Takeo Ōtsuka

I'll admit it: Takeo Ōtsuka is the kind of voice actor I notice without ever needing to see his face. There's a quietness to his work that gets me, the way he can carry doubt, tenderness, or a barely-held-together kind of vulnerability without ever shouting for attention. When he won the Seiyu Awards Best New Actor in 2020, it didn't feel like a fluke or industry hype; it felt like the rest of us finally catching up to something he'd been doing all along. I love that a soft-spoken Tokyo guy can step up to a mic and suddenly there's this spine of steel under everything. I don't know where his career lands next, but I'm quietly betting he keeps sneaking up on people, one understated, gut-punch performance at a time.

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Takeo Ōtsuka is a Japanese voice actor born on October 19, 1992, in Tokyo. He is recognized for his nuanced and emotionally layered vocal performances. In 2020, he received the Voice Actor Award for Best New Actor (Male), marking him as a notable emerging talent in the industry. He is represented by I'm Enterprise.

Name (English)

Takeo Ōtsuka

Name (Japanese)

大塚剛央

Reading

おおつか たけお

Born

October 19, 1992 (age 34)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Height

174 cm

Occupation

Voice Actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Monkey

Blood type

B

Agency

I'm Enterprise

Active years

2016 -

Awards & achievements

• 2020 – Voice Actor Award, Best New Actor (Male)

Works summary

Appearances

343 (2017–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

2017: 6, 2018: 12, 2019: 16, 2020: 16, 2021: 25, 2022: 35, 2023: 31, 2024: 46, 2025: 15, 2026: 7, year unknown: 134

Debut work

モンソニ! ダルタニャンのアイドル宣言

Filmography / notable works

• Xhttps://x.com/TakeoooOtsuka
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%A1%9A%E5%89%9B%E5%A4%AE
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55536620

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Voice Actor

Last updated

October 19, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.