Shuhei Sakaguchi

Shuhei Sakaguchi
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Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	September 5, 1977
Place of birth:	Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Voice of:	Kumo-Otoko
Years active:	1999–present
Website:	X Account Aksent Profile Archived Ameba Blog

Shuhei Sakaguchi (阪口 周平 ,Sakaguchi Shūhei), born September 5th, 1977 in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese voice actor who is affiliated with the talent agency Aksent.

In Shin Samurai-den Yaiba he is the voice of Kumo-Otoko.

Biography

Shuhei Sakaguchi graduated from Kinjo High School and became interested in voice acting during his high school years after listening to radio dramas like Seishun Adventure. This inspired him to pursue work in voice acting.

In 1997, he graduated from the Tokyo Announcement Academy voice acting course. In 1999, he graduated from Visual Techno Academia and that same year joined Mausu Promotion (formerly Ezaki Productions). After some time as a freelancer, he was affiliated with former voice acting agency D-Color from October 2008 until the end of 2013. Since January 2014, he has been with the talent agency Aksent.

Sakaguchi is known for voicing those who speak in the Kansai dialect.

He is married and has two children.

His advice to rookie voice actors

When asked to give advice to students studying voice acting, Shuhei Sakaguchi said if someone asked him about becoming a voice actor, he’d probably tell them not to. Not because he hates it, but because it's a tough path. When he started, there were times he couldn’t even afford food or a bath. So if you’re looking for an easy, stable life, this job isn’t it. But if you still want to do it, you need to be serious. Getting into an agency isn’t that hard, it takes some luck and basic talent. The hard part is staying in the industry. You have to live like an actor all the time and keep working on yourself, even when you’re not getting offers. He said this career is full of ups and downs. Just when you think you’ve figured things out, another challenge shows up. But for him, that’s what makes it worth it. He keeps going because he believes there’s something amazing waiting at the end.

His love for watches

Sakaguchi wearing the SKYCOCKPIT 30th anniversary model.

Sakaguchi swears by his G-SHOCK watch to boost his energy before recordings. He says it pumps him up with a "can't let the watch outshine me!" mindset, but once he takes it off at home, his mood drops like a power switch. His love for G-SHOCK began after being impressed by his brother’s Sky Cockpit Royal Air Force model.

Other roles in Detective Conan

• Ikkaku Rock's Disappearing Fish (Episodes 542-543): Rokusuke Oto
• The Lost Ship in the Sky (Movie 14): Member of the Red Siamese Cats
• The Devil Hidden in the Tennis Court (Episode 602): Fumihiro Azuma
• The Treasure Chest Filled with Fruits (Episodes 727-728): Wataru Furuya
• The Mysterious Prophetic Buddha (Episode 875): Junko Wakuda
• The Scarlet School Trip (Episodes 927-928): Riki Agata
• The Inauspicious Matchmaking (Episodes 1085-1086): Heiji in mask
• The Yamahime of Yakushima (Episodes 1153-1154): Ryoya Kitabeppu

Other notable roles

Anime

• Inazuma Eleven: Tsunami Jousuke, Mac Roniejo, Daniel Barrack, Drago Hill, Hanzou Ishidaira, Jōsuke Tsunami, Kurando Ooiwa, Rei Mikoori, Satanatos (ep 110)
• Naruto: Jugo
• Hajime no Ippo: Rising: Katsutaka Imae
• Banana Fish: Lee Hualong

Trivia

• He is 174cm tall and weighs 65kg.
• Akio Ōtsuka is one of his most respected voice actors.
• His hobbies include cycling, motorcycles, cars, and collecting watches.
• He is pretty good at judo.
• Sakaguchi joined 26 other well-known voice actors in launching the group NOMORE Unauthorized AI. Together, they released a public awareness video opposing the unauthorized use of AI-generated voices and images created without consent.

References

1. Wikipedia (JP)
2. Aksent Profile
3. Anime News Network

See also

• Yaiba: Samurai Legend Staff Listing
• Staff