Takaya Kuroda

Takaya Kuroda (黒田崇矢, Kuroda Takaya, born April 17, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese voice actor, narrator, and actor. He is currently affiliated with AXL-One, and was formerly with Mausu Promotion, Aoni Production, 81 Produce and Bungaku Company.
He is best known for his astringent and amorous bass voice, which has usually seen him cast in villainous roles such as the voice of Yaiba in GoGo Sentai Boukenger. He is best known to western audiences for providing the voice of Kazuma Kiryu, the protagonist of the Yakuza series. 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. On the other hand, he was not chosen to take over Suzuoki's role as Sakaki (known to Western audiences as Giovanni) from Pokémon, with Kenta Miyake taking over the role instead.

Television animation

2002

• Dragon Drive (Agent S)

2003

• Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (Hāgen)
• Cromartie High School (Masked Takenouchi)
• Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu (Maron)
• One Piece (Bogard)
• R.O.D the TV (Sonny "The Recycler" Wong)
• Wolf's Rain (Darcia)

2004

• Burst Angel (Mafia boss)
• Madlax (Sergeant)

2005

• Akagi (Kawashima)
• Angel Heart (Sunglass Man)
• Black Cat (David Pepper)
• Blood+ (Rodgers)
• Case Closed (Kōji Wanibuchi)
• Jinki:EXTEND (J. Harn)
• Starship Operators (Lee Young Sook)
• Transformers: Cybertron (Starscream, Fire captain)

2006

• Ayakashi Ayashi (Nobori's father)
• Black Blood Brothers (August Waiker)
• Black Lagoon (Spieleberger)
• Bleach (Baura)
• Chocotto Sister (Master)
• Nana (Yamagishi)
• Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin (Basterai)
• Red Garden (Claire's father)

2007

• Gintama (Yagyuu Koshinori)
• Rocket Girls (Kazuya Kinoshita)

2008

• Kure-nai (Renjō Kuhōin (九鳳院蓮丈, Kuhōin Renjō))
• Natsume Yūjin Chō (Misuzu)
• Shakugan no Shana II (Second) ("Kaijin" Sabrac)
• The Tower of Druaga (Dark Knight)

2009

• Hajime no Ippo (Arnie Gregory)
• Viper's Creed (Saiki Creed)

2010

• Durarara!! (Simon Brezhnev)
• Highschool of the Dead (Yoshioka)
• Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin (Tadayoshi Tōyama)
• Uragiri Wa Boku No Namae O Shitteiru (Cadenza)

2011

• Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Gundalian Invaders (Dharak)
• Fairy Tail (Capricorn)
• Gintama' (Yagyuu Koshinori)
• Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere (Kiyonari Ulquiaga)
• Hyouge Mono (Yusuke)
• Natsume Yūjin Chō San (Misuzu)
• Nurarihyon no Mago (Kidomaru)
• Shakugan no Shana III -FINAL- ("Kaijin" Sabrac)

2012

• Btooom! (Masashi Miyamoto)
• Fairy Tail (Arcadios)
• Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere II (Kiyonari Ulquiaga)
• Naruto Shippuden (Kinkaku)
• Natsume Yūjin Chō Shi (Misuzu)

2013

• Gundam Build Fighters (Greco Logan)
• Hunter × Hunter (2011 series) (Razor)
• Saint Seiya Omega (Holy Sword Hyperion)
• Valvrave the Liberator (Ryuuji Sashinami)

2014

• Fairy Tail (Arcadios, Zirconis)
• Gonna be the Twin-Tail!! (Turtle Guildy)
• Nobunaga Concerto (Matsunaga Hisahide)
• Toaru Hikūshi e no Koiuta (Juan Rodrigo Bandereas)

2015

• Durarara!!x2 Sho (Simon Brezhnev)
• Durarara!! x2 Ten (Simon Brezhnev)
• Gintama° (Yagyuu Koshinori)
• Show by Rock!! (Dagger Morse)
• Triage X (Masamune Mochizuki)
• Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches (Black Haired Yankee, Kuroda-kun)

2016

• Durarara!! x2 Ketsu (Simon Brezhnev)
• Sekkō Boys (Hanzō Horibe)
• Cardfight!! Vanguard G Stride Gate (Chronofang Tiger)

Original video animation (OVA)

• AIKa R-16: Virgin Mission (????) (Captain)
• Finder no Hyouteki - ANIMIX (????) (Asami Ryuichi)
• My-Otome Zwei (????) (Major)
• Ai no Kusabi 2012 (????) (Raoul)

Theatrical animation

• Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (????) (Shietsu Tayama)
• Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (????) (SPY X)

Video games

2000

• The King of Fighters 2000 (Lin)

2001

• The King of Fighters 2001 (Lin, Ron)

2002

• The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match (Lin, Ron)

2003

• Onimusha Blade Warriors (Gargant)
• Tales of Symphonia (Botta, Shadow)

2004

• Magna Carta: Crimson Stigmata (Orha Duren)
• Onimusha 3: Demon Siege (Gargant)
• Super Robot Wars GC (Vōt Nicolaus)

2005

• Crash Tag Team Racing (Park Drone)
• Fatal Frame III: The Tormented (Yuu Asou)
• Shinobido: Way of the Ninja (Gamuran)
• Yakuza (Kazuma Kiryu)

2006

• Yakuza 2 (Kazuma Kiryu)

2007

• Warriors Orochi (Hattori Hanzō)

2008

• Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! (Musashi Miyamoto/Kazumanosuke Kiryu)

2009

• Yakuza 3 (Kazuma Kiryu)

2010

• Ninety-Nine Nights II (Galen)
• Yakuza 4 (Kazuma Kiryu)

2011

• Battlefield 3 (Henry Blackburn)
• Everybody's Golf 6 (Kazuma Kiryu)
• Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (Nathan "Rad" Spencer, Japanese voice)
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Nathan "Rad" Spencer, Japanese voice)
• Yakuza: Dead Souls (Kazuma Kiryu)

2012

• Yakuza 5 (Kazuma Kiryu)

2014

• Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! (Ryōma Sakamoto, Hajime Saitō)

2015

• Project X Zone 2 (Kazuma Kiryu)
• Yakuza 0 (Kazuma Kiryu)

2016

• Yakuza 6 (Kazuma Kiryu)

Unknown date

• Samurai Warriors series (Hattori Hanzō)

Drama CDs

• Ai no Kusabi (Raoul)
• Finder Series (Asami Ryūichi)
• Iro Otoko (Sankirou Iwago)
• Iro Otoko ~Kyoudai Hen~ (Sankirou Iwago)
• Messiah Trinity ( Koh Haishima )
• Te wo Nobaseba Haruka na Umi (Masahide Kaetsu)
• S (Esu) Series 2: Kamiato (Kousuke Nagakura)
• Shūkan soine (Sei)
• Yume wa Kirei ni Shidokenaku (Kouji Fukuda)
• Futari no Himitsu (Tsumori Chiaki)
• Kindan Vampire (Oskar von Weiseheldenburg)

Tokusatsu

• Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (????) (Dradian Goldom)
• GoGo Sentai Boukenger (????) (Yaiba of Darkness)
• Kamen Rider Den-O (????) (Owl Imagin, Albinoleo Imagin)
• Kamen Rider Decade (????) (Dogga)
• Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (????) (Barbaric Officer Chirakashizky)
• Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger (????) (Monzen-Nakachō)
• Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (????) (Debo Honenukki)

Television drama

• Onihei Hankachō (????)

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• Outlander (Dougal MacKenzie (Graham McTavish))
• Ultimate Force (Corporal Dave Woolston (Louis Decosta Johnson))

Animation

• Thomas & Friends (Diesel 10 (Misty Island Rescue only, replacing Kiyoyuki Yanada and replaced by Ryōta Yamasato) and Cranky the Crane (Seasons 9 onwards, succeeded Hisao Egawa))

• "『PROJECT X ZONE 2：BRAVE NEW WORLD（プロジェクト クロスゾーン2：ブレイブニューワールド）』始動!!" (in Japanese). Famitsu. April 12, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2015.