Takahiro Sakurai

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 (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 recognizably long list of roles include Cloud Strife in the Final Fantasy series, Asbel Lhant in Tales of Graces, Sting Eucliffe in Fairy Tail, Suzaku Kururugi in Code Geass, 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, and Sasori in Naruto Shippūden, the titular character in Mr. Osomatsu, Blurr in Transformers: Animated, Bruce Wayne/Batman of DC Comics fame (namely with the one who is portrayed by Robert Pattinson as seen in 2022's The Batman), Mega Man X, Takashi Kamiyama from Cromartie High School and Edward Cullen (also portrayed by Robert Pattinson) in the Japanese dub of the Twilight Saga series.

Voices

 * Final Fantasy vs. Capcom, Square-Enix vs. Capcom, Disney vs. Capcom: Warriors of Weirdmageddon - Cloud Strife, Mega Man X
 * The Loud House (Japanese Dub) - Emman's very own Unnamed Griffith-inspired OC
 * 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. Some of his Characters also share the spotlight with the likes of Yuri Lowenthal (mainly with Bandai-Namco's Haseo and Suzaku Kururugi) and Ray Chase (mainly with Helper T Cell and Atsumu "Yukiatsu" Matsuyuki) too.