is a Japanese actor and

voice actor Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talen ...

from Tokyo, Japan. He is affiliated with Axlone, and was formerly with Mausu Promotion and

81 Produce is a voice talent management firm in Japan founded on 3 February 1981 (thus the year is the company's namesake). A hybrid CD-ROM featuring voice talent data for members of 81 Produce was released on 19 October 1997. The company is located in S ...

. He is best known for his bass voice, which has usually seen him cast in villainous roles such as the voice of Yaiba in ''

GoGo Sentai Boukenger is the 30th series in Toei's Super Sentai series, a metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu programming. It was the first installment to be broadcast in the 16:9 aspect ratio. It premiered on February 19, 2006, at 7:30 JST on TV Asahi's 2006 '' Supe ...

''. He is best known to western audiences for providing the voice of Kazuma Kiryu, the protagonist of the ''Like a Dragon'' series. Because of his vocal resemblance to the late

Hirotaka Suzuoki was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture who graduated from Tokyo Keizai University. His best known roles include ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' ( Bright Noa), '' Captain Tsubasa'' ( Kojirou Hyuga), ''Saint Seiya'' ( ...

, he was chosen to replace Suzuoki as the voice of Starscream in '' Transformers: Cybertron'' as Suzuoki's health deteriorated. Kuroda is also the lead singer of the rock band ''Takaya Kuroda & Goodfellas''.

Filmography

Animation

Film

Video games

Drama CDs

Live action

Dubbing roles

References

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via Medium {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuroda, Takaya 1965 births Living people Japanese male stage actors Japanese male video game actors Japanese male voice actors Male voice actors from Tokyo Mausu Promotion voice actors Tamagawa University alumni 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors 81 Produce voice actors