Chikara Honda is a Japanese actor and voice actor born on June 12, 1979, in Kyoto, Japan. He is a member of the theater troupe Europe Kikaku, a creative collective known for its work in various performance mediums. His career encompasses significant live-action roles, which often connect to his later work in animation.

Honda's involvement with the works of author Tomihiko Morimi and screenwriter Makoto Ueda forms a notable thread in his career. He appeared in the 2005 live-action film "Summer Time Machine Blues," playing the character Akira Tamura. Years later, he reprised a version of this role in the anime adaptation, lending his voice to Tamura-kun in the 2022 original net animation (ONA) series "Tatami Time Machine Blues". This sequel to "The Tatami Galaxy" reunited much of the creative team and cast from the earlier works.

In the world of animated film, Honda voiced the character Bookstore Shopkeeper Gabi in the acclaimed 2017 movie "The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl". This film, also based on a novel by Tomihiko Morimi and with a screenplay by Makoto Ueda, further solidified his connection to this particular creative milieu. His other voice work in animation includes a role in the 2021 film "Inu-Oh" and as Monpui in the 2023 series "Handyman Saitou in Another World".

Beyond these notable voice roles, Honda has an extensive and active career as a live-action television and film actor, with a filmography that spans from the early 2000s to the present day. He is affiliated with the talent agency ash&A.