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 (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.
