Akira Sasanuma

{{short description|Japanese voice actor}}

{{Expand Japanese| 笹沼晃|date=November 2024}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Akira Sasanuma

| native_name = 笹沼 晃

| native_name_lang = ja

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|03|25}}

| other_names = 笹沼 尭羅 (Akira Sasanuma, stage name from 2009 to 2019)

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = Japanese

| occupation = Voice actor

| years_active =

| known_for =

| notable_works =

| credits =

| agent = Arts Vision

}}

{{nihongo|Akira Sasanuma|笹沼 晃|Sasanuma Akira|born March 25, 1973}} is a Japanese voice actor{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-14/otakon-to-host-tiger-and-bunny-producer-masayuki-ozaki|title=Otakon to Host Tiger & Bunny Producer Masayuki Ozaki|date=14 July 2011|work=Anime News Network|accessdate=9 May 2012}} who is a member of Arts Vision. He voiced Austria in the Hetalia: Axis Powers series and was the voice of Link in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2011/otakon/2|title=Bob Shirohata and Akira Sasanuma|author=|date=|work=Anime News Network|accessdate=17 June 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.funimation.com/blog/2011/07/26/otakon-brings-the-rainbow/|title=Otakon Brings the Rainbow!|author=|date=26 July 2011|work=funimation.com|accessdate=17 June 2015}}

Filmography

=Anime=

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{{dts|1990|12|21|format=y}}

| Tokyo Fairy Tale 3

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{{dts|1998|08|21|format=y}}

| Love Cadet Starlight Scramble

| Haruki

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{{dts|1998|format=y}}

| Legend of the Galactic Heroes

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{{dts|1998|format=y}}

| Marvelous Melmo Renewal

| Shogo

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{{dts|1998|09|23|format=y}}

| All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku DASH!

| Various characters

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{{dts|1999|04|02|format=y}}

| Gokudo

| Oji Tsukiha

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{{dts|2001|05|10|format=y}}

| {{Nihongo|Offside|オフサイド}}

| Kento Sawamura, Lucio Leone

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{{dts|2001|10|07|format=y}}

| Crush Gear Turbo

| Takeshi Manganji

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{{dts|2001|10|13|format=y}}–02

| Rave Master

| Julius

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{{dts|2002|03|29|format=y}}

| Araiso Private School Student Council Executive

| Jun Matsubara

| OVA series

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{{dts|2002|10|05|format=y}}–03

| Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

| Dearka Elsman, Martin DaCosta & Rusty Mackenzie

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{{dts|2003|01|06|format=y}}

| Beyblade G-Revolution

| Claude

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{{dts|2003|10|04|format=y}}

| Planetes

| Kurenai Ukon, Kurofuku

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{{dts|2004|01|05|format=y}}

| Battle B-Daman

| Butler (Joshua)

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{{dts|2004|04|06|format=y}}

| Ragnarok the Animation

| Acolyte

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{{dts|2004|07|03|format=y}}

| Monkey Turn V

| Tetsuo

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{{dts|2004|09|30|format=y}}–05

| Onmyō Taisenki

| Kirihito

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{{dts|2004|10|03|format=y}}

| Uta-Kata

| Toru

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{{dts|2004|10|09|format=y}}–05

| Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny

| Dearka Elsman

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{{dts|2005|11|2|format=y}}–07

| Viewtiful Joe

| Strobe

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{{dts|2006|01|12|format=y}}

| Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora

| Tamotsu Yamanishi

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{{dts|2007|10|24|format=y}}

| Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase

| Nino

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{{dts|2007|11|26|format=y}}Strait JacketIsaac Hammond{{cite AV media | url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244206876 | title = Strait Jacket | oclc = 244206876 | publisher = Manga Video | date = October 7, 2008 | medium = DVD | at = Closing credits, Original Japanese Cast, English Cast}}
{{dts|2008|02|15|format=y}}

| Quiz Magic Academy

| Francis

| OVA

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{{dts|2009|01|04|format=y}}–2021

| Hetalia: Axis Powers series

| Austria

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{{dts|2012|01|07|format=y}}

| The Knight in the Area

| Shimatani

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{{dts|2024|01|26|format=y}}

| Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom

| Dearka Elsman

| Film

| {{cite web|title=Gundam SEED FREEDOM Anime Film Reveals 2nd Promo Video, Cast|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-08-07/gundam-seed-freedom-anime-film-reveals-2nd-promo-video-cast/.201083|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 7, 2023|date=August 7, 2023}}

2024

|Haigakura

|Jungei

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|{{Cite web |date=2024-08-27 |title=Haigakura Anime Reveals 5 New Cast Members in Main Promo Video |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-08-27/haigakura-anime-reveals-5-new-cast-members-in-main-promo-video/.214815 |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}}

=Video games=

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! Year

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{{dts|1998|format=y}}

| {{Nihongo|Let's Go On Tour Party Graduation Trip|ツアーパーティー 卒業旅行にいこう|Tsuāpātī sotsugyō ryokō ni ikou}}

| Yoichi Haruna

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{{dts|1998|04|09|format=y}}

| Personal Professor

| Dragon Wataru Miyadera

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{{dts|1998|09|23|format=y}}

| Love Cadet Starlight Scramble

| Haruki

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{{dts|1998|09|21|format=y}}

| Rival Schools: United by Fate

| Koji Yazawa

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| {{cite web|url=http://vgmdb.net/album/13711|title=CPCA-1014 - Shiritsu Justice Gakuen: Legion of Heroes Drama Album... - VGMdb|author=|date=|work=vgmdb.net|accessdate=17 June 2015}}

{{dts|1998|format=y}}–2004

| Tokyo Majin Gakuen series

| Gengetsu Ryu

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{{dts|1999|09|02|format=y}}

| Little Lovers She So Game

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{{dts|2004|04|format=y}}

| Empire Thousand Senki

| Yoshishun

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{{dts|2004|11|17|format=y}}–present

| Quiz Magic Academy series

| Francis

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{{dts|2004|12|16|format=y}}

| Tales of Rebirth

| Ox

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{{dts|2005|format=y}}

| Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Card Builder

| Mallet, Sanginu

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{{dts|2006|04|27|format=y}}

| Etude Prologue ~Wavering Form of Mind~

| Hiroshi Sanada

| PS2 version

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{{dts|2006|10|27|format=y}}

| Lamento -Beyond the Void-

| Froud

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| {{cite web|url=http://www.nitrochiral.com/game/lamento.php |title=Lamento -Beyond the Void-|ニトロプラス キラル |author=Nitroplus CHiRAL(ニトロプラス キラル) |work=nitrochiral.com |accessdate=17 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512051801/http://www.nitrochiral.com/game/lamento.php |archivedate=12 May 2015 }}

{{dts|2006|12|02|format=y}}

| The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

| Link

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| {{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Akira-Sasanuma/|title=Akira Sasanuma - 16 Character Images | Behind The Voice Actors|website=behindthevoiceactors.com}} Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.

{{dts|2007|09|13|format=y}}

| {{Nihongo

死角探偵 空の世界 ~Thousand Dreams~|Shikaku tantei sora no sekai ~sauzan dorīmusu~}}

| Yukihiro

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{{dts|2007|09|14|format=y}}

| Cluster Edge

| Serafi Night

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2007

| Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Card Builder

| Mallet, Sanginu

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2007

| Soul Nomad & the World Eaters

| Gig

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2008

| Super Smash Bros. Brawl

| Link

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1997–98

| Anime Ganbare Goemon

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| {{citation needed|date=June 2015}}

2012

| DRAMAtical Murder

| rowspan=2|Ryuuhou

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| {{citation needed|date=June 2015}}

2013

| DRAMAtical Murder re: Connect

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| {{citation needed|date=June 2015}}

2014

| Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U

| Link

| Reused voice clips from Brawl

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=Tokusatsu=

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{{dts|2007|format=y}}

| Kamen Rider Den-O

| Drill-Hand Mole Imagin

| Ep. 35-36 (Voiced by Daisuke Kirii (Axe-Hand (Ep. 35), Kōichi Sakaguchi (Claw-Hand (Ep. 35–36))

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{{dts|2010|format=y}}

| Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy Episode Yellow

| Spider Imagin (Red Eye)/S Daiki (Actor by Kimito Totani)

| Movie

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{{dts|2011|format=y}}

| OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders

| Mole Imagin (Voiced by Kengo Takanashi, Hisafumi Oda)

| Movie

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{{dts|2013|format=y}}

| Kamen Rider Wizard

| other Kamen Rider (Voiced by Kengo Takanashi, Hidenori Takahashi, Daisuke Egawa, Ryo Iwasaki)

| Ep. 52-53

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{{dts|2019|format=y}}

| Kamen Rider Zi-O

| Axe-Hand Mole Imagin

| Ep. 39-40

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References

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{{cite web|url=http://www.artsvision.co.jp/data.php?id=576|title=パーソナル・デタ – 笹沼 尭羅|trans-title=Personal data – Akira Sasanuma|work=Arts Vision|accessdate=17 June 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617081717/http://www.artsvision.co.jp/data.php?id=576|archivedate=17 June 2015}}}}