Akira Sasanuma

Akira Sasanuma
Akira Sasanuma
笹沼晃
Born	March 25, 1973 (age 51)
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	笹沼尭羅 (Akira Sasanuma, stage name from 2009 to 2019)
Occupation	Voice actor
Agent	Arts Vision

Akira Sasanuma (笹沼晃, Sasanuma Akira, born March 25, 1973) is a Japanese voice actor^[1] who is a member of Arts Vision.^[2] He voiced Austria in the Hetalia: Axis Powers series and was the voice of Link in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.^[3]^[4]

Filmography

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source^[2]
1990	Tokyo Fairy Tale 3
1998	Love Cadet Starlight Scramble	Haruki
1998	Legend of the Galactic Heroes
1998	Marvelous Melmo Renewal	Shogo
1998	All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku DASH!	Various characters
1999	Gokudo	Oji Tsukiha
2001	Offside (オフサイド)	Kento Sawamura, Lucio Leone
2001	Crush Gear Turbo	Takeshi Manganji
2001–02	Rave Master	Julius
2002	Araiso Private School Student Council Executive	Jun Matsubara	OVA series
2002–03	Mobile Suit Gundam SEED	Dearka Elsman, Martin DaCosta & Rusty Mackenzie
2003	Beyblade G-Revolution	Claude
2003	Planetes	Kurenai Ukon, Kurofuku
2004	Battle B-Daman	Butler (Joshua)
2004	Ragnarok the Animation	Acolyte
2004	Monkey Turn V	Tetsuo
2004–05	Onmyō Taisenki	Kirihito
2004	Uta-Kata	Toru
2004–05	Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny	Dearka Elsman
2005–07	Viewtiful Joe	Strobe
2006	Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora	Tamotsu Yamanishi
2007	Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase	Nino
2007	Strait Jacket	Isaac Hammond		^[5]
2008	Quiz Magic Academy	Francis	OVA
2009–2021	Hetalia: Axis Powers series	Austria		^[3]^[4]
2012	The Knight in the Area	Shimatani
2024	Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom	Dearka Elsman	Film	^[6]
2024	Haigakura	Jungei		^[7]

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source^[2]
1998	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
1998	Personal Professor	Dragon Wataru Miyadera
1998	Love Cadet Starlight Scramble	Haruki
1998	Rival Schools: United by Fate	Koji Yazawa		^[8]
1998–2004	Tokyo Majin Gakuen series	Gengetsu Ryu
1999	Little Lovers She So Game
2004	Empire Thousand Senki	Yoshishun
2004–present	Quiz Magic Academy series	Francis
2004	Tales of Rebirth	Ox
2005	Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Card Builder	Mallet, Sanginu
2006	Etude Prologue ~Wavering Form of Mind~	Hiroshi Sanada	PS2 version
2006	Lamento -Beyond the Void-	Froud		^[9]
2006	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Link		^[10]
2007	Shikaku tantei sora no sekai ~sauzan dorīmusu~ (死角探偵空の世界 ~Thousand Dreams~)	Yukihiro
2007	Cluster Edge	Serafi Night
2007	Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Card Builder	Mallet, Sanginu
2007	Soul Nomad & the World Eaters	Gig
2008	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Link
1997–98	Anime Ganbare Goemon			^{[citation needed]}
2012	DRAMAtical Murder	Ryuuhou		^{[citation needed]}
2013	DRAMAtical Murder re: Connect	Ryuuhou		^{[citation needed]}
2014	Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U	Link	Reused voice clips from Brawl

Year	Series	Role	Notes
2007	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))
2010	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
2011	OOO,　Den-O,　All Riders:　Let's Go Kamen Riders	Mole Imagin (Voiced by Kengo Takanashi, Hisafumi Oda)	Movie
2013	Kamen Rider Wizard	other Kamen Rider (Voiced by Kengo Takanashi, Hidenori Takahashi, Daisuke Egawa, Ryo Iwasaki)	Ep. 52-53
2019	Kamen Rider Zi-O	Axe-Hand Mole Imagin	Ep. 39-40

^ "Otakon to Host Tiger & Bunny Producer Masayuki Ozaki". Anime News Network. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "パーソナル・デタ – 笹沼尭羅" [Personal data – Akira Sasanuma]. Arts Vision. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Bob Shirohata and Akira Sasanuma". Anime News Network. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Otakon Brings the Rainbow!". funimation.com. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ Strait Jacket (DVD). Manga Video. October 7, 2008. OCLC 244206876.
^ "Gundam SEED FREEDOM Anime Film Reveals 2nd Promo Video, Cast". Anime News Network. August 7, 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
^ "Haigakura Anime Reveals 5 New Cast Members in Main Promo Video". Anime News Network. 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
^ "CPCA-1014 - Shiritsu Justice Gakuen: Legion of Heroes Drama Album... - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ Nitroplus CHiRAL(ニトロプラスキラル). "Lamento -Beyond the Void-｜ニトロプラスキラル". nitrochiral.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ "Akira Sasanuma - 16 Character Images | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.

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