Takaya Kuroda
Takaya Kuroda (黒田崇矢, Kuroda Takaya) (April 17, 1967 - ) is a male seiyū and actor from Tokyo. He is affiliated with the Bungaku Company, formely with Mausu Promotion and Aoni Production. His blood type is AB, and he is 183 centimeters (6 feet, 1 inch) tall.
He is best known for his astringent and amorous bass voice, which has usually set him in villainous roles such as the voice of Yaiba in GoGo Sentai Boukenger. Because of his vocal resemblance to the late Hirotaka Suzuoki, he was chosen to replace Suzuoki as the voice of Starscream in Transformers: Cybertron as Suzuoki's health deteriorated.
Voice roles
Television animation
- Akagi (Kawashima)
- Angel Heart (Man)
- Ayakashi Ayashi (Nobori's father)
- Black Blood Brothers (August Waiker)
- Black Cat (David Pepper)
- Bleach (Baura)
- Blood+ (Rodgers)
- Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (Hāgen)
- Burst Angel (Mafia boss)
- Case Closed (Kōji Wanibuchi, man
- Chocotto Sister (Master)
- Cromartie High School (Masked Takenouchi)
- Dragon Drive (Agent S)
- Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu (Maron)
- Jinki:EXTEND (J. Harn)
- Madlax (Sergeant)
- Nana (Yamagishi)
- Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin (Basterai)
- Red Garden (Claire's father)
- Rocket Girls (Kazuya Kinoshita)
- R.O.D the TV (Sonny "The Recycler" Wong)
- Starship Operators (Lee Young Sook)
- Transformers: Cybertron (Starscream, Fire captain)
- Wolf's Rain (Lord Darcia the Third)
OVA
- AIKa R-16: Virgin Mission (Captain)
- My-Otome Zwei (Major)
Theater animation
- Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (Shietsu Tayama)
Video games
- Ryu ga Gotoku 3: Kenzan! (Musashi Miyamoto)
- Crash Tag Team Racing (Park Drone)
- Fatal Frame III: The Tormented (Yū Asō)
- The King of Fighters 2000 (Lin)
- The King of Fighters 2001 (Lin)
- Magna Carta: Crimson Stigmata (Orha Duren)
- Ryu ga Gotoku 2 (Kazuma Kiryū)
- Samurai Warriors series (Hattori Hanzō)
- Super Robot Wars GC (Vōt Nicolaus)
- Tales of Symphonia (Botta, Shadow)
- Warriors Orochi (Hattori Hanzō)
- Yakuza (Kazuma Kiryū)
Dubbing roles
- Ultimate Force (Corporal Dave Woolston (Louis Decosta Johnson))
Special effects
- Kamen Rider Den-O (Voice of Owl Imagin)
- GoGo Sentai Boukenger (Voice of Yaiba of Darkness)
- Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (Person from Dorado, Voice of Goldom)
Television drama
See also
External links
- Aoni Production (Japanese)
- Anime News Network (English)