Tetsuya Kakihara (柿原 徹也 Kakihara Tetsuya, born December 24, 1982 in Düsseldorf, West Germany) is a well known Japanese voice actor who is affiliated with 81 Produce. Until the age of 18, he resided abroad in Düsseldorf, Germany.
He is currently affiliated with "Kiramune" in 2010, a music label by Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. and Lantis_(company), where he debuted as a Singer with his first mini album 'Still on Journey' with 6 original tracks. His upcoming 2nd mini album is titled 'Continuous' also with 6 new tracks, is to be released February 2012 and is currently accepting pre-orders on most online shops.
He is very active in a lot of Anime, Games, Drama Cds/ Radio host roles, and in Live Shows events (released on DVDs), in Japan. An interesting and talented fact about Kakihara is that he is Trilingual; fluent in German and Japanese and near-fluent in English. He used to know five languages: German, Japanese, English, Spanish, and Latin. He is the only Japanese person to voice a device in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's, with the German-speaking devices Lævateinn and Graf Eisen.
His nickname called by his fans is "Kakki"(カッキー). Other stats- Current Age: 29, Blood Type: AB- (rare Rh-), Height: 170cm , Zodiac: Capricorn (astrology)
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He went to AMUSEMENT MEDIA Academy (a vocational school for voice actors and artists) to study voice acting. The reason he wanted to become a voice actor is because he believes that by becoming one, he'll be more fluent in the Japanese language. [1] And so he debuted as a voice actor in 2003.
Kakihara is capable in doing a broad range of voices in this works. In Anime, Kakihara is known for playing roles as young boys/teenagers with a 'firey' personality. In Game and Drama CDs, he plays a more teenager and mature roles, and is known for his unique soft, sweet, and mysterious voice mainly in Otome games.
In 2007, at the First Seiyu Awards ceremony in Japan, he received the 'Best Male Newcomer/Rookie' award. [2]
Leading roles in bold.
Tetsuya released his mini-debut album, "Still on Journey, on November 24, 2010, which is produced by Kiramune Project. It comes in a Normal Edition (with 6 tracks of music; 'my life my time', 'adrenaline', 'Electric Monster', 'Number One', 'thank you & smile', and 'Endless Journey') and a Deluxe Edition (with the above 6 tracks plus a Bonus DVD with: 'my life my time (MUSIC CLIP), making of 'still on Journey', and 'TRAILER'.)
He will also be releasing his second mini-album, "CONTINUOUS", on February 15, 2012, which is also produced by Kiramune Project. It also comes in a Normal Edition (with 6 tracks of music; 'Chaos Breaker', 'Good Luck', 'Labyrinth', 'Bible of Heart', 'Hikari', and 'Continue') and a Deluxe Edition (with the above 6 tracks plus a Bonus DVD with: 'Chaos Breaker (MUSIC CLIP), making of 'Chaos Breaker', and 'TRAILER'.)
He also did live performances (my life my time, Electric Monster, and Endless Journey) for the Kiramune Live Music Festival in 2010, in which a DVD have already been released on February 25, 2011. He will also attend next year's Kiramune Live Music Festival 2012, which will be held on March 17 & 18, 2012 in Japan.
| Date Released | Title | UPC/Product Code | |
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| 1 | 2010/11/24 | still on Journey 1. my life my time 2. adrenaline 3. Electric Monster 4. Number One 5. thank you & smile 6. Endless Journey Normal Version: 6 tracks Deluxe Version: 6 tracks + DVD (music video, making of, and trailer) DVD Length: 24 minutes |
LACA-35077（Deluxe） LACA-15077（Normal） |
| 2 | 2012/02/15 | CONTINUOUS 1. Chaos Breaker 2. Good Luck 3. Labyrinth 4. Bible of Heart 5. Hikari 6. Continue Normal Version: 6 tracks Deluxe Version: 6 tracks + DVD (music video, making of, and trailer) |
LACA-35182（Deluxe） LACA-15182（Normal） |
Song Names are in Bold.
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