Career/Personal

• Following his debut in the anime film Akira
  Akira (film)
  is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk science fiction film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, and starring the voices of Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama and Taro Ishida. The screenplay is based on Otomo's manga Akira....
  
  as the character Kai, Kusao has lent his voice to many anime shows, games, drama CDs and commercials. Characters who are young and have a strong sense of justice (Parn, Lamune, Trunks) are notable. In addition, there is a reputation where Kusao plays characters strongly associated with the real-life samurai Yukimura Sanada (like Sanada Ryo, this includes game model Yukimura of Sengoku Musou
  Samurai Warriors
  is the first title in the series of video games created by Koei's Omega Force team based loosely around the Sengoku period of Japanese history and it is a spinoff of the Dynasty Warriors series...
  
   [Americanized as "Samurai Warriors"]).

• There are also many singing opportunities of Kusao. He has sung for the TV shows Saiyuki, NG Knight Lamune & 40
  NG Knight Lamune & 40
  was a Japanese television series of 1990 that was never distributed by any English-language firm. It was one of the Lamune group of television shows and OAVs, and the "NG" in the title stands for "new generation"...
  
  , Record of Lodoss War
  Record of Lodoss War
  is a franchise of fantasy novels by Ryo Mizuno based around the work he originally created for a world called Forcelia for role-playing games . There have since been multiple manga, anime and computer game adaptations, several of which have been translated into English...
  
  , D.N.Angel
  D.N.Angel
  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukiru Sugisaki. The ongoing manga premiered in Japan in the Kadokawa Shoten shōjo magazine Monthly Asuka in November 1997. The series went on an extended hiatus after the August 2005 issue, returning in the April 2008 issue...
  
  , Dragon Ball Kai, and Yoroiden Samurai Troopers.

• He has been cast at least two times with Ryou Horikawa, where they voice characters who are biologically related to each other. The first instance is in Dragon Ball Z, where Horikawa voices Vegeta
  Vegeta
  is a fictional character and antihero in the Dragon Ball franchise created by Akira Toriyama. Vegeta first appeared in the manga chapter #204 first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on December 19, 1988, and in episode 5 of its anime adaptation Dragon Ball Z...
  
   and Kusao voices Vegeta's son Trunks
  Trunks (Dragon Ball)
  is a fictional character from the Dragon Ball franchise by Akira Toriyama. Trunks is the half-Saiyan son of Vegeta, the prince of the dying race of fictional aliens called the Saiyans, and Bulma, the heiress of a massive company called Capsule Corporation...
  
   as a teenager and adult; the second one is Langrisser I & II, where Kusao voices Langrisser II's protagonist Elwin, who is revealed to be a direct descendant of Langrisser I's protagonist, voiced by Horikawa.

Television animation

• Captain Tsubasa
  Captain Tsubasa
  , also known as Flash Kicker, is a popular long running Japanese manga, animation, and video game series, originally created by Yōichi Takahashi in 1981...
  
  (Dias)
• Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion
  Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion
  , often referred to as simply Code Geass, is a Japanese anime series created by Sunrise, directed by Gorō Taniguchi, and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, with original character designs by manga authors Clamp...
  
  (Mao)
• Darker than Black
  Darker than Black
  is an anime television series, created, directed and written by Tensai Okamura and animated by Bones. It premiered across Japan from April 5, 2007 on MBS, TBS, and its affiliated broadcast stations, with its satellite television premiere in Japan on Animax in May 2007. The music for the series is...
  
  (Zhijun Wei)
• Digimon Adventure 02
  Digimon Adventure 02
  , also commonly referred as Digimon Zero Two, is the direct sequel to the previous series and takes place three years after the original series. With most of the original characters now in junior high school, the Digital World was supposedly secure and peaceful. However, a new evil has appeared in...
  
  (Revolmon)
• Digimon Xros Wars
  Digimon Xros Wars
  contains the sixth and seventh anime television series in the Digimon franchise by Akiyoshi Hongō, produced by Toei Animation. It follows a boy named Taiki Kudō who utilizes the power of joining together Digimon in order to save the Digital World...
  
  (Kiriha Aonuma, Ballistamon, Greymon / MetalGreymon / DeckerGreymon / ZeekGreymon / Bagramon)
• Digimon Xros Wars: Time Traveling Hunter Boys (The Watchmaker)
• D.N.Angel
  D.N.Angel
  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukiru Sugisaki. The ongoing manga premiered in Japan in the Kadokawa Shoten shōjo magazine Monthly Asuka in November 1997. The series went on an extended hiatus after the August 2005 issue, returning in the April 2008 issue...
  
  (Krad)
• Dragon Ball
  Dragon Ball
  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 to 1995; later the 519 individual chapters were published into 42 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha. Dragon Ball was inspired by the classical Chinese novel Journey to the...
  
  (Trunks
  Trunks (Dragon Ball)
  is a fictional character from the Dragon Ball franchise by Akira Toriyama. Trunks is the half-Saiyan son of Vegeta, the prince of the dying race of fictional aliens called the Saiyans, and Bulma, the heiress of a massive company called Capsule Corporation...
  
  , Pigero (ep. 16))
• Gensomaden Saiyuki, Saiyuki Reload and Saiyuki Reload Gunlock (Kougaiji)
• Gegege no Kitaro (Makoto Washio)
• His and Her Circumstances (Hiroyuki Miyazawa)
• InuYasha
  InuYasha
  , also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008...
  
  (Bankotsu, Jura)
• Kidō Shinsengumi Moeyo Ken
  Kido Shinsengumi Moeyo Ken
  Moeyo Ken, known in Japan as is a PC video game and anime about magical girl variants of Shinsengumi, a police force, and of Sakamoto Ryunosuke and his illegal companion, Nekomaru. Originally an OVA, it was also adapted into a television series...
  
  (Tanaka Ukon)
• Major
  MAJOR (anime)
  Major is a sports manga series by Takuya Mitsuda. It has been serialized in Shōnen Sunday and has been collected in 78 tankōbon volumes...
  
  (Fujii)
• Metal Fight Beyblade (Busujima)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
  Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
  Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, known in Japan as , is an anime series in the mecha genre, and is one of the alternate universe Gundam series, taking place in the After Colony timeline. It is the second alternate universe in the Gundam media franchise, following Mobile Fighter G Gundam...
  
  (Müller)
• Naruto
  Naruto
  is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become the Hokage, the ninja in his village who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of...
  
  (Gouzu)
• Naruto Shippuden (Shiranami)
• NG Knight Lamune & 40
  NG Knight Lamune & 40
  was a Japanese television series of 1990 that was never distributed by any English-language firm. It was one of the Lamune group of television shows and OAVs, and the "NG" in the title stands for "new generation"...
  
  (Lamune)
• One Piece
  One Piece
  is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 64th volume released as...
  
  (Koza, Jaguar D. Saul, young Gol D. Roger)
• Record of Lodoss War
  Record of Lodoss War
  is a franchise of fantasy novels by Ryo Mizuno based around the work he originally created for a world called Forcelia for role-playing games . There have since been multiple manga, anime and computer game adaptations, several of which have been translated into English...
  
  (Parn)
• Ring ni kakero
  Ring ni Kakero
  , or Put It All in the Ring, is a manga created by Masami Kurumada. A total of 25 volumes were published in Weekly Shōnen Jump between 1977 and 1981.- Plot :...
  
  (Katori Ishimatsu)
• Revolutionary Girl Utena
  Revolutionary Girl Utena
  is a manga by Chiho Saito and anime directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara. The manga serial began in the June 1996 issue of Ciao and the anime was first broadcast in 1997. The anime and manga were created simultaneously, but, despite some similarities, they progressed in different directions. A movie, was...
  
  (Kyoichi Saionji)
• Rockman DASH 2 ~Episode 2: Ooi Naru Isan~ (Gaga)
• Saint Seiya
  Saint Seiya
  , also known as Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac or simply Knights of the Zodiac, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada and serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1986 to 1991, and adapted into an anime TV series by Toei Animation from 1986 to 1989.The story follows...
  
  (Capricorn Shura (2002-2006))
• Samurai 7
  Samurai 7
  is a 2004 anime TV series, produced by Gonzo and based on Akira Kurosawa's highly regarded 1954 movie Seven Samurai. The series was directed by Toshifumi Takizawa and its music was composed by Kaoru Wada and Eitetsu Hayashi...
  
  (Hyougo)
• Shining Tears X Wind
  Shining Tears X Wind
  is a Japanese anime based on the PlayStation 2 games Shining Tears and Shining Wind. Shining Tears X Wind presents an adapted version of Shining Winds story, seen through Souma's perspective. It is directed by Hiroshi Watanabe and produced by Studio Deen. The series started airing in Japan on April...
  
  (Zeed)
• Sgt. Frog
  Sgt. Frog
  Sgt. Frog, known in Japan as , is a manga series by Mine Yoshizaki. It was later serialized into a TV anime series directed by Junichi Sato. Both the anime and manga are comedies that follow the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to conquer Earth...
  
  (Dororo, Chibi Zero, Dokuku, Torimakian, QQian, announcer in the base)
• Slam Dunk
  Slam Dunk (manga)
  is a sports-themed manga series written by Takehiko Inoue about a basketball team from Shōhoku High School. It was first serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in Japan from 1990 to 1996 and had also been adapted into an anime series by Toei Animation which had been broadcast worldwide,...
  
  (Hanamichi Sakuragi)
• SoltyRei
  SoltyRei
  is a Japanese anime series by Gonzo and AIC combining attributes of drama and sci-fi, about the inhabitants of a city where an Aurora prevents aerial travel...
  
  (Will)
• Sumomomo Momomo
  Sumomomo Momomo
  is a Japanese manga series created by Japanese author Shinobu Ohtaka. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese manga magazine Young Gangan in 2004, which is published by Square Enix. The manga has been licensed by Yen Press for distribution in North America...
  
  (Tenka Koganei)
• Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna
  Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna
  is a fifteen-volume shōnen mystery manga series written by Kyou Shirodaira and illustrated by Eita Mizuno. It was published by Enix and then Square Enix in Monthly Shōnen Gangan from February 2000 to October 2005 and collected in 15 bound volumes...
  
  (Kosuke Asazuki)
• Tales of Phantasia
  Tales of Phantasia
  is a Super Nintendo game in the RPG genre published by Namco and released in Japan in 1995, selling 212,000 copies. It is the first mothership title in the Tales RPG series and was later remade/re-released on the PlayStation, Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable...
  
  (Cless Alvein (Cress Albane))
• Transformers Masterforce (Clouder)
• Video Girl Ai
  Video Girl Ai
  is a manga series created by Masakazu Katsura and published by Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. It also has an anime adaptation. The manga is published in English by Viz Communications...
  
  (Yota Moteuchi)
• Yes! PreCure 5
  Yes! PreCure 5
  is the fourth and fifth Pretty Cure anime series by Toei Animation, comprising the original series and its sequel, , or simply GoGo! . The 5 in the title refers to the fact that this Pretty Cure team has five members...
  
  (Coco/Kouji Kokoda)
• Yoroiden Samurai Troopers (Sanada Ryo - Armor of WildFire)
• Ys
  Ys (anime)
  are two different anime series, both of which are based on the video game series Ys. The first series spans seven episodes and covers the general plotline of the first game of the series, Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished. The plot centers on Adol Christin as he journeys to the island of Esteria in search...
  
  (Adol Christin)

OVA

• Guyver
  Guyver (OVA)
  is a 12 part anime OVA loosely based on Yoshiki Takaya's manga, Bio-Booster Armor Guyver. It was released in Japan from 1989 to 1992. It is the second animated adaptation, following the 1986 film Guyver: Out of Control.-Plot:...
  
  (Sho Fukamachi/Guyver)
• Megazone 23
  Megazone 23
  is a four-part original video animation created by AIC, written by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama, and directed by Noboru Ishiguro, Ichiro Itano, Kenichi Yatagai and Shinji Aramaki. The series was originally titled but the title was changed just before release....
  
  Part III (Eiji Takanaka)
• Ranma ½
  Ranma ½
  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi with an anime adaptation. The story revolves around a 16-year old boy named Ranma Saotome who was trained from early childhood in martial arts...
  
  (Shinnosuke)
• Dogs: Bullets & Carnage
  Dogs: Bullets & Carnage
  is a Japanese manga series by Shirow Miwa. The manga was first published in 2001 as Dogs: Stray Dogs Howling in the Dark. In 2005, the series began serialization in the manga magazine Ultra Jump as Dogs: Bullets & Carnage, which continues the storyline...
  
  (Magato)
• Casshan: Robot Hunter (OVA) (Tetsuya Azuma/Casshan)

Video games

• Guilty Gear
  Guilty Gear
  is a series of sprite-based competitive fighting games by Arc System Works and designed by artist Daisuke Ishiwatari. It is popular with fans for its detailed anime-style graphics, original characters, hard rock/heavy metal soundtrack, unique gameplay, and its numerous references to rock and heavy...
  
  (Ky Kiske, Robo-Ky)
• Samurai Warriors
  Samurai Warriors
  is the first title in the series of video games created by Koei's Omega Force team based loosely around the Sengoku period of Japanese history and it is a spinoff of the Dynasty Warriors series...
  
  (Sanada Yukimura
  Sanada Yukimura
  was a Japanese samurai, second son of the Sengoku period daimyo Sanada Masayuki . His proper name was Sanada Nobushige , named after Takeda Shingen's younger brother Takeda Nobushige, who was a brave and respected warrior. He and his father were known as being excellent military tacticians...
  
  )
• SegaSonic the Hedgehog
  SegaSonic the Hedgehog
  is an isometric platform game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, released by Sega for Japanese arcades in June 1993. The game supported three players playing simultaneously, and possessed a unique track ball set up for moving on-screen characters. The only other control input was a single button,...
  
  (Sonic the Hedgehog
  Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
  , trademarked Sonic The Hedgehog, is a video game character and the main protagonist of the Sonic video game series released by Sega, as well as in numerous spin-off comics, cartoons, and a feature film. The first game was released on June 23, 1991, to provide Sega with a mascot to rival Nintendo's...
  
  )
• Tales of Phantasia
  Tales of Phantasia
  is a Super Nintendo game in the RPG genre published by Namco and released in Japan in 1995, selling 212,000 copies. It is the first mothership title in the Tales RPG series and was later remade/re-released on the PlayStation, Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable...
  
  (Cless Alvein (Cress Albane))
• Tales of Phantasia
  Tales of Phantasia
  is a Super Nintendo game in the RPG genre published by Namco and released in Japan in 1995, selling 212,000 copies. It is the first mothership title in the Tales RPG series and was later remade/re-released on the PlayStation, Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable...
  
  (Chester Burklight (Chester Barklight)[SNES and PSX])
• Sly Cooper
  The Sly Collection
  The Sly Collection, titled as The Sly Trilogy in Europe and Australia and Sly Cooper Collection in Japan, Korea and Asia, is remastered port of the PlayStation 2 games, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, Sly 2: Band of Thieves and Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, for the PlayStation 3 on a single...
  
  (Sly Cooper)
• Ys Seven
  Ys Seven
  is a Japanese Action RPG developed and published by the Nihon Falcom Corporation and the seventh installment in the Ys video game series. It was released in Japan during 2009 for the Sony PlayStation Portable and was released by Xseed Games in North America on August 17, 2010 and in Europe on...
  
  (Adol Christin)
• Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga (Adol Christin)

Dubbing roles

• American Psycho
  American Psycho (film)
  American Psycho is a 2000 cult thriller film directed by Mary Harron based on Bret Easton Ellis's novel of the same name. Though predominantly a psycho thriller, the film also blends elements of horror, satire, and black comedy...
  
  (Patrick Bateman)
• Final Destination
  Final Destination
  Final Destination is a 2000 supernatural slasher film written and directed by James Wong. The film was co-written by Glen Morgan and Jeffrey Reddick, both of them having previously worked with Wong in the TV series The X-Files. The film stars Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith and Tony Todd...
  
  (Alex Browning)
• I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
  I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
  I Still Know What You Did Last Summer is a 1998 slasher film and sequel to the 1997 film I Know What You Did Last Summer. The screenplay was written by Trey Callaway, based on characters originally created in a popular novel by Lois Duncan. Callaway's script was published in an edited "young adult"...
  
  (Will Benson)
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
  Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
  Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie is a 1995 American superhero action fantasy based on the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers on Fox Kids. It featured the characters and actors from the series itself, and used the zords from Ninja Sentai Kakuranger...
  
  (Billy Cranston
  Billy Cranston
  Billy Cranston is a fictional character in the Power Rangers universe. He is the Blue Ranger in the series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, portrayed by actor David Yost. Billy is the only original Power Ranger to remain for the entire MMPR series, and is the third longest-serving Ranger overall...
  
  )
• Mucha Lucha! (Ricochet)
• Napoleon Dynamite
  Napoleon Dynamite
  Napoleon Dynamite is a 2004 comedy film co-written and directed by Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess and stars Jon Heder as Napoleon Dynamite. The film was Jared Hess' first full-length feature and is partially adapted from his earlier short film, Peluca....
  
  (Napoleon Dynamite)
• Lady Jane (film)
  Lady Jane (film)
  Lady Jane is a 1986 British costume drama romance film directed by Trevor Nunn, written by David Edgar, and starring Helena Bonham Carter as the title character in her first major film role. It tells the story of Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Days' Queen, on her reign and romance with husband Lord...
  
  Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk
  Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk
  Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, KG was an English nobleman of the Tudor period and the father of Lady Jane Grey.-Henry VIII's reign:...
  
  
• Saving Private Ryan
  Saving Private Ryan
  Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American war film set during the invasion of Normandy in World War II. It was directed by Steven Spielberg, with a screenplay by Robert Rodat. The film is notable for the intensity of its opening 27 minutes, which depicts the Omaha Beach assault of June 6, 1944....
  
  (James Ryan)
• The Adventures of Tintin (TV series)
  The Adventures of Tintin (TV series)
  The Adventures of Tintin is an animated television series based on The Adventures of Tintin, a series of books by Hergé. It debuted in 1991, and 39 half-hour episodes were produced over the course of three seasons...
  
  (Tintin)
• Titanic
  Titanic (1997 film)
  Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater and Billy Zane as Rose's fiancé, Cal...
  
  (Jack Dawson)
• Toonami
  Toonami
  Toonami was a registered trademark of Cartoon Network, used initially for action-oriented programming blocks on Cartoon Network television channels worldwide, mostly showing American cartoons and Japanese anime, originating in the United States on March 17, 1997 and ended on September 20, 2008.The...
  
  (TOM)

Tokusatsu

Tokusatsu

is a Japanese term that applies to any live-action film or television drama that usually features superheroes and makes considerable use of special effects ....

• B-Robo Kabutack
  B-Robo Kabutack
  is a Japanese television series and is the sixteenth series as part of Toei Company's Metal Hero Series of tokusatsu programs. It aired from February 23, 1997 to March 1, 1998. It is the first of the kiddie shows made by Toei in the Metal Hero Series line. Its opening theme is sung by Takeshi...
  
  : Voice of Kabutack and Professor Jun'ichiro Kokuritsu
• Voicelugger
  Voicelugger
  is a Japanese tokusatsu that aired from January 12 to March 30, 1999. It was the last production by Shotaro Ishinomori, released posthumously, who intended for the series to be serious, while it was originally written to be a parody of older tokusatsu programs...
  
  : Voicelugger Sapphire/Takeshi Tenma
• Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
  Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
  is the twenty-eighth production of the Super Sentai television series produced by Toei. The action footage from the show was used for the American series Power Rangers S.P.D..The opening catchphrase of the series is .-Story:...
  
  : Bisques
• Mahou Sentai Magiranger
  Mahou Sentai Magiranger
  , is Toei Company's twenty-ninth production of the Super Sentai television series. The action footage was used in Power Rangers Mystic Force and both shows had scenes simultaneously shot in New Zealand...
  
  : Smoky
• Juken Sentai Gekiranger
  Juken Sentai Gekiranger
  is Toei Company's thirty-first entry in the Super Sentai franchise. Production began on September 29, 2006 with principal photography beginning on October 6, 2006. It premiered on TV Asahi on February 18, 2007, and concluded its airing on February 10, 2008...
  
  : Bion Bao

Singing

• Rakuen ~Fanatic~ (D.N.Angel
  D.N.Angel
  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukiru Sugisaki. The ongoing manga premiered in Japan in the Kadokawa Shoten shōjo magazine Monthly Asuka in November 1997. The series went on an extended hiatus after the August 2005 issue, returning in the April 2008 issue...
  
  , D.N.Angel OST CD) (introduction theme for Krad, also voiced by Kusao)
• RAINY LAZY MORNING (Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, BEST FRIENDS CD)
• ODYSSEY (Record of Lodoss War
  Record of Lodoss War
  is a franchise of fantasy novels by Ryo Mizuno based around the work he originally created for a world called Forcelia for role-playing games . There have since been multiple manga, anime and computer game adaptations, several of which have been translated into English...
  
  , OST Volume III)
• Kiyoku Tadashiku Kabutakku (B-Robo Kabutack
  B-Robo Kabutack
  is a Japanese television series and is the sixteenth series as part of Toei Company's Metal Hero Series of tokusatsu programs. It aired from February 23, 1997 to March 1, 1998. It is the first of the kiddie shows made by Toei in the Metal Hero Series line. Its opening theme is sung by Takeshi...
  
   Opening Theme)
• Kusao also sang one of the voices in ABARERO!(Let's Rage!), in InuYasha along with Ai Orikasa(Jakotsu's voice actress).

External links

• Mothership 930: Takeshi Kusao Official FAN CLUB (Japanese)