is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Stay Luck. After working as a stage actor, he used connections from his sister to become a voice actor and made his debut as Masamune Shiga in '' Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters''. Since ''Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters'', some of his more prominent roles include Nishiki Sasa in '' Love Kome'', Ritsu Shikishima in ''

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'', and Taiga in ''

Tribe Nine is a Japanese multimedia franchise created by Kazutaka Kodaka. It consists of a video game developed by Too Kyo Games and published by Akatsuki and an anime television series by Liden Films, which aired from January to March 2022. A webtoon a ...

''.

Biography

Chiharu Sawashiro was born in

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on December 20, 1987. Chiharu is the younger brother of voice actress

Miyuki Sawashiro is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. She has played voice roles in a number of Japanese anime including ''Beelzebub'', Bishamon in ''Noragami'', Petit Charat/Puchiko in ''Di Gi Charat'', Mint in ''Galaxy Angel'', Sinon in '' Sword ...

. Miyuki had been voice acting since she was in middle school. At first, Chiharu was a bit skeptical of voice acting, since it was a lot less popular at the time. However, as voice acting got more popular, his peers continued to ask him questions about his sister. Chiharu later became a stage actor during college before he decided to give voice acting a try after voicing additional voices in the ''

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'' series with the Dead Stock Unit. Using connections from his sister, he was able to enter vocational school and eventually made his full debut as a voice actor with Masamuse Shiga in '' Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters''. In August 2021, he was diagnosed with

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, but was asymptomatic.

Filmography

TV series

;2016 * ''

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'' as Takeru Andō * ''

All Out!! ''All Out!!'' (stylized as ''ALL OUT!!'') is a Japanese manga series written by Shiori Amase. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Morning Two'' from November 2012 to February 2020, with its chapter collected in ...

'' as Natsuki Ise * ''

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'' as Argon ;2017 * '' Love Kome'' as Nishiki Sasa * ''

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'' as Naoki Shima ;2018 * ''

'' as Ritsu Shikishima * ''

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'' as Yūichirō Nagata ;2019 * '' Manaria Friends'' as Heinlein ;2020 * '' A3!'' as Banri Settsu ;2021 * '' Sushi Sumo'' as Yobidashi Gari ;2022 * ''

'' as Taiga * '' The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup'' as Elmar Siegfried * '' Fuuto PI'' as Shun Makura ;2023 * ''

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'' as Bobby Ball * '' The Fruit of Evolution 2'' as Demiolos

Films

;2021 * '' Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash'' as Kenji Mitsuda

Video games

;2014 * '' Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters'' as Masamune Shiga ;2016 * ''

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'' as the main character * ''

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'' as Sosuke Kenpira ;2017 * '' A3!'' as Banri Settsu ;2019 * '' The King of Fighters for Girls'' as

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;2021 * '' Neo: The World Ends with You'' as Fret

Dubbing

*''

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'' ( Victor Stone / Cyborg (

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)) *''

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'' (Mark (

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)) *''

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'' (Scanlan Shorthalt)

References

External links

Official agency profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sawashiro, Chiharu 1987 births Living people Komazawa University alumni Japanese male video game actors Japanese male voice actors Male voice actors from Tokyo 21st-century Japanese male actors