Takahiro Sakurai

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Takahiro Sakurai (櫻井孝宏 Sakurai Takahiro) is a Japanese voice actor, born June 13, 1974, from Aichi, Japan.

A member of the agency 81 Produce and tends to be typecast in reluctant hero/angsty/arrogant/loner roles. To name a few anime and video games, he's the current voice of the titular Rockman X ("Command Mission", "X8", and "Irregular Hunter X"), Maximilien Robespierre of Le Chevalier D'Eon, Walter in Tales of Legendia, Guntz from the Klonoa series, and the Medicine Seller in Toei's Mononoke. However, Sakurai's most well known role is being the voice of Cloud Strife from the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII and in the Kingdom Hearts series.