Toru Ohkawa
Description
Toru Ohkawa is a Japanese voice actor and narrator born on February 28, 1960, in Kagoshima Prefecture. He is affiliated with the talent management firm Mausu Promotion. Ohkawa initially studied at the College of Art at Nihon University and began his career as a stage actor before transitioning to focus on voice work.
His entry into anime voice acting came in 2002 with a role in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. The following year, he gained widespread recognition for his portrayal of Roy Mustang in the 2003 series Fullmetal Alchemist, a character that significantly raised his profile in the industry. He is known for his versatile and authoritative voice, often cast in roles of commanders, mentors, and antagonists.
Over his extensive career, Ohkawa has built a substantial filmography with several recurring and iconic roles. He is the narrator for the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime series. He has played the role of Saito across multiple installments of the Ghost in the Shell franchise, including Stand Alone Complex, its second gig, and SAC_2045. He voiced Akihiko Kayaba, also known as Heathcliff, in Sword Art Online. In the Hakuoki series, he is the voice of the Shinsengumi commander Isami Kondō. Other notable and recurring roles include Jiro Tomitake in the Higurashi: When They Cry series, Ieyasu Tokugawa in Sengoku Basara, and Nyx in Neo Angelique Abyss. His body of work also includes characters such as Uru in Concrete Revolutio, Susumu Kurose in A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-, and Antonio Kanji Igari in Grappler Baki.
Ohkawa is married and has a daughter. In December 2017, he took a hiatus from work to focus on his health, returning to voice acting in July 2018. He is known to speak the Kagoshima and Kansai dialects.
His entry into anime voice acting came in 2002 with a role in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. The following year, he gained widespread recognition for his portrayal of Roy Mustang in the 2003 series Fullmetal Alchemist, a character that significantly raised his profile in the industry. He is known for his versatile and authoritative voice, often cast in roles of commanders, mentors, and antagonists.
Over his extensive career, Ohkawa has built a substantial filmography with several recurring and iconic roles. He is the narrator for the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime series. He has played the role of Saito across multiple installments of the Ghost in the Shell franchise, including Stand Alone Complex, its second gig, and SAC_2045. He voiced Akihiko Kayaba, also known as Heathcliff, in Sword Art Online. In the Hakuoki series, he is the voice of the Shinsengumi commander Isami Kondō. Other notable and recurring roles include Jiro Tomitake in the Higurashi: When They Cry series, Ieyasu Tokugawa in Sengoku Basara, and Nyx in Neo Angelique Abyss. His body of work also includes characters such as Uru in Concrete Revolutio, Susumu Kurose in A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-, and Antonio Kanji Igari in Grappler Baki.
Ohkawa is married and has a daughter. In December 2017, he took a hiatus from work to focus on his health, returning to voice acting in July 2018. He is known to speak the Kagoshima and Kansai dialects.
All Characters
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- JapaneseAnime overview: Grappler Baki Maximum Tournament
- JapaneseAnime overview: Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU
- JapaneseAnime overview: Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045
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- JapaneseAnime overview: Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU
- JapaneseAnime overview: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III
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- JapaneseAnime overview: Ninja Girl & Samurai Master 3rd
- JapaneseAnime overview: A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-
- JapaneseAnime overview: Ninja Girl & Samurai Master 2nd
- JapaneseAnime overview: Snow White with the Red Hair
- JapaneseAnime overview: Snow White with the Red Hair
- Japanese
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- JapaneseAnime overview: Cuticle Detective Inaba
- JapaneseAnime overview: The Book of Bantorra
- JapaneseAnime overview: Corpse Princess: Kuro
- JapaneseAnime overview: Neo Angelique Abyss -Second Age-
- JapaneseAnime overview: Corpse Princess: Aka
- JapaneseAnime overview: When They Cry - Rei
- JapaneseAnime overview: Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings: The Last Party
- JapaneseAnime overview: Fireball Charming
- JapaneseAnime overview: Suite Precure
- JapaneseAnime overview: Four for Fourplay
- JapaneseAnime overview: Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom
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- JapaneseAnime overview: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG
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- JapaneseAnime overview: Fullmetal Alchemist: Chibi Party
- Japanese
- JapaneseAnime overview: When They Cry - Higurashi
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