Takaya Kuroda
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Takaya Kuroda (黒田崇矢, Kuroda Takaya, born April 17, 1967 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. Some of his famous roles include Yaiba in GoGo Sentai Boukenger, Kazuma Kiryu in the Yakuza series, Nathan Spencer in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, Simon Brezhnev in Durarara!! and Lin in the King of Fighters game series.
In the world of dubbing he has played Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers: Invasion, Cranky in Thomas & Friends and the Spectre in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
Roles
Galaxy Force
- Starscream
- Fire Chief (Episode 9)
Notes
- Kuroda was cast in Galaxy Force as Starscream because his voice closely matched that of Hirotaka Suzuoki, the voice of Generation 1 Starscream (Suzuoki was originally cast to reprise the role but had to drop out due to illness).
- Despite Kuroda's voice sounding like Suzouki's, he did not replace him as Sakaki/Giovanni (the leader of Team Rocket) in Pokémon. Instead that role went to Kenta Miyake.
