is a German-born Japanese voice actor and singer. He is a former member of 81 Produce. His agency, Zynchro, was established on 15 May 2013.
In 2010, Kakihara has been affiliated with Kiramune, a music label by Bandai Visual and Lantis, where he made his first mini album, Still on Journey. His first single, "String of Pain", served as the ending theme song for the anime series Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East. He has released two full albums, five mini albums and six singles. His third single, "咲いちゃいな (Saichaina)", was released on 15 April 2015.
Kakihara has voiced young men with fiery personalities, including Natsu Dragneel in Fairy Tail. He also starred in otome games, including Shin in Amnesia and K1-B0 in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. He is also active in BL (boys' love) Drama CDs.
Biography Kakihara was fascinated by Japanese entertainment culture and decided to become a voice actor. In 2001, Kakihara went to the Amusement Media Academy (a vocational school for voice actors and artists) to study voice acting. While attending courses, he had part-time jobs and improved his Japanese through part-time school. He became a professional voice actor in 2003. He was nominated for the Best Rookie Actor award at the 1st Seiyu Awards.
Filmography
Anime series 2003 Monkey Typhoon (Announcer)
2004 Doki Doki School Hours (Koro) Nepos Napos (Timo)
2005 Oh My Goddess! (Male Student) Twin Princess of Wonder Planet (Bright) Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's (Lævateinn, Graf Eisen, Landy/Randy(Operator B), Sand Dragon)
2006 Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy (Male Student) Black Lagoon (Rico, Ronnie, Ricardo) Fushigiboshi no Futagohime Gyu! (Bright) Kirarin Revolution (Toriya Kamiyama) Princess Princess (Yutaka Mikoto)
2007 Dragonaut: The Resonance (Kazuki Tachibana) Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS (Lævateinn, Graf Eisen, Strada, Lat Cartos) Minami-ke (Fujioka) Prism Ark (Hyaweh) Romeo x Juliet (Mercutio) Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Simon) Zombie-Loan (Lyca) Claymore (Orphelia's Brother)
2008 Ga-Rei Zero (Masaki Shindou) Kannagi (Meguru Akiba) Kirarin Revolution Stage 3 (Nii) Linebarrels of Iron (Koichi Hayase) Nabari no Ou (Sōrō Katō) Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl: (Reggie)
2009 Bleach (Ggio Vega, Shinji Iijima) Cross Game (Mizuki Asami) Fairy Tail (Natsu Dragneel) Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Kain Fuery) Hanasakeru Seishōnen (Toranosuke V Haga) Shangri-La (Medusa) Beyblade: Metal Fusion (Hyōma) Saint Seiya The Lost Canvas (Pegasus Tenma)
2010 Battle Spirits Brave (Youth Glynnhorn) Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri aka. Lilpri (Wish/Chris) Maid Sama! (Gouki Aratake) Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (Jiro Shima)
2011 Blue Exorcist (Amaimon) C (Kou Sennoza) Copihan (Omoto Kumogiri) Digimon Fusion (Ryōma Mogami) Dog Days (Gaul Galette des Rois) Fairy Tail (Natsu Dragneel, Natsu Dragion) HIGH SCORE (Tokiwazu Jiro) Moshidora (Keiichirō Asano) Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan: Demon Capital (Jiro Shima) Sengoku Paradise Kiwami (Date Masamune: refer to 'popular culture section') Sket Dance (Masafumi Usui) Toriko (Tom)
2012 Brave10 (Sarutobi Sasuke) Case Closed (Sumio Tateno) Dog Days''' (Gaul Galette des Rois)K (Colorless King, Adolf K. Weismann)Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (Deen Anon)Ozuma (Sam Coyne)Saint Seiya Omega (Ryūhō)Smile PreCure! (Brian Taylor (ep 36))
2013Amnesia (Shin)BlazBlue Alter Memory (Jin Kisaragi, Hakumen)Hakkenden: Tōhō Hakken Ibun (Shino Inuzuka)Kamisama no Inai Nichiyōbi (Kiriko Zubreska)Magi: The Kingdom of Magic (Kouha Ren)Makai Ouji: Devils and Realist (Camio)Minami-ke: Tadaima (Fujioka)Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live (Kōji Mihama)Servant × Service (Jōji Tanaka)Yowamushi Pedal (Toudou Jinpachi)A Simple Thinking About Blood Type (Type AB-kun)
2014Baby Steps (Takuya Miyagawa)Bonjour♪Sweet Love Patisserie (Mitsuki Aoi)Fairy Tail (Natsu Dragneel)The File of Young Kindaichi Returns (Fūma Kamioka (ep 6~9))Dai-Shogun – Great Revolution (Keiichirō Tokugawa)Garo: The Animation (Pepe)Hōzuki no Reitetsu (Karauri)Log Horizon 2 (Rundelhaus Code)M3: Sono Kuroki Hagane (Minashi Maki)One Piece (Gardoa)Shōnen Hollywood (Ikuma Amaki)Tokyo ESP (Shindō Masaki)Yowamushi Pedal (Toudou Jinpachi)
2015Baby Steps Season 2 (Takuya Miyagawa)Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation (Haruto Imai)Dog Days (Gaul Galette des Rois)Himouto! Umaru-chan (Alex Tachibana)Rin-ne (Masato, Boxer(ep25))Saekano (Iori Hashima)Show by Rock!! (Yaiba)Sky Wizards Academy (Lloyd Allwin)Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V (Dennis Macfield)Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vivid (Landy, Lat Cartos)Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen (Lloyd Bannings)
2016Puzzle & Dragons Cross (Lance)Fairy Tail Zero (Natsu Dragneel (ep 1, 11, and 12))Divine Gate (Akane)Ojisan and Marshmallow (Isamu Wakabayashi)Prince of Stride: Alternative (Amatsu Ida)12-sai: Chicchana Mune no Tokimeki (Ayumu Tsutsumi)B-Project: Kodou*Ambitious (Momotarou Onzai)Show by Rock!!♯ (Yaiba)Show by Rock!! Short!! (Yaiba)World Trigger (Yuiga Takeru)Tsukiuta. The Animation (You Haduki)Handa-kun (Reo Nikaido)Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 (Angelo Sauper)Concrete Revolutio: The Last Song (Ganba)Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru (Uguisumaru)Soul Buster (Barin Yi)Nanbaka (Uno)Occultic;Nine (Shun Moritsuka)Servamp (Mikuni Alicein)
2017Nanbaka 2 (Uno)Yowamushi Pedal: New Generation (Toudou Jinpachi)Kenka Bancho Otome: Girl Beats Boys (Yuta Mirako)Time Bokan 24 (Sōji Okita)Code: Realize − Guardian of Rebirth (Victor Frankenstein)UQ Holder! Magister Negi Magi! 2 (Ikkuu Ameya)Dynamic Chord (Seri Yuisaki)Sengoku Night Blood (Kanetsugu Naoe)Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits (Hideyoshi)
2018Doraemon (Hodoho)100 Sleeping Princes & the Kingdom of Dreams (Marchia)Yowamushi Pedal: Glory Line (Toudou Jinpachi)Puzzle & Dragons (Dragon)Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katori no Nazotoki File (Frederic Morden)Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation (Yoichi Himukai)Hinomaru Sumo (Takuya Terahara)Fairy Tail (Natsu Dragneel)Million Arthur (also 2019) (Tekken Arthur)
2019B-Project: Zecchō Emotion (Momotarou Onzai)Namu Amida Butsu!: Rendai Utena (Dainichi Nyorai)Ensemble Stars! (Subaru Akehoshi)Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (Kōki Amanogawa)Carole & Tuesday (Aaron)Stand My Heroes: Piece of Truth (Tsukasa Asagiri)Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 1 (Andro M. Jazz)
2020Show by Rock!! Mashumairesh!! (Yaiba)My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (Keith Claes)Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation Season 2 (Yōichi Himukai)Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (Deepa)Gibiate (Sensui Kanzaki)Mr Love: Queen's Choice (Kira (Kiro))A3! Season Autumn & Winter (Azuma Yukishiro)Tsukiuta. The Animation 2 (You Haduki)
2021Hortensia Saga (Leon D. Olivier)I-Chu: Halfway Through the Idol (Mio Yamanobe)Show by Rock!! Stars!! (Yaiba)Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table (Rundelhaus Code)Those Snow White Notes (Taketo)My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X (Keith Claes)Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 2 (Andro M. Jazz)2022Salaryman's Club (Kōki Takeda)Aharen-san Is Indecipherable (Ishikawa)Love All Play (Yōji Higashiyama)Heroines Run the Show (Megu)Tomodachi Game (Chisato Hashiratani)Cap Kakumei Bottleman DX (Haku Kurenai)Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 3 (Andro M. Jazz)
2023Chillin' in My 30s After Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army (Gashita)My Hero Academia 6 (En Tayutai)
2024High Card Season 2 (Noah Forland)Wistoria: Wand and Sword (Julius Reinberg)Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest (Natsu Dragneel)Tower of God 2nd Season (Quaetro Blitz)Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga (Amaimon)
2025#Compass 2.0: Combat Providence Analysis System (Tadaomi Ōka)Betrothed to My Sister's Ex (Toppo)
2026A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation (Eleven)
Original net animationBrotherhood: Final Fantasy XV (Prompto Argentum)The King of Fighters: Destiny (Matt)Xam'd: Lost Memories (Shiroza)
Original video animationAngel's Feather (Kyouhei Mitsugi)Black Jack Final – Karte 11 (Matsunojo)Corpse Party Missing Footage (Sakutarō Morishige)Corpse Party Tortured Souls (Sakutarō Morishige)Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance (Zeroken)Fairy Tail OVA (Natsu Dragneel)Finder Series (Akihito Takaba)Minami-ke: Omatase (Fujioka)Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (Garma Zabi)Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (Angelo Sauper)My-Otome 0~S.ifr~ (Kid)Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas (Pegasus Tenma)The New Prince of Tennis (Liliadent Krauser)The Prince of Tennis OVA (Liliadent Krauser)
SpecialMillion Arthur: Farewell, Beloved Dancho (2019), (Tekken Arthur)
Anime filmsGurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End (Simon)Naruto Shippuden: The Movie (Kusuna)Vexille (Taro)The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral (2008) (Tomoe Enjou)Gurren Lagann The Movie: The Lights in the Sky are Stars (2009) (Simon)Kowarekake no Orgel (2009) (Keiichirō)Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 1st (2010) (Landy/Randy)Toriko 3D: Kaimaku! Gourmet Adventure!! (2011) (Tom)Fairy Tail the Movie: The Phoenix Priestess (2012) (Natsu Dragneel)Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A's (2012) (Landy/Randy, Lævateinn, and Graf Eisen)Fairy Tail Movie 2: Dragon Cry (2017) (Natsu Dragneel)Servamp -Alice in the Garden- (2018) (Mikuni Alicein)Saekano the Movie: Finale (2019) (Iori Hashima)My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie (2023) (Keith Claes)
Video gamesA3! (Azuma Yukishiro)Akane-sasu Sekai de Kimi to Utau (Nagakura Shinpachi)Akiba's Trip Series (PSP) (Yuu Abeno)Akiba's TripAkiba's Trip PlusAmnesia Series (Shin)Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana (Klein Kiesling)Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm (Alvero Kronie/ Bersizel Krone)BlazBlue (Jin Kisaragi/Hakumen/Alternate Announcer)Code: Realize − Guardian of Rebirth (Victor Frankenstein)Code: Realize ~Future Blessings~Code: Realize ~Bouquet of Rainbows~Code: Realize ~Wintertide Miracles~Cookie Run: Kingdom (Lilac Cookie)Corpse Party Series (Sakutarō Morishige)Corpse Party BloodCovered: ...Repeated FearCorpse Party: Book of ShadowsCorpse Party: The Anthology: Sachiko's Game of Love Hysteric Birthday 2UCorpse Party: Blood DriveCR Virtua Fighter (Lion Rafale)Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (K1-B0)Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance (Zeroken)Dynasty Warriors Series (Zhu Ran)Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme LegendsDynasty Warriors 8: EmpiresDynasty Warriors 9Ensemble Stars! (Akehoshi Subaru) "Exorcism of Maria" Series (Klaus (Kurausu Eaharuto))Exorcism of Maria (PC)Exorcism of Maria: La Campanella (PSP)Fairy Tail series (Natsu Dragneel)Final Fantasy seriesFinal Fantasy XV (Prompto Argentum)Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia (Prompto Argentum)Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy (Prompto Argentum)Fushigi Yūgi: Suzaku Ibun (Amiboshi and Suboshi)Garnet Cradle PSP (Sairenji Rihito)Gate of Nightmares (Manatsu) Genshin Impact (Scaramouche / Wanderer)Genso Suikoden Tierkreis NDS (Riu /Liu)Granblue Fantasy Mobile/Browser/PC (Elmott)Hero's Park iOS/Android (Saienji Ryo)Hoshizora no Komikku Gāden NDS (Kasudisu Koichi)Houkago wa Gin no Shirabe PS2/PC (Izumi Yuuto)I-Chu (Mio Yamanobe)Last Ranker PSP (Bayger)Lord of Vermilion Re:2 – Arcade (Jin Kisaragi)Lost Dimension (Agito Yuuki)Love Root Zero: KissKiss☆Labyrinth PS2 (Kuroe Kazuya)Mabinogi (Starlet/Aria: Male)Mahjong Soul (Ein, Usumi Ishihara)Majou Ou (Melvin)Mega Man Star Force 3 (A.C.Eos/Ace)Mega Man Zero 4 (Fenri Lunaedge)Mr Love: Queen's Choice (Kiro / Zhou Qiluo / Kira)Onmyōji (Kisei)Phantasy Star Online 2 (Huey/Hans/Light/Elly/Quna fan/Male Extra Voice 01/Male Extra Voice 20/Male Extra Voice 21/Male Extra Voice 32)Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly PS Vita (Karasuba)Tokimeki Restaurant (Tsuji Kaito)