Takeshi Kusao

Takeshi Kusao (草尾 毅, Kusao Takeshi, born November 20, 1965) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer. He was born in Tokorozawa, Saitama, and works for Aoni Production.^{[1][citation needed]} Among his many roles, he is best known as the voices of Trunks (Dragon Ball Z), Hanamichi Sakuragi (Slam Dunk), Ryo Sanada (Yoroiden Samurai Troopers), Parn (Record of Lodoss War), Coco/Kōji Kokoda (Yes! PreCure 5), Ky Kiske (Guilty Gear), Yukimura Sanada (Samurai Warriors, as well in Warriors Orochi series), Dororo (Sgt. Frog) and Mao (Code Geass).

Takeshi Kusao
草尾 毅
Born	(1965-11-20) November 20, 1965 (age 57) Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
Occupations	Actor voice actor singer
Years active	1987–present
Agent	Aoni Production
Spouse	Yuka Saitō ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	2

Biography

In May 2015, he married fellow voice actress Yuka Saitō and they have a child.^[2]

He and his wife later had a second child born on November 13 2021.^[3]

Filmography

Television animation

1988

• Saint Seiya, Wolf Nachi
• Transformers: Super God Masterforce, Clouder/Double Clouder
• Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, Ryo Sanada

1989

• Akuma-kun, Kirihito
• Dragon Ball Z, Piegerro
• Momotaro Densetsu, Tarou Urashima

1990

• Knights of Ramune & 40, Lamune
• Brave Exkaiser, Green Laker
• RPG Densetsu Hepoi, Ryuuto

1991

• Getter Robo Go, Gou Ichimonji
• Dragon Ball Z, Trunks

1992

• Ashita e Free Kick, Shun Godai
• Tetsujin 28-go FX, Saburo Natsuki
• Super Bikkuriman, Phoenix

1993

• Slam Dunk, Hanamichi Sakuragi^[4]

1995

• Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Mueller
• Dragon Ball Z, Trunks, Upa
• Sorcerer Hunters, Kou

1996

• Knights of Ramune & 40 Fire, Lamuness I
• Gegege no Kitarō, Kasa-bake
• Dragon Ball GT, Trunks

1997

• Clamp School, Takeshi Shukaido
• Revolutionary Girl Utena, Kyoichi Saionji
• Shinkai Densetsu Meremanoid, Madam
• Bamboo Bears, Bamboo Lee

1998

• Steam Detectives, Le Bled
• His and Her Circumstances, Hiroyuki Miyazawa
• Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo, Kawashima
• Shadow Skill, Darkness, Snake Man
• Detective Conan, Osamu Honda

2000

• Excel Saga, Key
• Saiyuki, Kougaiji
• Digimon Adventure 02, Revolmon
• Boys Be..., Young Man
• Descendants of Darkness, Tetsuhiro Abiko

2001

• Super GALS!, Takeru
• Run=Dim, Suguru Saeki

2002

• Spiral, Kousuke Asazuki
• Midnight Horror School, Docky
• Naruto, Gōzu
• Pecola, Jabatto-san
• One Piece, Koza

2003

• Inuyasha, Bankotsu
• Saiyuki Reload, Kougaiji
• D.N.Angel, Krad
• Tenshi na Konamaiki, Pierre
• Di Gi Charat Nyo!, John
• Planetes, Sully
• Pluster World, Gingardo
• One Piece, Zap

2004

• Sgt. Frog, Dororo, Dokuku
• Saiyuki Gunlock, Kougaiji
• Samurai 7, Hyogo
• Hit o Nerae!, Kenjiro Kurume
• Ring ni Kakero 1, Ishimatsu Katori

2005

• Gaiking: Legend of Daikū-maryū, Jian Xin, Haccho
• Moeyo Ken, Ukon Tanaka
• Speed Grapher, Ran Yurigaoka
• Solty Rei, Will
• Beet the Vandel Buster, Rosegoat

2006

• Ergo Proxy, Rogi
• Sumomomo Momomo, Tenka Koganei
• Demashitaa! Powerpuff Girls Z, Hiro
• Naruto, Gouzu
• Happy Lucky Bikkuriman, Prince Yamato
• Yume Tsukai, Michiaki Mishima
• One Piece, Jaguar D. Saul

2007

• Yes! Precure 5, Coco
• Gegege no Kitarō, Makoto Washio
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Mao
• Darker than Black, Zhi-Jun Wei, EPR Member (ep 16)
• MapleStory, Anji

2008

• Yes! Precure 5 GoGo!, Coco/Kōji Kokoda
• Skip Beat!, Ushio Kurosaki
• Tytania, Alses Tytania
• Sands of Destruction, Frog Master

2009

• Sōten Kōro, Xiahou Dun
• Beyblade: Metal Fusion, Busujima

2010

• Inuyasha: The Final Act, Magatsuhi, Demon of the Shikon Jewel
• Super Robot Wars OG: The Inspector, Vigagi
• Digimon Xros Wars, Kiriha Aonuma, Ballistamon, Bagramon, Greymon, ZekeGreymon
• The Animal Conference on the Environment, Pao the Panda
• Dragon Ball Kai, Trunks
• Naruto Shippuden, Shiranami
• Ring ni Kakero 1: Shadow, Ishimatsu Katori

2011

• Sekaiichi Hatsukoi, Hasegawa
• Fujilog, Osamu Fujiyama
• Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!!, Gakuto Shimazu
• Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san, Sariel
• Ring ni Kakero 1: Sekai Taikai-hen, Ishimatsu Katori
• One Piece, Gol D Roger (Young)

2012

• Gon, Jack
• Saint Seiya Omega, Unicorn Jabu
• Driland, Rogai
• Nyaruko: Crawling with Love, Nyaruo

2013

• Kingdom, Jiang Zhang

2014

• Captain Earth, Reito Hirosue/Pointer
• Keroro Gunso, Dororo
• Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle, Zagadka
• Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen, Adol, Phan
• World Trigger, Masafumi Shinoda

2015

• Samurai Warriors, Sanada Yukimura
• Dragon Ball Kai, Trunks
• Dragon Ball Super, Trunks
• Magic Kaito 1412, Detective Delon
• Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen SC, Phan

2016

• Dragon Ball Super, Future Trunks
• One Piece, Karasu

2017

• Dragon Ball Super, Lavender, Narirama

2018

• Major 2nd, Fujii^[5]
• Bakutsuri Bar Hunter, Tōma Tachitsute^[6]
• Black Clover, Ladros^[7]

2019

• Senki Zesshou Symphogear XV, Enki
• Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger, Pi-Tan

2020

• Digimon Adventure:, Joe Kido^[8]
• Noblesse, Ragar Kertia

2021

• Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, Mayonaka/Mahiruma

2023

• Bungo Stray Dogs 4, Mushitarō Oguri^[9]

Original video animation (OVA)

• Guyver (1989), Sho Fukamachi/Guyver
• Megazone 23 Part III (1989), Eiji Takanaka
• Ys (1989-1991), Adol Christin
• Record of Lodoss War (1990), Parn
• Ys II: Castle in the Heavens (1992-1993), Adol Christin
• Casshan: Robot Hunter (1993), Tetsuya Azuma/Casshan
• Ranma ½ (1994), Shinnosuke
• Saint Seiya: Hades (2002-2006), Capricorn Shura
• Tales of Phantasia (2004-2006), Cless Alvein (Cress Albane)
• Dogs: Bullets & Carnage (2009), Magato

Theatrical animation

• Akira (1988), Kai (debut)
• Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle (1989), Sailors^[4]
• Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991), Dorel Ronah^[4]
• Inuyasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island (2004), Jūra
• Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013), Trunks, Gotenks^[4]
• Short Peace (2013), Frog
• Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015), Future Trunks
• Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018), Trunks
• Free! Road to the World: The Dream (2019), Ryuji Azuma^[4]
• Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022), Trunks, Gotenks

Video games

• SegaSonic the Hedgehog (1993), Sonic the Hedgehog^[4]
• Dragon Ball Z 2: Super Battle (1995), Future Trunks^[4]
• Abalaburn (1998), Blood
• Rakugaki Showtime (1999), John Calibur
• Rockman DASH 2 ~Episode 2: Ooi Naru Isan~ (2000), Gaga
• Super Robot Wars Alpha (2000), Dorel Ronah^[4]
• Super Robot Wars Alpha 2 (2003), Dorel Ronah^[4]
• Advance Guardian Heroes (2004), Dylan^[4]
• Blood Will Tell (2004), Tahōmaru
• Saint Seiya: The Sanctuary (2005), Capricorn Shura^[4]
• Saint Seiya: The Hades (2007), Capricorn Shura^[4]
• Super Robot Wars: Original Generations (2007), Vigagi^[4]
• Code Geass: Lost Colors (2008), Mao
• Cosmic Break (2008), Lios
• Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology Cless Alvein (Cress Albane)
• Ys Seven (2009), Adol Christin
• Super Robot Wars NEO (2009), Lamune
• Ys vs. Trails in the Sky (2010), Adol Christin
• The Sly Collection (2011), Sly Cooper (Japanese dub, only on PS3 version)
• Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 (2011), Cless Alvein (Cress Albane)
• PlayStation Move Heroes (2011), Sly Cooper (Japanese dub)
• Saint Seiya Senki (2011), Capricorn Shura^[4]
• Heroes Phantasia (2012), Dororo
• Tales of the World: Reve Unitia (2012), Cless Alvein (Cress Albane)
• PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (2013), Sly Cooper (Japanese dub)
• Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- (2014), Ky Kiske^[4]
• Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- (2015), Ky Kiske^[4]
• Warriors All-Stars (2017), Yukimura Sanada^[4]
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2019), Solo (Dragon Quest IV)^[4]
• Jump Force (2019), Future Trunks^[4]
• Super Robot Wars T (2019), Saizo Tokito^[4]
• Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (2020), Future Trunks, Trunks (Kid), Gotenks, Opa^[4]
• Saint Seiya: Rising Cosmo (2020), Capricorn Shura^[4]
• Guilty Gear -STRIVE- (2021), Ky Kiske^[10]

Unknown date

• Dragon Ball series (Trunks)
• Guilty Gear series (Ky Kiske, Robo-Ky)^[11]
• Samurai Warriors series (Yukimura Sanada)
• Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada (Yukimura Sanada)
• Tales of Phantasia (Cless Alvein (Cress Albane) & Chester Burklight (Chester Barklight))
• Warriors Orochi series (Yukimura Sanada)

Tokusatsu

• B-Robo Kabutack (1997), Kabutack, Professor (actor), Junichiro Kokuritsu (actor)
• Voicelugger (1999), Voicelugger Sapphire/Takeshi Tenma (actor)
• Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (2004), Bokudenian Biskes (ep. 44)
• Mahou Sentai Magiranger (2005), Magical Cat Smoky (eps. 19 - )
• Juken Sentai Gekiranger (2007), Pyon Biao (eps. 20 - )
• Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters (2012), Jishakuloid (ep. 23)
• Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger (2012), various Sentai male voices, Kameari Alpaca (human form)
• Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (2013), Debo Supokoun (ep. 32)
• Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger (2019), Pi-Tan (eps. 30 - )/Kishiryu Pterardon (ep 31, )/Kishiryu Ptyramigo (Voiced by Masaki Terasoma (Kishiryu Tyramigo)) (ep. 32, )

Dubbing

Live-action

• Leonardo DiCaprio
  • This Boy's Life (Toby)^[12]
  • What's Eating Gilbert Grape (Arnold "Arnie" Grape)^[13]
  • The Basketball Diaries (Jim Carroll)^[14]
  • Romeo + Juliet (Romeo)^[15]
  • Titanic (Broadcasting inflight Version) (Jack Dawson)
  • Celebrity (Brandon Darrow)^[16]
  • The Man in the Iron Mask (King Louis XIV/Phillipe)^[17]
• American Psycho (Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale))^[18]
• The Benchwarmers (Clark Reedy (Jon Heder))^[19]
• Brideshead Revisited (Lord Sebastian Flyte (Ben Whishaw))^[20]
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Oliver Pike (Luke Perry))^[21]
• Chuck (Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi))^[22]
• Fargo (Josto Fadda (Jason Schwartzman))^[23]
• The Karate Kid (Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio))^[24]
• The Karate Kid Part III (Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio))^[25]
• The Namesake (Nikhil "Gogol" Ganguli (Kal Penn))^[26]
• Napoleon Dynamite (Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder))^[27]
• Painted Faces (Teenage Cheng Lung)^[28]
• Pleasantville (David/Bud Parker (Tobey Maguire))^[29]
• Radio (James Robert "Radio" Kennedy (Cuba Gooding Jr.))^[30]
• Shazam! (2021 The Cinema edition) (Shazam (Zachary Levi))^[31]
• Stuck on You (Robert "Bob" Tenor (Matt Damon))^[32]
• Willow (Willow Ufgood (Warwick Davis))^[33]

Animation

• ¡Mucha Lucha! (Ricochet)^[34]
• The Adventures of Tintin (Tintin)^[35]

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External links

• Official agency profile (in Japanese)
• Takeshi Kusao at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database (in Japanese)
• Takeshi Kusao at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database
• Takeshi Kusao at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Takeshi Kusao at IMDb