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 Affably Evil roles. He had a similar voice range to the late Hirotaka Suzuoki, and he took the latter's role as Starscream in Transformers: Cybertron.
He gained a lot more widespread coverage thanks to his role as Kazuma Kiryu in the Like a Dragon series, and people get an idea of what he looks like, since he's also Kiryu's Ink-Suit Actor. He's ripped, and almost always seen in Cool Shades, which are actually corrective lenses for his lazy eye.
Notable roles:
- Alien Magma in Ultraman Taiga
- Alphonse Medici Borgiani in Dance in the Vampire Bund
- Arges in Appleseed Ex Machina
- Askr in Fire Emblem Heroes
- Atollah in The Seven Deadly Sins
- Baldum in the Japanese dub of Arena of Valor
- Bernard Alfard in Bravely Default II
- Burak Pasha in Altair: A Record of Battles
- Cadenza in Betrayal Knows My Name
- Capricorn, Arcadios, and Zirconis in Fairy Tail
- Carlyle in 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams
- Cataclysm Slash Hyperion in Saint Seiya Omega
- Dagger Morse in Show by Rock!!
- Darcia in Wolf's Rain
- Ellroy Harwood in The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki
- Eridron in Uchu Sentai Kyuranger
- Ernest Hemingway in Bungo to Alchemist
- Fergus mac Róich and Ivan the Terrible in Fate/Grand Order
- George Jersey in Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!
- Goat in Chousoku Henkei Gyrozetter
- Goldom in Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
- Green Grandee in Accel World
- Grimms in Sword Gai
- Hancock in the Japanese dub of Fallout 4
- Hanzo Hattori in Samurai Warriors
- Henry Blackburn in the Japanese dub of Battlefield 3
- Hume Hellsing in Majikoi! Love Me Seriously!
- Jibanyan in the Yo-kai Watch: Shadowside - The Return of the Oni King movie and the Yo-kai Watch: Shadowside series
- Kazuma Kiryu in the Like a Dragon series and Project × Zone 2
- Kenshiro in Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise
- Kiyonari Ulquiaga in Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere
- Lin and Ron in The King of Fighters
- Kuroda in Odd Taxi
- Maruo Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets
- Masamichi Yaga in Jujutsu Kaisen
- Masamune Mochizuki in Triage X
- Masashi Miyamoto in Btooom!
- Masked Takenouchi in Cromartie High School
- Mordekaiser in the Japanese dub of League of Legends
- Mordegon/Urunoga in Dragon Quest XI
- Nathan "Radd" Spencer in Marvel vs. Capcom 3
- Oda Nobunaga in Samurai Maiden
- Oda Nobunaga in Tono to Issho
- Odin in Cannon Busters
- Chief Otticer in Sarazanmai
- Poisonous Flame Dragon in Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
- Raoul in the Ai no Kusabi CD dramas, replacing Show Hayami.
- Razor in Hunter × Hunter (2011)
- Rei Amayado in Hypnosis Mic
- Sabrac in Shakugan no Shana
- Saiki in Viper's Creed
- Sawyer in Pokémon Masters
- Shadon in Mashin Sentai Kiramager
- Simon Brezhnev in Durarara!!
- Soldier Ul in The Girl Who Leapt Through Space
- Starscream in Transformers: Cybertron
- Sullivan in Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun
- Takeru Kinjou in Afterschool Dice Club
- Tartarus in Dragalia Lost
- Vought Nicholaus in Super Robot Wars GC
- Weskham Armaugh in Final Fantasy XV
- Yami no Yaiba in GoGo Sentai Boukenger
- Zack in Vexille
