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'''''Justforfun/{{Descri|betopichere}}ption [[VideoGame/Yakuza1 of Takaya Kuroda]]'''''

Takaya Kuroda is a voice actor born on April 17, 1965. He's known for his astringent and amorous bass voice, which makes him feel at home with AffablyEvil roles. He had a similar voice range to the late Creator/HirotakaSuzuoki, and he took the latter's role as Starscream in ''Anime/TransformersCybertron''.

He gained a lot more widespread coverage thanks to his role as [[Characters/LikeADragonKazumaKiryu Kazuma Kiryu]] in the ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series, and people get an idea of what he looks like, since he's also Kiryu's InkSuitActor. [[{{Hunk}} He's ripped]], and almost always seen in CoolShades, which are actually corrective lenses for his lazy eye.

!! Notable roles:

* Alien Magma in ''Series/UltramanTaiga''
* Alphonse Medici Borgiani in ''Manga/DanceInTheVampireBund''
* Arges in ''Manga/{{Appleseed}} Ex Machina''
* Askr in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes''
* Atollah in ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins''
* Baldum in the Japanese dub of ''VideoGame/ArenaOfValor''
* Bernard Alfard in ''VideoGame/BravelyDefaultII''
* Burak Pasha in ''Manga/AltairARecordOfBattles''
* Cadenza in ''Manga/BetrayalKnowsMyName''
* Capricorn, Arcadios, and Zirconis in ''Manga/FairyTail''
* Carlyle in ''VideoGame/OneHundredSleepingPrincesAndTheKingdomOfDreams''
* Cataclysm Slash Hyperion in ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega''
* Dagger Morse in ''Anime/ShowByRock''
* Darcia in ''Anime/WolfsRain''
* Ellroy Harwood in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsThroughDaybreak''
* Eridron in ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger''
* Creator/ErnestHemingway in ''VideoGame/BungoToAlchemist''
* Fergus mac Róich and Ivan the Terrible in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder''
* George Jersey in ''Anime/YuGiOhGORUSH''
* Goat in ''VideoGame/ChousokuHenkeiGyrozetter''
* Goldom in ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger''
* Green Grandee in ''Literature/AccelWorld''
* Grimms in ''Manga/SwordGai''
* [[UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo Hanzo Hattori]] in ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors''
* Henry Blackburn in the Japanese dub of ''VideoGame/Battlefield3''
* Hume Hellsing in ''VisualNovel/MajikoiLoveMeSeriously''
* Jibanyan in the ''Anime/YokaiWatchShadowsideTheReturnOfTheOniKing'' movie and the ''Anime/YokaiWatchShadowside'' series
* John Hancock (Danny Shorago) in the Japanese dub of ''VideoGame/Fallout4''
* [[StarMakingRole Kazuma Kiryu]] in the ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series and ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone 2''
* [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]] in ''VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarLostParadise''
* Kiyonari Ulquiaga in ''Literature/HorizonInTheMiddleOfNowhere''
* Kurou Onosada ''VisualNovel/HanaAwase''
* Lin and Ron in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''
* [[TheDanza Kuroda]] in ''Anime/OddTaxi''
* Maruo Nakano in ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets''
* Masamichi Yaga in ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen''
* Masamune Mochizuki in ''Manga/TriageX''
* Masashi Miyamoto in ''Manga/{{Btooom}}''
* Masked Takenouchi in ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool''
* Mordekaiser in the Japanese dub of ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''
* Mordegon[=/=]Urunoga in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI''
* [[VideoGame/BionicCommando2009 Nathan "Radd" Spencer]] in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''
* [[DemonKingNobunaga Oda Nobunaga]] in ''VideoGame/SamuraiMaiden''
* UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga in ''Manga/TonoToIssho''
* Odin in ''Anime/CannonBusters''
* Chief Otticer in ''Anime/{{Sarazanmai}}''
* Poisonous Flame Dragon in ''Manga/SleepyPrincessInTheDemonCastle''
* Raoul in the ''Literature/AiNoKusabi'' CD dramas, replacing Creator/ShowHayami.
* Razor in ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' (2011)
* Rei Amayado in ''Music/HypnosisMic''
* Ryuuichi Asami in ''Manga/FinderSeries'' (replacing Creator/TakehitoKoyasu)
* Sabrac in ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana''
* Saiki in ''Anime/VipersCreed''
* [[ActorAllusion Samejima]] in ''Manga/{{Inuyashiki}}''
* Sawyer in ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters''
* Shadon in ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager''
* [[ScaryBlackMan Simon]] Brezhnev in ''Literature/{{Durarara}}''
* Soldier Ul in ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughSpace''
* Starscream in ''Anime/TransformersCybertron''
* Sullivan in ''Manga/WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumaKun''
* Takeru Kinjou in ''Manga/AfterschoolDiceClub''
* Vought Nicholaus in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsGC''
* Warden in the Japanese dub of ''VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege''
* Weskham Armaugh in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV''
* Yami no Yaiba in ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger''
* Zack in ''Anime/{{Vexille}}''

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