Ryotaro Okiayu



Ryotaro Okiayu is one of the more well-known seiyuus in the business, being around during the Megumi Hayashibara era and still voicing characters today. It's very hard to miss him. His more well known voice type is the 'aloof' (not necessarily big brother) character, whether it's plain cold, or just sadistic. He is also known for some Hot-Blooded roles, snobby roles or downright silly roles, and he's very good at changing his voice quality. Really hard to pigeonhole this guy.

He was married but is now divorced. He also likes Super Robot Wars, though he's not as hardcore a fan as Hikaru Midorikawa, but they still keep in touch, play together, and they have quite a few relationship roles going together.

Notable roles by Ryotaro Okiayu:

 * Byakuya Kuchiki in Bleach
 * Akio Furukawa in Clannad
 * Dark Mousy in D.N.Angel
 * Berserker in Fate Zero
 * Kurei in Flame of Recca
 * Has 3 roles in the Gundam franchise:
 * Treize Khushrenada in Gundam Wing and Super Robot Wars series
 * Andrew Waltfield in Gundam Seed and Super Robot Wars series
 * Bring Stabity & Divine Nova in Gundam 00
 * McCrane in Brave Police J-Decker
 * Nagare Akatsuki in Martian Successor Nadesico
 * Gemini Saga & Kanon in Saint Seiya (Replacing the deceased Kazuyuki Sogabe)
 * Mitsui Hisashi in Slam Dunk
 * Franz Heinel in Future GPX Cyber Formula
 * Tigers-eye from Sailor Moon
 * David Krugel/Tekkaman Sommer in Tekkaman Blade 2
 * Alucard in Castlevania (though Mamoru Miyano does the voice in Castlevania Judgment)
 * Oda Nobunaga in Kessen III
 * Proto Man in Mega Man, Zero in Mega Man X
 * Synbios and Julian in Shining Force III
 * Roy Bromwell in Rival Schools
 * Sima Shi, Chousokabe Motochika & Orochi in KOEI's Warriors franchise
 * Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Sengoku Basara
 * The Other Darrin for Isaac Goodenov in Braiger in Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden, Super Robot Wars GC/XO and Super Robot Wars NEO (once again taking over for the late Kazuyuki Sogabe who voiced Isaac in the original TV series)
 * Raidiese F. Branstein in Super Robot Wars Original Generation and Super Robot Wars Alpha series
 * Katze Kotonolos and Rubor Cucullus in Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier
 * Freki, Feil-Lord Gran Bilseia and Gino Valencia in Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Masou Kishin: Lord of Elementals/Revelations of Evil God (also Super Robot Wars EX for Feil)
 * Dymlos Tinbar in Tales of Destiny
 * Lee Chaolan in Tekken (starting from 5)
 * Mastuura Yuu in Marmalade Boy
 * Kunimitsu Tezuka in The Prince of Tennis
 * Scar in Fullmetal Alchemist
 * Shigure Sohma in Fruits Basket
 * Go Dougan in Saiyuki Requiem
 * Captain Commando & Taira no Kagekiyo in Namco x Capcom
 * Reever Wenham in D Gray Man
 * Siegfried in The Sacred Blacksmith
 * Czar Baldy Bald/Tsuru Tsuruiina III in Bobobo Bobobobo
 * Kevin Mask in Kinnikuman Nisei
 * Terra in Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep
 * Akuram in Harukanaru Toki no Naka De
 * Tooru Watanabe in Excel Saga
 * Kijyou Madoka in Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side
 * Takumi Oosawa in Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series Vol.2: Irodori no Love Song
 * Kazuharu Fukuyama in Girls Bravo
 * Ronfar in Lunar: Eternal Blue
 * The Asian in the Drama CDs of Mitsumete Knight
 * Peter Griffin in the Japanese dub of Family Guy
 * Takurou Kimura in Di Gi Charat
 * LordKnightmon in Digimon Frontier and Digimon X Evolution
 * Grademon in Digimon Xros Wars
 * Kyosuke Momoi/Mucardia in Yes Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!
 * Kenji Ban in Heartcatch Pretty Cure
 * Tybalt in Romeo X Juliet
 * Hiroto Honda in the first Yu-Gi-Oh anime
 * Rankerk Hatred in Lightning Legend Daigo no Daibouken
 * Abel in the Fire Emblem OVA

Just for those who are curious, it's kinda ironic that in Sengoku Basara, Motochika is voiced by Ryuzou Ishino, who in Gundam Wing voiced Chang Wufei, rival of Okiayu's character Treize.

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