Ryōtarō Okiayu

Biography 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. 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. and his first regular role was as Franz Heinel in Future GPX Cyber Formula. and play it naturally because he was close to Meisuke's age, and he said he cried when he heard it was over.

Filmography

Anime

+ List of voice performances in anime Year Title Role Notes Source Martian Successor Nadesico Nagare Akatsuki Legendary Gambler Tetsuya Tetsuya Transformers: Energon Rodimus Convoy Astro Boy Claus –05 Girls Bravo series Kazuharu Fukuyama –07 The Story of Saiunkoku series Kuro Hong Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars Raidiese F. Branstein Nabari no Ou Kotaro Fuma Junjou Romantica series Kaoru Asahina Slap-Up Party: Arad Senki Irbek Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra Segal Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings II Toyotomi Hideyoshi –14 Toriko Toriko Blue Exorcist Igor Neigaus –12 Fate/Zero Berserker Hyouka Masashi Tōgaito Good Luck Girl! Genjūrō Rindo DD Fist of the North Star Shin Strange+ Masamune Date A Live II Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott Love Stage!! Seiya Sena Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement Toyotomi Hideyoshi The Seven Deadly Sins Helbram Cardfight!! Vanguard G Ryutaro Oyama Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple Radin Tidat Jihan OVA 7 Fafner in the Azure: Exodus Walter Bargest Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold Gemini Saga Kagewani Masaki Kimura Eps. 4 – 6, 9, 11 – 13 Blood Blockade Battlefront Tonio Kuroko's Basketball Season 3 Shūzō Nijimura Noragami Ebisu Season 2 Aragoto Myriad Colors Phantom World Albrecht Ep. 6 Prince of Stride: Alternative Yuujirou Dan Kagewani: Shō Masaki Kimura Eps. 2, 4 – 13 –17 Super Lovers Takamura Shiro Izetta: The Last Witch Hermann Idol Memories Ren Hayami Masamune-kun's Revenge Eiji Super Lovers 2 Takamura Shiro Star-Myu: High School Star Musical 2 Ritsu Saotome Fate/Apocrypha Lancer of Black/Vlad III Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun Aoyama Black Clover Heath Grice, Gaja Ninja Girl & Samurai Master 3rd Season Kennyo Honganji Asobi Asobase Maeda How Not to Summon a Demon Lord Emile Bichelberger Date A Live III Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott 7 Seeds Mansaku Tsunomata Actors: Songs Connection Satsuma Kadonoōji Babylon Kaika Itsuki Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It Professor Ikeda Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Kodama/The Confession Tree A3! Reni Kamikizaka The Misfit of Demon King Academy Ivis Necron King's Raid: Successors of the Will Dominicus Back Arrow Kai Rhodan Godzilla Singular Point Bayler "BB" Barn Shaman King Boris Tepes Dracula Getter Robo Arc Emperor Gore III Salaryman's Club Sentaro Ibuki Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It Heart Professor Ikeda Ya Boy Kongming! Zhuge Kongming Date A Live IV Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup Kunimitsu Tezuka Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth Raikou Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Byakuya Kuchiki Me & Roboco Gachi Gorilla Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre Sonohara The Tale of the Outcasts Commander of the Knights of the Sword Cross Run for Money: The Great Mission Maurice Shoemaker Blue Orchestra Ryūjin Aono Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc Kokushibo Record of Ragnarok II Hades Rurouni Kenshin Hannya Ragna Crimson Olto Zora I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness Gosetsu Sasaki and Peeps Akutsu The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil Zwei Pokémon Horizons: The Series Hassaku Date A Live V Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World Season II Talisman My Happy Marriage Tadakiyo Kudo Season 2 I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons Neil Kowloon Generic Romance Miyuki Hebinuma Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Meisuke Nueno The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity Keiichiro Tsumugi Akane-banashi Shomei Tsubakiya Beast King War God Dandivine Daigo Shijima

Film

+ List of voice performances in anime feature films Year Title Role Notes Source Slam Dunk: Howling Basketman Spirit!! Hisashi Mitsui Rennyo Monogatari Rennyo (young) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle Kokushibo 2024 Saint Young Men: The Movie Additional Warrior Red (voice) Film

Audio dramas + List of voice performances in audio dramas Title Role Notes Source Sengoku basara 2: Hyakkaryōran! Odawaranoeki Hideyoshi Toyotomi Drama CD Legend of Chun Hyang Mong Ryong Drama CD Paradox LiveBaek Chungsung

Video games

+ Animation Title Role Notes Source Delgo Delgo Devil May Cry White Rabbit Thomas & Friends Fergus, and Rheneas Season 4–7

Other roles + List of voice roles in other productions Title Role Notes Source