Takaya Kuroda

Takaya Kuroda (黒田崇矢), born April 17, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan is a male seiyū, narrator and actor. He is affiliated with the Bungaku Company, formerly with Mausu Promotion and Aoni Production. He is currently a member of 81 Produce.

He is best known for his astringent and amorous 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 providing the voice of 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. On the other hand, he was not chosen to take over Suzuoki's role as Sakaki (known to Western audiences as Giovanni) of Pokémon, Kenta Miyake taking over the role instead.

Television animation

 * Akagi (Kawashima)
 * Angel Heart (Man)
 * Ayakashi Ayashi (Nobori's father)
 * Black Blood Brothers (August Waiker)
 * Black Cat (David Pepper)
 * Bleach (Baura)
 * Blood+ (Rodgers)
 * Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (Hāgen)
 * Burst Angel (Mafia boss)
 * Case Closed (Kōji Wanibuchi, man
 * Chocotto Sister (Master)
 * Cromartie High School (Masked Takenouchi)
 * Dragon Drive (Agent S)
 * Durarara!! (Simon Brezhnev)
 * Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu (Maron)
 * Hajime no Ippo (Arnie Gregory)
 * Jinki:EXTEND (J. Harn)
 * Kure-nai (Renjō Kuhōin (九鳳院蓮丈))
 * Madlax (Sergeant)
 * Nana (Yamagishi)
 * Natsume Yūjin Chō (Misuzu)
 * Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin (Basterai)
 * Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin (Tadayoshi Tōyama)
 * Red Garden (Claire's father)
 * Rocket Girls (Kazuya Kinoshita)
 * R.O.D the TV (Sonny "The Recycler" Wong)
 * Shakugan no Shana (Sabrac, Kaijin)
 * Starship Operators (Lee Young Sook)
 * The Tower of Druaga (anime) (Black Knight)
 * Transformers: Cybertron (Starscream, Fire captain)
 * Wolf's Rain (Darcia)

OVA

 * AIKa R-16: Virgin Mission (Captain)
 * My-Otome Zwei (Major)

Theater animation

 * Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (Shietsu Tayama)

Video games

 * Crash Tag Team Racing (Park Drone)
 * Fatal Frame III: The Tormented (Yuu Asou)
 * The King of Fighters 2000 (Lin)
 * The King of Fighters 2001 (Lin)
 * Magna Carta: Crimson Stigmata (Orha Duren)
 * Ryū ga Gotoku (Yakuza) (Kazuma Kiryu)
 * Yakuza 2 (Kazuma Kiryu)
 * Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! (Musashi Miyamoto/Kazumanosuke Kiryu)
 * Yakuza 3 (Kazuma Kiryu)
 * Yakuza 4 (Kazuma Kiryu)
 * Ryū ga Gotoku Of the End (Kazuma Kiryu)
 * Samurai Warriors series (Hattori Hanzō)
 * Super Robot Wars GC (Vōt Nicolaus)
 * Tales of Symphonia (Botta, Shadow)
 * Warriors Orochi (Hattori Hanzō)
 * Ninety-Nine Nights II (Galen)

Dubbing roles

 * Ultimate Force (Corporal Dave Woolston (Louis Decosta Johnson))

Tokusatsu

 * Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (Goldom)
 * GoGo Sentai Boukenger (Yaiba of Darkness)
 * Kamen Rider Den-O (Owl Imagin, Albinoleo Imagin)
 * Kamen Rider Decade (Dogga)

Television drama

 * Onihei Hankachō