Tetsuya Kakihara | |
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柿原 徹也 | |
Born | |
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Years active | 2002–present |
Agent | Zynchro |
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Musical career | |
Genres | J-pop |
Instrument | Vocals |
Years active | 2010–present |
Labels | Kiramune |
Tetsuya Kakihara (柿原 徹也, Kakihara Tetsuya, born 24 December 1982) is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He is a former member of 81 Produce.[1] His agency, Zynchro, was established on May 15, 2013.
Since 2010, Kakihara has been affiliated with Kiramune, a music label by Bandai Visual and Lantis, where he debuted as a singer with his first mini album, Still on Journey. His first single, "String of Pain", released on 6 February 2013, is the ending theme song to the anime Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East in which he voiced Shino Inuzuka.[2] He has released two full albums, five mini albums, and six singles. His third single, "咲いちゃいな (Saichaina)", was released on 15 April 2015.[3]
Kakihara is well known for voicing roles as young men with fiery personalities, like Natsu Dragneel from the anime Fairy Tail. He is well-known for voice acting in otome games, such as Shin in the PSP game series Amnesia and K1-B0 from Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. He is also active in BL (boys' love) Drama CDs and anime.