Kaiji Tang (pronounced "Kai-jee"; born January 25, 1984) is a Chinese voice actor who is based in

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Biography

Tang was born in Shanghai, China on January 25, 1984. He graduated from the

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with a degree in

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. He comes from a theatrical background and moved to

in 2007 to do commercial work. He starred in commercials for Garmin GPS and

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. After appearing in a cult-classic movie called ''

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'' as a zombie, he auditioned for a podcast for a

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studio and was eventually hired. Ever since then, he has found success in finding roles for anime and video game characters. Tang has stated that he never set out to do voice work and it all came later on in his life. Tang enjoys his profession and likes contributing to the video game industry as he compares video games to novels. Tang hosts the

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channel ''Voices of Gaming''.

Career

In anime, Tang is known as the voice of Big G from ''

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'', Satoru Gojo from ''

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'', Kashin Koji from '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations '', Hendrickson from ''

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'', Guts from '' Berserk'', Tsumugu Kinagase from '' Kill La Kill'', Archer from '' Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works'', Joe from ''

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'' and recently as

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, lead character in Tekken: Bloodline. In video games, he is known for his performances as Wingul from ''

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'', Fang from ''

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'', Yasuhiro Hagakure and Gonta Gokuhara from the ''

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'' series,

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from '' Bungo Stray Dogs'', and

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in the ''

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'' series. He is also known for voicing Owain/Odin in the

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series, as well as the

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in '' Detective Pikachu'' and voiced

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in the 2021 film ''

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''.

Personal life

Tang revealed on Twitter in 2021 that he had no desire to work in any environment that does not recognize

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as a country, and that he and his family fled his birth country of China due to their shared opposition of the country's ruling

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. He married voice actress Marcy Edwards on June 24, 2017. He has a sister named Katherine.

Filmography

Films

Video games

Live action

Webseries

Anime

References

External links

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