Takayuki Sakazume
Description
Takayuki Sakazume is a Japanese actor and voice actor born on September 3, 1972, in Chiba Prefecture. He began his career in entertainment as a child actor, starting with the Himawari Theatre Group at a young age. He is a graduate of Chiba University of Commerce. Throughout his career, he has been affiliated with several agencies, including Sunaoka Office and Production Baobab, before joining his current agency, Aksent, in August 2011.
Sakazume has built a substantial career in voice acting, with notable roles across anime, video games, and foreign language dubbing. In anime, he is recognized for roles such as Kai Suwabara in Yakitate!! Japan, Muto in Kaleido Star, and Besson in Mobile Suit Gundam UC. More recent anime credits include Lao Ai in Kingdom Season 4, Sturridge in Moriarty the Patriot, and the role of Van Gogh in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean. In 2023, he voiced the Deputy Captain Arirri in Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure.
His work in video games is also extensive. He is well-known for voicing the character Mephiles in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Other significant game roles include Ken Ogawa in Ninja Blade, Handler Walter in Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, and Fiero in Monster Hunter Stories 3.
A significant portion of Sakazume's career is dedicated to Japanese dubbing of foreign films and television series. He is particularly known as the regular Japanese dubbing voice for actor Jon Bernthal, providing the voice for his characters in projects such as The Walking Dead, Marvel's Daredevil and The Punisher. Beyond this recurring collaboration, his dubbing work is extensive and includes providing Japanese voices for actors like Joel Edgerton, Jon Hamm, and John Krasinski in various films. A prominent recent role was providing the Japanese dub voice for actor Lee Jung-jae's character, Seong Gi-hun, in the highly successful series Squid Game.
Sakazume has built a substantial career in voice acting, with notable roles across anime, video games, and foreign language dubbing. In anime, he is recognized for roles such as Kai Suwabara in Yakitate!! Japan, Muto in Kaleido Star, and Besson in Mobile Suit Gundam UC. More recent anime credits include Lao Ai in Kingdom Season 4, Sturridge in Moriarty the Patriot, and the role of Van Gogh in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean. In 2023, he voiced the Deputy Captain Arirri in Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure.
His work in video games is also extensive. He is well-known for voicing the character Mephiles in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Other significant game roles include Ken Ogawa in Ninja Blade, Handler Walter in Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, and Fiero in Monster Hunter Stories 3.
A significant portion of Sakazume's career is dedicated to Japanese dubbing of foreign films and television series. He is particularly known as the regular Japanese dubbing voice for actor Jon Bernthal, providing the voice for his characters in projects such as The Walking Dead, Marvel's Daredevil and The Punisher. Beyond this recurring collaboration, his dubbing work is extensive and includes providing Japanese voices for actors like Joel Edgerton, Jon Hamm, and John Krasinski in various films. A prominent recent role was providing the Japanese dub voice for actor Lee Jung-jae's character, Seong Gi-hun, in the highly successful series Squid Game.