Kaiji Tang (pronounced "Kai-jee"; born January 25, 1984) is a Chinese voice actor who is based in

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Biography

Tang was born in Shanghai, China on January 25, 1984. He graduated from the

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with a degree in

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. He comes from a theatrical background and moved to

in 2007 to do commercial work. He starred in commercials for Garmin GPS and The Discovery Channel. After appearing in a cult-classic movie called '' Zombie Strippers'' as a zombie, he auditioned for a podcast for a dubbing studio and was eventually hired. Ever since then, he has found success in finding roles for anime and video game characters. Tang has stated that he never set out to do voice work and it all came later on in his life. Tang enjoys his profession and likes contributing to the video game industry as he compares video games to novels. Tang hosts the

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channel ''Voices of Gaming''.

Career

In anime, Tang is known as the voice of Big G from ''

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'',

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from '' Jujutsu Kaisen'', Kashin Koji from '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations '', Hendrickson from '' The Seven Deadly Sins'', Guts from ''

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'', Tsumugu Kinagase from '' Kill La Kill'', Archer from '' Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works'', Joe from '' Megalo Box'' and recently as Jin Kazama, lead character in Tekken: Bloodline. In video games, he is known for his performances as Wingul from '' Tales of Xillia'', Fang from '' Fairy Fencer F'', Yasuhiro Hagakure and Gonta Gokuhara from the ''

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'' series, Osamu Dazai from '' Bungo Stray Dogs'', and Ichiban Kasuga in the ''

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'' series. He is also known for voicing Owain/Odin in the Fire Emblem series, as well as the

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in ''

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'' and voiced Tom Cat in the 2021 film '' Tom & Jerry''.

Personal life

Tang revealed on Twitter in 2021 that he had no desire to work in any environment that does not recognize

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as a country, and that he and his family fled his birth country of China due to their shared opposition of the country's ruling

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. He married voice actress Marcy Edwards on June 24, 2017. He has a sister named Katherine.

Filmography

Films

Video games

Live action

Webseries

Anime

References

External links

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