is a Japanese actor,

voice actor Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...

and narrator from

Saitama Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...

, Japan.

Biography

Kakegawa was born on October 11, 1959, in

. He graduated from

Waseda University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902. The university has numerou ...

.''Talent Who's Who in Japan'', Section 92, VIP Times Inc., 2012, After university he primarily worked in local government, until he decided to quit his job and become a voice actor. He debuted in the television anime ''

Saint Seiya , also known as ''Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac'' or simply ''Knights of the Zodiac'' (translated from the French title ''Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque''), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It ...

''.Voice actor who 25 people and Akira Kamiya - that wanted to be a voice actor everyone (1993) apanese Import/ref> Kakegawa hid his change in career from his parents until they discovered his deception after seeing his name in the credits for ''Gegege no Kitaro''.

Filmography

Anime

Anime film

Video games

Dubbing

Live action Japanese dubbing

Animation Japanese dubbing

Discography

References

External links

Official agency profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kakegawa, Hirohiko 1959 births Living people Japanese male video game actors Japanese male voice actors Male voice actors from Saitama Prefecture Waseda University alumni 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors