Masaaki Mizunaka

Masaaki Mizunaka
水中 雅章
Born (1990-01-20) 20 January 1990 (age 34)
OccupationVoice actor
Years active2014–present
EmployerProduction Baobab
Notable work

Masaaki Mizunaka (水中 雅章, Mizunaka Masaaki, born 20 January 1990) is a Japanese voice actor. He is affiliated with Production Baobab.[1] He is known for starring as Koreo in Brave Beats, Kakeru Ryūen in Classroom of the Elite, Diablo in How Not to Summon a Demon Lord, Taishakuten in Namu Amida Butsu! Rendai Utena  [ja], Kazami in Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise, Keisuke Baji in Tokyo Revengers, Poncho Panacotta in How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, Kōshun Ka in Raven of the Inner Palace, Shalle Fen Shalle in Sugar Apple Fairy Tale, Hayato Kasubake in The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses, and Zion Alster in Wistoria: Wand and Sword.

Biography

Mizunaka, a native of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, was born on 20 January 1990.[2][3] He was captain of the basketball team in junior high school despite being only 138cm.[4] He considered working at a zoo during his youth, but after seeing Hōchū Ōtsuka's performance of Danny Tanner in the Japanese dub of the American sitcom Full House, he became interested in a voice acting career.[4][5] He then graduated from Yoyogi Animation Academy [ja]'s Hiroshima campus.[6]

In 2014, Mizunaka starred as Choreo in Brave Beats.[1] He later starred as Kakeru Ryūen in Classroom of the Elite, Diablo in How Not to Summon a Demon Lord, Taishakuten in Namu Amida Butsu! Rendai Utena  [ja], and Kazami in Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise.[7][8][9][10] In 2021, he played Keisuke Baji in Tokyo Revengers and Poncho Panacotta in How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom,[11][12] and in 2022, he was cast as Kōshun Ka, a main character in Raven of the Inner Palace.[13] In 2023, he starred as Shalle Fen Shalle in Sugar Apple Fairy Tale and Hayato Kasubake in The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses,[14][15] and in 2024, he was cast as Zion Alster in Wistoria: Wand and Sword and Divock in Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture.[16][17]

Mizunaka speaks the Yamaguchi dialect [ja].[1] He is a friend of Brave Beats co-star Kōdai Sakai.[18]

Filmography

Anime series

Year Title Role(s) Ref
2014 Case Closed Emergency personnel [1]
2014 Nisekoi Male student [1]
2015 Brave Beats Choreo [1]
2015 Haikyu!! Kazumitsu Akiu [1]
2015 Shin Atashin'chi Handsome manga man [1]
2016 Alderamin on the Sky Shishindi [1]
2016 B-Project Cameraman [1]
2016 Drifters Carneades soldier [1]
2016 Heybot! Gakran [1]
2016 Lostorage Incited WIXOSS Male student [1]
2016 Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Tekkadan member [1]
2017 Alice & Zoroku Subordinate [1]
2017 Classroom of the Elite Kakeru Ryūen [7]
2017 Sword Oratoria Blacksmith [1]
2017 Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head Kidō Kyūkyū Keisatsu Shou [1]
2018 How Not to Summon a Demon Lord Diablo [8]
2018 Phantom in the Twilight Subordinate B [1]
2018 Rascal Does Not Dream Yōsuke Maezawa [1]
2018 Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online Lux [1]
2019 Bungo Stray Dogs Shirase [19]
2019 Kengan Ashura Ryō Himuro [20]
2019 Namu Amida Butsu! Rendai Utena  [ja] Taishakuten [9]
2020 Ahiru no Sora Hiroshi Usami [1]
2020 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Lido [1]
2020 Noblesse Urokai Agbain [1]
2021 How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom Poncho Panacotta [12]
2021 Skate-Leading Stars Rui Renjō [1]
2021 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Roy Valentin [21]
2021 Tokyo Revengers Keisuke Baji [11]
2022 The Dawn of the Witch Priest [1]
2022 Golden Kamuy Private First Class Ariko [22]
2022 Raven of the Inner Palace Kōshun Ka [13]
2023 Giant Beasts of Ars Clunes [1]
2023 Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts Gleipnir [23]
2023 Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Shalle Fen Shalle [14]
2023 The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses Hayato Kasubake [15]
2023 The Duke of Death and His Maid Zachou [24]
2023 The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess Belius Innu Cerberus [25]
2024 Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ 2nd Season Kyohma Kurosaki [26]
2024 Failure Frame Takuto Kirihara [27]
2024 Wind Breaker Yukinari Arima [28]
2024 Wistoria: Wand and Sword Zion Alster [16]
2024 Goodbye, Dragon Life Geolude [29]
2024 Trillion Game Nagase [30]

Anime films

Year Title Role(s) Ref
2018 Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms Jack [1]
2024 Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture Divock [17]

Original net animation

Year Title Role(s) Ref
2019 Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise Kazami [10]

Video games

Year Title Role(s) Ref
2016 Afterlost Kuro Coat [1]
2018 A3! Suga, pursuer, theatre police officer [1]
2018 Atelier Online: Alchemists of Bressisle Silverbirch [1]
2019 Fire Emblem Heroes Rutger [1]
2019 Namu Amida Butsu! Rendai Utena  [ja] Taishakuten [1]
2021 Granblue Fantasy Wilnas [1]
2023 Helios Rising Heroes Luca Reinhart, Kai Reinhart [31]

References

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  25. ^ Cayanan, Joanna (24 September 2023). "The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess Anime Reveals More Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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  31. ^ Helios Rising Heroes Official Twitter