Ryōtarō Okiayu (置鮎 龍太郎 Okiayu Ryōtarō?, born November 17, 1969 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with Aoni Production. He voiced Vamp in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 2: Bande Dessinée. His major roles include: Treize Khushrenada in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Hisashi Mitsui in Slam Dunk, Meisuke Nueno in Hell Teacher Nūbē, Zero in Mega Man X franchise, Alucard in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Kunimitsu Tezuka in The Prince of Tennis, Byakuya Kuchiki in Bleach, Yuu Matsuura in Marmalade Boy, Shigure Sōma in Fruits Basket, Dark in D.N. Angel, and Toriko in Toriko.
As a singer, Okiayu was part of the voice actor unit E.M.U (Entertainment Music Unit) with fellow voice actors Hikaru Midorikawa, Hideo Ishikawa, Nobutoshi Hayashi and Daisuke Sakaguchi, which was active from 1995 to 2000. He is married to voice actress Ai Maeda.[1][2]
Metal Gear voice works
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) – Vamp
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Bande Dessinée (2008) – Vamp
References
- ^ Voice Actor Ryotaro Okiayu, Actress Ai Maeda Get Married. Anime News Network. Retrieved on October 28, 2015.
- ^ ja:置鮎龍太郎と前田愛が"声優婚" 共にファンに報告. ORICON STYLE. Retrieved on October 29, 2015.
External links
- Official agency profile
- Ryōtarō Okiayu on Twitter
- Ryotaro Okiayu at Gamlaza-Haruka- Voice Acting DataBase
- Ryotaro Okiayu at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database
- Ryotaro Okiayu profile at Oricon
- Ryōtarō Okiayu convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
- Ryōtarō Okiayu at Anime News Network's encyclopedia