is a Japanese

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. After watching

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perform

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, Sakai decided he wanted to be a voice actor, which he did and made his debut in 2013. Some of the major roles Sakai has had since are Mitsumune in '' The Lost Village'', Nobunaga Oda in ''

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'', Sakuya Sakuma in ''

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'', and Shaun in ''

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Biography

Kōdai Sakai was born in

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on September 30, 1986. In elementary school, Sakai was a fan of the ''

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'' series, especially

's performance as

, which would inspire him to become a voice actor. While working as a

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, he started watching anime again, which inspired to try voice acting again and quit his current job. He was later hired by Early Wing, where he made his voice acting debut as a caretaker in '' Karneval''. In 2016, he received his first lead role with '' The Lost Village''. In 2020, Sakai won the game award at the

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Filmography

TV series

;2015 * ''

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'' as Flash Beat ;2016 * '' The Lost Village'' as Mitsumune * ''

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'' as Michio Sumiyoshi ;2017 * ''

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'' as Toshiyuki Fujioka ;2018 * ''

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'' as Teppei Kisugi & Nishigaoka Soccer Club Member A (episode 3) * ''

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'' as Yuuto Suoh ;2019 * ''

'' as Nobunaga Oda ;2020 * ''

'' as Sakuya Sakuma ;2021 * ''

'' as Shaun * ''

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'' as Shun Imai ;2022 * '' Shadows House 2nd Season'' as Shaun

Other

* ''

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'' movie comic as Isuzu Ebina

Dubbing

Animation

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) – Hyun-woo Kim

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sakai, Kodai 1986 births Living people Japanese male video game actors Japanese male voice actors Male voice actors from Fukuoka Prefecture People from Kurume Seiyu Award winners