is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan. He is affiliated with Axlone, and was formerly with Mausu Promotion and 81 Produce.
He is best known for his bass voice, which has usually seen him cast in villainous roles such as the voice of Yaiba in GoGo Sentai Boukenger. He is best known to western audiences for voicing Kazuma Kiryu, the protagonist of the Yakuza series. Because of his vocal resemblance to the late Hirotaka Suzuoki, he was chosen to replace Suzuoki as the voice of Starscream in Transformers: Cybertron as Suzuoki's health deteriorated. Kuroda is also the lead singer of the rock band Takaya Kuroda & Goodfellas.
Filmography Animation + List of voice performances in animation Year Title Role Notes Source Weekly Storyland:ja:週刊ストーリーランド Alex One Piece Bogard Dragon Drive Agent S Cromartie High School Masked Takenouchi Wolf's Rain Darcia R.O.D the TV Sonny Wong Battle B-Daman Saori三十郎 Mars Daybreak Ligardiリガルディ Sgt. Frog Space Police K宇宙警視K Madlax Sergeant Monster Murderer Burst Angel Mafia boss, Hiroki Machikata Bleach Baura Sawadori's doll, anime original character Jinki:Extend J. Harn Starship Operators Lee Young Sook Transformers: Cybertron Starscream Kaiketsu Zorori Dr. Dragonドラゴン博士 Trinity Blood Peter Van der Werf, Biedelビーデル Petopeto-san Kakuda Police Department Manager角田巡査部長 Angel Heart Timpira, Yakuzaチンピラ／ヤクザ Akagi Kawashima Black Cat David Pepper Mai Otome Teens Blood+ Rodgers Fafner of the Azure Right of Left Operator Bakegyamon Gig –2015 Gintama series Yagyuu Koshinori Nana Yamagishi –2011 Ring ni Kakero 1 series Don Giuliano Black Lagoon Spieleberger Black Jack 21 Genbu The Third Travel Leader Jyu-Oh-Sei Gessoジェッソ Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin Basterai Chocotto Sister Master Black Blood Brothers August Walker Galaxy Angel San:ja:ギャラクシーエンジェる～ん Instructor Sakaeサカエ教官 Red Garden Claire 's fatherクレアの父 Ghost Slayers Ayashi Nobori's father Rocket Girls Kazuya Kinoshita Mai Otome Zwei Major OVA ep. 2 –2011 Shakugan no Shana series Sabrac Starting from II Noramimi:ja:のらみみ Andrew Kure-nai Renjō Kuhōin Allison and Lilia Wayne The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk Dark Knight Himitsu – Top Secret Akira Yoshino吉野晃 Golgo 13 Tedテッド –2017 Natsume's Book of Friends Misuzu Blade of the Immortal Tsuchiyoshiro土持仁三郎 Magician's Academy Izumo, Galactica Elefangerイズモ／ギャラクティカ・エレファンガー The Girl Who Leapt Through Space Soldier Ul Viper's Creed Saiki Hajime no Ippo Arnie Gregory Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom Randy Weberランディー・ウェーバー Arad Senki ~ Slap-up Party ~ Jeda Ristorante Paradiso Vitoヴィート Element Hunters Commander Coffコフ司令官 Aika Zero Captain OVA – Fairy Tail Capricorn, Arcadius, Zirconis Durarara!! Simon Brezhnev Also X2 in 2015–16 Dance in the Vampire Bund Alfonso Borzianiアルフォンソ・ボルジアーニ Beyblade: Metal Masters Russian DJロシアDJ Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin Tadayoshi Toyama The Betrayal Knows My Name Cadenza Highschool of the Dead Yoshioka – Gokujō!! Mecha Mote Iinchō Ricky –2011 Tono to Issho series Oda Nobunaga 2 seasons And Yet the Town Moves Yuji Sanada Dream Eater Merry Lestion Spelunker Physical education teacher OVA (general) Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Gundalian Invaders Dharak Digimon Fusion Neo Vandemonネオヴァンデモン Hyouge Mono Yasuke Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan: Demon Capital Kidomaru –2012 Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere Kiyonari Ulquiaga 2 seasons The Knight in the Area Kengo Shiroyukiuchi城之内健吾 Ozuma General Dangaダンガ将軍 Eureka Seven AO Truth (sergeant guerrilla)トゥルース（ゲリラ軍曹） Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter Goatゴート Btooom! Masashi Miyamoto Ixion Saga DT The elder brother長兄 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal II Fumaro風魔 Cuticle Detective Inaba Kaoru Shiroshima城島薫 Hunter × Hunter Razor Valvrave the Liberator Ryuuji Sashinami指南リュージ Honorable style! It is! Kanetsugu and Keiji:ja: 義風堂々!! 兼続と慶次 Damnion Micho乱裁道宗 Gundam Build Fighters Greco Logan Toaru Hikūshi e no Koiuta Juan Rodrigo Bandereas World Conquest Zvezda Plot Mysterious man / Governor Tinto Kyoshiro謎の男／都知事地紋京志郎 Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha Susanoo-no-Mikoto須佐之男 Dragonar Academy Mordredモルドレッド Nobunaga Concerto Masanaga Hisahide Invaders of the Rokujyōma!? Anikiアニキ Idea Diva:ja:みならいディーバ Swallonスワロン Gonna be the Twin-Tail!! Turtle Guildy Naruto: Shippuden Kinkaku https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1425287/ Miritari! Ossan Comical Psychosomatic Medicine Various characters ONA Show By Rock series Dagger Morseダガー・モールス 2 seasons (Season 2 Eps. 1, 5 – ) Duel Masters Versus Revolution Gachi Roboガチロボ Triage X Masamune Mochizuki Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches Black-haired Yankee, Kuroda-kun Ninja Slayer From Animation Fumatoni / Sonic Boomフマトニ／ソニックブーム ONA Suzakinishi the Animation Tsumi-kunつみくん The Kindaichi Case Files R Investigation Division Section Manager捜査一課課長 season 2 Sekkō Boys Hanzō Horibe Future Card Buddyfight Triple D Abygaleアビゲール Joker Game Colonel Tetsutoshi Tendo風戸哲正中佐 91 Days Nickニック Poco's Udon World Gamigao Hamada浜田吾郎／ガオガオちゃん Future Card Buddyfight X Awakened Black Death Dragon, Abygale覚醒の黒死竜アビゲール Puri-Puri Chiichan Chiichan's Fatherちぃちゃんパパ Ep. 12, 20 Shukan Storyland Alexアレックス Altair: A Record of Battles Büyük Pasha Inuyashiki Samejima Episode 4 Sword Gai Grimms ONA Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru! Kumagoro熊五郎 (Yonaoshi Guild character) Episode 2 –2019 Yo-kai Watch Shadowside Jibanyan Sarazanmai Otter After School Dice Club Takeru Kinjō –2021 Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun series Sullivan A Destructive God Sits Next to Me Gorio Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Kedama Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle Flame Poison Dragon –present Jujutsu Kaisen Masamichi Yaga Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle Rei Amayado Ex-Arm Throughhand The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬ Maruo Nakano –2023 Umamusume: Pretty Derby Kuronuma 2 seasons Farewell, My Dear Cramer Eiken Asuka Odd Taxi Kuroda Tesla Note Elmo Salaryman's Club Yasuomi Ōno Cap Kakumei Bottleman DX Suezō Hocari VazzRock the Animation Yūshō Tōi Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle: Rhyme Anima+ Rei Ayamado Season 2 Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture Kensei Kuroto OVA Headhunted to Another World Talius Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Hatamonba Roll Over and Die Gadhio Lathcutt Mistress Kanan Is Devilishly Easy Beelzebub Daemons of the Shadow Realm Misasagi
Film + List of voice performances in films Year Title Role Notes Source Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure Shietsu Tayama Vexille Zack Appleseed Ex Machina Arges Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea The Spy X Mirror Island of Parol:ja:パロルのみらい島 Eagleワシ Spochan-Anime The Movie :Youkai Spochan Battle:ja:スポチャン対決！妖怪大決戦 Makai Yamamoto Goro Zaimon gate魔妖怪 山本五郎左衛門 Crayon Shin-chan: Fast Asleep! Dreaming World Big Assault! President of Shares紛剃社長 2017Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni-ō no FukkatsuJibanyan Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Tied to the Temporal World Misuzu The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Seiran Dawson Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor Misuzu The Journey Abraha Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Masamichi Yaga The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie Maruo Nakano
Video games + List of voice performances in video games Year Title Role Source 2000 The King of Fighters 2000 Lin, Ron 2001 The King of Fighters 2001 Lin, Ron –2004 Tales of Symphonia Botta, Shadow Kamen Rider: Genealogy of Justice仮面ライダー 正義の系譜 Nobuhiko Akizuki (Shadow Moon) / General Black秋月信彦（シャドームーン）／ブラック将軍 –2014 Sengoku Musou series Hattori Hanzo Gakuen Prince ~ Declaration of Conquest of the Gakuen ~学園Prince～学園征服宣言～ Seto Suneharu瀬戸宗晴 Magna Carta series Orha Duren Lupin the 3rd: Columbus' heritage stains with vermillion:ja:ルパン三世 コロンブスの遺産は朱に染まる Gomerゴマー Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song Flame Tyrant Jingai Makyō Shintaku神鷹 Fatal Frame III: The Tormented Aso Yuu麻生優雨 Yoshinori Yoshinaga:ja:義経紀 Saburo Ise伊勢三郎 Yakuza Kazuma Kiryu AV KingAVキング Champion · Hawkチャンピオン・鷹 Messiah:ja:メサイア Glitter煌 Super Robot Taisen XOスーパーロボット大戦XO Voeto Nicolausヴォート・ニコラウス Yakuza 2 Kazuma Kiryu –2008 Warriors Orochi series Hattori Hanzo Bullet Butlers Raceレイス I started maid ★ ~ I will take care of my husband ~:ja:メイド★はじめました 〜ご主人様のお世話いたします〜 Kentaro Kanno苅野健太郎 Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! Kazumanosuke Kiryu, Miyamoto Musashi Messiah ~ Paranoia · Paradox ~メサイア ～パラノイア・パラドックス～ Shimajima Kira蓜島煌 Volume 7 Tsuji Tadashiro辻占千道 The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match Lin, Ron Yakuza 3 Kazuma Kiryu Memoria Fonzel-Klausフォンゼル＝クラウス Yakuza 4 Kazuma Kiryu Durarara!! 3way standoff Simon Brezhnev 2011 Muv-Luv Alternative Chronicles Gerhard von Ralerstein Yakuza: Dead Souls Kazuma Kiryu Hakuisei Renai Shoukougun Toshiyuki Otsuka大塚俊幸 Battlefield 3 Henry Blackburn 2011 Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Nathan Spencer Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan games Kids Round鬼童丸 Everybody's Golf 6 Kazuma Kiryu Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai! S Hume Hellsingヒューム・ヘルシング Hakuisei Renai Shoukougun RE: Therapy Toshiyuki Otsuka大塚俊幸 Witch's Garden:ja:ウィッチズガーデン Araki Muneko Goro荒木宗右衛門悟朗 Aete Mushi Suru Kimi to no Mirai ~Relay Broadcast~あえて無視するキミとの未来 ～Relay broadcast～ Tachibana Akira橘薫 Yakuza 5 Kazuma Kiryu Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere games Kiyonari Urquiagaキヨナリ・ウルキアガ Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter Dr. Gothゴート博士 Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl Gun Liuガンリュー Negai no Kakera to Hakugin no Agreement:ja:願いの欠片と白銀の契約者 Jay (Jack · F · Mune Mori)ジェイ（ジャック・F・ムネモリ） Shirahana no Ori ~Hiiro no Kakera 4~ Shiki no Uta :ja:白華の檻 ～緋色の欠片4～ 四季の詩 Huge earth front胡土前 Starry ☆ Sky ~ After Winter ~ Portable Shojiro Shirani不知火宗次郎 Boyfriend (Kari) Keiji Ito東麻慶史 Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! Sakamoto Ryōma / Saitō Hajime坂本龍馬／斎藤一 Satomi Hakkenden series:ja:里見八犬伝 八珠之記 Lawyer丶大法師 Otoko Yuukaku男遊郭 Irohaいろは Raicho Mengchi孟獲 Natsuiro High School: Seishun Hakusho High School chairman 2015 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven Risotto Nero Sweet Column ~ Occasional clown in the morning ~ Ghatガート Zettai Meikyuu Himitsu no Oyayubi-hime絶対迷宮 秘密のおやゆび姫 A naked king裸の王様 Ayakashi Gohan! Oomoriあやかしごはん～おおもりっ！～ Guren紅蓮 Project X Zone 2: Brave New World Kazuma Kiryu Fallout 4 Hancock Fate/Grand Order Fergus mac Róich, Ivan the Terrible 2015Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six SiegeWarden Yakuza Kiwami Kazuma Kiryu SA 7: Silent Ability Seven Tatsumi Tadashi有働巽 Blackish House Side A Shigeta Onda與田重虎 Yakuza 6: The Song of Life Kazuma Kiryu Nambaca (Phase 2)ナンバカ（第2期） Goku Goku悟空猿鬼 Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise Kenshiro Yakuza Kiwami 2 Kazuma Kiryu 2018Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey ReduxMorax Yo-kai Watch 4 Jibanyan2019The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand CrossTyr Pokémon Masters EX Sawyer 2019 Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive AgeMordegon, Puff-Puff Girl2020 Yakuza: Like a DragonKazuma Kiryu The King of Fighters All Star Lin 2021Lord of HeroesWalther Bernhard2021Bravely Default IIBernard Alphard2021The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through DaybreakEllroy Harwood2021Samurai Warriors 5Hattori Hanzō The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II Ellroy Harwood Star Ocean: The Divine Force JJ Samurai Maiden Oda Nobunaga Like a Dragon: Ishin!Sakamoto Ryōma / Saitō Hajime坂本龍馬／斎藤一Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His NameKazuma KiryuLike a Dragon: Infinite WealthKazuma Kiryu2024The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the HorizonEllroy Harwood Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Kazuma Kiryu Rusty RabbitStamp Yakuza 0 Director's Cut Kazuma Kiryu 2025Promise Mascot AgencyMichi2025Riichi CityHarada Katsumi2025Mahjong SoulHokuraku2026Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark TiesKazuma Kiryu Stranger Than Heaven Takeo Godai
Drama CDs + List of voice performances in drama CDs Year Title Role Notes Source GetBackers Deep mountains phantom circumference深山幻周 Drama CD The Girl Who Leapt Through Space Soldier Ul
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