is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He is represented by the voice actor management firm,

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, and was previously represented by Arts Vision. In 1988, he voiced the character Tetsuo Shima in the movie '' Akira'', which was adapted from the

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of the same name. He also provided the voice of

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in the

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of the manga ''

YuYu Hakusho is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. The series tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who is struck and killed by a car while attempting to save a child's life. After a number of ...

'' and returned to that role in video games for that franchise. He is sometimes mistaken for fellow voice actress Nozomi Sasaki, whose name is written the same way. Sasaki has emerged the victor of the Seiyū Grand Prix (in which votes were collected to compile a top ten list of voice actors) more times than any other voice actor. Sasaki was known for having a high-pitched voice, but it became lower due to constantly overworking in voice acting and singing, although it was suspected at first that the reason his voice changed was due to his constant smoking and drinking. He's an avid reader and can speak English.

Filmography

Television animation

;1986 *''

Doteraman Doteraman is an anime television series created by Tatsunoko Productions. Plot Suzuki is a middle-aged entrepreneur who lives in a small town near Tokyo and owns a small business. Despite his hopelessly normal life, he dreams of becoming a cele ...

'' (Tanki) ;1988 *''

Yoroiden Samurai Troopers ''Ronin Warriors'', known in Japan by its original title , is a Japanese anime series created by Hajime Yatate and animated by Sunrise. The television series, co-produced by Nagoya TV, aired across Japan on the All-Nippon News Network fro ...

'' (Shin Mori a.k.a. Suiko no Shin (Shin of the Torrent)) ;1989 *''

Momotaro Densetsu , also known by the abbreviated name ''Momoden'', is a role-playing video game series in Japan featuring the character from Japanese folklore, as well as other Japanese folklore characters such as Kintarō, Urashima Tarō, and Princess Kaguya (fr ...

'' (Momotarou) ;1992 *''

'' (Yusuke Urameshi) ;1994 *''

Magic Knight Rayearth is a Japanese manga series created by Clamp. Appearing as a serial in the manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from the November 1993 issue to the February 1995 issue, the chapters of ''Magic Knight Rayearth'' were collected into three bound volum ...

'' (Guru Clef) *'' Captain Tsubasa J'' ( Tsubasa Ozora (adult)) ;1996 *'' Gundam X'' (Olba Frost) ;1997 *''

Ehrgeiz , fully titled ''Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring'', is a 3D fighting video game developed by DreamFactory and published by Namco in 1998 for the arcade platform. It was first ported to the PlayStation and published by Square Co. in 1998, then t ...

'' (Hal) *''

Revolutionary Girl Utena is a series created by Be-Papas, an artist collective founded by Kunihiko Ikuhara. The primary entries in the series include a 1996 manga written by Chiho Saito, a 1997 anime television series directed by Ikuhara, and ''Adolescence of Ut ...

'' (Ruka Tsuchiya) ;1998 *''

Weiß Kreuz is a series conceptualized by voice actor Takehito Koyasu about four assassins that work in a flower shop called "Kitty in the House". The assassins are members of a group called Weiß (white), which is run by Persia of the mysterious K ...

'' (Nagi Naoe) *''

Cardcaptor Sakura , abbreviated as ''CCS'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga group Clamp. Serialized monthly in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from May 1996 to June 2000, it was also published in 12 ''tankōbon'' ...

'' (Eriol Hiiragizawa) ;1999 *''

Monster Farm ''Monster Farm'' is a short-lived animated series from Saban Entertainment that aired on Fox Family. It aired on one of the channel's animation blocks for one season, from 1998 to 1999. Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disn ...

'' (Hare) ;2002 *''

The Prince of Tennis is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 1999 to March 2008, with its chapters collected in forty-two ''tankōbon'' volumes. ...

'' (Jin Akutsu) ;2003 *''

Naruto ''Naruto'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. T ...

'' (Gekko Hayate) ;2004 * ''

Fafner in the Azure is a Japanese mecha anime franchise created by Xebec in collaboration with Starchild Records. The story focuses on a group of children who pilot the titular Fafners in an escalating war against giant aliens called Festum. The first se ...

'' (Hiroto Douma) * ''

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese anime series animated by Studio Gallop based on the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' manga series written by Kazuki Takahashi. It is the second anime adaptation of the manga following the 1998 anime televisi ...

'' (Shadi, Priest Shada) * '' Monster'' (Johan Liebert) * ''

Samurai Champloo is a 2004 Japanese historical adventure anime television series. The debut television production of studio Manglobe, the 26-episode series aired from May 2004 to March 2005. It was first partially broadcast on Fuji TV, then had a complete a ...

'' (Yukimaru) *''

Kyo Kara Maoh! is a series of Japanese light novels written by Tomo Takabayashi and illustrated by Temari Matsumoto. The story follows the adventures of Yuri Shibuya, an average 15-year-old Japanese high school student, who is suddenly transported to a ...

'' (Daikenja & Janus) ;2005 *''

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'' (Karl Fei-Ong) ;2007 *'' Death Note'' ( Mello) ;2014 * ''

World Trigger , also known in short form as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Ashihara. It was initially serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2013 to November 2018, and transferred to ''Jump Square'' in December ...

'' (Hyrein) ;2015 *'' Fafner in the Azure: EXODUS'' (Hiroto Douma) *'' Garo: Crimson Moon'' (Shijō Kintō) ;2017 *'' Pocket Monsters: Sun & Moon'' (Hayate (Horacio)) ;2019 *'' 7 Seeds'' (Takahiro Aramaki) *'' Blade of the Immortal -Immortal-'' (Kagehisa Anotsu) ;2021 *''

Getter Robo Arc is a manga series written and illustrated by Ken Ishikawa based on ''Getter Robo'' franchise created by Ishikawa and Go Nagai. It was first serialized in Futabasha's ''Super Robot Magazine'' from July 19, 2001 to September 19, 2003, compiling ...

'' (Messiah Tyr) ;2022 *'' Eternal Boys'' (Makoto Kakizaki) Unknown date *''

Soreike! Anpanman is a Japanese children's superhero picture book series written by Takashi Yanase, running from 1973 until the author’s death in 2013. The series has been adapted into an anime entitled , which is one of the most popular anime series among ...

'' (Mezamashi-kun) *'' Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro'' (Yuuya Higuchi) *'' Maximo'' (The Grim Reaper) *''

Rurouni Kenshin is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins during the 11th year of the Meiji period in Japan (1878) and follows a former assassin from the Bakumatsu, known as Hitokiri Battosai. After his wor ...

'' OVAs (Enishi Yukishiro and Gentatsu Takatsuki) *'' Solatorobo: Red The Hunter'' (Blanck) *'' Shigurui: Death Frenzy'' (Seigen Irako) *'' Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack'' (Robotack) *''

Yagami-kun's Family Affairs is a Japanese manga series by Kei Kusunoki which was originally serialized in Shogakukan's ''Shōnen Sunday Zōkan'' from March 1986 to May 1990. The manga was later adapted into a three–episode original video animation (OVA) in 1990, a ...

'' (Shigeki Yaoi)

Original video animation (OVA)

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Bubblegum Crisis is a 1987 to 1991 cyberpunk original video animation (OVA) series produced by Youmex and animated by AIC and Artmic. The series was planned to run for 13 episodes, but was cut short to just 8. The series involves the adventures of the K ...

'' (1987) (Mackie Stingray) *''

Legend of the Galactic Heroes , sometimes abbreviated as ''LOTGH'', ''LOGH'' or in Japanese (and also depicted as ''Heldensagen vom Kosmosinsel'' in the anime intro), is a series of science fiction novels written by Yoshiki Tanaka. In humanity's distant fu ...

'' (1988) (Julian Mintz) *''

Earthian is a yaoi manga by Yun Kouga. It is about angel watchers of earth which was made into a J.C.Staff-produced anime OVA. The angels' roles are to assess the progress of humans giving them positive and negative scores based on their everyday ...

'' (1989) (Chihaya) *'' Here is Greenwood'' (1991) (Kazuya Hasukawa) *''

The Heroic Legend of Arslan is a Japanese fantasy novel series written by Yoshiki Tanaka. It was published from 1986 to 2017, with sixteen novels and one side-story in the official guidebook ''Arslan Senki Dokuhon''. Set in ancient Persia, it is loosely based on the ...

'' (1991) (Eram) *''

Ushio & Tora is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiro Fujita. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from January 1990 to October 1996, with its chapters collected in thirty-three ' ...

'' (1992) (Ushio Aotsuki) *''

Please Save My Earth , sometimes abbreviated ''Bokutama'', is a '' shōjo'' manga by Saki Hiwatari. It was published by Hakusensha from 1986 to 1994 in the magazine ''Hana to Yume'' and collected in 21 volumes (''tankōbon''). The series was adapted as a six-p ...

'' (1993) (Hajime Sakaguchi)

Theatrical animation

*'' Akira'' (1988) ( Tetsuo Shima) *''

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'' (1988) ( Hathaway Noa) *'' Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City'' (1997) (Pibu) *'' ''Fafner in the Azure: Heaven and Earth'''' (2010) (Hiroto Douma) *''

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'' (2012) *'' Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions'' (2016) (Shadi Shin) *''

In This Corner of the World is a manga series written and illustrated by Fumiyo Kōno which ran from 2007 to 2009 in ''Weekly Manga Action''. It follows the life of Suzu Urano, a young bride with her new family living on the outskirts of Kure City during the Secon ...

'' (2016) *'' Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway'' (2021) (Gass H. Huguest)

Video games

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'' (1995) (Lee Chaolan) *'' Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together'' (1996) (Sega Saturn version) *''

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'' & '' Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth'' (????) (Lucio) *''

'' (1998) (

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; PS1 version) *''

Tekken Tag Tournament is a spin-off of Namco's ''Tekken'' fighting game series. It is the fourth installment in the ''Tekken'' fighting game series. ''Tekken Tag Tournament'' was released as an arcade game in 1999, before becoming a North American and European launc ...

'' (1999/2000) (Lee Chaolan) *'' Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm'' (2006) (Edge Vanhite) *'' Super Robot Wars series'' (????) (Olba Frost, Hiroto Douma) *''

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'' (2001) (K9999) *''

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'' (2002) (K9999) *''

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'' (2019) (Yusuke Urameshi)

Tokusatsu

*'' Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack'' (1998) (Robotack) *''

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'' (2003) (Trinoid 19: Hagetakaraichi (ep. 35)) *''

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(ep. 35 - 46)) *''Battle Cats!'' (2008) (Saburou Neko-no-tama) *'' Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger the Movie: Super Sentai's Message from the Future'' (2017) (Gillmarda)

Dubbing

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Discography

Singles

# 989.11.29"Yappari Koi Darou" # 991.08.04"Be My Tabu"

Album

# 990.05.30''HEART SCANDAL'' # 990.12.28''Junjou'' # 992.11.06''rumblefish'' # 995.06.21''Different Beat'' # 996.08.21''I'm in The Mood'' # 997.08.01''DOUBLE DIRECTION''

Mini Album

# 992.01.11''BABYLON'' # 995.12.26''FLARE''

Best Album

# 993.07.28''Taste of tears'' # 993.07.28''Colors of smile''

Live Album

# 996.04.19''Concert Tour "Flare'95" LIVE''

References

External links

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