Tetsuya Kakihara
Tetsuya Kakihara (柿原 徹也 Kakihara Tetsuya, born December 24, 1982 in Düsseldorf, West Germany) is a well known Japanese voice actor who is affiliated with 81 Produce. Until the age of 18, he resided abroad in Düsseldorf, Germany.
He is currently affiliated with "Kiramune" in 2010, a music label by Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. and Lantis, where he debuted as a Singer with his first mini album 'Still on Journey' with 6 original tracks. His upcoming 2nd mini album is titled 'CONTINUOUS' also with 6 new tracks, is to be released February 2012 and is currently accepting pre-orders on most online shops.
He is very active in a lot of Anime, Games, Drama Cds/ Radio host roles, and in Live Shows events (released on DVDs), in Japan. An interesting and talented fact about Kakihara is that he is Trilingual; fluent in German and Japanese and near-fluent in English. He used to know five languages: German, Japanese, English, Spanish, and Latin. He is the only Japanese person to voice a device in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's, with the German-speaking devices Lævateinn and Graf Eisen.
His nickname called by his fans is "Kakki"(カッキー). Other stats- Current Age: 29, Blood Type: AB- (rare Rh-), Height: 170 cm, Zodiac: Capricorn
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[edit] History as Voice Actor and Awards
He went to AMUSEMENT MEDIA Academy (a vocational school for voice actors and artists) to study voice acting. The reason he wanted to become a voice actor is because he believes that by becoming one, he'll be more fluent in the Japanese language.[1] And so he debuted as a voice actor in 2003.
Kakihara is capable in doing a broad range of voices in this works. In Anime, Kakihara is known for playing roles as young boys/teenagers with a 'fiery' personality. In Game and Drama CDs, he plays a more teenager and mature roles, and is known for his unique soft, sweet, and mysterious voice mainly in Otome games.
In 2007, at the First Seiyu Awards ceremony in Japan, he received the 'Best Male Newcomer/Rookie' award.[2]
[edit] Notable voice roles
Leading roles in bold.
[edit] Anime
- Ah! My Goddess (as Male Student (ep 22))
- Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy (as Male Student (ep 8))
- Ao no Exorcist (Amaimon)
- Beyblade: Metal Fusion (Hyōma)
- Bleach (Ggio Vega)
- Brave10 (Sarutobi Sasuke)
- Digimon Xros Wars: Time Traveling Hunter Boys (Ryōma Mogami)
- C (anime) (Kou Sennoza)
- Copihan (Omoto Kumogiri)
- Cross Game (Mizuki Asami)
- Doki Doki School Hours (Koro-chan)
- Dog Days (Gaul Galette des Rois)
- Dragonaut - The Resonance (Kazuki Tachibana)
- Fairy Tail (Natsu Dragneel, Natsu Dragion)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Kain Fuery)
- Fushigiboshi no Futagohime (Bright)
- Ga-Rei Zero (Masaki Shindou)
- Hanasakeru Seishōnen (Toranosuke V Haga)
- HIGH SCORE (Tokiwazu Jiro)
- Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri (Wish/Chris)
- Kannagi (Meguru Akiba)
- Kaichou wa Maid-sama (Gouki Aratake)
- Lilpri (Wish)
- Linebarrels of Iron (Kouichi Hayase)
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's (Lævateinn, Graf Eisen, Randy)
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS (Lævateinn, Graf Eisen, Strada)
- Metal Fight Beyblade (Hyouma)
- Minami-ke (Fujioka)
- Monkey Typhoon (Announcer)
- Moshidora (Keiichirō Asano)
- Nabari no Ō (Sōrō Katō)
- Nepos Napos (Timo)
- Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (Shima Jiro)
- Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan: Demon Capital (Shima Jiro)
- Ozuma (Sam Coin)
- Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl (Reiji)
- Princess Princess (Yutaka Mikoto)
- Prince of Tennis (OVA Semifinal Vol. 3) Liliadent Krauser (Episode 6)
- Prism Ark (Hyaweh)
- Romeo x Juliet (Mercutio)
- Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas (Pegasus Tenma)
- Sengoku Paradise Kiwami (Date Masamune: refer to 'popular culture section')
- Shangri-La (MEDUSA)
- Sket Dance (Masafumi Usui)
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Simon)
- Terra e... (Kim)
- Toriko (Tom)
- Vexille 2077 Nihon Sakoku (Taro)
- Xam'd: Lost Memories (Shiroza)
- Zombie-Loan (Lyca)
[edit] Radio
Kakihara Tetsuya is active in these online Anime-related radio programs where he is the main host as the anime characters (in bold). You can listen to them free of charge. However, they do update and replace the old episodes as newer episodes comes. so don't miss the chance to listen to them while you can.
- Brave 10 on the radio @ Hibiki Radio Japan [3] starring (Sarutobi Sasuke)
- Fairy Tail Web Radio 『魔導士ギルド放送局 やりすぎソーサラー!』 [4] starring (Natsu Dragneel, Natsu Dragion)
- PASH!de DASH!
[edit] Drama CDs (Anime/Game)
- BlazBlue (Jin Kisaragi/Hakumen)
- Dog Days (Gaul Galette des Rois)
- Iris Zero (Toru Mizushima)
- Kaichou wa Maid-sama (Gouki Aratake)
- Sengoku Paradise Kiwami (Date Masamune)
- Tales of Hearts ( Shing Meteoryte)
[edit] Drama CDs (Otome/Original)
- Amnesia (Shin)
- Ketsuekigata Danshi/ Choose your favourite Blood Type boy! (Kurosaki Miyabi) as AB Type
- Koisuru Lesson Series "Ayumu Kunishiro no Happy Lesson" (Ayumu Kunishiro)
- Love Root Zero (Kuroe Kazuya)
- Perabu! A Cappella Love?! (Chihiro Mitsunaga)
- Samurai Drive (Takaharai Buki)
- Wand of Fortune: Mirai e no Prologue (Lagi El Nagil)
- Wand of Fortune 2: Jikuu ni Shizumu Mokujiroku (Lagi El Nagil)
- Zoku Fushigi Kobo Shokogun Episode7 as Himself/Narrator
[edit] Video Game
- Akiba's Trip (PSP) (Yuu Abeno)
- Amnesia (PSP) (Shin)
- Amnesia: Later (Shin)
- Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana (Klein Kiesling)
- Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm (Alvero Kronie)
- BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (Jin Kisaragi/Hakumen)
- BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (Jin Kisaragi/Hakumen/Alternate Announcer)
- Corpse Party BloodCovered: ...Repeated Fear PSP (Sakutarō Morishige)
- Corpse Party: Book of Shadows PSP (Sakutarō Morishige)
- Exorcism of Maria PSP (Klaus (Kurausu Eaharuto) )
- Fairy Tail Portable Guild PSP (Natsu Dragneel)
- Fairy Tail Portable Guild 2 PSP (Natsu Dragneel)
- Fairy Tail Portable Guild 3 Zeref's Awakening PSP (Natsu Dragneel)
- Fairy Tail Story: Dark Guild Battle! DS (Natsu Dragneel)
- Fairy Tail Original Story: 2 DS (Natsu Dragneel)
- Final Fantasy Versus XIII (Prompto)
- Garnet Cradle PSP (Sairenji Rihito)
- Genso Suikoden Tierkreis (Ryu)
- Hoshizora no Komikku Gāden NDS (Kasudisu Koichi)
- Houkago wa Gin no Shirabe PS2/PC (Izumi Yuuto)
- Love Root Zero: KissKiss☆Labyrinth PS2 (Kuroe Kazuya)
- Mega Man Star Force 3 (A.C.Eos/Ace)
- Mega Man Zero 4 (Fenri Lunaedge)
- Renai Banchou 2 Midnight Lesson!!! PSP (The Little Devil Banchou)
- Seiken Densetsu 4 (Eldy)
- Solatorobo (Red Savarin)
- Suikoden Tierkreis (Liu)
- Tales of Hearts (Shing Meteoryte)
- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 PSP (Shing Meteoryte)
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann DS (Simon)
- The Legend of Heroes : Zero no Kiseki PSP (Lloyd Bannings)
- The Legend of Heroes : Ao no Kiseki PSP (Lloyd Bannings)
- Wand of Fortune: Mirai e no Prologue PSP/PS2 (Lagi El Nagil)
- Wand of Fortune 2: Jikuu ni Shizumu Mokujiroku PSP/PS2 (Lagi El Nagil)
- Zettai Meikyuu Grimm (Akazukin)
[edit] OVA/Movies
- Fairy Tail (Natsu Dragneel)
- Kara no Kyōkai: Paradox Spiral (Tomoe Enjō)
- Kowarekake no Orgel (Keiichirō)
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (Angelo Sauper)
- Naruto Shippuden: The Movie (Kusuna)
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Gurren-hen (Simon)
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Lagann-hen (Simon)
- Vexille (Taro)
[edit] Dubbing
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) (Leonardo)
- The Great Discovery (Henry the Green Engine)
- ThunderCats (2011 TV series) (Lion-O, Leo)
- Total Drama (series) (Geoff)
[edit] Discography (as a Singer)
Tetsuya released his mini-debut album, "Still on Journey, on November 24, 2010, which is produced by Kiramune Project. It comes in a Normal Edition (with 6 tracks of music; 'my life my time', 'adrenaline', 'Electric Monster', 'Number One', 'thank you & smile', and 'Endless Journey') and a Deluxe Edition (with the above 6 tracks plus a Bonus DVD with: 'my life my time (MUSIC CLIP), making of 'still on Journey', and 'TRAILER'.)
He will also be releasing his second mini-album, "CONTINUOUS", on February 15, 2012, which is also produced by Kiramune Project. It also comes in a Normal Edition (with 6 tracks of music; 'Chaos Breaker', 'Good Luck', 'Labyrinth', 'Bible of Heart', 'Hikari', and 'Continue') and a Deluxe Edition (with the above 6 tracks plus a Bonus DVD with: 'Chaos Breaker (MUSIC CLIP), making of 'Chaos Breaker', and 'TRAILER'.)
He also did live performances (my life my time, Electric Monster, and Endless Journey) for the Kiramune Live Music Festival in 2010, in which a DVD have already been released on February 25, 2011. He will also attend next year's Kiramune Live Music Festival 2012, which will be held on March 17 & 18, 2012 in Japan.
[edit] Mini Albums
| Date Released | Title | UPC/Product Code | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2010/11/24 | still on Journey 1. my life my time 2. adrenaline 3. Electric Monster 4. Number One 5. thank you & smile 6. Endless Journey Normal Version: 6 tracks Deluxe Version: 6 tracks + DVD (music video, making of, and trailer) DVD Length: 24 minutes |
LACA-35077(Deluxe) LACA-15077(Normal) |
| 2 | 2012/02/15 | CONTINUOUS 1. Chaos Breaker 2. Good Luck 3. Labyrinth 4. Bible of Heart 5. Hikari 6. Continue Normal Version: 6 tracks Deluxe Version: 6 tracks + DVD (music video, making of, and trailer) |
LACA-35182(Deluxe) LACA-15182(Normal) |
[edit] Anime Character Music CDs/Song Listing
Song Names are in Bold.
- Angel's Feather (Mitsugi Hibiki Taira) SONG: (Rock Star) (OVA Opening Theme/Duet song)
- Brave10(Sarutobi Sasuke) SONG: (Seirei Hirai) (Opening Theme Song)
- Exorcism of Maria PSP (Klaus/Kurausu Eaharuto) SONG: (捧げられた生贄(サクリファイス))
- Fairy Tail(Natsu Dragneel) 2 SONGS: (Eternal Fellows) (OVA Opening Theme Song), (Blaze Up)
- Hoshizora no Komikku Gāden (Kasudisu Koichi) 3 SONGS: (Day by Day/キラキラ〜Looking for my best Friends) (Opening Theme Song), (Starring in the Dream),
(Puzzle)
- Houkago wa Gin no Shirabe (Izumi Yuuto) SONG: (SILVER GRAY)
- Love Root Zero (Kazuya Kuroe) SONG: (Yasoku Suruyo)
- Minami-ke (Fujioka) SONG: (Sakura Shoku Raburetā)
- Okane ga nai (Ishii Tetsuo) SONG: (Itoshii Hito yo Eien ni Nukumori o Tsutaete) (Ending Theme/Duet song)
- Prince of Tennis (OVA Semifinal Vol. 3) (Liliadent Krauser) SONG: (Dead or Alive)
- Princess Princess (Yutaka Mikoto) SONG: (Cutie Honey)
- Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas (Pegasus Tenma) SONG:(Legend of Us)
- Sengoku Paradise Kiwami (Date Masamune) SONG: (Ritān Ransei Dokuganryuu) (Opening Theme Song in Episodes 1,4,5,8,10 etc)
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Simon) SONG: (Breakthrough the Dream)(Duet song)
- Wand of Fortune (Lagi El Nagil) SONG: (Blazing Guy)
[edit] DVD/Live Events as an Idol Artist
- Brave 10 on the radio DVD - Vol. 1-5 (Kakihara Tetsuya as himself) January 27, 2012
- Kiramune 2010 Live Concert DVD (Kakihara Tetsuya as himself)
- Otomate Party 2009 (Kakihara Tetsuya as himself)
- Otomate Party 2010 (Kakihara Tetsuya as himself)
- Tokimeki Recipe - Spain Ryori no Maki - Kakihara Tetsuya & Eguchi Takuya DVD (Kakihara Tetsuya as himself) December 21, 2011
[edit] External links
- Tetsuya Kakihara - Anime Roles at MyAnimeList
- Official Blog 'NEXT ONE' (Japanese)
- @Kiramune(キラミューン)- Lantis -Music Profile (Japanese)
- Tetsuya Kakihara at 81 Produce (Japanese)
- Tetsuya Kakihara at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- FAIRY TAIL Web Radio @Hibiki (Japanese)
- BRAVE 10 on the radio @Hibiki (Japanese)
- Kiramune Music Festival 2012 (Japanese)
[edit] References
- ^ "声优+歌手:柿原彻也,柿原徹也,かきはらてつや,KakiharaTetsuya -- 早晨动漫网" Asanime.com- About Voice Actor- Kakihara Tetsuya 柿原徹也 (with photos) [1]
- ^ (2007) "速報!『第一回/声優アワード』にてアミューズメントメディア総合学院卒業生が新人賞を受賞!" First Seiyu Award Ceremony in Japan- Best Male/Female Rookie Award List- Kakihara Tetsuya 柿原徹也 (with photos) [2]
- ^ "Brave 10 on the radio @ HiBiKi". hibiki-radio.jp/. http://hibiki-radio.jp/description/brave. Retrieved 2012-1-24.
- ^ "Fairy Tail - Web Radio @ HiBiKi". hibiki-radio.jp/. http://hibiki-radio.jp/description/fairytail. Retrieved 2012-1-24.