Ryōtarō Okiayu

Ryōtarō Okiayu
置鮎 龍太郎
Okiayu in 2016
Born (1969-11-17) November 17, 1969 (age 54)
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Other namesRyō (りょうちゃん, Ryō-chan)
Okkii (オッキー)
Occupations
Years active1989–present
AgentAoni Production
Notable work
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Spouses
Children1

Ryōtarō Okiayu (置鮎 龍太郎, Okiayu Ryōtarō, born November 17, 1969) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer affiliated with Aoni Production. His major roles include Byakuya Kuchiki in Bleach, Treize Khushrenada in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Hisashi Mitsui in Slam Dunk, Meisuke Nueno in Hell Teacher Nūbē, Kunimitsu Tezuka in The Prince of Tennis, Zero in Mega Man X, Yuu Matsuura in Marmalade Boy, Shigure Sohma in Fruits Basket, Dark in D.N. Angel, Toriko in Toriko and Kokushibo in Demon Slayer. As a singer, he was one of the members for Entertainment Music Unit from 1995 to 2000. He is married to voice actress Ai Maeda. 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.

Biography

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.

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source
1988 Legend of the Galactic Heroes Emil von Seclä OVA
1991 Future GPX Cyber Formula series Franz Heinel
1992 Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again Ingues OVA
1993 The Brave Express Might Gaine Guard Diver, Loose Changer
1993 Iron Leaguer Mach Windy
1993 Please Save My Earth Issei Nishikiori OVA
1994 Brave Police J-Decker McCrane, Mr. Mudra
1994 Marmalade Boy Yuu Matsuura
1994–96 Slam Dunk Hisashi Mitsui
1994 Haō Taikei Ryū Knight Gratches
1994 Ginga Sengoku Gun'yūden Rai Racovian
1994 Tekkaman Blade II Darbit Kruger OVA
1994 Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai Shūichi Takigawa OVA
1994 Sailor Moon R Achiral
1995 Sailor Moon SuperS Tiger's Eye
1995 Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Treize Khushrenada
1995 El-Hazard Katsuhiko Jinnai OVAs & TV series
1995 Saint Tail John
1995 Fire Emblem Abel OVA
1996 Hell Teacher Nūbē Meisuke Nueno Also narrated an episode of the live-action drama
1996 Martian Successor Nadesico Nagare Akatsuki
1997 Ninja Resurrection Shiro Amakusa Tokisada OVA
1997 Flame of Recca Kurei
1997 Dr. Slump Dr. Mashirito; Tsukutsun Tsun 2nd TV series  
1998 Android Announcer Maico 2010 Matsuo Densuke
1998 Weiß Kreuz Brad Crawford
1998–99 Sorcerous Stabber Orphen series Hartia
1998–99 Dokkiri Doctor Mitsugu Tajima
1998 Mamotte Shugogetten Takashi Nomura Also OVA in 2000
1999 Shin Hakkenden Tomoka
1999 Jubei-chan: Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch Koinosuke Odagou Also special in 2004
1999 10 Tokyo Warriors Jingo Kazamatsuri OVA  
1999 Excel Saga Watanabe
2000 Love Hina Kentaro Sakata
2000 Legendary Gambler Tetsuya Tetsuya
2001 Hare+Guu Asio
2001 Sister Princess Akio Yamagami
2001 Project ARMS Keith Black
2001 Fruits Basket Shigure Sohma
2000 Gravitation Claude (K)
2001 Cosmic Baton Girl Cometto-san Omasien man
2001–2012 The Prince of Tennis series Kunimitsu Tezuka
2002 Mirage of Blaze Oda Nobunaga
2002–06 Kinnikuman series Kevin Mask, Mr. Gacha, Puripuriman Starting with Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy
2002 Digimon Frontier RhodoKnightmon
2002 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Andrew Waltfeld
2003 Machine Robo Rescue Koshiro Sasaki, Fire Robo
2003 D.N.Angel Dark Mousy
2003 Fullmetal Alchemist Scar
2004 Transformers: Energon Rodimus Convoy  
2004 Astro Boy Claus  
2004–05 Girls Bravo series Kazuharu Fukuyama
2004 Harukanaru Toki no Naka de Hachiyō Shō Akram
2004–11 Ring ni Kakero 1 series Jun Kenzaki
2005 Bleach Byakuya Kuchiki
2005–07 Onegai My Melody series Keiichi Hiiragi, My Melody's father
2005–present One Piece Kaku, Kizaru (881-)
2006 Clannad series Akio Furukawa Also After Story
2006 Gakuen Heaven Koji Shinomiya
2006 .hack//Roots Sagisaka, Seisaku
2006–07 The Story of Saiunkoku series Kuro Hong
2006 Marginal Prince Joshua Grant
2006 D.Gray-man Reever Wenham
2006 Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars Raidiese F. Branstein
2006 Happy Lucky Bikkuriman Gyuujaku-Tenshi, others 2006 TV series
2007 No Money
2007 Over Drive Naoto Hyoudou
2007 Romeo × Juliet Tybalt Volumnia De Capulet
2007 Shining Tears X Wind Haruto Saionji
2007 Hatara Kizzu Maihamu Gumi Keisuke Yoshikawa
2008 Detective Conan Subaru Okiya
2008 Nabari no Ou Kotaro Fuma
2008 Junjou Romantica series Kaoru Asahina
2009 Akikan! Hidehoko Otokoya
2009 Slap-Up Party: Arad Senki Irbek
2009 Tatakau Shisho:The Book of Bantorra Segal
2010 Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings II Toyotomi Hideyoshi
2011–14 Toriko Toriko
2011 Blue Exorcist Igor Neigaus
2011–12 Fate/Zero Berserker
2011–13 Haganai series Kashiwazaki Pegasus
2012–13 Recorder to Randoseru series Atsushi Miyagawa
2012 Hyōka Masashi Tōgaito
2012 Good Luck Girl! Genjūrō Rindo
2013 DD Fist of the North Star Shin
2014 Strange+ Masamune
2014 Date A Live II Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott
2014 Love Stage!! Seiya Sena
2014 Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement Toyotomi Hideyoshi
2014 The Seven Deadly Sins Helbram
2014 Cardfight!! Vanguard G Ryutaro Oyama
2014 Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple Radin Tidat Jihan OVA 7
2015 Fafner in the Azure: Exodus Walter Bargest
2015 Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold Gemini Saga
2015 Kagewani Masaki Kimura Eps. 4 - 6, 9, 11 - 13  
2015 Blood Blockade Battlefront Tonio
2015 Kuroko's Basketball Season 3 Shūzō Nijimura
2015 Noragami Ebisu Season 2 Aragoto
2016 Myriad Colors Phantom World Albrecht Ep. 6
2016 Prince of Stride: Alternative Yuujirou Dan
2016 Kagewani: Shō Masaki Kimura Eps. 2, 4 - 13  
2016–17 Super Lovers Takamura Shiro
2016 Izetta: The Last Witch Hermann
2016 Idol Memories Ren Hayami
2017 Masamune-kun's Revenge Eiji
2017 Super Lovers 2 Takamura Shiro
2017 Star-Myu: High School Star Musical 2 Ritsu Saotome
2017 Fate/Apocrypha Lancer of Black/Vlad III
2017 Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun Aoyama
2017 Black Clover Heath Grice, Gaja
2018 Ninja Girl & Samurai Master 3rd Season Kennyo Honganji
2018 Asobi Asobase Maeda
2018 How Not to Summon a Demon Lord Emile Bichelberger
2019 Date A Live III Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott
2019 7 Seeds Mansaku Tsunomata
2019 Actors: Songs Connection Satsuma Kadonoōji
2019 Babylon Kaika Itsuki
2020 Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It Professor Ikeda
2020 Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Kodama/The Confession Tree
2020 A3! Reni Kamikizaka
2020 The Misfit of Demon King Academy Ivis Necron
2020 King's Raid: Successors of the Will Dominicus
2021 Back Arrow Kai Rhodan
2021 Godzilla Singular Point Bayler "BB" Barn
2021 Shaman King Boris Tepes Dracula
2021 Getter Robo Arc Emperor Gore III
2022 Salaryman's Club Sentaro Ibuki
2022 Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It Heart Professor Ikeda
2022 Ya Boy Kongming! Zhuge Kongming
2022 Date A Live IV Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott
2022 The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup Kunimitsu Tezuka
2022 Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth Raikou
2022 Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Byakuya Kuchiki
2022 Me & Roboco Gachi Gorilla
2023 Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre Sonohara
2023 The Tale of the Outcasts Commander of the Knights of the Sword Cross
2023 Tōsōchū: The Great Mission Maurice Shoemaker
2023 Ao no Orchestra Ryūjin Aono
2023 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Kokushibo
2023 Record of Ragnarok II Hades
2023 Rurouni Kenshin Hannya
2023 Ragna Crimson Olto Zora
2023 I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness Gosetsu
2024 Sasaki and Peeps Akutsu
2024 Date A Live V Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott

Film

List of voice performances in anime feature films
Year Title Role Notes Source
1995 Slam Dunk: Shohoku's Greatest Challenge! Hisashi Mitsui
1995 Slam Dunk: Howling Basketman Spirit!! Hisashi Mitsui
1998 Rennyo Monogatari Rennyo (young)
2001 Gensomaden Saiyuki Requiem: A Requiem for The One Not Chosen Go Dougan
2003 Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital Fumimaro Ayanokoji
2006 Bleach: Memories of Nobody Byakuya Kuchiki
2007 Clannad Akio Furukawa
2007 Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion Byakuya Kuchiki
2008 Bleach: Fade to Black Byakuya Kuchiki
2010 Bleach: Hell Verse Byakuya Kuchiki
2011 Tekken: Blood Vengeance Lee Chaolan
2014 Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper Subaru Okiya
2017 Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni-ō no Fukkatsu Seiryuu
2020 Fate/Grand Order: Camelot - Wandering; Agaterám Lancelot
2021 Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet Subaru Okiya

Tokusatsu

Year Title Role Notes Source
2001 Mirai Sentai Timeranger Computer Engineer Gate Ep. 46
2005 Mahou Sentai Magiranger Hades Warrior God Cyclops Eps. 35 - 38
2015 Shuriken Sentai Ninninger Mangetsu Kibaoni Eps. 39 - 42
2016 Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARS Mangetsu Kibaoni OV
2018 Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger Narrow Kilmer Ep. 18

Other live-action

Year Title Role Notes Source
2021 Reach Beyond the Blue Sky Ōgimachisanjō Sanenaru Ep. 19; Taiga drama

Audio dramas

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



Video games

List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
1994 Gunbird Ash Arcade
1995 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
1997 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
1998 Xenogears Krelian
1998 Double Cast
ダブルキャスト
Yoshiki Sakuma PS1
1998 Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Ronfar
2000 Skies of Arcadia Alfonso Dreamcast
2000 Mega Man X5 Zero PS1
2000 Project Justice Roy Bromwell Arcade, Dreamcast
2001 Segagaga Programmer Oka, Shrimp, Secret Director Cool Dreamcast
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
2004 Bakumatsu Koihana-Shinsengumi
ja:幕末恋華 新選組
Toshizo Hijikata PS2
2005 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
2006 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
2007 Warriors Orochi series Orochi PS2
2008 Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Endless Frontier Katze Kotolnos, Rubor Cucullus
2008 Hana Yori Dango: Koi Seyo Otome! Sojirou Nishikado DS
2008 GetAmped2 L.J. Windows
2008 Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Zero
2009 Yakuza 3 Shoyo Toma
2010 Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Terra PSP
2010 Castlevania: Harmony of Despair Alucard
2010 Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Zero
2011–14 Dynasty Warriors series Sima Shi, Sima Yi Starting with Dynasty Warriors 7, replaces Tsuyoshi Takishita as Sima Yi starting with Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires
2011 Tales of Xillia Gaius PS3
2011 Final Fantasy Type-0 Quon Yobatz
2011 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Zero
2012 Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Terra 3DS
2012 Project X Zone Zero 3DS
2013 MapleStory Black Mage / White Mage PC
2014 CV: Casting Voice Chris Shinotani PS3
2015 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 Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness Daril Camuze, Aaron
2017 Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue Terra PS4, Xbox One, Windows
2017 Tekken 7 Lee Chaolan
2017 Another Eden Guildna Android/iOS
2018 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Zero, Alucard, Mii Fighters (Type 5) Nintendo Switch
2019 Kingdom Hearts III Terra PS4, Xbox One, Windows
2019 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Orlok Dracule Windows, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
2019 Pachi-Slot Tekken 4 Lee Chaolan Pachislot
2019 Oninaki Gavod
2020 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
2021 Final Fantasy VII Remake: Intergrade Nero
2022 The 13th Month Black Prince
2022 Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion Nero
2024 Tekken 8 Lee Chaolan


Dubbing

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
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings Shatuo Zhong Lin Gengxin
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
Ferdinand Ferdinand
Thomas & Friends Fergus, and Rheneas Season 4-7

Other roles

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

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