Takahiro Sakurai

Honestly, Takahiro Sakurai has one of those voices I'd recognize anywhere, and that's the whole magic of him. He can play the silky, too-good-to-be-true pretty boy one minute and a smooth-talking schemer the next, and you'd swear it was two different actors. The kid from Okazaki in Aichi went and built a career that clearly outgrew Japan's borders, picking up an Overseas Fan Award back in 2012, then snagging a Personality Award in 2022 for his radio work. That last one tells you everything: it's not just the acting, it's the loose, easy charm when he's just rambling on air. I love that he sells the whole human, not only the voice. I feel lucky to have caught so much great work in real time.

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Takahiro Sakurai is a Japanese voice actor and dubbing actor born on June 13, 1974, in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture. He is recognized internationally, having received the Voice Actor Awards Overseas Fan Award in 2012 and the Personality Award in 2022. He debuted in 1996 and has worked freelance since leaving his agency in 2023.

Name (English)

Takahiro Sakurai

Name (Japanese)

櫻井孝宏

Reading

さくらい たかひろ

Born

June 13, 1974 (age 52)

Origin

Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Height

177 cm

Occupation

Voice Actor / Dubbing Actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Tiger

Blood type

A

Agency

Freelance

Active years

1996 -

Awards & achievements

• 2012 — Voice Actor Awards: Overseas Fan Award
• 2022 — Voice Actor Awards: Personality Award

Works summary

Appearances

2052

By year (titles with a known year)

1996: 2, 1997: 1, 1999: 2, 2000: 4, 2001: 3, 2002: 6, 2003: 8, 2004: 7, 2005: 5, 2006: 8, 2007: 2, 2008: 5, 2009: 5, 2010: 10, 2011: 10, 2012: 21, 2013: 13, 2014: 10, 2015: 17, 2016: 19, 2017: 18, 2018: 18, 2019: 17, 2020: 23, 2021: 18, 2022: 20, 2023: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 9, 2026: 2, year unknown: 1766

Debut work

爆走兄弟レッツ&ゴー!!

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AB%BB%E4%BA%95%E5%AD%9D%E5%AE%8F
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459902

Tags

• From Aichi Prefecture
• Voice Actor
• Dubbing Actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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