in 51 youth caps. He was first called up to the senior team on 25 August 2020 and made his debut against Iceland on 5 September 2020, in a 1–0 victory in the UEFA Nations League. Club career

Manchester City

Early career

Born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, Foden was a boyhood supporter of Manchester City. He joined the club at the age of four and signed his Academy scholarship in July 2016. He was privately educated at St Bede's College, with his tuition fees being paid for by Manchester City. On 6 December 2016, City head coach Pep Guardiola included Foden in the matchday squad for the Champions League group stage match with Celtic; he was an unused substitute in the 1–1 home draw. 2017–18 season
In July 2017, Foden was included in Manchester City's squad for the club's pre-season tour of the United States, where he performed impressively in a 0–2 loss to Manchester United and also started in a 4–1 win over Real Madrid.After making several appearances on the bench at the start of the 2017–18 season, Foden made his Manchester City debut on 21 November 2017 in a Champions League game against Feyenoord, coming on in the 75th minute for Yaya Touré. He became the fourth-youngest English player to make an appearance in the Champions League (17 years 177 days). On 6 December 2017, Foden broke the record previously held by Josh McEachran to become the youngest English player, at the age of 17 years and 192 days, to start in a UEFA Champions League match, doing so in a 2–1 defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk. He also became the first player born in the year 2000 to start a match in the competition. He made his Premier League debut as a substitute in a 4–1 win against Tottenham Hotspur on 16 December 2017, appearing in the 83rd minute for İlkay Gündoğan. Foden featured as a late substitute for Sergio Agüero in the EFL Cup Final on 25 February 2018, helping City secure a 3–0 victory against Arsenal at Wembley Stadium. The following month, he broke Kieran Richardson's record to become the youngest English player to start in a knockout-match in the Champions League, doing so at the age of 17 years and 283 days in a 4–0 win over Basel.On 13 May, he became the youngest ever player to receive a Premier League winners' medal. Guinness World Records recognised him for this feat in the 2020 edition of their book. 2018–19 season
Foden was part of City's starting line-up for the FA Community Shield on 5 August 2018, playing a total of 75 minutes as well as assisting Agüero's first goal of the game in a 2–0 victory over Chelsea at Wembley Stadium, marking Foden's third winners' medal of the calendar year. On 25 September 2018, he provided an assist to Riyad Mahrez and later scored his first senior goal in injury time to secure City a 3–0 away win against Oxford United in the third round of the EFL Cup. Foden scored his first home goal at the Etihad Stadium, netting the second for City during their 7–0 victory against Rotherham United in the third round of the FA Cup on 6 January 2019. Three days later, Foden was again on the scoresheet as he helped City defeat Burton Albion 9–0 in the first leg of the EFL Cup semi-finals. On 12 March 2019, Foden scored his first Champions League goal during the second leg of the last-16 tie against Schalke, as City won 7–0 (10–2 on aggregate).In doing so, he helped the club equal the record for the largest winning margin in the knockout phase of the competition. His goal also saw him become Man City's youngest-ever goalscorer in the Champions League and the youngest English goalscorer to score in the knock-out stages of the competition, aged 18 years and 288 days. At the start of the following month, he made his first league start for the club in a 2–0 win over Cardiff City, becoming the youngest English player to do so since Daniel Sturridge in 2008. After the match, City manager Pep Guardiola told media that he expected Foden to be an important Manchester City player "for the next decade". Foden scored his first Premier League goal on 20 April 2019, in a 1–0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur. Upon doing so, he became the third-youngest player to score for the club in the Premier League, after Micah Richards and Sturridge. Man City ended the season completing a domestic sweep of all trophies with Foden having an increasingly prominent role in the squad.2019–20 season
Foden began the 2019–20 season with his 7th honour, winning the FA Community Shield against Liverpool at Wembley Stadium on 4 August 2019. He scored in the penalty shoot-out which decided the victors. Six days later he made his first Premier League appearance of the season as Manchester City beat West Ham United 5–0 at the London Stadium. On 1 October 2019, Foden scored his first goal of the season in the UEFA Champions League, netting in a 2–0 win over Dinamo Zagreb on match-day 2 of the group stage. Foden created the second most big chances (6) in the UEFA Champions League group stage, only behind Lionel Messi (7). Foden made his first Premier League start of the season, on 15 December 2019, picking up an assist against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in a 3–0 victory for the citizens. On 1 March 2020, Foden started in the EFL Cup final and claimed his 6th major honour and his 8th career trophy as Man City won 2–1 against Aston Villa.He was also named man of the match, thereby becoming the youngest recipient of the Alan Hardaker Trophy. On 17 June 2020, Premier League football returned after the COVID-19 pandemic had put the season on hold. Foden was on the scoresheet as City put three past Arsenal at the Etihad stadium. The following match Foden scored his first Premier League brace and scored in consecutive league games for the first time as Manchester City won 5–0 against Burnley. On 2 July 2020, Manchester City welcomed newly crowned champions Liverpool to the Etihad. Foden scored and assisted in the match as City won 4–0. The 2019–20 Premier League season ended on 26 July, with Foden starting in a 5–0 victory over Norwich, seeing Manchester City finish the season in 2nd place.The occasion, however, was marked with the departure of Foden’s idol David Silva, after 10 years with the club. In 2017, Foden stated "Training is faster and it has been great playing with Silva, he's my idol really. I try and watch what he does and learn from him and try and do the same things." Foden was tipped to take over from Silva with Pep Guardiola saying that Manchester City "trust" <mask>n to replace him. Foden started his second UEFA Champions League knockout tie on 7 August 2020, against Real Madrid, helping his side win 2–1 (4–2 on aggregate) and progress on to the quarter final, where Man City would bow out of the competition. He ended the season with 38 games played, registering 8 goals and 9 assists across all competitions. 2020–21 season
Foden opened his account for the season against Wolves on match-day 1 of the Premier League season, netting in a 3–1 victory on 21 September 2020.He scored his second league goal of the 2020–21 season, against West Ham United in a 1–1 draw at the London Stadium, on 24 October 2020. He equalised just six minutes after replacing Sergio Aguero at half time,  turning smartly to convert a cross from teammate João Cancelo. Foden scored his first UEFA Champions League goal of the 2020–21 season in Greece against Olympiacos, on 25 November 2020, a smart finish from inside the box after a delightful Raheem Sterling cut back. This win in the Champions League secured City’s progress through to the round of 16 stage for the 8th consecutive season. On 7 February 2021, he scored a goal and provided an assist in a 4–1 away win over Liverpool, to be his team's first win at Anfield since 2003. Foden once again scored in Merseyside, as Manchester City won 3–1 away at Goodison Park on 17 February, stretching their lead at the top of the table and making it 17 consecutive wins in all competitions. Foden was on the scoresheet in both legs of City's Champions League quarter-final tie against Borussia Dortmund, securing their progression to the last four of the competition.On 21 April 2021, Foden received the man of the match award and scored against Aston Villa at Villa Park, to give Man City a 2–1 victory and subsequently extended their lead, at the top of the table, to 11 points. This was Foden’s 14th goal in all competitions, in the 2020–21 season and his 7th in the Premier League. Just four days later, Foden won his 9th trophy with Manchester City as they beat Tottenham 1–0 in the EFL Cup Final, with Foden playing the full 90 minutes. Foden once again made history with City, as they reached the UEFA Champions League Final for the first time after beating Paris Saint-Germain 4–1 on aggregate, with Foden providing an assist to Riyad Mahrez in the second leg. On 12 May Foden secured his third premier league title in four years as Manchester United were beaten 2–1 by Leicester City. Foden started the first UEFA Champions League final in the club's history. Man City lost the Match 1–0 – Foden’s first loss in a final during his senior career.He was named in the UEFA Champions League Squad of the season and won Premier League Young Player of the Season while being nominated for both the PFA Player of the Year and PFA Young Player of the Year, winning the latter award. International career

Youth
In May 2017, Foden scored in the final of the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship as the England under-17s suffered a penalty shoot-out defeat at the hands of Spain. In October of the same year, Foden gained widespread press attention after scoring twice in the final of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, also against Spain, as England won the competition. He was named as the best player of the tournament. He won the FIFA U-17 World Cup Golden Ball award in 2017 where he also gained some widespread press attention and significant media coverage. On 27 May 2019, Foden was included in England's 23-man squad for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship and scored an impressive goal — his first for the U21s — in the opening 2–1 defeat to France in Cesena. Senior

Debut and Euro 2020
On 25 August 2020, Gareth Southgate named Foden in the England senior squad for the first time.He made his international debut against Iceland on 5 September 2020, in a 1–0 away victory in the UEFA Nations League tournament. On 7 September, Foden, alongside England teammate Mason Greenwood, was withdrawn from the England squad due to breaking the team's COVID-19 isolation protocols by bringing at least one guest to their team hotel in Iceland. Manchester City condemned Foden's actions. Foden scored his first and second goals for England during a UEFA Nations League match against Iceland at Wembley Stadium on 18 November 2020. On 1 June 2021 Foden was named in the 26-man squad for the newly rescheduled UEFA Euro 2020. He joined up with the squad at a later date due to his participation in that year's UEFA Champions League Final. On 8 June, Foden revealed that he had dyed his hair blonde – drawing comparisons to former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne who also had a similar haircut for Euro 96.Foden said in a press conference on the same day that "The full nation know what he means to the country and what he did, so it won’t be too bad if I try to bring a bit of Gazza on to the pitch." Style of play, development and comparisons
Foden is left-footed, and can play as a wing-back, or a winger on the right, though Pep Guardiola has described him as "more of a midfielder". In 2017, Guardiola described him as "a special player", saying: "It's dangerous to say good things about young players because they are still young, and they have to grow and they have to learn many, many things... But we have a lot of confidence to help him, because we believe he is a guy who has potential, even if he's not strong, he's not tall." In 2017, Louise Taylor of The Guardian described Foden as "boasting tight, adhesive control and blessed with the knack of drifting past opponents". In 2018, veteran football writer Brian Glanville described him as a "gifted and precocious teenager", adding: "Young players of his skill and inventive quality are pitifully thin on the ground." Personal life
Foden is in a relationship with Rebecca Cooke and has a son, Ronnie, born in January 2019.In April 2021, the couple announced that they were expecting their second child, a daughter who was due in late summer or early autumn  2021. Career statistics

Club

International

England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Foden goal

Honours
Manchester City
Premier League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
FA Cup: 2018–19
EFL Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
FA Community Shield: 2018, 2019
UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2020–21

England U17
FIFA U-17 World Cup: 2017
UEFA European Under-17 Championship runner-up: 2017

England
UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2020

Individual
UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2017
FIFA U-17 World Cup Golden Ball: 2017
BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year: 2017
IFFHS Men's World Youth (U20) Team: 2020
Alan Hardaker Trophy: 2020
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2020–21
Premier League Young Player of the Season: 2020–21
PFA Young Player of the Year: 2020–21

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References

External links

Profile at the Manchester City F.C. website
Profile at the Football Association website

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Footballers from Stockport
English footballers
England youth international footballers
England under-21 international footballers
England international footballers
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<mask> (born 22 April 1978, in Marakwet) is a Kenyan long-distance and marathon runner. He first came to prominence in athletics by taking the World Junior Record of 3000m steeple in 1997, and later with consecutive medals at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships from 1998 to 2000. In 1999 he started his technical collaboration with the Italian Coach Renato Canova, that changed his event, looking at longer distances. He made his debut at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2002 and became the surprise world champion for the event. Later that year he became the African champion on the track in the 10,000 metres and also won silver medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and 2002 IAAF World Cup. He focused on entirely on road running after 2002 and he broke the world record for the 25 km distance, running 1:12:45 in May 2004. His personal best over the half marathon (59:07 minutes), with which he won the 2006 Berlin Half Marathon, ranks him within the top ten fastest ever over the distance.He began to focus on marathon running and won his first race at the Maratona d'Italia in 2010 with a course record and personal best time of 2:09.00. From 2009 there was a passage of coach, from Renato Canova to Gabriele Nicola, who is a student of the former coach. Career

Junior world record and first medals
<mask> started his international career as a cross country runner and a steeplechaser. He came to prominence as a junior athlete in 1997 when he took the junior bronze medal at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, and he also reached the 1997 IAAF Grand Prix Final for the 3000 metres steeplechase. He established his pedigree by setting a world junior record for the event. He emerged as a senior the following year, taking the bronze in the short race at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and helping Kenya to the team gold medal. He also led Kenya to a team victory at the IAAF World Road Relay Championships in Manaus in April.He was the fourth fastest athlete in the world that year in the steeplechase. He also began taking part in road running competitions and won the 10 km BOclassic race at the end of the year. He improved to the silver medal position at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, finishing behind <mask> to help Kenya to a consecutive team win. He represented his country on the track at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville, where he was seventh in the men's steeplechase. He closed his track season with a fifth-place finish at the 1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final. African and World Champion
From 2000 onwards he later began concentrating on long-distance running and dropped his steeplechase speciality. He set a 10 km best of 27:40 to win the Parelloop race in Brunssum that year.He also took a third consecutive cross country medal at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, continuing the streak of Kenya team victories with his bronze medal performance. He took road circuit wins in Europe at the Giro Podistico Internazionale di Pettinengo, winning the 9.5 km race in 27:03, and also at the Giro al Sas 10K in Trento. He ran for Kenya in the long race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships but could not match his short course form and finished in fifth place. The greater distances also did not bring him medals at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics as he finished seventh in the 10,000 metres final. He was the winner of the 2001 Giro Media Blenio 10K race in Dongio, recording a time of 28:13.4. The 2002 marked a significant breakthrough for Kosgei in both track and road running. In May, he led the Kenyan team to victory at the 2002 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships with a time of 1:00:39.He edged out Jaouad Gharib to win the race on his first attempt at the half marathon distance. His first time success did not make him an immediate convert, however: "I have changed my focus from the steeplechase to the 10,000 metres ... Maybe in two or three years I will start to think about running the marathon". <mask> became the Kenyan champion over 10,000 m that summer, and his next test came at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England. He was entered into the 10,000 m race and was second behind his Kenyan compatriot Wilberforce Talel – Kosgei's finishing time of 27:45.46 was seven hundredths of a second behind Talel, who broke the Games record for the event. He went unbeaten over the distance at the 2002 African Championships in Athletics the following month, beating John Cheruiyot Korir to the continental title. As African champion, he was selected to represent the continental at the 2002 IAAF World Cup. He took the 5000 metres silver medal behind the reigning European champion Alberto García (who was banned in 2003 for taking EPO).Among Kosgei's other honours that year was a silver medal from the World Military Track and Field Championships. Road running world record
After a relatively quiet 2003, <mask> again came to the fore by setting a world record for the 25 km road distance, winning the BIG 25 Berlin race in 1:12:45 on 9 May 2004 (a record which stood until 2010 when it was beaten by <mask> at the same race). <mask> won the Berlin Half Marathon in 2006, setting a half marathon personal best of 59:07 minutes as well as bettering his marks over 15 km and 20 km along the way. He competed at the 2007 Hamburg Marathon and Amsterdam Marathon, finishing 14th and 10th, respectively. <mask> was one of four men under an hour at the Rotterdam Half Marathon in 2008 and his time of 59:37 brought him fourth place. He took three consecutive wins at the Amatrice-Configno road race from 2008 to 2010, building upon his first win in 2003. He posted a personal record of 2:09:12 hours at the 2008 Paris Marathon, where he finished eighth.He scored his first victory over the marathon distance at the Maratona d'Italia in October 2010, where he set a new course record of 2:09:00. Personal life
Kosgei is married and has two children. He is currently coached by Italian Gabriele Nicola. International competitions

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1978 births
Living people
People from Elgeyo-Marakwet County
Kenyan male long-distance runners
Kenyan male steeplechase runners
Kenyan male marathon runners
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Kenya
Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
World Athletics Half Marathon Championships winners
World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya
World record setters in athletics (track and field)
Kenyan male cross country runners

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<mask> (, 25 September 1922 – 3 December 2005) was a Russian officer of the First Chief Directorate of the KGB and its successor, the Foreign Intelligence Service. He served as resident in various countries and rose to First Deputy Head of the First Chief Directorate with the rank of General Lieutenant. Born in 1922, <mask> initially trained to be a pilot, but with the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, he enlisted in the Red Army and served in Eastern and Central Europe during the closing stages of the war. Demobilised in 1946, he undertook studies at the Arab branch of the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies, and was then recruited into intelligence work with the KGB's First Chief Directorate. He began his overseas postings with a period in Egypt as the KGB's deputy resident. This came during the early administration of Gamal Abdel Nasser, and <mask> worked to gather information on its intentions. He passed information back to Moscow during the Suez Crisis in 1956, and worked to establish diplomatic relations with Yemen, before being recalled to the USSR in 1960.He returned to overseas postings in 1962 as resident in Tunisia, with a further period in the USSR between 1964 and 1970, serving as head of the African Department of the First Chief Directorate from 1967. <mask> returned to Egypt in 1970 as resident, and served during the Yom Kippur War. He warned Moscow that Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was planning to reorient his foreign policy away from the Soviet Union and towards the USA. His predictions were unwelcome to the Soviet leadership, but were ultimately proved accurate. On <mask>'s return to the USSR in 1974 he was appointed deputy head of the First Chief Directorate and placed in charge of Department "S", , and in 1979 he became First Deputy Head of the First Chief Directorate, a post he would hold for the remainder of the existence of the Soviet Union. In late 1979 he was sent to Afghanistan to direct KGB operations surrounding Operation Storm-333, and the beginning of Soviet intervention in the country. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, <mask> became head of a group of consultants under the director of one of the KGB's successors, the Foreign Intelligence Service.After retiring in 1997, he worked with others on a six-volume history of Russian intelligence, wrote two books of his own, and lectured widely on intelligence matters. Over the course of his career he received 54 awards from the Soviet, Russian and foreign governments. He died in 2005, survived by his wife, Valeriya Nikolaevna, an academic specialising in Arabic literature. Their son, <mask>, was a prominent diplomat in the Arab world, serving as ambassador to several Middle Eastern countries, including to Egypt, where his father had served as KGB resident for a number of years. Early life and wartime service

<mask> was born on 25 September 1922 in Kursk, Kursk Oblast, part of the Russian SFSR, in the USSR. He attended the No. 4 Air Force Special School, which provided primary flight training alongside the usual secondary education.He went on to attend the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, but the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 interrupted his studies. He joined the 103rd Guards Rifle Division in January 1945, seeing action in the closing stages of the war, in Hungary, Austria and Czechoslovakia, and at the Balaton Defensive Operation in March that year. During his wartime service he was awarded the Medal "For Courage", for his part in the Vienna Offensive. His unit remained in action until the surrender of Axis forces in Czechoslovakia on 12 May 1945. Intelligence training
<mask> left the army at the end of 1946 with the rank of senior sergeant, and enrolled in the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies, where he studied in the Arab branch. He graduated as the highest scoring student, and had been secretary of the institute's party committee. He was then offered the chance to become an intelligence officer.He enrolled in Intelligence School No. 101 on 1 September 1952, where he learned the basics of the intelligence profession, alongside Arabic and French. With the completion of his studies in July 1953, he joined the Eastern Department of the KGB's First Chief Directorate, which was responsible for  foreign operations and intelligence activities. He was assigned the code name "<mask>v". Overseas postings

His first overseas posting was to Egypt in December 1954 as the KGB's deputy resident, where he was based until 1960. On his arrival in Egypt he found that he was not familiar with the local dialect, and spent the next one and a half years in intensive language study alongside his intelligence duties. His arrival coincided with the early period of Gamal Abdel Nasser's rule, with the Soviet authorities particularly concerned about the new government's stance towards the Western powers, and its intentions in the Arab world.<mask> worked to develop intelligence sources and pass information back to the Soviet Union. When Dmitri Shepilov, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, visited Egypt in May 1956, it was <mask> who arranged a meeting between Nasser and Shepilov, using his contacts in Nasser's powerbase, the Free Officers Movement. During the Suez Crisis in October and November 1956, <mask> remained in Cairo and continued to gather intelligence. Despite Western opinion that the Soviet Union was behind Nasser's nationalisation of the Suez Canal, <mask> noted that "we did not have any specific information about Nasser's intentions, but we always indicated in our reports that such a step was possible at any moment". Despite not having informed Moscow of their intentions, <mask> reported that the general feeling among Egyptians was that the Soviet Union should come to their aid once fighting began. "The first days passed and our situation became grim. Agitated Egyptians, waving their fists, cried "Russians, where are you!Where are your airplanes? Where are your weapons? Where are your soldiers? Why isn't Russia saving Egypt?" I didn't understand these demands back then, but later on, after experiencing two further wars in Egypt, I stopped being amazed at these outcries." In December 1958 he accompanied Nasser on his visit to the Soviet Union, and acted as a translator during Nasser's meetings with Nikita Khrushchev. <mask> was also one of the diplomats involved in the establishment of diplomatic relations with Yemen.He did this by cultivating a friendship with Crown Prince Muhammad al-Badr, that was close enough that the Prince reportedly refused to visit London in 1957 without <mask> at his side. <mask> returned to the Soviet Union in 1960 and spent two years working with the KGB's central organisation, before moving to Tunisia as resident in February 1962. Here he was tasked with maintaining contacts with the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic, the political arm of the National Liberation Front during the Algerian War. This posting lasted until August 1964. Returning once more to the Soviet Union, he spent between 1964 and 1967 with the central organisation. In 1967 he was appointed head of the African Department of the First Chief Directorate, holding this position until 1970. During this time he made visits to Syria, Yemen, Ethiopia, Angola, Libya, Algeria and Tunisia.<mask> returned to Egypt in 1970, becoming foreign intelligence resident there until 1974. He was in post during the Yom Kippur War between Egypt and Israel in 1973, and subsequently warned Soviet leaders that Egyptian president Anwar Sadat was planning to reorient Egyptian foreign policy away from the Soviet Union and towards the United States, having learnt that Sadat had been in secret communication with US President Richard Nixon. This view was at odds with the general opinion of Soviet leaders, who considered Sadat a loyal friend of the Soviet Union, and successor to Nasser's political legacy. Subsequent developments were to vindicate <mask>. As with the Suez Crisis, there were suspicions in Western capitals that the Soviet Union was behind Egypt's actions. <mask> instead argued that the Soviet Union had tried to prevent an Egyptian offensive that risked destabilising the region. He was promoted to Major General in 1973, and to General Lieutenant in 1980.His good service brought him to the attention of Yuri Andropov, chairman of the KGB, and in 1974 he was appointed deputy head of the First Chief Directorate and led Department "S", , where he spent the next five years. In 1979 <mask> became First Deputy Head of the First Chief Directorate, and would hold this position until 1991. Afghanistan

On 4 December 1979 <mask> arrived in Kabul, in Afghanistan, with a group of officers of the Soviet Airborne Forces, having been sent by KGB chairman Vladimir Kryuchkov to plan for the removal of Hafizullah Amin, the sitting Chairman of the Presidium of the Revolutionary Council of Afghanistan. He took charge of the intelligence officials in the country in preparation for Operation Storm-333, the ousting of Amin and the installation of Babrak Karmal as Chairman of the Presidium of the Revolutionary Council. At a meeting at Kabul airport on 26 December 1979 <mask> oversaw the inclusion of KGB reconnaissance and sabotage units with the 103rd Guards Airborne Division, with orders to direct elements of the division to key Afghan institutions, which were to be secured for the new government. The planning for the operation took place in great secrecy, with even the newly appointed Soviet ambassador, , unaware of the operation until after it had begun. Tabeyev telephoned <mask> asking for explanations, but <mask> replied that he was too busy at the time, but promised to report in the morning.Late and Post-Soviet period
From 1 October 1988 to 6 February 1989 <mask> served as chief of foreign intelligence. In June 1991 <mask> warned against the effects of Glasnost, which he claimed were making it easier for foreign intelligence agents to work successfully in the USSR. In 1991, with the dissolution of the Soviet Union and subsequent restructuring of the intelligence services, <mask> was appointed head of a group of consultants under the director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service. He retired from this in 1997, and began working with a number of authors as assistant editor-in-chief to compile a six-volume Essays on the History of Russian Intelligence. He lectured widely on this topic, in the US, UK, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Malta, South Korea and France, and attended numerous international conferences and seminars on the history of intelligence. He published two books; From the Intelligence Archives (, Iz arkhiva razvedchika) and Intelligence: People and Personalities (, Razvedka: litsa i lichnosti), and numerous articles and essays on intelligence matters. He was an honorary professor of the Academy of Foreign Intelligence.Awards and honours
Over his career <mask> received many awards and decorations. He held eight Soviet and Russian orders, including the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Fourth Class, the Orders of Lenin, October Revolution, Red Star, Patriotic War First Class, and the Badge of Honour. He was twice awarded the Order of the Red Banner. He received the badges "Honorary State Security Officer" and "For Service in Intelligence", and had received honours from eight foreign governments, including Vietnam, Peru, Mongolia, the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the German Democratic Republic and Afghanistan. He was awarded the  in the field of literature and art. He was also an Honorary Citizen of Kursk. In total he had 54 awards.Family and death
<mask> died on 3 December 2005. His wife, Valeriya Nikolaevna, was a philologist and specialist in Arabic literature with the Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences. She outlived him, dying in 2015. Their son, <mask>, was born in 1951, and like his parents specialised in Middle Eastern affairs. He became a diplomat, and served as ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Libya, Syria and Egypt. References

1922 births
2005 deaths
KGB officers
Soviet spies
People from Kursk
Personnel of the Soviet Airborne Forces
Soviet military personnel of the Soviet–Afghan War
Soviet military personnel of World War II
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Medal "For Courage" (Russia)
Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
Kirpichenko family

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Vadim Alekseyevich Kirpichenko
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Sergei Vadimovich
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<mask> (born May 17, 1967) is the 7th President of The Juilliard School. Woetzel was a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, where he performed from 1985 until 2008. He also frequently performed internationally as a guest star and visiting artist with numerous internationally recognized companies including the Kirov Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, until his retirement from the stage in 2008. As a Principal Dancer at New York City Ballet, Woetzel danced virtually the entire leading male dancer repertory, and had works created for him by Jerome Robbins, Eliot Feld, Twyla Tharp, Susan Stroman, and Christopher Wheeldon among others. Woetzel also frequently performed as a guest star with companies including the Kirov Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, and starred in numerous television broadcasts and as the Cavalier in the Time Warner movie version of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker. Woetzel has also choreographed a number of ballets for NYCB and other companies. Among his awards, in April 2015, Woetzel received the Harvard Arts Medal.In July 2012 <mask> was honored with the inaugural Gene Kelly Legacy Award - an honor jointly created by the Dizzy Feet Foundation and the Estate of Gene Kelly in honor of the 100th anniversary of Kelly's birth. Woetzel serves on the artists committee of the Kennedy Center Honors, the Knight Foundation's National Arts Advisory Committee, and was a member of the Harvard University Task Force on the Arts. <mask> holds an MPA degree from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. In the falls of 2010 and 2017 he was a visiting lecturer at Harvard Law School where he co-taught a course on performing arts and the law. In November 2009, President Obama appointed Woetzel to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, where he has worked on creating the Turnaround Arts Program, which now brings arts education to some of the nation’s most challenged school districts. Woetzel serves on the board of directors of NY City Center, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Sing for Hope, Ava DuVernay's ARRAY Alliance, on the advisory board of Define American. In May 2017, <mask> was named President of the Juilliard School, replacing Joseph W. Polisi.Early life and education
<mask> was originally trained in Boston at E. Virginia Williams ballet school, then moved to Los Angeles at 15 where he attended John Clifford’s school before joining Clifford’s Los Angeles Ballet at 16. He toured nationally with this company including to New York City; where he received raves in the New York Times and New Yorker Magazine for his role in ”The Young Apollo” a ballet made especially for him by Clifford. He danced many ballets by Balanchine, Bournonville, Petipa, as well as Clifford’s during his 3 years with that company. When the Los Angeles Ballet closed Clifford sent him to New York where he joined the NYC Ballet, quickly rising through the ranks. He was a particular favorite of Jerome Robbins. Woetzel attended Fay School in Massachusetts, where he graduated in 1981. In 2007, he earned an MPA degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.Career as director and producer

Aspen Institute
In June 2011, Woetzel was named the Director of Arts Programs at the Aspen Institute. Among the events curated by the Aspen Institute Arts Program under Woetzel's direction include the inaugural US-China Forum on the Arts and Culture in Beijing, in partnership with Asia Society and the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. American and Chinese artists and cultural representatives engaged in the forum included Joel Coen, Meryl Streep, Yo-Yo Ma, Alice Waters, Liu Ye, Ge You and others. In March 2012, Woetzel produced a panel with Howard Gardner, the Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Dr. Ellen Winner, Professor of Psychology at Boston College, and Senior Research Associate at Project Zero, examining the current state of the arts in education. In June 2012, the Arts Program for the first time curated multiple sessions at the Institute’s premiere public program, the Aspen Ideas Festival. For nineteen sessions, Woetzel brought renowned artists, policymakers, arts administrators as well as leading Chinese cultural representatives for discussions, film screenings and cultural exchanges focusing on how the arts impact society. In October 2012, the Arts Program under Woetzel's direction hosted the inaugural Aspen Arts Strategy Group, convening over 30 arts leaders from around the nation in New York City.In December 2012, Woetzel and cellist Yo-Yo Ma organized a participatory visit to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, where musician Arthur Bloom and his MusiCorps program help wounded warriors to overcome injuries and recover their lives through intensive music practice. In April 2013, Woetzel and the Arts Program announced the appointment of cellist Yo-Yo Ma as the 2013 Harman-Eisner Artist in Residence. Since 2013, the Arts Program has produced over 100 events in cities across the country, involving a range of participants including artists-in-residence Renee Fleming, Theaster Gates, JR, Goldie Hawn, Cameron Carpenter, Lil Buck, Alfre Woodard, Yo-Yo Ma, Eric Fischl, Julie Taymor, and Elizabeth Diller. Additional program expansion activities include the Aspen Arts Strategy Group, and the Creative Young Leaders Alliance. Vail Dance Festival
Since 2006, <mask> has been the Artistic Director of the Vail Dance Festival, where he presents dance performances and commissions. Under Woetzel's direction, the festival has received wide acclaim for its innovation and growth as a nationally recognized showcase for dance, featuring such performances as the debut of Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, and the launch of New York City Ballet MOVES. The Festival has also hosted the Pacific Northwest Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Paul Taylor Dance Company, the Trey McIntyre Project, the Martha Graham Dance Company, and other major companies.As a major part of Festival programming and community activities, Woetzel has engaged noted and diverse musicians including Philip Glass, Eddie Palmieri, Caroline Shaw, members of the Silk Road Ensemble, Jennifer Koh, and Brooklyn Rider. The annual International Evenings of Dance galas have become renowned for Woetzel's curation of first-time partnerships across companies and countries, as well as the presentation of young, emerging stars making their debuts in new repertory. In August 2012, The New York Times Alastair Macaulay wrote that the 2012 Vail International Dance Festival presentations "were distinguished above all by catholic taste and brilliant programming. They merit superlatives" and that the International Evenings I gala "was simply the best gala I have attended in decades." Writing the same week, Wendy Perron of Dance Magazine compared Woetzel to the legendary impresario Serge Diaghilev, and praised Woetzel for engaging and educating audiences through spoken introductions to each work, and for his commitment to collaboration with live musicians. Also under Woetzel, the Festival has commissioned choreographers to create new works, including Paul Taylor, Christopher Wheeldon, Fang-Yi Sheu, Jill Johnson, Ronald K. Brown, Trey McIntyre, Matthew Neenan, Larry Keigwin and Brian Brooks. Woetzel has instituted a number of other initiatives as director, including bringing the educational arts program "Celebrate The Beat" - the Colorado associate of Jacques d'Amboise's National Dance Institute - to the Vail Valley, to reach local underserved children in the public schools.Through public events involving Festival Artists, Mr. Woetzel has also institutionalized several initiatives highlighting community engagement with the arts, including an annual celebration of National Dance Day, “Dancing in the Streets” programs, open Master Classes and “UpClose” lecture-demonstration events which combine rehearsal, performance and commentary by Woetzel and special guests. Recent UpClose performances have included: “UpClose: Footwork,” which explored virtuoso footwork in dance forms ranging from Memphis jookin’ to ballet to tango to modern dance (2013); "UpClose: Stravinsky by Balanchine," an examination of the legendary collaboration between George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky, co-hosted by Woetzel and New York City Ballet Master-in-Chief Peter Martins (2012); "UpClose: Premieres," which provided a first look at a series of works created in Vail by choreographers including Christopher Wheeldon and Emery LeCrone during the weeks of the 2011 Vail International Dance Festival; among many others. In 2013, the Festival celebrated its 25th anniversary, and launched its Now: Premieres annual program which has presented new commissions from a wide variety of choreographers. Lil Buck @ Le Poisson Rouge
In April 2013, Woetzel directed and produced a "jookin' jam session" at New York’s Le Poisson Rouge, featuring the Memphis  Charles "Lil Buck" Riley with special guests including dancer Ron "Prime Tym" Myles, Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Marcus Printup (trumpet), Cristina Pato (galician bagpipe), John Hadfield (percussion) and the ensemble Brooklyn Rider. The evening featured a specially commissioned world premiere for solo cello by Philip Glass, co-choreographed by Woetzel and Lil Buck. Alastair Macaulay wrote in The New York Times, “As Lil Buck performed with an array of distinguished musicians on Tuesday night at Le Poisson Rouge, a series of extraordinary windows seemed to open, each revealing a new and imagined realm.”
On October 7, 2013, Charles “Lil Buck” Riley and Ron “Prime Tyme” Myles were awarded Bessies in the Outstanding Performance category for their appearances in Lil Buck @ Le Poisson Rouge. Kennedy Center Honors
In December 2012, Woetzel co-produced the tribute to legendary ballerina Natalia Makarova as part of the 35th annual Kennedy Center Honors, and in 2014 he co-produced the tribute to ballerina Patricia McBride.For his contributions to the Emmy-Award-winning CBS special, Woetzel was honored by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for the 2012-2013 Primetime Emmy Awards. World Science Festival
In 2009 and 2010, Woetzel produced and directed the World Science Festival Gala Performances at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. For the 2010 event he created an arts salute to science honoring the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, featuring performances by Yo-Yo Ma, John Lithgow, and Kelli O’Hara among others. New Essential Works Program
In the fall of 2009, Woetzel co-founded and began directing the Jerome Robbins Foundation's New Essential Works (NEW) Program, which supports choreographers and

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 dance companies during the current financial crisis by giving grants to enable the production of new works. Choreographers who have received grants to date include Andrew Bartee, Stephanie Batten-Bland, Attila Bongar, Brian Brooks,  Thaddeus Davis, Norbert de la Cruz, Elena Demyanenko, Robert Garland, Jodie Gates, John Heginbotham, Larry Keigwin, Jessica Lang, Emery LeCrone, Edwaard Liang,  Jodi Melnick, Michelle Mola, Jennifer Muller, Matthew Neenan, Helen Pickett, Zalman Raffael, Brian Reeder, Ken Roht, Matthew Rushing, Amy Seiwert, Pam Tanowitz, Endalyn Taylor, Zack Winokur and Nicholas Villeneuve. Companies who have participated in the production of NEW works include Alaska Dance Theatre, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Ballet X, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Boston Ballet, Carolina Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Dance St. Louis, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Eugene Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Keigwin+Company, Nevada Ballet Theatre, NYC Opera, Oakland Ballet, Orchestra of St. Lukes, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Philadanco, Richmond Ballet, and Sacramento Ballet. Grant awards fall into two categories: NEW grants, for the premiere of a new work, and RE(NEW) grants, supporting the restaging of a NEW work.Studio 5 Performance Series
In 2009, Woetzel launched as curator and director the new Studio 5 performance series at New York’s City Center, which features in-depth examinations of today’s most compelling dance artists and companies highlighted by in-studio performances and demonstrations. In 2009-2013, guests included David Hallberg, Christopher Wheeldon, Herman Cornejo, Gabriel Missé and Analía Centurión, Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild, Victoria Clark, Rob Berman, Angel Corella, Wendy Whelan, Edward Villella, among others; topics of discussion ranged from musicality to collaboration to musical theatre; and featured companies included American Ballet Theatre, the Paul Taylor Dance Company and Dance Theater of Harlem. Turnaround Arts
As a presidentially-appointed artist on the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities (along with Chuck Close, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kerry Washington, Forest Whitaker, Yo-Yo Ma, and others), Woetzel is actively involved with Turnaround Arts, an arts education initiative developed in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Education and the White House Domestic Policy Council to help turn around low-performing schools through engagement with the arts. Woetzel has adopted two schools – Lame Deer Jr. High School in Lame Deer, MT, and Orchard Gardens K-8 in Roxbury, MA – and works on arts programming and projects with the schools and their surrounding communities consistently throughout the year. Arts Strike
In June 2010 Woetzel piloted "Arts Strike," a new effort to have celebrated artists engage educators and students, schools and communities, highlighting and sharing the unique power of the arts to empower, enrich and educate. The first events have taken place in Vail, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C., and almost all have featured Woetzel with Yo-Yo Ma in schools, engaging with students and their teachers to promote learning through the arts. Most recently, Woetzel piloted the High Line Arts Education Project, an Arts Strike organized in New York in collaboration with architect Elizabeth Diller.Silk Road Connect
Woetzel works with Yo-Yo Ma on his Silk Road Connect program in the New York City Public Schools. In June 2010, Woetzel directed the culminating year-end event which took place at New York’s Museum of Natural History, and featured the participation of the Silk Road Ensemble and 450 6th grade students. In June 2011, the culminating year-end event opened the Central Park SummerStage series. Titled “Night at the Caravanserai: Tales of Wonder,” the performance again featured hundreds of 6th grade students from New York-area public schools, Ma with his Silk Road Ensemble, vocalist Bobby McFerrin, the soprano Emalie Savoy, actor Bill Irwin, and author Jhumpa Lahiri, among others. In April 2011, Woetzel organized an "arts strike" at Inner-City Arts in downtown Los Angeles with Yo-Yo Ma, The Silk Road Ensemble, and Memphis  Charles "Lil Buck" Riley. The event included a demonstration and workshop for more than one hundred elementary school students from the Los Angeles Unified School District. Highlighting the event was a first-time duet directed by Woetzel between Ma and Lil Buck, who performed a Memphis Jookin' version of The Dying Swan with Ma accompanying on the cello; the performance was immortalized in a video shot by Spike Jonze which reached over one million views within weeks.Other education work
In October 2012, <mask>, Renée Fleming and Yo-Yo Ma — as National Cultural Advisors — helped Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveil the long-awaited Chicago Cultural Plan, which guarantees the arts an important place within the Chicago school curriculum. The announcement came one year after the Aspen Institute Arts Program, with Yo-Yo Ma and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, convened a closed-door roundtable with Chicago Public Schools leadership and local arts education forces, to strategize on the place of the arts in the longer school day anticipated for 2012-13. Harvard Law School
In the fall of 2010, Woetzel was a visiting Lecturer at Harvard Law School, where he co-taught a course on Performing Arts and the Law with Jeannie Suk. The course explored many intersections of the arts and law, from copyright law, to courtroom performance to celebrity law, with guests including playwright John Guare, actor Alec Baldwin, and Balanchine Trust Co-Founding Trustee Barbara Horgan. New York State Summer School for the Arts
<mask> was the artistic director of the New York State Summer School for the Arts School of Ballet from 1994-2007. Dance career

New York City Ballet
Woetzel joined New York City Ballet in 1985, and was a principal dancer from 1989 until his retirement from the stage in 2008. At New York City Ballet, Woetzel had works created for him by Jerome Robbins, Eliot Feld, Twyla Tharp, Susan Stroman and Christopher Wheeldon among others, and danced more than 50 featured roles in the Company's repertory, including: George Balanchine's: Agon, Coppélia, The Prodigal Son, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, Stars and Stripes, Swan Lake; and Jerome Robbins': Afternoon of a Faun, Fancy Free, Dances at a Gathering, A Suite of Dances, and West Side Story Suite.Woetzel originated featured roles in: Jerome Robbins' Ives, Songs and Quiet City, Eliot Feld's The Unanswered Question and Organon, Twyla Tharp's The Beethoven Seventh, Christopher Wheeldon's An American in Paris, Carousel, Evenfall, Morphoses, and Variations sérieuses, Peter Martins' Jeu de cartes and The Sleeping Beauty, and Susan Stroman's "The Blue Necklace" from Double Feature. Woetzel also originated roles in ballets by Kevin O'Day, Richard Tanner and Lynne Taylor-Corbett, among others. Woetzel appeared in Dance in America's presentation of "Dinner with Balanchine," dancing Union Jack and Stars and Stripes. In May 1999, he starred as Prince Siegfried in Peter Martins' Swan Lake on the PBS national telecast "Live from Lincoln Center." Woetzel also appeared in the 2002 nationally televised Live from Lincoln Center broadcast "New York City Ballet's Diamond Project: Ten Years of New Choreography" on PBS and in the May 2004 Live from Lincoln Center broadcast of "Lincoln Center Celebrates Balanchine 100." <mask> starred as the Cavalier in the film version of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, released in the winter of 1993. In October 1998, Mr. <mask> appeared as one of the stars of the Cole Porter musical Jubilee in a special benefit performance at Carnegie Hall, during which he sang as well as danced.Guest appearances
During his career, <mask> frequently performed internationally as a guest star and was a visiting artist with numerous companies including the Kirov Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. In his guest appearances, Woetzel danced principal roles in classics such as Don Quixote, Giselle, and La Bayadere among others, in addition to his NYCB repertory. Choreography
Woetzel has choreographed a number of ballets for New York City Ballet, among other companies. For New York City Ballet, he choreographed Ebony Concerto to Stravinsky, and Glazounov Pas de Deux to the composer's Les Ruses d'Amour. <mask> also choreographed the "Polovtsian Dances" for New York City Opera's production of Prince Igor, and in 1998, he choreographed and starred in a new version of An American in Paris ballet for Marvin Hamlisch's Gershwin Centennial Gala. In recent years, Woetzel has choreographed works including The Orchard for Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Carla Körbes, which premiered at the Vail International Dance Festival, and collaborated on choreography with the jookin’ star Lil Buck for performances in New York, Los Angeles and Colorado, among other places. Honors and appointments
In 2015, Woetzel was awarded the Harvard Arts Medal.In July 2012, <mask> was honored with the inaugural Gene Kelly Legacy Award - an award jointly created by the Dizzy Feet Foundation and the Estate of Gene Kelly in honor of the 100th anniversary of Kelly's birth - for his contributions to the arts as a ballet star and director of dance and music performances. He serves on the Artists Committee of the Kennedy Center Honors and as a judge for the Astaire Awards. He has also served as a juror for the Princess Grace Awards. <mask> is a frequent speaker on the arts and arts policy. <mask> was the 2008 Harman-Eisner Artist in Residence of the Aspen Institute, and in 2011, he became a member of the Knight Foundation's National Arts Advisory Committee. <mask> also serves on the boards of directors of New York City Center, The Clive Barnes Foundation and The Sphinx Organization, and served on the recent Harvard Task Force on the Arts. In November 2009, President Obama appointed Woetzel to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities.Education
<mask> holds a Master in Public Administration Degree from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Personal life
<mask> has been married to fellow New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Heather Watts since 1999. References

External links
 http://www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/arts-program
 www.vaildance.org
 New York Choreographic Institute webpage
 <mask> & Alexia Hess performing Adagio for Two (Barber/Mahdaviani) at Jacobs Pillow (1986) on danceinteracive.jacobspillow.org

1967 births
Male ballet dancers
Harvard Kennedy School alumni
Living people
New York City Ballet Diamond Project choreographers
New York City Ballet principal dancers
School of American Ballet alumni
Fay School

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