is a Japanese voice actor and author. He mainly plays young men and is characterized by his "deep bass voice," and he often performs ad-libs and imitations.
He is best known for his roles as Gintoki Sakata in Gintama and Joseph Joestar in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
Career Sugita was born in Ranzan, Saitama. When he was in elementary school and watched the TV anime Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, he noticed that the character Hyunckel had a much lower voice than he had imagined from reading the original manga, and thought he was "still cool," but the moment he said his special move, Sugita realized that it was the same voice as Phoenix Ikki from Saint Seiya (Hideyuki Hori). In junior high school, he was a member of the tennis club and served as the head of the club, while in high school, he joined the Shorinji Kempo club (1-dan). When he was a child, he wanted to be a temple priest, and in high school he wanted to be a home economics teacher, a confectioner, or a designer. At the time, when he thought about writing a script for a stage performance at a school event and added sound effects and background music to a recording of his own voice, his older brother heard it and suggested that he try to find a job that made use of his voice and speech, which led him to become a voice actor. While still in high school, he won the Myuras & Animage Award at the Voice Actor Spring School sponsored by the Japan Narration Actor Institute, and entered the Myuras Actors School (now the Vocal and Dance Division of the Japan Narration Actor Institute), while at the same time belonging to the Myuras entertainment agency. At the age of 17, he made his voice acting debut as a gift announcement narrator for Kamen Rider on SKY PerfecTV!.
In 1999, when he was a prep school student, he got his first regular role in an anime production with Cybuster, and continued his voice acting career while studying until he graduated from university. After the dissolution of Myuras in 2001, he joined Atomic Monkey after a period of freelancing, and made his first leading role playing Hideki Motosuwa in the anime series Chobits.
Sugita played the leading roles in both Gintama (Gintoki Sakata) and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Kyon), greatly increasing his fame. In 2009, he won the Best Actor in supporting role award at the 3rd Seiyu Awards. In October 2013, he won the Male Voice Actor Award at the "Newtype x Machi★Asobi Anime Awards 2013", and his role in Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, Chamber K6821, also won the Mascot Character Award.
In 2010, he starred in a live-action film Wonderful World, alongside Mamoru Miyano, Tomokazu Seki, Rikiya Koyama, Yuka Hirata, Showtaro Morikubo and Daisuke Namikawa."" On April 1, 2020, Sugita left Atomic Monkey, the company he had been affiliated with for many years, and established AGRS Inc. with Kai Itō, a lawyer well versed in the entertainment industry, as an advisor and himself as the representative director.
Personal life Sugita's mongrel dog, "Naoji" (), was adopted by his father from the original owner. He has once taken a commercial for 4gamer with his dog. Naoji died on 6 September 2018. His favorite colors are black and silver. He says that the gift that makes him happiest is a handwritten letter, as he enjoys moments when he can feel the impact one person can have on another through a letter.
Filmography Anime series {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! Ref. |- | 2000 || Ceres, Celestial Legend || Kagami Mikage || |- | rowspan="2" | 2001 || Dennou Boukenki Webdiver || Gladion || |- | X/1999 || Subaru Sumeragi || |- | rowspan="3" | 2002 || Chobits || Hideki Motosuwa || |- | Dragon Drive | Kyoji Tachibana
| Please Teacher! || Masami Yamada || |- | rowspan="5" | 2003 || Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo || Over || |- | Inuyasha || Renkotsu || |- | Ninja Scroll: The Series || Tatsunosuke || |- | Please Twins! || Masami Yamada || |- | Saint Beast ~Seijuu Kourin Hen~ || Ryusei no Kira || |- |2004 | Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny || Youlan Kent || |- | rowspan="8" | 2005 || Basilisk Kouga Ninpou Chou || Hattori Kyouhachirou || |- | Eyeshield 21 || Reiji Maruko || |- | Genesis of Aquarion || Sirius De Alisia || |- | Honey and Clover || Takumi Mayama || |- | Legend of DUO || Zieg || |- | Pani Poni Dash! || Alien Subordinate || |- | Shuffle! || Rin Tsuchimi || |- | Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's || Chrono Harlaown (six years later) || |- | rowspan="12" | 2006 || Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage || Lotton the Wizard || |- | Bleach Season 4: The Bount || Noba || |- | Gadget Trial || Major Mihara || |- | Galaxy Angel II Mugen Kairō no Kagi || Soldum Seldor || |- | Gintama || Gintoki Sakata || |- | Hiiro no Kakera || Takuma Onizaki || |- | Honey and Clover II || Takumi Mayama || |- | Inukami! || Shirou || |- | Kanon || Yuichi Aizawa || |- | Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars || Brooklyn Luckfield || |- | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya || Kyon || |- | The Wallflower || Takenaga Oda || |- | rowspan="15" | 2007 || Ayakashi || Kare || |- | Baccano! || Graham Specter || |- | Bleach Season 6: The Arrancar|| Kensei Muguruma || |- | Bokurano || Daiichi Yamura || |- | Dragonaut -The Resonance- || Howlingstar || |- | Gintama S2 || Gintoki Sakata || |- | Kodomo no Jikan || Reiji Kokonoe || |- | Lucky Star || Clerk Sugita, Kyon || |- | Saint Beast: Kouin Jojishi Tenshi Tan || Ryusei no Kira || |- | Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Strikers || Chrono Harlaown || |- | Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei || Ikkyū/Aoyama || |- | Sgt. Frog || Vending Machine || Episode 58 |- | Shuffle! Memories || Rin Tsuchimi || |- | Sisters of Wellber || Prince Rodin Ciol || |- | Toward the Terra || Soldier Blue || |- | rowspan="7" | 2008 || Corpse Princess || Shūji Isaki || |- | Gintama S3 || Gintoki Sakata || |- | Hakushaku to Yōsei || Raven || || |- | Macross Frontier || Leon Mishima || |- | Time of Eve || Setoro || |- | Toaru Majutsu no Index || Aureolus Izzard || |- | Zoku Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei || Ikkyū/Aoyama || |- | rowspan="9" | 2009 || Case Closed || Kaita Yasuji || |- | Gintama S4 || Gintoki Sakata || |- | Hey, Class President! || Chiga Yasuhiro || |- | Maria Holic || Tōichirō Kanae || |- | Natsu no Arashi! || Takeshi Yamashiro || |- | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya || Kyon || |- | Miracle Train || Saki Tochō || |- | Umineko: When They Cry || Ronove || |- | Yumeiro Patissiere || Ricardo "Rick" Benigni || |- | rowspan="12" | 2010 | And Yet the Town Moves || Natsuhiko Moriaki || || |- | Arakawa Under the Bridge || Hoshi || |- | Inazuma Eleven || Edgar Valtinas || |- | MM! || Store Manager, Dōmyōji || |- | Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan || Zen || |- | Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt || Oscar H. Genius/Ugly Snot || |- | Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector || Brooklyn Luckfield || |- | Tegami Bachi || Moss || |- | The Legend of the Legendary Heroes || Lucile Eris || |- | Togainu no Chi || Keisuke || |- | Tono to Issho: 1-Funkan Gekijō || Shigezane Date || |- | Yumeiro Patissiere SP Professional || Ricardo "Rick" Benigni || |- | rowspan="10" | 2011 || Beelzebub || Hajime Kanzaki || |- | ''Gintama' || Gintoki Sakata || |- | Alice in the Country of Hearts || Nightmare Gottschalk || |- | Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere || Muneshige Tachibana || || |- | Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai! || Inoue Jun || |- | We Without Wings || DJ Condor || |- | Sgt. Frog || Tasoraorari Alien || |- | Sket Dance || Kazuyoshi "Switch" Usui || |- | Starry Sky || Nanami Kanata || |- |Tono to Issho: Gantai no Yabō || Shigezane Date || |- | rowspan="14" | 2012 || Daily Lives of High School Boys || Hidenori Tabata || || |- | From the New World || Rijin || |- | Gintama': Enchōsen || Gintoki Sakata || |- | Hiiro no Kakera || Takuma Onizaki || || |- | Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere 2nd Season || Muneshige Tachibana || |- | Inu x Boku SS || Kagerō Shōkiin || || |- | Ixion Saga DT || Leon || || |- | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure || Joseph Joestar || || |- | K || Reisi Munakata || || |- | La storia della Arcana Famiglia || Pace || || |- | Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic || Drakon || || |- |Persona 4 The Animation || Daisuke Nagase || |- | Shirokuma Café || Wolf and Chinstrap Penguin || |- | Tsuritama || Akira Agarkar Yamada || || |- | rowspan="12" | 2013 || Attack on Titan || Marlo Freudenberg || |- | BlazBlue Alter Memory || Ragna the Bloodedge || || |- | Cuticle Detective Inaba || Yatarō || || |- | Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet || Chamber || || |- | Gingitsune || Seishirō Kirishima || || |- | Love Lab || Enomoto's Brother || |- | Pokémon Origins || Takeshi/Brock || || |- | Saint Seiya Omega || Phoenix Ikki || || |- | Samurai Flamenco || Gotou Hidenori || || |- | Senki Zesshou Symphogear G || Dr. Ver || || |- | Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love 2000% || Otori Raging || |- | WataMote || Hatsushiba || || |- | rowspan="11" | 2014 || Buddy Complex || Lee Conrad || || |- | Buddy Complex Kanketsu-hen: Ano Sora ni Kaeru Mirai de || Lee Conrad || |- | Gundam Build Fighters Try || Kei Karima || |- | Nanana's Buried Treasure || Hiiyo Ikusaba || |- | No-Rin || Kuwanosuke Naganawa || |- | Nobunaga Concerto || Ashikaga Yoshiaki || || |- | Nobunaga the Fool || Leonardo da Vinci || || |- | Riddle Story of Devil || Kaiba || || |- | Terra Formars || Ichiro Hiruma || || |- | The Irregular at Magic High School || Takeaki Kirihara || || |- | The World Is Still Beautiful || Neil || || |- | rowspan="18" | 2015 || Ace of Diamond: Second Season || Kengo Inui || |- | Assassination Classroom || Tadaomi Karasuma || || |- | Battle Spirits: Burning Soul || Kanetsugu Hōryokuin || |- | Charlotte || Okonomiyaki store Owner || |- | Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! || Gōra Hakone || || |- | Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma || Etsuya Eizan || |- | Gintama° || Gintoki Sakata || |- | K: Return of Kings || Reisi Munakata || |- | Kagewani || Sōsuke Banba || || |- | Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen SC || Roias || |- | Q Transformer: Saranaru Ninkimono e no Michi || Starscream || || |- | Samurai Warriors || Kiyomasa Kato || || |- | Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX || Dr. Ver || |- | The Asterisk War || Dirk Eberwein || || |- | The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan || Kyon || |- | The Testament of Sister New Devil || Yahiro Takigawa, Lars || || |- | Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love Revolutions || Otori Raging || |- | Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches || Hideaki Tsurukawa || || |- | rowspan="23" | 2016 || Assassination Classroom 2nd Season || Tadaomi Karasuma || |- | Cheer Boys!! || Wataru Mizoguchi || || |- | Classicaloid || Beethoven || || |- | Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! || Gōra Hakone || |- | D.Gray-man Hallow || Reever Wenham || || |- | Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School || Gundham Tanaka || || |- | Drifters || Count Saint-Germi || || |- | First Love Monster || Ginjirō Sannomiya || || |- | Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma The Second Plate || Etsuya Eizan || |- | Kagewani Shou || Sōsuke Banba || |- | Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto || Atsushi Maeda || || |- | March Comes In like a Lion || Tatsuyuki Misumi || || |- | Magi: Adventure of Sinbad || Drakon || || |- | Norn9 || Ron Muroboshi || || |- | Mr. Osomatsu || Akumatsu || |- | Poco's Udon World || Shinobu Nakajima || || |- | Puzzle & Dragons X || Nyudo || |- | Sekkō Boys || Saint Giorgio || || |- | Taboo Tattoo || Tom Shredfield || || |- | Terra Formars: Revenge || Ichiro Hiruma || |- | To Be Hero || Prince || || |- | Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love Legend Star || Otori Raging || |- | World Trigger || Masato Kageura || || |- | rowspan="15" | 2017 || Aho Girl || Akuru Akutsu || || |- | Cardfight!! Vanguard G: NEXT || Nome Tatsunagi || |- | Chronos Ruler|| Snake || || |- | Classicaloid 2 || Beethoven || |- | Dive!!|| Atsuhiko Yamada || || |- |Elegant Yokai Apartment Life || Secondhand Bookshop Employee || || |- | Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma The Third Plate || Etsuya Eizan || |- | Gintama. || Gintoki Sakata || |- | Gintama. Porori-hen || Gintoki Sakata || |-