Akira Sasanuma (born March 25, 1973) is a Japanese voice actor and a member of Arts Vision. He is perhaps best known in the West as providing the voice for Link in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and as Austria from Hetalia: Axis Powers. Gundam fans may know him also as Dearka Elsman in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and its sequel Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny.
Roles include:
- Crush Gear Turbo (Takeshi Manganji)
- Destiny Child (Diablo)
- DRAMAtical Murder (Ryuuhou)
- Looking Up at the Half-Moon (Tamotsu Yamanishi)
- Hetalia: Axis Powers (Austria)
- Kamen Rider Den-O (Mole Imagin (Drill-Hand)
- Lamento - beyond the void (Froud)
- The Legend of Zelda (Link) in Twilight Princess, and the Super Smash Bros. series, from Brawl to Smash 4.
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom (Dearka Elsman, Martin Da Costa)
- Rave Master (Iulius)
- Soul Nomad & the World Eaters (Gig)