Kōdai Sakai
Kōdai Sakai is a Japanese voice actor. After watching Rika Matsumoto perform Ash Ketchum, Sakai decided he wanted to be a voice actor, which he did and made his debut in 2013. Some of the major roles Sakai has had since are Mitsumune in The Lost Village, Nobunaga Oda in Nobunaga Teacher's Young Bride, Sakuya Sakuma in A3!, and Shaun in Shadows House.
Biography
Sakai was born in Kurume on September 30, 1986. In elementary school, Sakai was a fan of the Pokémon series, especially Rika Matsumoto's performance as Ash Ketchum, which would inspire him to become a voice actor. While working as a salaryman, he started watching anime again, which inspired to try voice acting again and quit his current job. He was later hired by Early Wing, where he made his voice acting debut as a caretaker in Karneval. In 2016, he received his first lead role with The Lost Village.In 2020, Sakai won the game award at the 14th Seiyu Awards.
Filmography
TV series
;2015Brave Beats as Flash Beat;2016The Lost Village as MitsumuneAll Out!! as Michio Sumiyoshi
;2017King's Game The Animation as Toshiyuki Fujioka
;2018Captain Tsubasa as Teppei Kisugi & Nishigaoka Soccer Club Member A The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar as Yuuto Suoh
;2019Nobunaga Teacher's Young Bride as Nobunaga Oda
;2020A3! as Sakuya Sakuma
;2021Shadows House as Shaun/JohnOdd Taxi as Shun Imai
;2022Shadows House 2nd Season as Shaun/John
;2024Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian as Takeshi MaruyamaLoner Life in Another World as Delinquent F
;2025Tasokare Hotel as Haruto Atori