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 ...

. For his portrayal of Saki Abdusha in '' You're Under Arrest'', Makoto Kurumizawa in ''

BOYS BE ''Boys Be...'' (stylized as ''BOYS BE…'') is a Japanese manga series written by Masahiro Itabashi and illustrated by Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. Three different ''Boys Be...'' manga series were serialized by Kodansha in ''Weekly Shōnen Mag ...

'', Setsuna Aoki in ''

Sakura Wars is a Japanese steampunk media franchise created by Oji Hiroi and owned by Sega. It is focused around a series of cross-genre video games. The first game in the series was released in 1996, with five sequels and numerous spin-off titles b ...

'', and

Athrun Zala is a fictional character from the Japanese science fiction anime television series ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' and its sequel ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'', part of the Gundam franchise. In the former, Athrun Zala is introduced as a member ...

in ''

Gundam SEED is an anime series developed by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. The ninth installment in the '' Gundam'' franchise, ''Gundam SEED'' takes place in a future calendar era, in this case the Cosmic Era. In this era, mankind has ...

'' & ''

Gundam Seed Destiny is an anime television series, a direct sequel to ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' by Sunrise and the overall tenth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise. It retains most of the staff from ''Gundam SEED'', including Director Mitsuo Fukuda. S ...

'', he was chosen as the most popular voice actor in the

Animage is a Japanese anime and entertainment magazine which Tokuma Shoten began publishing in July 1978. Hayao Miyazaki's internationally renowned manga, '' Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'', was serialized in ''Animage'' from 1982 through 1994. Ot ...

Anime Grand Prix The is an annual Japanese anime awards giving to recognize the best in anime of the previous year, decided by the votes of readers of entertainment magazine '' Animage'', published by Tokuma Shoten since July 1978. The Anime Grand Prix started ...

in 2004, and won the Best Supporting Character (male) award at the

1st Seiyu Awards The 1st Seiyu Awards ceremony was held on March 3, 2007 at the Akiba 3D Theater in Akihabara, Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, larg ...

in 2007. He is best known for his roles as Cho Hakkai in Saiyuki, Katsura Kotarou in ''

Gin Tama is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. It was serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2003 to September 2018, later in ''Jump Giga'' fr ...

'' and Gaara in ''

Naruto ''Naruto'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. ...

''.

Filmography

Animation

Puppet

Theatrical animation

Video games

Tokusatsu

Audio drama

Dubbing roles

References

External links

Official agency profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ishida, Akira 1967 births Living people Japanese male stage actors Japanese male video game actors Japanese male voice actors Male voice actors from Aichi Prefecture Mausu Promotion voice actors Nihon University alumni People from Nisshin, Aichi Seiyu Award winners 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors