Takahiro Sakurai

Takahiro Sakurai
Native name 櫻井孝宏
Born June 13, 1974
Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
Occupation Voice actor
Years active 1996-present
Notable credit(s) Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children as Cloud Strife
Naruto Shippuuden as Sasori
Code Geass as Suzaku Kururugi
Bleach as Izuru Kira
Kyou Kara Maoh! as Yuri Shibuya
D.Gray-man as Yū Kanda
Junjou Romantica as Misaki Takahashi
Psycho-Pass as Shogo Makishima
Ace of Diamond as Kazuya Miyuki

Takahiro Sakurai (櫻井 孝宏 Sakurai Takahiro, born June 13, 1974) is a Japanese voice actor who was born in Aichi. He was a member of 81 Produce and since July 20 of 2014 is attached with INTENTION, the management company established by Kenichi Suzumura, one of his good friends; his height is 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in).

Many of his roles are handsome (and mostly charming) men. However, he has also voiced reluctant heroes (such as Mega Man X) as well as the occasional villain (Maximilien Robespierre in Le Chevalier D'Eon, Hiltz in Zoids: Guardian Force and Sasori in Naruto Shippūden). Sometimes, he is also typecast to play angsty and arrogant young men (such as his famous rendition of Cloud Strife in Compilation of Final Fantasy VII), and also loner characters such as Izuru Kira in Bleach. More recently, he also provided the voice of Edward Cullen in the Japanese dub adaptations of the Twilight Saga films.

Filmography

Anime

Year Series Role
1996 Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go WGP Leone; Waldegald
1997 Pocket Monsters Sand; Semi-Final Announcer
1998 Ah My Goddess: Being Small is Convenient Kagerou
Cardcaptor Sakura Kouichi Kouno
HHamos The Green Chariot Abel
Master Keaton Ralph
The Mysterious Cities of Gold Soldier
1999 Digimon Adventure Tentomon, Phantomon, Scorpiomon
Initial D Second Stage THUNDERS member
Sensual Phrase Yoshihiko "Santa" Nagai
Zoids: Chaotic Century Hilts
2000 Boogiepop Phantom Delinquent B
Digimon Adventure 02 Tentomon
Gate Keepers Shun Ukiya
Gravitation Host
Pocket Monsters AD
Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo Gô Ichimonji
2001 Angel Tales Genbu no Shin
Beyblade Tonny
Cyborg 009 Joe Shimamura/009
Galaxy Angel Great Muscle
Gene Shaft Hiroto Amagiwa
Hikaru no Go Kaoru Kishimoto
Kasumin Kasumi Senta
Offside Noriyuki Akechi
Prétear Sasame
Slayers Premium Chie-tako
Star Ocean EX Gabriel Celeste
Zoids: New Century Zero Bit Cloud
2002 GetBackers Kagami Kyoji
Heat Guy J Boma
I"s (OVA) Seto Ichitaka
Mao Dante Sosuke Oshiba
Mirmo de Pon! Chikku
Ojamajo Doremi Dokkān Hiroaki Shibata
Princess Tutu Fakir
Samurai Deeper Kyo Kubira
Tokyo Underground Sui
2003 Cromartie High School Takashi Kamiyama
Guardian Hearts Kazuya Watari
Kaleido Star Leon Oswald
Lunar Legend Tsukihime Arihiko Inui
The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok Loki (older)
Peacemaker Kurogane Susumu Yamazaki
Saint Beast Genbu no Shin
Transformers Armada Double Face (Sideways)
Zatch Bell! Kiyomaro Takamine (Kiyo Takamine)
2004 Cho Henshin CosPrayers Kuls Pristo
Diamond Daydreams Kurokawa
Kyo Kara Maoh! Yuri Shibuya & Morgif
Meine Liebe Orpherus Fürst von Marmelade nahe Gorz
Phantom - The Animation Reiji Azuma/ Zwei
Tactics Haruka
Tsukuyomi -Moon Phase- Seiji Midou
Zoids: Fuzors Gene
Gakuen Alice Misaki
Detective Conan Takuya Masubuchi
2005 Absolute Boy Shigeki Kobayakawa
Black Cat Jenos Hazard
Bleach Izuru Kira
Canvas 2 Kamikura Hiroki[1]
Gun X Sword Ray Langlen
Pani Poni Dash! Shu Momose
Rozen Maiden Träumend Shirosaki
Saint Seiya Hades: Inferno Dragon Shiryu
Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shouganai Fuuta Kitamura (ep.13)
Tales of Legendia Walter Delques
2006 .hack//Roots Haseo[2]
Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales The Medicine Seller
Black Blood Brothers Jirou Mochizuki
Code Geass Suzaku Kururugi[3]
D.Gray-man Yū Kanda
D.I.C.E. Macchiatto
Gakuen Heaven Endou Kazuki
Major Naoki Enomoto
Musashi Gundoh Kojiro Sasaki
Innocent Venus Jin Tsurusawa
Karin Kurobara no Ouji
Le Chevalier D'Eon Maximilien Robespierre
Legend of the Glass Fleet Michel/Gilles
Ring ni Kakero 1: Nichibei Kessen Hen Shadow Jun
Zegapain Toga Vital
Zero no Tsukaima Guiche
2007 Jyūshin Enbu - Hero Tales Ryūkō
Kimikiss Eiji Kai
Mononoke The Medicine Seller
Naruto Shippuuden Sasori
Saint Beast: Kouin Jojishi Tenshi Tan Genbu no Shin
Zero no Tsukaima: Futatsu no Kishi Guiche
Zombie-Loan Shito Tachibana
2008 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Suzaku Kururugi
Hatenkō Yūgi Alzeid
Saint Seiya The Hades: Elysion Dragon Shiryu
The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of URUK Neeba
Zero no Tsukaima: Princesse no Rondo Guiche
Junjou Romantica Takahashi Misaki
Kyou Kara Maoh! Yuri Shibuya
2009 Bakemonogatari Meme Oshino
Bleach Kira Izuru and Wabisuke
Cross Game Azuma Yuuhei
Hatsukoi Limited Sogabe Hiroyuki
Seitokai no Ichizon Echo Of Death
Shangri-La Kudo Shougo
Genji Monogatari Sennenki Hikaru Genji
Valkyria Chronicles Faldio Landzaat
2010 Chu-Bra!! Keigo Hayama
Digimon Xros Wars Dorulumon
House of Five Leaves Yaichi
Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Girls Tokugawa Yoshihiko
Kuroshitsuji II Claude Faustus
Nurarihyon no Mago Kubinashi
Otome Yōkai Zakuro Kei Agemaki
Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru Uki Isohata
The Legend of the Legendary Heroes Tiir Rumibul
Transformers: Animated Blurr
Tatakau Shisho - The Book of Bantorra Ruruta
Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru (Betrayal Knows My Name) Luka Crosszeria
2011 Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Atsumu Matsuyuki
[C] Masakaki
Dantalian no Shoka Armand Jeremiah
Dogs Days Framboise Charle
Kami-sama no Memo-chou Hiroaki Kuwahara "Hiro"
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan Kubinashi
Phi Brain: Puzzle of God Rook Banjo Crossfield
Tegami Bachi Reverse Jeel
Toriko Coco
High Score Kyosuke Masuda
Natsume Yuujinchou San Natsume's Adoptive Brother in episode 12
2012 Berserk Film Trilogy Griffith[4]
Brave 10 Hanzō Hattori
Daily Lives of High School Boys Yuusuke Tabata
Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time Dorulumon and Tentomon
Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals Sasori
Phi Brain: Puzzle of God Season 2 Rook Banjo Crossfield
Shirokuma Café Shirokuma (Polar Bear)
Zero no Tsukaima F Guiche
Accel World Blue Knight/Blue King
Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imōto ga Iru! Shougo Mikadono
The Ambition of Oda Nobuna Hanzō Hattori
Dogs Days' Framboise Charle
Tsuritama Urara
Fairy Tail Sting Eucliffe
Suki-tte Ii na yo. Yamato Kurosawa
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic Ja'far
K (anime) Izumo Kusanagi
Sakura-sō no Pet na Kanojo Jin Mitaka
Psycho-Pass Shogo Makishima
2013 Devil Survivor 2: The Animation Alcor (Anguished One)
Senyū Janua Ein
Log Horizon Crusty
Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Bride Tokugawa Yoshihiko
Uchōten Kazoku Yasaburō Shimogamo[5]
Servant x Service Taishi Ichimiya
Dog & Scissors Kazuhito Harumi
Danganronpa: The Animation Leon Kuwata
Dokidoki! PreCure Joe Okada
Diamond no Ace Kazuya Miyuki
Magi: The Kingdom of Magic Ja'far
Unbreakable Machine-Doll Shin
Kingdom Season 2 Lun Hu
2014 Buddy Complex Bizon Gerafil
Noragami Rabou
Tokyo Ravens Shidō Dairenji (Yashamaru)
Nobunaga the Fool Akechi Mitsuhide
Riddle Story of Devil Ataru Mizorogi
Soul Eater Not! Akane Hoshi
Knights of Sidonia Norio Kunato
The World is Still Beautiful Bardwin Cecil Ifrikia (Bard)
Chaika - The Coffin Princess Shin Acura
Baby Steps Yu Nabae
Nobunaga Concerto Takenaka Shigeharu
Aldnoah.Zero Trillram
Shirogane no Ishi Argevollen Schlein Richthofen
Tokyo Ghoul Uta[6]
Buddy Complex Kanketsu-hen: Ano Sora ni Kaeru Mirai de Bizon Gerafil / Evgeni Kedar
Chaika - The Coffin Princess: Avenging Battle Shin Acura
Ōkami Shōjo to Kuro Ōji Kyouya Sata
Grisaia no Kajitsu Yūji Kazami
Gugure! Kokkuri-san Inugami
Donten ni Warau Shirasu Kinjō
Psycho-Pass 2 Sho Hinakawa
Log Horizon 2 Crusty
Akatsuki no Yona Kang Tae Jun
Nanatsu no Taizai Griamor
Rage of Bahamut: Genesis Lucifer
2015 Tokyo Ghoul √A Uta
Death Parade Shimada
Maria the Virgin Witch Bernard
Miritari! Corporal Glue
Dog Days" Framboise Charle
Absolute Duo K
Detective Conan Ryusuke Higo
Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen SC 《C》
Shirobako Nogame Takezou
Seraph of the End Ferid Bathory
Sidonia no Kishi: Dai-kyū Wakusei Sen'eki Norio Kunato
Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma Satoshi Isshiki
Hibike! Euphonium Noboru Taki
Baby Steps Season 2 Yu Nabae
Le Labyrinthe de la Grisaia, Le Eden de la Grisaia Yūji Kazami
Digimon Adventure tri. Tentomon
Gangsta. Marco Adriano
Diamond no Ace Season 2 Kazuya Miyuki

Drama CD

Tokusatsu

Games

OVA/Movies

Dubbing

Notes and references

  1. Taniguchi, Hiroshi et al. "The Official Art of Canvas2 ~Nijiiro no Sketch~". (November 2006) Newtype USA. pp. 101-107.
  2. Yuki, Masahiro. "The Official Art of .hack//Roots". (May 2007) Newtype USA. pp. 101-107.
  3. Shida, Hidekuni et al. "Code Geass". (January 2007) Newtype USA pp. 56-59.
  4. Loo, Egan (24 August 2011). "2012 Berserk Film Trilogy's Main Cast, Staff Listed". Anime News Network. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  5. "P.A. Works' Uchōten Kazoku Anime Teaser Streamed". Anime News Network. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
  6. "Funimation Acquires Tokyo Ghoul, Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist". Anime News Network. July 8, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  7. "Junko's Watashi ga Motete Dousunda Manga Gets Drama CD". Anime News Network. September 8, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  8. "ロストディメンション公式サイト - LOST DIMENSION OFFICIAL SITE -". Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  9. "『PROJECT X ZONE 2:BRAVE NEW WORLD(プロジェクト クロスゾーン2:ブレイブニューワールド)』始動!!" (in Japanese). Famitsu. April 12, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2015.

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