Biography
Ryōtarō Okiayu (置鮎 龍太郎, Okiayu Ryōtarō, born November 17, 1969) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer affiliated with Aoni Production. His major roles include Byakuya Kuchiki in Bleach, Treize Khushrenada in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Hisashi Mitsui in Slam Dunk, Meisuke Nueno in Hell Teacher Nūbē, Kunimitsu Tezuka in The Prince of Tennis, Zero in Mega Man X, Yuu Matsuura in Marmalade Boy, Shigure Sohma in Fruits Basket, Dark in D.N. Angel, Toriko in Toriko and Kokushibo in Demon Slayer. As a singer, he was one of the members for Entertainment Music Unit from 1995 to 2000. He is married to voice actress Ai Maeda. His range is A~E♯ and his dialect is Osakan. His older sister is an animator.
He is the official voice-over dub for Scott Foley, Taylor Kitsch, Lin Gengxin and Stephen Fung. Okiayu was born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture in 1969, moved to Osaka Prefecture when he was in the third grade of elementary school due to his parents' work, and lived in Nankō Port Town in Suminoe-ku, Osaka. His father had worked at a movie company for a time before Okiayu was born, and he would sometimes get anime posters and cels from his old colleagues. Because of this environment, Okiayu and his sister, who is one year older than him, loved anime and often listened to theatrical anime records and dramas together. His sister was skilled in the field of drawing, having been involved in animation for some time, but Okiayu found more enjoyment in imitating the voices of characters than in drawing, and he came to feel that speaking dialogue was an interesting thing to do. In his first year of high school after entering Abeno High School, he began to think about becoming a voice actor, and began to request information about training schools, but due to financial reasons, he decided to wait until after graduation and began working part-time during his high school years to save money. However, he spent the money on other things, so he ended up borrowing from his parents to attend the training school. His parents advised him to go to college, but he decided to go to the training school because he had no goals in mind. While there were almost no training schools in Osaka at the time, he auditioned and entered the Aoni Juku Osaka School. He passed an audition for Aoni Production through an in-house screening and moved to Tokyo from Osaka. He is said to have cried when he got the acceptance letter. When he first moved to Tokyo, he went to his cousin's place to find a room.Okiayu claims that his first jobs as a voice actor were a radio commercial for a prep school and the voice of a remote-controlled robot roaming around the Expo '90 site. His first work in anime was as a Bodkin archer in Dragon Quest and his first regular role was as Franz Heinel in Future GPX Cyber Formula. His first starring role was in the OVA Dark Cat. The role of Meisuke Nueno in Hell Teacher Nūbē was his first leading role in a TV anime. He said that Nūbē was the culmination of his career and that he was able to put himself fully into the role and play it naturally because he was close to Meisuke's age, and he said he cried when he heard it was over.Okiayu has taken over some of the roles from late Kaneto Shiozawa, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Tsuyoshi Takishita, and Unshō Ishizuka. Since 2016, he has also been working as a stage actor in the theater company Hero Hero Q Company. In 2023, Okiayu was a recipient of the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 17th Seiyu Awards.
Filmography
all 245
TV Shows 155
Voice 100
Movies 90
Ya Boy Kongming! Road to Summer Sonia (2024)
Sasaki and Peeps (2024)
BLOODY ESCAPE (2024)
Ragna Crimson (2023)
Rurouni Kenshin (2023)
Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (2023)
Pokémon Horizons: The Series (2023)
Blue Orchestra (2023)
I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too (2023)
Ania Kingdom (2023)
Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre (2023)
The Tale of Outcasts (2023)
Detective Conan: The Story of Ai Haibara: Black Iron Mystery Train (2023)
Me & Roboco (2022)
One Piece Film Red (2022)
The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup (2022)
Pointy-Headed Gonta: The Story of the Two-Named Dog in the Fukushima Disaster (2022)
Ya Boy Kongming! (2022)
Detective Conan: Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba (2022)
Ryoma! The Prince of Tennis (2021)
The Laws of the Universe: The Age of Elohim (2021)
Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: Solomon (2021)
Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm Of The Round Table: Camelot Paladin; Agateram (2021)
Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (2021)
The Saint's Magic Power Is Omnipotent (2021)
Godzilla Singular Point (2021)
BACK ARROW (2021)
Fate/Grand Order the Movie: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot Wandering; Agateram (2020)
King's Raid: Successors of the Will (2020)
The Misfit of Demon King Academy (2020)
Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It (2020)
Detective Conan: The Scarlet School Trip (2019)
The New Prince of Tennis BEST GAMES!! Fuji vs Kirihara (2019)
Babylon (2019)
ACTORS: Songs Connection (2019)
One Piece: Stampede (2019)
SAINT SEIYA: Knights of the Zodiac (2019)
The New Prince of Tennis BEST GAMES!! Fuji vs Kirihara (2019)
The New Prince of Tennis BEST GAMES!! Fuji vs Kirihara (2019)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019)
The Price of Smiles (2019)
Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho (2018)
Tennis no Ouji-sama Best Games!! Tezuka vs Atobe (2018)
Gakuen Basara: Samurai High School (2018)
Tennis no Ouji-sama Best Games!! Tezuka vs Atobe (2018)
Asobi Asobase - workshop of fun - (2018)
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord (2018)
Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger (2018)
Konohana Kitan (2017)
Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun (2017)
Fate/Apocrypha (2017)
Case Closed: The Crimson Love Letter (2017)
Overlord: The Undead King (2017)
Masamune-kun's Revenge (2017)
Matoi the Sacred Slayer (2016)
Izetta: The Last Witch (2016)
こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所 THE FINAL 両津勘吉 最後の日 (2016)
Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARS (2016)
Prince of Stride: Alternative (2016)
Kagewani (2015)
Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold (2015)
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger (2015)
Fafner Exodus (2015)
新网球王子OVAvsGenius10 (2014)
The Seven Deadly Sins (2014)
Love Stage!! (2014)
Mobile Suit Gundam-san (2014)
Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper (2014)
The Irregular at Magic High School (2014)
Strange+ (2014)
Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova (2013)
Toriko the Movie: Secret Recipe of Gourmet God! (2013)
A Farewell to Weapons (2013)
Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (2013)
Dream 9 Toriko & One Piece & Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!! (2013)
Date a Live (2013)
DD Fist of the North Star (2013)
Vassalord. (2013)
Toriko x One Piece Collaboration Special Kanzen Ban (2012)
Hyouka (2012)
Brave 10 (2012)
Recorder and Randsell (2012)
The New Prince of Tennis (2012)
Fate/Zero (2011)
The Prince of Tennis: Showdown in England's Tennis Fortress (2011)
TEKKEN: Blood Vengeance (2011)
The Everyday Tales of a Cat God (2011)
Appleseed XIII (2011)
A Thirty-Year Old's Health and Physical Education (2011)
Toriko (2011)
Toriko 3D Movie: Kaimaku! Gourmet Adventure!! (2011)
Nintama Rantarou Movie: Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudou! no Dan (2011)
Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse (2010)
Tokyo Encounter (2010)
Giant Killing (2010)
Pretty Cure All Stars DX2: The Light of Hope - Protect the Rainbow Jewel! (2010)
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition III: Return The World (2010)
HeartCatch PreCure! (2010)
Katanagatari (2010)
Haruka - Beyond the Stream of Time 3: Endless Destiny (2010)
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition II: End of World (2009)
Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection (2009)
The Rebirth of Buddha (2009)
Animal Detectives Kiruminzoo (2009)
Miracle Train: Ooedo-sen e Youkoso (2009)
The Sacred Blacksmith (2009)
The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder (Part 2) (2009)
The Prince of Tennis: Another Story (2009)
Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser (2009)
Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity (2009)
The Garden of Sinners: Remix -Gate of seventh heaven (2009)
Akikan! (2009)
The Garden of Sinners: Oblivion Recording (2008)
Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black (2008)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Digital Graphic Novel (2008)
Junjou Romantica (2008)
Monochrome Factor (2008)
Nabari no Ou (2008)
My-Otome 0: S.ifr (2008)
Bleach the Movie: The DiamondDust Rebellion (2007)
A Foreign Love Affair (2007)
Clannad (2007)
Clannad: The Motion Picture (2007)
Shining Tears X Wind (2007)
Romeo × Juliet (2007)
No Money (2007)
.hack//G.U. Returner (2007)
Super Robot Wars: Original Generation - Divine Wars (2006)
Fist of the Blue Sky (2006)
Marginal Prince: Gekkeiju no Ouji-tachi (2006)
Gakuen Heaven (2006)
Tennis no Ouji-sama: Zenkoku Taikai Hen (2006)
Mega Man Maverick Hunter X: The Day of Σ (2005)
Super Robot Wars (2005)
Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Animation (2005)
Elemental Gelade (2005)
Digimon X-Evolution (2005)
Mahou Sentai Magiranger (2005)
Air: The Motion Picture (2005)
The Prince of Tennis: Two Samurais, The First Game (2005)
The Prince of Tennis: A Gift from Atobe (2005)
Sukisho! (2005)
Ring Ni Kakero (2004)
Bleach (2004)
Flame of Recca: Final Burning (2004)
Great Yamato No. Zero (2004)
Fullmetal Alchemist (2003)
Submarine 707R (2003)
Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (2003)
D.N.Angel (2003)
Shutsugeki! Machine Robo Rescue (2003)
The Prince of Tennis: A Day on Survival Mountain (2002)
Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter (2002)
Kinnikuman II Sei: Muscle Ninjin Soudatsu! Choujin Daisensou (2002)
Shrine of the Morning Mist (2002)
Daigunder (2002)
.hack (2002)
Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy (2002)
Mirage of Blaze (2002)
Di Gi Charat: A Trip To The Planet (2001)
Hellsing (2001)
The Prince of Tennis (2001)
Gensomaden Saiyuki Requiem: For the One Not Chosen (2001)
Fruits Basket (2001)
Haré+Guu (2001)
Touch: Cross Road (2001)
Kizuna: Much Ado About Nothing (2001)
Di Gi Charat Christmas Special (2000)
Legendary Gambler Tetsuya (2000)
Gravitation (2000)
Kirara (2000)
Love Hina (2000)
Mirai Sentai Timeranger (2000)
Di Gi Charat (1999)
One Piece (1999)
Excel Saga (1999)
Amazing Nurse Nanako (1999)
Angel Links (1999)
Jubei-chan the Ninja Girl: Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch (1999)
Gokudo (1999)
Yu☆Gi☆Oh! (1999)
Graduation M: Our Carnival (1999)
卒業M オレ達のカーニバル (1999)
Glass Mask: The Girl of a Thousand Masks (1998)
Spectral Force (1998)
Spectral Force (1998)
Mamotte Shugogetten (1998)
Let's Nupu Nupu (1998)
Orphen (1998)
Hell Teacher Nube OVA (1998)
Knight Hunters (1998)
Android Ana Maico 2010 (1998)
Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998)
Ninja Resurrection (1998)
Burn-Up Excess (1997)
Dr. Slump (1997)
Vampire Princess Miyu (1997)
Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer (1997)
Fujimi Block No. 2 Symphony Orchestra (1997)
Flame of Recca (1997)
Hell Teacher Nube: Summer Holiday of Fear! Legend of the Sea of Suspicion (1997)
Cooking Master Boy (1997)
Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997)
Haunted Junction (1997)
Hell Teacher Nube: At 0 a.m. Nube is Dead!! (1997)
Ninja Resurrection (1997)
Apocalypse Zero (1996)
Martian Successor Nadesico (1996)
Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer (1996)
Hurricane Polymar: Holy Blood (1996)
New Hurricane Polymar (1996)
KI・ME・RA (1996)
Hell Teacher Nube (1996)
Hell Teacher Nube (1996)
Marriage: Kekkon (1996)
Fire Emblem (1996)
Nuumamonjaa: Time and Space Adventures (1996)
Slam Dunk 4: Roar!! Basket Man Spirit (1995)
Fantascience World Gulliver Boy (1995)
El-Hazard: The Magnificent World (1995)
Princess Minerva (1995)
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (1995)
Elementalors (1995)
Marmalade Boy (1995)
Slam Dunk 3: Crisis of Shohoku School (1995)
Magic Knight Rayearth (1994)
I'm Not an Angel! (1994)
Kizuna (1994)
Slam Dunk 2: National Tournament (1994)
Seven Cities Story: Arctic Front (1994)
Seven Cities Story: Arctic Front (1994)
Galaxy Warring State Chronicle Rai (1994)
Lord of Lords Ryu Knight (1994)
ゴールFH (1994)
Marmalade Boy (1994)
Brave Police J-Decker (1994)
Please Save My Earth (1993)
Please Save My Earth (1993)
Slam Dunk (1993)
Shippuu! Iron Leaguer (1993)
Idol Defense Force Hummingbird (1993)
Macross II: Lovers Again (1992)
Dark Cat (1991)
Here Is Greenwood (1991)
Hurricane Polymar (1974)
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GenderMale
Birthday1969-11-17 (54 years old)
Birth PlaceKokuraminami-ku, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As置鮎 龍太郎 , Ryoutarou Okiayu, Ryotaroh Okiayu, Ryoutaroh Okiayu, Ryôtarô Okiayu, Ryōtarō Okiayu, 오키아유 료타로, 置鲇龙太郎
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