Tetsuya Kakihara

Tetsuya Kakihara
柿原 徹也
Born (1982-12-24) December 24, 1982 (age 41)
Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Occupations
Years active2002–present
AgentZynchro
Notable work
Musical career
GenresJ-pop
InstrumentVocals
Years active2010–present
LabelsKiramune

Tetsuya Kakihara (柿原 徹也, Kakihara Tetsuya, born 24 December 1982) is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He was affiliated with 81 Produce before he became a freelancer in June 2013.[1] He set up his own agency, Zynchro, in July 2014.

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 voicing Shin in the PSP game series Amnesia and K1-B0 from Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. Kakihara is also active in BL (boys' love) Drama CDs and anime.

  1. ^ "柿原徹也オフィシャルブログ『Next one』powered by ココログ: ご報告". Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Tetsuya Kakihara's first single "String of pain"., release on February 6, 2013". Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Kakihara Tetsuya's 3rd single "Saichaina", release on April 15, 2015". Kiramune. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2015.