Takahiro Sakurai

Infobox actor


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name = Takahiro Sakurai
櫻井 孝宏
birthname = 櫻井 孝宏 ("Sakurai Takahiro")
birthdate = Birth date and age|1974|6|13|
birthplace = Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
occupation = Seiyū
yearsactive = 1996-present

nihongo|Takahiro Sakurai|櫻井 孝宏|Sakurai Takahiro|born June 13, 1974 is a voice actor 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 (such as Cloud Strife and Rockman X) as well as the occasional villain (Maximilien Robespierre in "Le Chevalier D'Eon", Hiltz in "Zoids: Guardian Force" and Sasori in "Naruto Shippuden"). Sometimes, he was also typecast to play an angsty and arrogant young man, and also loner characters.

Roles

Anime

Leading roles in bold;1996
*"Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go WGP" as Leone; Waldegald;1997
*"Pokemon" as Sand; Semi-Final Announcer;1998
*"The Adventures of Mini-Goddess" as Kagerou
*"Cardcaptor Sakura" as Kouichi Kouno
*"Hamos The Green Chariot" as Abel
*"Master Keaton" as Ralph
*"The Mysterious Cities of Gold" as Soldier;1999
*"Digimon Adventure" as Tentomon
*"Initial D Second Stage" as THUNDERS member
*"Kaikan Phrase" as Yoshihiko "Santa" Nagai
*' as Hilts"';2000
*"Boogiepop Phantom" as Delinquent B
*"Digimon Adventure 02" as Tentomon
*"Gate Keepers" as Shun Ukiya
*"Gravitation" as Host
*"Pokemon" as AD;2001
*"Angel Tales" as Genbu no Shin
*"Beyblade" as Tonny
*"Cyborg 009" (2001) as Joe Shimamura/009
*"Galaxy Angel" as Great Muscle
*"Gene Shaft" as Hiroto Amagiwa
*"Hikaru no Go" as Kaoru Kishimoto
*"Kasumin" as Kasumi Senta
*"Offside" as Noriyuki Akechi
*"Prétear" as Sasame
*"Star Ocean EX" as Gabriel
*' as Bit Cloud"';2002
*"GetBackers" as Kagami Kyoji
*"Heat Guy J" as Boma
*"I"s" (OVA) as Seto Ichitaka
*"Mirmo Zibang!" as Chikku
*"Ojamajo Doremi Dokkān" as Hiroaki Shibata
*"Princess Tutu" as Fakir
*"Samurai Deeper Kyo" as Kubira
*"Tokyo Underground" as Sui;2003
*"Cromartie High School" as Takashi Kamiyama
*"Guardian Hearts" as Kazuya Watari
*"Kaleido Star" as Leon Oswald
*"Lunar Legend Tsukihime" as Arihiko Inui
*"The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok" as Loki (older)
*"Peacemaker Kurogane" as Susumu Yamazaki
*"Saint Beast" as Genbu no Shin
*"Transformers Armada" as Double Face (Sideways)
*"Zatch Bell!" as Kiyomaro Takamine (Kiyo Takamine);2004
*"Cho Henshin CosPrayers" as Kuls Pristo
*"Diamond Daydreams" as Kurokawa
*"Kyou Kara Maou!" as Yuri Shibuya & Morgif
*"Meine Liebe" as Orpherus Fürst von Marmelade nahe Gorz
*"Phantom - The Animation as Reiji Azuma/ Zwei
*"Tactics" as Haruka
*"Tsukuyomi - Moon Phase" as Seiji Midou
*"" as Gene;2005
*"Absolute Boy" as Shigeki Kobayakawa
*"Black Cat" as Jenos Hazard
*"Bleach" as Kira Izuru
*"Gun X Sword" as Ray Langlen
*"Pani Poni Dash!" as Shu Momose
*"Rozen Maiden Träumend" as Shirosaki
*' as Dragon Shiryu"'
*"Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shouganai" as Fuuta Kitamura (ep.13);2006
*".hack//Roots" as Haseo
*' as The Medicine Seller"'
*"Black Blood Brothers" as Jirou Mochizuki
*"Code Geass" as Suzaku Kururugi
*"D.Gray-man" as Yu Kanda
*"D.I.C.E." as Macchiatto
*"Gakuen Heaven" as Endou Kazuki
*"Major" as Naoki Enomoto
*"Meine Liebe" as Orpherus Fürst von Marmelade nahe Gorz
*"Musashi Gundoh" as Kojiro Sasaki
*"Innocent Venus" as Jin Tsurusawa
*"Karin" as Kurobara no Ouji
*"Le Chevalier D'Eon" as Maximilien Robespierre
*"Legend of the Glass Fleet" as Michel/Gilles
*"" as Shadow Jun
*"Zegapain" as Toga Vital
*"Zero no Tsukaima" as Guiche;2007
*"Jyūshin Enbu - Hero Tales" as Ryūkō
*"Kimikiss" as Eiji Kai
*"Mononoke" as The Medicine Seller
*"Naruto Shippuuden" as Sasori
*' as Genbu no Shin"'
*"Tokyo Marble Chocolate" as Yuta
*' as Guiche"'　
*"Zombie-Loan" as Shito Tachibana;2008
*' as Suzaku Kururugi"'
*"Hatenkō Yūgi" as Alzeid
*' as Dragon Shiryu"'
*"The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of URUK" as Neeba
*' as Guiche"'
*"Junjou Romantica" as Misaki Takahashi

Drama CD

*"Are you Alice?" as Alice
*"Ai wo Utau yori Ore ni Oborero!" ("Blaue Rosen") as Rui Kiryuuin
*"BALETTSTAR as Horinouchi Keisuke
*"Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion" as Suzaku Kururugi
*' as Haine Rammsteiner"'
*"Dolls" as Toudou Usaki
*"Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden" as Uruki
*"Hatenkō Yūgi" as Alzeid
*"Junjo Romantica" as Misaki Takahashi
*"Kirepapa" as Shunsuke Sakaki
*"Kiss to do-jin! ~Ōjisama wa Karisuma Ōte!?~" as Tooru Hikawa
*"Love Mode" as Rin Takimura
*"Lovely Complex" as Otani Atsushi
*"Shitsuji-sama no Okiniiri" as Kanzawa Hakuou
*"Slavers Series" as Syuuichi Kurahashi
*"Sono Yubi Dake ga Shitteru (Only the Ring Finger Knows)" as Yuichi Kazuki
*"Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shouganai" as Fuuta Kitamura (starting from "White Flower")
*"Switch" as Hal Kurabayashi
*"Tokyo Yabanjin (Barbarian In Tokyo)" as Fubuki Kano
*"Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru (Betrayal Knows My Name)" as Luka Crosszeria
*"V.B.Rose" as Yukari Arisaka
*"Yabai Kimochi (Desire)" as Toru Maiki
*"Yellow" as Taki
*"Zombie-Loan" as Shito Tachibana

Games

*".hack//G.U." as Haseo
*' as Jonathan Morris"'
*' as Suzaku Kururugi"'
*"Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-", "Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-", ', "the "Kingdom Hearts" series" as Cloud Strife"'
*"Eternal Sonata" as Fugue
*"Full House Kiss" as Asaki Hanekura
*"Galaxy Angel" as Red-Eye
*"Harukanaru Toki no Naka de Maihitoyo (PS2)" as Oo no Suefumi
*"" as Bruno Bucciarati
*"" & "Namco x Capcom" as Guntz
*"Kyou Kara Maou! Oresama Quest (PC)" as Yuuri Shibuya
*"Kyou Kara Maou! Hajimari no Tabi (PS2)" as Yuuri Shibuya
*"Konjiki no Gash Bell" series as Kiyomaro Takamine
*"Lovely Complex" as Otani Atsushi
*', "Rockman X8", "Irregular Hunter X" as Rockman X"'
*"Memories Off" (#5 The Unfinished Film) as Yusuke Hina
*"Nana" as Ren Honjo
*"Orange Honey" as Shinya Shiraishi
*"Shenmue" as Lan Di
*"Tales of Legendia" as Walter Delqes
*"The Bouncer" as Sion Barzahd
*" (PS3)" as "Faldio Landzaat"
*"Virtua Fighter Series" as Lei-Fei
*' as Mika Mikli"'
*"Zegapain NOT" as Toga Dupe
*"Zegapain XOR" as Toga Vital

OVA/Movies

*".hack//G.U. Trilogy" as Haseo
*"Beat Angel Escalayer" as Kyohei Yanase
*"Final Fantasy VII Advent Children" as Cloud Strife
*"Harukanaru Toki no Naka de Maihitoyo" as Oo no Suefumi
*"Gate Keepers 21" as Shun Ukiya
*"Karas" as Ekou Hoshunin
*"Kirepapa" as Shunsuke Sakaki
*"Konjiki no Gash Bell-The Attack of Mechavulcan" as Kiyomaro Takamine
*"Last Order -Final Fantasy VII-" as Cloud Strife
*"Shin Getter Robo VS Neo Getter Robo" as Gou Hitomoji
*"Tokyo Marble Chocolate" as Yudai
*"Vie Durant (ONA)" as Di
*"Vexille" as Ryo

External links

* [http://www.seiyuu.info/extendedlisting.php?seiyuu=Takahiro+Sakurai Takahiro Sakurai] at the Seiyuu database
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=5039 Takahiro Sakurai] at Anime News Network