Takaya Kuroda

Takaya Kuroda
黒田 崇矢
Born (1965-04-17) April 17, 1965 (age 59)
Tokyo, Japan
EducationTamagawa University
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
Years active1984–present
AgentAxlone
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)

Takaya Kuroda (黒田崇矢, Kuroda Takaya, born April 17, 1965) is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan. He is affiliated with Axlone,[1] and was formerly with Mausu Promotion[2] and 81 Produce.[3]

He is best known for his bass voice, which has usually seen him cast in villainous roles such as the voice of Yaiba in GoGo Sentai Boukenger. He is best known to western audiences for providing the voice of Kazuma Kiryu, the protagonist of the Like A Dragon series.[4] Because of his vocal resemblance to the late Hirotaka Suzuoki, he was chosen to replace Suzuoki as the voice of Starscream in Transformers: Cybertron as Suzuoki's health deteriorated.[citation needed] Kuroda is also the lead singer of the rock band Takaya Kuroda & Goodfellas.[5]

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  4. ^ "Yakuza Lead Voice Actor Takaya Kuroda Recovers From Surgery". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  5. ^ "Listen to Takaya Kuroda & Goodfellas first single [The Scenery Will Surely Change] – Yakuza Fan". Yakuza Fan. September 1, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2018.