is a Japanese voice actor and singer from Osaka Prefecture. He is affiliated with Haikyō. He is best known for voicing Asta in ''

Black Clover is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūki Tabata. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since February 2015, with its chapters collected in 33 ''tankōbon'' volumes ...

,'' Shinra Kusakabe in ''

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,'' and Hitohito Tadano in '' Komi Can't Communicate''.

Biography

Gakuto Kajiwara was born on 28 November 1994 in

Osaka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture ...

, Japan. He stated that during

elementary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...

, he loved to watch anime series ''

Dragon Ball is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The Dragon Ball (manga), initial manga, written and illustrated by Toriyama, was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1984 to 1995, with the 519 individual chapters colle ...

'', which was re-broadcasting during that time. He also stated that it has led him to become absorbed in

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and anime. In 2017, he landed a main character role as Asta in the popular anime series ''

''. On 8 March 2020, he won the Best New Actor Award at the

14th Seiyu Awards The 14th Seiyu Awards (声優アワード) were announced on March 7, 2020 by Nippon Cultural Broadcasting. The winners of the Merit Awards, the Kei Tomiyama Award, and the Kazue Takahashi Award, were announced on 18 February 2020. The ceremony w ...

. The ceremony was originally scheduled to be held at the Bunka Housou Media Plus Hall before being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The results were instead announced on the ''Chou! A&G'' radio program. On 31 August 2020, Kajiwara made his musical debut, signing with Avex Pictures. His debut single "A Walk" was released on 25 November 2020, and was used as the twelfth ending theme for ''Black Clover''.

Filmography

Television animation

Theatrical animation

Original net animation

Tokusatsu

Video games

Drama CD

Radio

* ''Flame Flame Norajiwo'' (2019) - Radiotalk * ''MAN TWO MONTH RADIO Gakumon's Recommendation'' (2020) - Super! A & G +, AG-ON Premium

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official agent profile
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