Tomokazu Sugita

Tomokazu Sugita (杉田 智和, Sugita Tomokazu, born October 11, 1980 in Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese voice actor employed by Atomic Monkey.^[1] Best known for his role as Gintoki in Gintama, he also voices Kyon in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Ragna the Bloodedge in Blazblue. He is also one of the three hosts on the radio show Bururaji (BlueRadio) promoting the videogame Blazblue which is produced and released on Nico Nico Douga.

He plays the male lead, Yuichi Aizawa in Kanon. At the 33rd Anime Grand Prix, his voice character Gintoki Sakata won the most favorite male character which means Sugita's character roles consecutively won the most favorite male character in 2009 and 2010 Anime Grand Prix. Uniquely, those characters are from different anime: Kyon from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009) and Gintoki Sakata from Gintama (2010). Sugita and Yūichi Nakamura also work together in the Blazblue series as the protagonist Ragna and antagonist Hazama respectively. Also, Nakamura voiced Sugita's counterpart character in Gintama, Kintoki.

In 2010, he was part of a live-action film, Wonderful World, along with fellow voice actors, Mamoru Miyano, Tomokazu Seki, Rikiya Koyama, Yuka Hirata, Showtaro Morikubo and Daisuke Namikawa.^[2]

Sugita won for "Best Supporting Actor" in the Third Seiyu Awards.

Notable voice roles

2000

• Ceres, Celestial Legend (Kagami Mikage)

2001

• Dennou Boukenki Webdiver (Gladion)
• X/1999 (Subaru Sumeragi)

2002

• Chobits (Hideki Motosuwa)
• Please Teacher! (Masami Yamada)

2003

• Please Twins! (Masami Yamada)
• Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (Over)
• InuYasha (Renkotsu)
• GetBackers (Raguel)

2004

• Bleach (Nova, Kensei Muguruma)
• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (Youlan Kent)
• Vulgar Ghost Daydream (Souichiro Kadotake)

2005

• Eyeshield 21 (Reiji Maruko)
• Genesis of Aquarion (Sirius De Alisia)
• Genji: Dawn of the Samurai (Taira no Kagekiyo)
• Honey and Clover (Takumi Mayama)
• Inuyasha (Renkotsu)
• Pani Poni Dash! (Alien Subordinate)
• Shuffle! (Rin Tsuchimi)
• Super Robot Wars (Brooklyn Luckfield)

2006

• Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage (Rotton the Wizard)
• Gadget Trial (Major Mihara)
• Galaxy Angel II Mugen Kairō no Kagi (Soldum Seldor)
• Genji: Days of the Blade (Taira no Kagekiyo)
• Gintama (Gintoki Sakata)
• Honey and Clover II (Takumi Mayama)
• Inukami! (Shirou)
• Kanon (Yuichi Aizawa)
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Kyon)^[3]
• The Wallflower (Takenaga Oda)
• Hiiro no Kakera (Takuma Onizaki)

2007

• Shuffle! Memories (Rin Tsuchimi)
• Toward the Terra (Soldier Blue)
• Sisters of Wellber (Prince Rodin Ciol)
• Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS (Chrono Harlaown)
• Bokurano (Daiichi Yamura)
• Lucky Star (Clerk Sugita, Kyon)
• Kodomo no Jikan (Reiji Kokonoe)
• Dragonaut -The Resonance- (Howlingstar)
• Baccano! (Graham Specter)
• Ayakashi (Kare)
• Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (Ikkyū)
• Gintama (Gintoki Sakata)

2008

• Kamen Rider Kiva (Kivat-bat the 3rd, Kivat-Bat the 2nd, Kiva-Bat the 4th)
• Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World (Kivat-bat the 3rd)
• Macross Frontier (Leon Mishima)
• Earl and Fairy (Raven)
• Time of Eve (Setoro)
• Toaru Majutsu no Index (Aureolus Izzard)
• Gintama (Gintoki Sakata)
• Corpse Princess (Shūji Isaki)

2009

• Kamen Rider Decade (Kivat-bat the 3rd, Kivat the 2nd)
• Maria Holic (Tōichirō Kanae)
• Natsu no Arashi! (Takeshi Yamashiro)
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Kyon)
• The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya/Nyoro~n Churuya-san (Kyon)
• Gintama (Gintoki Sakata)
• Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes: Kivat-bat the 3rd, Announcer
• Umineko no Naku Koro ni (Ronove)
• Kamen Rider Dragon Knight Japanese Dub (JTC/Kamen Rider Strike)
• Samurai Warriors 3 (Katō Kiyomasa)
• Hey, Class President! (Chiga Yasuhiro)
• Drama CD: Devil Summoner Raidou Kuzunoha vs Ippon-Datara (Raidou Kuzunoha the 14th)
• Bukiyou na Silent (Kagami)

2010

• Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas (Taurus Rasgado)
• The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (Kyon)
• Gintama (Gintoki Sakata)
• Arakawa Under the Bridge (Hoshi)
• Tegami Bachi (Moss)
• Inazuma Eleven (Edgar Valtinas)
• Love Pistols (Yonekuni Madarame)
• Blood Jewel (Rei Taiko)
• The Legend of the Legendary Heroes (Lucile Eris)
• Nurarihyon no Mago (Zen)
• Kamen Rider Dragon Knight (James Tradmore) (Japanese Dub Over)
• Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru (Natsuhiko Moriaki)
• Togainu no Chi (Keisuke)
• Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (Oscar H. Genius/Ugly Snot)
• The Tyrant Falls in Love (Kurokawa)
• Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri no Mori (Yasuyoshi "Aeon" Sano)

2011

• Beelzebub (Hajime Kanzaki)
• Starry Sky (Nanami Kanata)
• Sket Dance (Kazuyoshi "Switch" Usui)
• Gintama' (Gintoki Sakata)
• Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai (DJ Condor)
• Heart no Kuni no Alice (Nightmare Gottschalk)
• Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere (Tachibana Muneshige)
• Maji de Watashi ni Koishinasai! (Inoue Jun)
• Kimi to Naisho no. . . Kyo Kara Kareshi Drama CD (Hiroki Suga)

2012

• Daily Lives of High School Boys (Hidenori Tabata)
• From the New World (Rijin)
• Inu x Boku SS (Kagerou Shoukiin)
• Ixion Saga DT (Leon)
• Gintama (Gintoki Sakata)
• Hiiro no Kakera (Takuma Onizaki)
• Tsuritama (Akira Agarkar Yamada)
• La storia della Arcana Famiglia (Pace)
• Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere 2nd Season (Tachibana Muneshige)
• Sket Dance (Usui Switch Kazuyoshi)
• K (Reisi Munakata)
• Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (Drakon)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Joseph Joestar)
• Shirokuma Café (Wolf and Chinstrap Penguin)
• Oresama Teacher Drama CD (Shinobu Yui)

2013

• BlazBlue Alter Memory (Ragna The Bloodedge)
• Cuticle Detective Inaba (Yatarō)^[4]
• Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (Chamber)
• Gingitsune (Seishirō Kirishima)
• Gintama (Gintoki Sakata)
• Pacific Rim Japanese dub (Raleigh Becket)^[5]
• Pokémon Origins (Takeshi)^[6]
• Samurai Flamenco (Gotou Hedenori)
• Senki Zesshou Symphogear G (Dr. Ver)
• WataMote (Hatsushiba)^[7]
• Love Lab (Enomoto Brother)
• Shingeki no Kyojin (Marlo)
• Saint Seiya Omega (Phoenix Ikki)
• Ultraman Ginga (Ultraman Ginga)

2014

• Buddy Complex (Lee Conrad)
• Nobunaga the Fool (Leonardo da Vinci)

Video Games

• .hack//Link (Fluegel)
• Black Rock Shooter (MZMA/Mazuma)
• BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (Ragna the Bloodedge)
• BlazBlue: Chronophantasma (Ragna The Bloodedge)
• BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (Ragna the Bloodedge, Bang's Subordinate B)
• Chaos Rings II (Orlando Crichton)
• Corpse Party: Blood Covered (Narrator, Yuuya Kizami, Kou Kibiki, and also the unknown toilet ghost)^[8]
• Super Dangan Ronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Academy (Tanaka Gundam)
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers 3DS (Raidou/Raido Kuzunoha the XIV, EX Dungeon Bonus Boss)
• Everybody's Golf 6 (Yamato)
• Final Fantasy Type-0 (King)
• Fire Emblem: Awakening (Chrom)
• Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage (Shin)
• Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 (Shin)
• Genso Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki (Leopherias 13)
• Grand Knights History (King Fausel)
• Guilty Gear 2: Overture (That Man)
• Guilty Gear XX Λ Core Plus (That Man, Millia`s Fan)
• Haruhi Suzumiya series as Kyon:
  • The Promise of Haruhi Suzumiya
  • The Perplexity of Haruhi Suzumiya
  • Suzumiya Haruhi no Shinsaku
• J-Stars Victory Vs (Gintoki, Joseph Joestar, Switch)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle (Joseph Joestar)
• Killer Is Dead (David)
• Luminous Arc 3 (Glenn)
• Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes (Kazuhira "Kaz" Miller)
• Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker (Kazuhira Miller)
• NORN9 (Muroboshi Ron)
• Ōgon Musōkyoku (Ronove)
• Ōgon Musōkyoku CROSS (Ronove)
• Ōgon Musōkyoku X (Ronove)
• Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai (DJ Condor)
• Rune Factory 4 (Dylas)
• Star Ocean: Second Evolution (Dias Flac)
• Starry Sky (Nanami Kanata)
• Tales of Xillia (Alvin)
• Tales of Xillia 2 (Alvin)
• Time and Eternity (Ricardo)
• Togainu no Chi (Keisuke)
• Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 3rd Story (Ruka Sakurai)

References

External links

• Tomokazu Sugita at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Tomokazu Sugita at CD Japan
• Tomokazu Sugita at the Internet Movie Database
• Tomokazu Sugita discography at MusicBrainz