Takahiro Sakurai

Takahiro Sakurai (櫻井 孝宏 Sakurai Takahiro, born June 13, 1974) is a Japanese popular Seiyuu 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 (the Japanese Seiyuu of Zack Fair) 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 as well as the occasional villainous ones. Sometimes, he is also typecast to play angsty and arrogant young men.

His list of roles include the likes of Cloud Strife in the Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy series, Asbel Lhant in the Tales series, Sting Eucliffe in Fairy Tail, Suzaku Kururugi in Code Geass, Killy in Blame!, Joe Okada in Doki Doki Pretty Cure, Giyu Tomioka in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Jafar in Magi, Maximilien Robespierre in Le Chevalier D'Eon, Blue Knight in Accel World, Rohan Kishibe in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Hiltz in Zoids: Guardian Force, Sasori in Naruto Shippūden, the titular character in Mr. Osomatsu, Blurr in the Japanese dubbed version of Transformers: Animated, Mega Man X, Lei-Fei in the Virtua Fighter series, Takashi Kamiyama from Cromartie High School, DC's Bruce Wayne/Batman (as seen in 2022's The Batman) and Edward Cullen (both portrayed by Robert Pattinson) in the Japanese dub of the Twilight Saga series.

Voices

 * Lego Dimensions: The Lost Dimensions (Japanese Dub) - Cloud Strife, Mega Man X, One of the following Japanese-language Custom Avatar Voices (Male)
 * Shueisha vs. Capcom - Mega Man X
 * Kodansha vs. Capcom/Eternal Kodansha vs. Capcom - Killy, Mega Man X
 * Dengeki Bunko vs. Capcom - Mega Man X
 * Disney vs. Mega Man - Mega Man X
 * Sega vs. Capcom - Mega Man X
 * Unnamed Transformers Fighting Video Game - Blurr (Transformers: Animated)
 * Type-Moon vs. Capcom - Mega Man X
 * Nickelodeon All-Stars vs. Type-Moon (Japanese Version) - Merlin, Arthur Pendragon/Saber
 * The Loud House (Japanese Dub) - Emman's Unnamed Griffith-inspired Character
 * Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Anime DLCs - Giyu Tomioka (Demon Slayer pack/Assist Trophy)
 * School for Demon Heroes - Giyu Tomioka
 * Jump Force new DLC - Giyu Tomioka

Trivia

 * Giyu, and Sasori also share the same English voice actor: Johnny Yong Bosch.