Ryōta Yano
Description
Ryota Yano is a Japanese voice actor from Kanagawa Prefecture, born on March 12. He is affiliated with the talent agency EARLY WING. Standing 170 cm tall with blood type O, his hobbies and skills include internet surfing and playing games. Yano was inspired to pursue a career in voice acting after watching the television anime series s-CRY-ed. He is a graduate of the Amusement Media General Institute, where he studied in the voice actor and talent department.
Yano has built a career with a wide range of supporting roles in anime television series. Some of his early appearances include roles in One-Punch Man as the Gas Mask Cowboy and an astronaut, and in Arslan Senki as a military commander, both in 2015. He had multiple roles in the 2016 series Schwarzesmarken, voicing characters such as an army officer and an agent. His television anime credits from subsequent years include parts in ACCA 13-ku Kansatsu-ka, Steins;Gate 0, Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katri no Nazotoki File, and Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen. In addition to anime, his voice work extends to video games, drama CDs, audio books, and movie comics.
Yano is known for his role as Tauemon in the multimedia franchise Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin. He voiced the character in the 2020 video game and later reprised the role for the 2024 television anime adaptation and its 2026 special, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin: Kokorowa Rice Diaries. In video games, other notable roles include Anjo Hajime in the Death end re;Quest series and Zeld and Loren in Langrisser I&II.
While many of his roles are in supporting capacities, Yano has taken on main or recurring characters in several productions. In addition to Tauemon, he voiced the character Tank in Yo-kai Watch Shadowside, Kurata Gantetsu in Oreca Battle, and contributed to the game The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. His work on the Sakuna franchise also includes participation in a character song. He is one of the performers on Mushiokuri Uta, a song released as a digital single in 2026 and used as an insert song in the Sakuna television special.
Yano has built a career with a wide range of supporting roles in anime television series. Some of his early appearances include roles in One-Punch Man as the Gas Mask Cowboy and an astronaut, and in Arslan Senki as a military commander, both in 2015. He had multiple roles in the 2016 series Schwarzesmarken, voicing characters such as an army officer and an agent. His television anime credits from subsequent years include parts in ACCA 13-ku Kansatsu-ka, Steins;Gate 0, Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katri no Nazotoki File, and Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen. In addition to anime, his voice work extends to video games, drama CDs, audio books, and movie comics.
Yano is known for his role as Tauemon in the multimedia franchise Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin. He voiced the character in the 2020 video game and later reprised the role for the 2024 television anime adaptation and its 2026 special, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin: Kokorowa Rice Diaries. In video games, other notable roles include Anjo Hajime in the Death end re;Quest series and Zeld and Loren in Langrisser I&II.
While many of his roles are in supporting capacities, Yano has taken on main or recurring characters in several productions. In addition to Tauemon, he voiced the character Tank in Yo-kai Watch Shadowside, Kurata Gantetsu in Oreca Battle, and contributed to the game The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. His work on the Sakuna franchise also includes participation in a character song. He is one of the performers on Mushiokuri Uta, a song released as a digital single in 2026 and used as an insert song in the Sakuna television special.
All Characters
- JapaneseAnime overview: Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin