Ryōtarō Okiayu

His range is A～E♯ and his dialect is Osakan. His older sister is an animator. He is the official voice-over dub for Scott Foley, Taylor Kitsch, Lin Gengxin and Stephen Fung.

• Name — Ryōtarō Okiayu • Native Name — 置鮎 龍太郎 • Other Names — Ryō-chan Okkii • Born — 17 November 1969 • Birthplace — Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan • Occupation — * Actor • voice actor • Singer • Years Active — 1989–present • Agent — Aoni Production • Notable Works — * Bleach as Byakuya Kuchiki • New Mobile Report Gundam Wing as Treize Khushrenada • The Prince of Tennis as Kunimitsu Tezuka • Slam Dunk as Hisashi Mitsui • Hell Teacher Nūbē as Meisuke Nueno • Mega Man X as Zero • Fruits Basket as Shigure Sohma • Toriko as Toriko • Tekken as Lee Chaolan • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba as Kokushibo • Height Cm — 170 • Spouse — * Nao Nagasawa (divorced) • Children — Minamo Nagasawa (voice actor)

Okiayu was born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture in 1969, moved to Osaka Prefecture when he was in the third grade of elementary school due to his parents' work, and lived in Nankō Port Town in Suminoe-ku, Osaka. His father had worked at a movie company for a time before Okiayu was born, and he would sometimes get anime posters and cels from his old colleagues. Because of this environment, Okiayu and his sister, who is one year older than him, loved anime and often listened to theatrical anime records and dramas together. His sister was skilled in the field of drawing, having been involved in animation for some time, but Okiayu found more enjoyment in imitating the voices of characters than in drawing, and he came to feel that speaking dialogue was an interesting thing to do. In his first year of high school after entering Abeno High School, he began to think about becoming a voice actor, and began to request information about training schools, but due to financial reasons, he decided to wait until after graduation and began working part-time during his high school years to save money. However, he spent the money on other things, so he ended up borrowing from his parents to attend the training school. His parents advised him to go to college, but he decided to go to the training school because he had no goals in mind. While there were almost no training schools in Osaka at the time, he auditioned and entered the Aoni Juku Osaka School. He passed an audition for Aoni Production through an in-house screening and moved to Tokyo from Osaka. He is said to have cried when he got the acceptance letter. When he first moved to Tokyo, he went to his cousin's place to find a room. Okiayu claims that his first jobs as a voice actor were a radio commercial for a prep school and the voice of a remote-controlled robot roaming around the Expo '90 site. His first work in anime was as a Bodkin archer in Dragon Quest and his first regular role was as Franz Heinel in Future GPX Cyber Formula. His first starring role was in the OVA Dark Cat. The role of Meisuke Nueno in Hell Teacher Nūbē was his first leading role in a TV anime. He said that Nūbē was the culmination of his career and that he was able to put himself fully into the role and play it naturally because he was close to Meisuke's age, and he said he cried when he heard it was over. Okiayu has taken over some of the roles from late Kaneto Shiozawa, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Tsuyoshi Takishita, and Unshō Ishizuka. Since 2016, he has also been working as a stage actor in the theater company Hero Hero Q Company. In 2023, Okiayu was a recipient of the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 17th Seiyu Awards.

List of voice performances in anime • Year — Title — Role — Notes — Source • Legend of the Galactic Heroes — Emil von Seclä — OVA • Future GPX Cyber Formula series — Franz Heinel • Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again — Ingues — OVA • The Brave Express Might Gaine — Guard Diver, Loose Changer • Iron Leaguer — Mach Windy • Please Save My Earth — Issei Nishikiori — OVA • Brave Police J-Decker — McCrane, Mr. Mudra • Marmalade Boy — Yuu Matsuura • –96 — Slam Dunk — Hisashi Mitsui • Haō Taikei Ryū Knight — Gratches • Ginga Sengoku Gun'yūden Rai — Racovian • Tekkaman Blade II — Darbit Kruger — OVA • Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai — Shūichi Takigawa — OVA • Sailor Moon R — Achiral • Sailor Moon SuperS — Tiger's Eye • Mobile Suit Gundam Wing — Treize Khushrenada • El-Hazard — Katsuhiko Jinnai — OVAs & TV series • Saint Tail — John • Fire Emblem — Abel — OVA • Hell Teacher Nūbē — Meisuke Nueno — Also narrated an episode of the live-action drama • Martian Successor Nadesico — Nagare Akatsuki • Ninja Resurrection — Shiro Amakusa Tokisada — OVA • Flame of Recca — Kurei • Dr. Slump — Dr. Mashirito; Tsukutsun Tsun — 2nd TV series — • Android Announcer Maico 2010 — Matsuo Densuke • Weiß Kreuz — Brad Crawford • –99 — Sorcerous Stabber Orphen series — Hartia • –99 — Dokkiri Doctor — Mitsugu Tajima • Mamotte Shugogetten — Takashi Nomura — Also OVA in 2000 • Shin Hakkenden — Tomoka • Jubei-chan: Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch — Koinosuke Odagou — Also special in 2004 • 10 Tokyo Warriors — Jingo Kazamatsuri — OVA — • Excel Saga — Watanabe • Love Hina — Kentaro Sakata • Legendary Gambler Tetsuya — Tetsuya • Hare+Guu — Asio • Sister Princess — Akio Yamagami • Project ARMS — Keith Black • Fruits Basket — Shigure Sohma • Gravitation — Claude (K) • Cosmic Baton Girl Cometto-san — Omasien man • –2012 — The Prince of Tennis series — Kunimitsu Tezuka • Mirage of Blaze — Oda Nobunaga • –06 — Kinnikuman series — Kevin Mask, Mr. Gacha, Puripuriman — Starting with Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy • Digimon Frontier — RhodoKnightmon • Mobile Suit Gundam SEED — Andrew Waltfeld • Machine Robo Rescue — Koshiro Sasaki, Fire Robo • D.N.Angel — Dark Mousy • Fullmetal Alchemist — Scar • Transformers: Energon — Rodimus Convoy — • Astro Boy — Claus — • –05 — Girls Bravo series — Kazuharu Fukuyama • Harukanaru Toki no Naka de Hachiyō Shō — Akram • –11 — Ring ni Kakero 1 series — Jun Kenzaki • Bleach — Byakuya Kuchiki • –07 — Onegai My Melody series — Keiichi Hiiragi, My Melody's father • –present — One Piece — Kaku, Kizaru (881-) • Clannad series — Akio Furukawa — Also After Story • Gakuen Heaven — Koji Shinomiya •.hack Roots — Sagisaka, Seisaku • –07 — The Story of Saiunkoku series — Kuro Hong • Marginal Prince — Joshua Grant • D.Gray-man — Reever Wenham • Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars — Raidiese F. Branstein • Happy Lucky Bikkuriman — Gyuujaku-Tenshi, others — 2006 TV series • No Money • Over Drive — Naoto Hyoudou • Romeo × Juliet — Tybalt Volumnia De Capulet • Shining Tears X Wind — Haruto Saionji • Hatara Kizzu Maihamu Gumi — Keisuke Yoshikawa • Detective Conan — Subaru Okiya • Nabari no Ou — Kotaro Fuma • Junjou Romantica series — Kaoru Asahina • Akikan! — Hidehoko Otokoya • Slap-Up Party: Arad Senki — Irbek • Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra — Segal • Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings II — Toyotomi Hideyoshi • –14 — Toriko — Toriko • Blue Exorcist — Igor Neigaus • –12 — Fate/Zero — Berserker • –13 — Haganai series — Kashiwazaki Pegasus • –13 — Recorder to Randoseru series — Atsushi Miyagawa • Hyouka — Masashi Tōgaito • Good Luck Girl! — Genjūrō Rindo • DD Fist of the North Star — Shin • Strange+ — Masamune • Date A Live II — Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott • Love Stage!! — Seiya Sena • Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement — Toyotomi Hideyoshi • The Seven Deadly Sins — Helbram • Cardfight!! Vanguard G — Ryutaro Oyama • Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple — Radin Tidat Jihan — OVA 7 • Fafner in the Azure: Exodus — Walter Bargest • Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold — Gemini Saga • Kagewani — Masaki Kimura — Eps. 4 – 6, 9, 11 – 13 — • Blood Blockade Battlefront — Tonio • Kuroko's Basketball Season 3 — Shūzō Nijimura • Noragami — Ebisu — Season 2 Aragoto • Myriad Colors Phantom World — Albrecht — Ep. 6 • Prince of Stride: Alternative — Yuujirou Dan • Kagewani: Shō — Masaki Kimura — Eps. 2, 4 – 13 — • –17 — Super Lovers — Takamura Shiro • Izetta: The Last Witch — Hermann • Idol Memories — Ren Hayami • Masamune-kun's Revenge — Eiji • Super Lovers 2 — Takamura Shiro • Star-Myu: High School Star Musical 2 — Ritsu Saotome • Fate/Apocrypha — Lancer of Black/Vlad III • Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun — Aoyama • Black Clover — Heath Grice, Gaja • Ninja Girl & Samurai Master 3rd Season — Kennyo Honganji • Asobi Asobase — Maeda • How Not to Summon a Demon Lord — Emile Bichelberger • Date A Live III — Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott • 7 Seeds — Mansaku Tsunomata • Actors: Songs Connection — Satsuma Kadonoōji • Babylon — Kaika Itsuki • Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It — Professor Ikeda • Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun — Kodama/The Confession Tree • A3! — Reni Kamikizaka • The Misfit of Demon King Academy — Ivis Necron • King's Raid: Successors of the Will — Dominicus • Back Arrow — Kai Rhodan • Godzilla Singular Point — Bayler "BB" Barn • Shaman King — Boris Tepes Dracula • Getter Robo Arc — Emperor Gore III • Salaryman's Club — Sentaro Ibuki • Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It Heart — Professor Ikeda • Ya Boy Kongming! — Zhuge Kongming • Date A Live IV — Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott • The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup — Kunimitsu Tezuka • Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth — Raikou • Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War — Byakuya Kuchiki • Me & Roboco — Gachi Gorilla • Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre — Sonohara • The Tale of the Outcasts — Commander of the Knights of the Sword Cross • Run for Money: The Great Mission — Maurice Shoemaker • Blue Orchestra — Ryūjin Aono • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc — Kokushibo • Record of Ragnarok II — Hades • Rurouni Kenshin — Hannya • Ragna Crimson — Olto Zora • I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness — Gosetsu • Sasaki and Peeps — Akutsu • The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil — Zwei • Pokémon Horizons: The Series — Hassaku • Date A Live V — Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott • Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World Season II — Talisman • My Happy Marriage — Tadakiyo Kudo — Season 2 • I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons — Neil • Kowloon Generic Romance — Miyuki Hebinuma • Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube — Meisuke Nueno • The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity — Keiichiro Tsumugi • Cat's Eye — Michael Heintz • Akane-banashi — Shomei Tsubakiya • Beast King War God Dandivine — Daigo Shijima

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Source • Mirai Sentai Timeranger — Computer Engineer Gate — Ep. 46 • Mahou Sentai Magiranger — Hades Warrior God Cyclops — Eps. 35 – 38 • Shuriken Sentai Ninninger — Mangetsu Kibaoni — Eps. 39 – 42 • Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARS — Mangetsu Kibaoni — OV • Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger — Narrow Kilmer — Ep. 18 • 2023 — Kamen Rider Gotchard — Dreadriver (voice), Gigist (voice), Eldoradriver (voice) — Eps. 12–50

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Source • 2021 — Reach Beyond the Blue Sky — Ōgimachisanjō Sanenaru — Episode 19; Taiga drama • 2024 — Saint Young Men: The Movie — Additional Warrior Red (voice) — Film

List of voice performances in audio dramas • Title — Role — Notes — Source • 7 Seeds — Mansaku Tsunomata — Drama CD • Sengoku basara 2: Hyakkaryōran! Odawaranoeki — Hideyoshi Toyotomi — Drama CD — • Legend of Chun Hyang — Mong Ryong — Drama CD — • Paradox Live — Baek Chungsung

List of voice performances in video games • Year — Title — Role — Notes — Source • 1994 — Gunbird — Ash — Arcade • Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer — Kyosuke Shigure, Fudohmaru • 1995 — Cho Aniki: Kyuukyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyou Otoko — Idaten — PS1 • 1996 — Mega Man 8 — Proto Man — PS1, Sega Saturn • Rival Schools: United by Fate — Roy Bromwell — Arcade, PS1 • 1997 — Castlevania: Symphony of the Night — Alucard — PS1, Sega Saturn • 1997 — Mega Man: Battle & Chase — Proto Man — PS1 • 1997 — Mega Man X4 — Zero — PS1, Sega Saturn • 1997 — Silhouette Mirage — Hal Birthclod • 1997 — Tales of Destiny — Dymlos, Kronos • Xenogears — Krelian • 1998 — Double Cast ダブルキャスト — Yoshiki Sakuma — PS1 • 1998 — Lunar 2: Eternal Blue — Ronfar • Skies of Arcadia — Alfonso — Dreamcast • 2000 — Mega Man X5 — Zero — PS1 • 2000 — Project Justice — Roy Bromwell — Arcade, Dreamcast • Segagaga — Programmer Oka, Shrimp, Secret Director Cool — Dreamcast — 2000 WinBack Daniel Stewart • 2001 — Everybody's Golf 3 — Satoru — PS1 • 2001 — Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty — Vamp — PS2 • 2001 — Mega Man X6 — Zero — PS1 • 2003 — Mega Man X7 — Zero — PS2 • 2004 — Mega Man X8 — Zero — PS2 • Bakumatsu Koihana-Shinsengumi • ja:幕末恋華 新選組 — Toshizo Hijikata — PS2 • Shining Force Neo — Barron — PS2 • 2005 — Harukanaru Toki no Naka de Hachiyō Shō — Akram — PS2 • 2005 — Namco × Capcom — Captain Commando, Taira No Kagekiyo — PS2 • 2005 — Mega Man Maverick Hunter X — Zero — PSP • 2005 — Kingdom Hearts II — Setzer Gabbiani — PS2 • Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII — Nero • 2006 — Enchanted Arms — Toya • 2006 — Clannad — Akio Furukawa — PS2 • 2006 — Sengoku Basara 2 — Hideyoshi Toyotomi — PS2 • 2006 — Chaos Wars — Lyell — PS2 • Warriors Orochi series — Orochi — PS2 • Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Endless Frontier — Katze Kotolnos, Rubor Cucullus • Hana Yori Dango: Koi Seyo Otome! — Sojirou Nishikado — DS • GetAmped2 — L.J. — Windows • Yakuza 3 — Shoyo Toma • Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep — Terra — PSP • Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars — Zero • 2010 — Castlevania: Harmony of Despair — Alucard • 2010 — Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds — Zero • –14 — Dynasty Warriors series — Sima Shi, Sima Yi — Starting with Dynasty Warriors 7, replaces Tsuyoshi Takishita as Sima Yi starting with Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires • Tales of Xillia — Gaius — PS3 • 2011 — Final Fantasy Type-0 — Quon Yobatz • 2011 — Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 — Zero • Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance — Terra — 3DS • Project X Zone — Zero — 3DS • MapleStory — Black Mage / White Mage — PC • CV: Casting Voice — Chris Shinotani — PS3 • Xenoblade Chronicles X — Ru • 2015 — Project X Zone 2 — Zero, Captain Commando — 3DS • 2015 — Fate/Grand Order — Gaius Julius Caesar, Romulus, Phantom of the Opera, Lancelot, Vlad III. Romulus-Quirinus — Android/iOS • 2016 — Bungo and Alchemist — Nagai Kafū — PC • Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness — Daril Camuze, Aaron • Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue — Terra — PS4, Xbox One, Windows • 2017 — Tekken 7 — Lee Chaolan • 2017 — Another Eden — Guildna — Android/iOS • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate — Zero, Alucard, Mii Fighters (Type 5) — Nintendo Switch • Kingdom Hearts III — Terra — PS4, Xbox One, Windows • Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night — Orlok Dracule — Windows, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • Pachi-Slot Tekken 4 — Lee Chaolan — Pachislot • Oninaki — Gavod • Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash! — Glitter — PS4 • 2020 — Teppen — Zero — Android/iOS • 2020 — Mega Man X DiVE — Zero — Android/iOS • 2021 — Arena of Valor — Byakuya Kuchiki (skin) — Android/iOS • Final Fantasy VII Remake: Intergrade — Nero • The 13th Month — Black Prince • Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion — Nero • Tekken 8 — Lee Chaolan • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth — Nero • Persona 4 Revival — Ryotaro Dojima

List of dub performances in overseas television and film productions • Title — Role — Voice dub for, Notes — Source • Dawson's Creek — Cliff — Scott Foley — • Felicity — Noel • Scream 3 — Roman Bridger — • The Unit — Bob Brown — • Whiskey Cavalier — FBI Special Agent Will Chase • Alien: Covenant — Chris Oram — Billy Crudup • American Heist — Frankie Kelly — Adrien Brody • Barbie — Stereotypical Ken — Scott Evans • Battleship — Alex Hopper — Taylor Kitsch • Black & White: The Dawn of Justice — Chen Zhen — Lin Gengxin • Crooked Arrows — Joe Logan — Brandon Routh • Deadpool & Wolverine — Mr. Paradox — Matthew Macfadyen • Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings — Shatuo Zhong — Lin Gengxin • Expend4bles — Suarto Rahmat — Iko Uwais • Final Destination 3 — Kevin Fischer — Ryan Merriman — • Flyboys — Blaine Rawlings — James Franco • Gods and Monsters — Clayton — Brendan Fraser — • Guernica — Vasyl — Jack Davenport • Hellboy — John Thaddeus Myers — Rupert Evans • In the Heart of the Sea — George Pollard Jr. — Benjamin Walker • Ladder 49 — Ray Gauquin — Balthazar Getty • Lone Survivor — Michael P. Murphy — Taylor Kitsch • Mare of Easttown — Detective Colin Zabel — Evan Peters • Melrose Place — Jeff — — • Monrak Transistor — Kiattisak — Ackarat Nitipol • Nick of Time — Gene Watson — Johnny Depp — • Predators — Edwin — Topher Grace • Remember the Titans — Ronnie Bass — Kip Pardue • Step Brothers — Derek Huff — Adam Scott • Tai Chi 0 — Nan — Stephen Fung • Tai Chi Hero — Nan — Stephen Fung • The Taking of Tiger Mountain — Shao Jianbo (Captain 203) — Lin Gengxin • The Covenant — Caleb — Steven Strait — • The Time Machine — Vox 114 — Orlando Jones • To Die For — Jimmy Emmett — Joaquin Phoenix • Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon — Shatuo Zhong — Lin Gengxin Animation • Title — Role — Notes — Source • Castlevania — Trevor Belmont • Delgo — Delgo • Devil May Cry — White Rabbit • Ferdinand — Ferdinand • Thomas & Friends — Fergus, and Rheneas — Season 4–7

List of voice roles in other productions • Title — Role — Notes — Source • Miracle Train ~Chūō-sen e Yōkoso~ — Shintarō Shinjuku — Train line character