Tetsuya Kakihara

"Who the hell do you think I am? I'm Tetsuya Kakihara. Not my bro, Katsuyuki Konishi! I'M ME!"

A popular newcomer to the Japanese voice-acting biz. Tetsuya Kakihara is one of the few well known seiyuu (the others being the Athens-born Haruna Ikezawa and US born Satoshi Hino) who wasn't born in Japan. His birthplace was Dusseldorf, and living there for several years allowed him to reach fluency in German. He didn't stop there, going on to learn English, Spanish and Latin to boot. Later he moved out (or rather ran away, according to Japanese Wikipedia) to Japan where he began active work as a seiyuu, being the only Japanese guy to voice the German-speaking Intelligent Devices Graf Eisen and Levantine. However, it took his starring role in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann to cement his place in the industry. Go Beyond The Impossible and kick reason to the curb, indeed.

A notable Yoko Oh No incident involved him and Mamiko Noto; he knew the backdraft but stuck it in the nose of the fans.

Has quite a few roles with Marina Inoue.

List of Tetsuya Kakihara roles:

 * Pegasus Tenma in Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas
 * Simon in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
 * Graf Eisen & Levantine in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
 * Klein Kiesling Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana
 * Shing Meteoryte in Tales of Hearts
 * Tomoe Enjou in Kara no Kyoukai: Mujun Rasen
 * Jin Kisaragi in Blaz Blue: Particularly impressive since despite him voicing both characters they sound absolutely nothing like each other, with Jin's voice being soft and rather high-pitched, while 's is much deeper and more mature.
 * He's also the dub voice of Leonardo in the 2003 version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
 * Reiji (Reggie) in Pokémon
 * Ggio Vega in Bleach
 * Mercutio in Romeo X Juliet
 * Natsu in Fairy Tail
 * Hyaweh in Prism Ark
 * Fenri Lunaedge of Mega Man Zero 4
 * Fujioka in Minami-ke
 * Koichi Hayase in Kurogane no Linebarrel
 * Takamichi Takahata (teenager) in Negima Ala Rubra Drama CD
 * Angelo Sauper in Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
 * Chris/ in the anime version of Lilpri
 * GachiBlue in Honki Sentai Gachiranger
 * Kain Fuery in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
 * Masaki Shindo in Ga-Rei Zero
 * Prompto in Final Fantasy Versus XIII
 * Sakutarou Morishige in Corpse Party
 * Amaimon in Blue Exorcist
 * Ryouma Mogami in Digimon Xros Wars the Young Hunters Leaping Through Time
 * Sarutobi Sasuke in Brave 10
 * Draco/Dragon Ryuhou in Saint Seiya Omega

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