Ryōtarō Okiayu

Ryōtarō Okiayu
Ryōtarō Okiayu
置鮎龍太郎
	Okiayu in 2016
Born	November 17, 1969; Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Other names	Ryō (りょうちゃん, Ryō-chan); Okkii (オッキー)
Occupations	Actor; voice actor; Singer;
Years active	1989–present
Agent	Aoni Production
Notable work	Bleach as Byakuya Kuchiki; New Mobile Report Gundam Wing as Treize Khushrenada; The Prince of Tennis as Kunimitsu Tezuka; Slam Dunk as Hisashi Mitsui; Hell Teacher Nūbē as Meisuke Nueno; Mega Man X as Zero; Fruits Basket as Shigure Sohma; Toriko as Toriko; Tekken as Lee Chaolan;
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Spouses	Nao Nagasawa (divorced); Ai Maeda (m. 2013);
Children	1

Ryōtarō Okiayu (置鮎龍太郎, Okiayu Ryōtarō; born November 17, 1969) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer affiliated with Aoni Production. His major roles include Byakuya Kuchiki in Bleach, Treize Khushrenada in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Hisashi Mitsui in Slam Dunk, Meisuke Nueno in Hell Teacher Nūbē, Kunimitsu Tezuka in The Prince of Tennis, Alucard in Castlevania, Zero in Mega Man X, Yuu Matsuura in Marmalade Boy, Shigure Sohma in Fruits Basket, Dark in D.N. Angel, Toriko in Toriko and Kokushibo in Demon Slayer. As a singer, he was one of the members for Entertainment Music Unit from 1995 to 2000. He is married to voice actress Ai Maeda. His range is A～E♯ and his dialect is Osakan. His older sister is an animator. He is the official voice-over dub for Scott Foley, Taylor Kitsch, Lin Gengxin and Stephen Fung.