Takahiro Sakurai
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Takahiro Sakurai (櫻井 孝宏 Sakurai Takahiro, born June 13, 1974) is a seiyū who was born in Aichi. He is a member of 81 Produce.
Many of his roles were handsome (and mostly charming) men. However, he has also voiced reluctant heroes (most notably as Cloud Strife) as well as the occasional villain (Maximilien Robespierre in Le Chevalier D'Eon).
[edit] Notable voice roles
- Suzaku Kururugi in Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion
- Bit Cloud in Zoids: New Century Zero
- Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, Last Order -Final Fantasy VII-, Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-, Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-, & the Kingdom Hearts series
- Double Face (Sideways) in Transformer Micron Legend (Transformers Armada)
- Dragon Shiryu in Saint Seiya Hades: Inferno
- Endou Kazuki in Gakuen Heaven
- Fakir in Princess Tutu
- Guntz in Klonoa Heroes: Legend of the Star Medal, Namco x Capcom
- Haruka in Tactics
- Haseo in .hack//Roots, .hack//G.U.
- Honjo Ren in Nana (PS2 game)
- Ichitaka Seto in I"s
- Jenos Hazard in Black Cat
- Jin Tsurasawa in Innocent Venus
- Jirou Mochizuki in Black Blood Brothers
- Joe Shimamura/009 in Cyborg 009 (2001)
- Kagami Kyoji in GetBackers
- Kamikura Hiroki in Canvas 2 ~Niji Iro no Sketch~
- Kamiyama Takashi in Cromartie High School
- Kira Izuru in Bleach
- Kishimoto Kaoru in Hikaru no Go
- Kiyomaro Takamine (Kiyo Takamine) in Konjiki no Gash Bell! (Zatch Bell)
- Lan Di in Shenmue
- Leon Oswald in Kaleido Star
- Loki (the older voice of that character) in Matantei Loki Ragnarok (The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok)
- Maximilien Robespierre in Le Chevalier D'Eon
- Misaki in (Gakuen Alice)
- Red-Eye in Galaxy Angel (game)
- Rockman X in the series of the same name, starting with Rockman X: Command Mission
- Yoshihiko "Santa" Nagai in Kaikan Phrase
- Sasame in Prétear
- Seiji Midou in Tsukuyomi - Moon Phase
- Shibuya Yuuri in Kyou Kara Maou!
- Shirosaki in Rozen Maiden Träumend
- Shu Momose in Pani Poni Dash!
- Shun Ukiya in Gate Keepers
- Sion Barzahd in The Bouncer
- Suzumu Yamazaki in Peacemaker Kurogane
- Tentomon in Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02
- Walter Delqes in Tales of Legendia
- Yu Kanda in D.Gray-man
- Jonathan Morris in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
- Yuichi Kazuki in Only the Ring Finger Knows (Drama CD)
- Rui Kiryuuin in Ai wo Utau yori Ore ni Oborero! (Blaue Rosen; Drama CD)
[edit] Trivia
- He's one half of the seiyū duo "R-16", alongside Suzumura Kenichi. Coincidently, both men have voiced characters whereby their love interests are voiced by Maaya Sakamoto.
- In Gundam Seed Destiny, Maaya voices Lunamaria Hawke while Kenichi voices Shinn Asuka. (Maaya also had a bit role as Shin's sister Mayu).
- In Final Fantasy VII, Maaya voices Aerith while Takahiro voices Cloud. In addition, Kenichi voices Zack, Aerith's first boyfriend.
- In Ouran High School Host Club, Kenichi voices Hitachiin Hikaru while Maaya voices his (one-sided) love interest, Fujioka Haruhi.
- He has worked alongside Showtaro Morikubo in several animes.
- In the 2001 anime series of Cyborg 009, with Morikubo as 002 and Sakurai as 009.
- In GetBackers, with Morikubo as Amano Ginji.
- Matantei Loki Ragnarok, with Morikubo as Thor.
- Both his roles in Tactics and Black cat, have similar physical features.
[edit] External links
- Takahiro Sakurai at Anime NFO
- Takahiro Sakurai at the Seiyuu database
