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]

Akira Sasanuma
笹沼 晃
Born (1973-03-25) March 25, 1973 (age 51)
NationalityJapanese
Other names笹沼 尭羅 (Akira Sasanuma, stage name from 2009 to 2019)
OccupationVoice actor
AgentArts Vision

Filmography

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Anime

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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]


Video games

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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 [citation needed]
2014 Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Link Reused voice clips from Brawl

Tokusatsu

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Year Series Role Notes Source[2]
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

References

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  1. ^ "Otakon to Host Tiger & Bunny Producer Masayuki Ozaki". Anime News Network. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "Bob Shirohata and Akira Sasanuma". Anime News Network. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Otakon Brings the Rainbow!". funimation.com. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  5. ^ Strait Jacket (DVD). Manga Video. October 7, 2008. OCLC 244206876.
  6. ^ "Gundam SEED FREEDOM Anime Film Reveals 2nd Promo Video, Cast". Anime News Network. August 7, 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  7. ^ "Haigakura Anime Reveals 5 New Cast Members in Main Promo Video". Anime News Network. 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  8. ^ "CPCA-1014 - Shiritsu Justice Gakuen: Legion of Heroes Drama Album... - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "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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