Kentarō Itō Explained

Kentarō Itō
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	January 3, 1974
Birth Place:	Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan^[1]
Occupation:	Voice actor, stage actor
Yearsactive:	1995–present
Height Cm:	165^[2]
Children:	1
Credits:	Bleach as Renji Abarai Naruto as Choji Akimichi Yowamushi Pedal as Jin Tadokoro
Agent:	Mausu Promotion (voice acting) Theater Company K-Show (theater)

is a Japanese voice actor and stage actor who was born in Hachiōji. He is currently affiliated with Mausu Promotion and is representative of Theater Company K-Show. He has taken over some of the roles held by the late Kazuyuki Sogabe and Takeshi Aono. His range is baritone.^[3]

Biography

After graduating from Meijigakuin Higashimurayama High School, Itō had the opportunity to help out with a theater company that he knew, and became interested in the "world of performance" for the first time. In 1993, he entered the drama department of Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, and in the summer of the same year, he appeared on stage for the first time in Little Women. In 1995, he joined Theater Company 21st Century FOX led by Kaneta Kimotsuki, and at the same time, he sought a performance-related career and made his debut as a voice actor. 2001 to April 2009, he belonged to Haikyo, and from May 2009 to 2010, he belonged to Mediarte. He has been a member of Amuleto (formerly ARKRAY) since 2011, and then became a member of Mausu Promotion on June 1, 2016.^[4]

Filmography

Anime roles

• 16bit Sensation: Another Layer – Masaru Rokuda
• – Alois Reuss
• Ai no Kusabi (remake) – Riki
• Air Master – Kitaeda Kinjiro
• Akuma no Riddle – Eisuke Inukai
• Baby Steps – Takayuki Okada
• Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! WGP – Brett Astaire
• Beelzebub – Hecadoth
• Big Windup! – Tomoya Takii
• Black Clover – Randall Luftair
• Blade of the Immortal – Shido Hishiyasu
• Bleach – Renji Abarai
• Blood+ – Akihiro Okamura
• Blue Exorcist – Shiratori/Astaroth
• Brynhildr in the Darkness – Kogorou Hashiratani
• Buso Renkin – Washio
• Captain Tsubasa: Road to Dream 2002 – Ken Wakashimazu
• Ceres, The Celestial Legend – Yūhi Aogiri
• Chou sei Kantai Sazer-X – Fire Shogun Blaird
• Cyborg 009 – Cyborg 0013
• D.Gray Man – Level 3 Akuma
• Dai-Guard – Shunsuke Akagi
• Demonbane – Daijuuji Kurou
• Dokkiri Doctor – Rokoro Shibuya
• Doraemon: Zeusdesu Naida – Kumo-Kotojin
• Digimon Adventure – Yukidarumon
• Digimon Frontier – Katsuharu
• Digimon Xros Wars – Fanglongmon
• Eden – E92
• Ergo Proxy – Pull
• Fire Force 2nd Season – Schop
• Flame of Recca – Minamio
• Forza! Hidemaru – Kaizer
• Fullmetal Alchemist – Barry the Chopper
• Gilgamesh – Fujisaki Isamu
• Gintama – Sasaki Tetsunosuke
• Golden Kamuy – Yoshitake Shiraishi
• Great Teacher Onizuka – Punk
• Hamtaro – Taisho-kun (Boss)
• Happiness! – Shinya Kamijyō
• Hikaru no Go – Tetsuo Kaga
• Ikoku Irokoi Romantan – Ranmaru Ōmi
• – N'Doul^[5]
• Junjo Romantica – Hiroki Kamijo
• – Marduk
• Kōtetsu Sangokushi – Taishi Ci
• Kyou Kara Maoh! – Alford Markina
• Kiniro no Corda (a.k.a. La Corda D'Oro) – Ryoutaro Tsuchiura
• Kiniro no Corda Blue Sky – Yukihiro Yagisawa
• Kingdom – Kan Ki
• The Law of Ueki – Guitar
• Maju Sensen The Apocalypse – Shin'ichi Kuruma
• MÄR – Mr. Hook
• Martian Successor Nadesico and Martian Successor Nadesico: The Prince of Darkness – Jun Aoi
• Rockman EXE series – Shadowman
• Mirmo! – Ichirou, Hirai
• Momoko Kaeru no Utaga Ki Koeruyo – Kuroki Senjou
• Mobile Suit Gundam AGE – Zel Plant
• Naruto – Choji Akimichi
• – Choji Akimichi
• Needless – Momiji Teruyama
• Nurarihyon no Mago – Hakuzouzu
• One Piece – Fukaboshi
• Pocket Monsters – Race Announcer, Mizuki, Seiji, Ghali, Norio, Tobio
• Papuwa – Kintaro
• Ryusei no Rockman – War-Rock
• Rental Magica – Hyodo
• – Mandrake Fyodor
• – Níðhöggr Fáfnir
• Saiunkoku Monogatari – Rou Ensei
• Seven Knights Revolution: Hero Successor – Spike
• Shenmue: The Animation – Charlie
• Super Doll★Licca-chan – Doll Isamu
• Strange Dawn – Shall
• Subete ga F ni Naru – Chikara Mizutani
• Superior Defender Gundam Force – Deathscythe
• Q Transformer: Saranaru Ninkimono e no Michi – Skywarp
• The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic – Tong^[6]
• Tokyo Ghoul – Banjou Kazuichi
• To Love-Ru – Hittakun
• Yowamushi Pedal – Jin Tadokoro
• Yu-Gi-Oh! GX – Brron
• Zombie-Loan – Asou Sotetsu

Character themes

• Bleach Beat Collection – Renji Abarai
  • "Rosa Rubicundior, Lilio Candidior"
  • "Standing to Defend You"
  • "Gomi Tamemitai na Machi de Oretachi wa Deatta"
• Dynasty Warrior 8 Character Image Song ~Wei~ – Yue Jin
  • "THE FORERUNNER"

Drama CDs

• 1K Apartment no Koi (Naomichi Ootomo)
• Afuresou na Pool (Kizu Ryouji)
• Aijin Incubus (Tsukasa Mikuriya)
• Aigan Shonen (Kitamura)
• Akanai Tobira (Mori)
• Ai no Kusabi (2007-2010) (Riki)
• Bad Medicine -Infectious Teachers- (Yanagi Ryota)
• Bleach Volume 1: The Night Before the Execution (Renji Abarai)
• Bleach Volume 2: Hanatarou's Lost Item (Renji Abarai)
• Bleach Volume 3: The Night Before the Confusion (Renji Abarai)
• Boxer Wa Inu Ni Naru series 1: Boxer Wa Inu Ni Naru (Touru Hashiguchi)
• Boxer Wa Inu Ni Naru series 2: Doctor Wa Inu wo Kau (Touru Hashiguchi)
• Boxer Wa Inu Ni Naru series 3: Raibaru mo Inu wo Daku (Touru Hashiguchi)
• Dear (Kurenai)
• Junjou Romantica (Hiroki Kamijou)
• Hana-Kimi (Kayashima Taiki)
• Kageki series 5: Kageki ni Tengoku (Angel 2)
• Konna Joushi ni Damasarete 1 & 2 (Toshiya Aoyama)
• Mizu no Kioku (Kouta Sasaki)
• Muteki na Bokura series 1 (Shouichirou Kaga)
• Muteki na Bokura series 2: Oogami Datte Kowakunai (Shouichirou Kaga)
• Muteki na Bokura series 3: Shoubu wa Korekara! (Shouichirou Kaga)
• Muteki na Bokura series 4: Saikyou na Yatsura (Shouichirou Kaga)
• Muteki na Bokura series Side Story 1: Aitsu ni Muchuu (Shouichirou Kaga)
• Netsujou no Ori de Nemure (Morinaga)
• Ousama na Neko (Theta & Shirou Nabeshima)
• Oyaji Hiroimashita (Ryouji Saeki)
• Sakurazawa vs Hakuhou Series 2: Houkengo no Nayameru Kankei (Kyousuku Sonoda)
• Shiawase ni Shite Agemasu (Tokio Mouri)
• Solid Love (Taiyou Azuma)
• Soryamou Aideshou 1 & 2 (Kyou Akiba)

Video games

• Black Matrix – Zero
• – Renji Abarai
• – Renji Abarai
• – Renji Abarai
• – Renji Abarai
• – Renji Abarai
• – Renji Abarai
• – Bosch
• Captain Tsubasa Dream Team – Yuji Soga
• Daemon Bride – Asuma Shidou/Satan
• Dragon Force (PS2 remake) – Mikhal of Izumo
• Dragon Shadow Spell – Sig
• Dynasty Warriors 8 – Yue Jin
• Enchanted Arms – Ooka
• GioGio's Bizarre Adventure – Guido Mista
• Granblue Fantasy – Souval Vanguard (Event Side-Character)
• Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2 – CFW Brave
• – N'Doul
• Kiniro no Corda series – Ryoutaro Tsuchiura, Yukihiro Yagisawa
• Last Escort 2: Shinya no Amai Toge - Naoya Ryuuzaki
• Mugen Souls – Vorgis
• Rockman X4 – X
• – Dorn Marto
• Street Fighter III 3rd Strike – Yun
• Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition – Yun
• Super Robot Wars series – Shunsuke Akagi, Kurou Daijuuji, Jun Aoi
• Tales of Phantasia (PlayStation remake) – Chester Barklight
• Togainu no Chi (PS2 remake) – Touya
• (PSP port) – Chester Stoddart

PC games

• Clannad – Tomoya Okazaki (visual novel)
• Yuusha (You Can't Escape from the Heroine) – Maou Saga (Hentai Posing Battle Fantasy)

Tokusatsu

• Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger – Excavation Ninja Mogudrago (ep. 4)
• Chousei Kantai Sazer-X – Fire General Blaird
• Engine Sentai Go-Onger – Savage Water Barbaric Machine Beast Manhole Banki (ep. 28)
• Uchu Sentai Kyuranger – Toome (ep. 7)
• Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever – Another Double

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• After Earth – Hesper Pilot (Sacha Dhawan)
• American Outlaws – Cole Younger (Scott Caan)^[7]
• Annapolis – McNally (Chi McBride)^[8]
• Ant-Man – Dave (Tip "T.I." Harris)
• Ant-Man and the Wasp – Dave (Tip "T.I." Harris)^[9]
• Below – Ensign Douglas Odell (Matthew Davis)^[10]
• Brooklyn 99 – Charles Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio)
• Creed – "Pretty" Ricky Conlan (Anthony Bellew)^[11]
• – Capitaine Reda (Benoît Magimel)^[12]
• The Devil's Double – Latif Yahia / Uday Hussein (Dominic Cooper)^[13]
• – Justin Redman (Justin Long)^[14]
• Dracula Untold – Mehmed II (Dominic Cooper)^[15]
• The Duchess – Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (Dominic Cooper)^[16]
• Eight Legged Freaks – Harlan Griffith (Doug E. Doug)^[17]
• Eragon – Murtagh (Garrett Hedlund)
• Exit Wounds – George Clark (Isaiah Washington)
• Final Destination (2002 TV Asahi edition) – Carter Horton (Kerr Smith)
• Flyboys – Eugene Skinner (Abdul Salis)
• Ghost Rider – Blackheart / Legion (Wes Bentley)^[18]
• Girl – Mathias Verhaeghen^[19]
• Grudge Match – Dante Slate, Jr. (Kevin Hart)^[20]
• Guess Who – Simon Green (Ashton Kutcher)^[21]
• Half Past Dead – Nicolas "Nick" Frazier (Ja Rule)^[22]
• – Franklin "Mouse" Finbar (Kevin Hart)^[23]
• Jumper – Griffin O'Connor (Jamie Bell)^[24]
• Let's Be Cops – Mossi Kasic (James D'Arcy)^[25]
• The Meg – Jack Morris (Rainn Wilson)^[26]
• The Rebound – Yael (Elliot Villar)
• Remember the Titans – Gerry Bertier (Ryan Hurst)^[27]
• – Christian (William Levy)
• The Rookie – Joaquin "Wack" Campos (Jay Hernandez)^[28]
• Rottweiler – Dante (William Miller)
• Scooby-Doo – Voodoo Maestro (Miguel A. Núñez Jr.)^[29]
• Setup – Sonny (50 Cent)^[30]
• Seven Pounds – Ben Thomas (Michael Ealy)^[31]
• A Star Is Born – George "Noodles" Stone (Dave Chappelle)^[32]
• Straight Outta Compton – Andre "Dr. Dre" Young (Corey Hawkins)^[33]
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Leonardo^[34]
• (2005 NTV edition) – Scott Mason (Mark Famiglietti)
• Tokyo Raiders – Pat Tai-yung (Ekin Cheng)^[35]
• True Detective (season 2) – Paul Woodrugh (Taylor Kitsch)
• A Walk to Remember – Landon Rollins Carter (Shane West)
• Wayward Pines – Sheriff Pope (Terrence Howard)
• We Are Marshall – Nate Ruffin (Anthony Mackie)^[36]
• You're Next – Felix Davison^[37]

Animation

• Epic – Mub
• – Rover
• Stanley – Harry the Dog
• Transformers Animated – Lugnut

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kentarō Itō. goo人名事典. 2019-10-11.
2. Web site: 伊藤 健太郎（出典：VIPタイムズ社） . ORICON NEWS . Oricon . 2019-10-11.
3. Book: 日本音声製作者名鑑2007 . . 19. 2007-03-25 . 978-4-09-526302-1.
4. Web site: さとまぃ. 【新所属】本日6/1より、伊藤健太郎が所属となりました事をお知らせ致します。…. 2016-06-01.
5. Web site: CHARACTER -TVアニメ『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 スターダストクルセイダース』公式サイト. jojo-animation.com. ja. July 22, 2019.
6. Web site: 2024-01-20 . The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic Anime Reveals 8 More Cast, 1st Key Visual . 2024-01-20 . Anime News Network . en.
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20. Web site: リベンジ・マッチ. January 13, 2020. Star Channel.
21. Web site: ゲス・フー／招かれざる恋人［二］. January 13, 2020. Star Channel.
22. Web site: 奪還DAKKAN-アルカトラズー. June 25, 2019. Amazon UK.
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37. Web site: サプライズ（２０１１）. January 13, 2020. Star Channel.