Takaya Kuroda (黒田崇矢 Kuroda Takaya, born April 17, 1965) is a Japanese actor, singer and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan. He is affiliated with Axlone, and was formerly with Mausu Promotion and 81 Produce.
He is best known for his bass voice, which has usually seen him cast in villainous roles such as the voice of Yaiba in GoGo Sentai Boukenger. He is best known to western audiences for providing the voice of Kazuma Kiryu, the protagonist of the Yakuza series. Because of his vocal resemblance to the late Hirotaka Suzuoki, he was chosen to replace Suzuoki as the voice of Starscream in Transformers: Cybertron as Suzuoki's health deteriorated. Kuroda is also the lead singer of the rock band Takaya Kuroda & Goodfellas.
Dub Actors
| Actor | No. of Roles | Country |
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| Patrick Seitz | 3 | 
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| Kyle Hebert | 2 |
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| Major Attaway | 1 |
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| Christopher Ayres | 1 |
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| Steve Blum | 1 |
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| Marc Diraison | 1 |
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| Brian Dobson | 1 | 
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| Michael Dobson | 1 |
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| Daniel Drumm | 1 |
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| Richard Epcar | 1 |
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| Tim Friedlander | 1 |
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| Quentin Haag | 1 |
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| Jovan Jackson | 1 |
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| Bill Jenkins | 1 |
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| Michael Johnson | 1 |
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| Neil Kaplan | 1 |
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| Gabe Kunda | 1 |
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| Darryl Kurylo | 1 |
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| Patrick McAlister | 1 |
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| Chris Rager | 1 |
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| John Snyder | 1 |
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| Paul St. Peter | 1 |
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| J. Michael Tatum | 1 |
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| Christopher Wehkamp | 1 |
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Filmography
| Year | Character | Title | Dub Voice | Dub Country |
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| 2003 | Darcia | Wolf's Rain | Steve Blum | United States |
| 2003-2004 | Sonny Wong | R.O.D. the TV | John Snyder | United States |
| 2004-2012 | Baura | Bleach | Patrick Seitz | United States |
| 2005-2006 | Starscream | Transformers: Cybertron | Brian Dobson | Canada |
| 2005-2006 | David Pepper | Black Cat | Daniel Drumm | United States |
| 2005 | Kazuma Kiryu | Yakuza | Darryl Kurylo | United States |
| 2006 | Spielberger (ep. 4) |
Black Lagoon | Michael Dobson | Canada |
| 2007 | Arges | Appleseed: Ex Machina | Quentin Haag | United States |
| 2009-2019 | Caprico / Capricorn |
Fairy Tail | Michael Johnson | United States |
| Arcadios | Major Attaway (eps. 159-277) | |||
| Gabe Kunda (eps. 304-328) | ||||
| 2010-2012 | NeoVamdemon | Digimon Fusion | Neil Kaplan | United States |
| 2010 | Simon Brezhnev | Durarara!! | Patrick Seitz | United States |
| 2010 | Alphonse Medici Borgiani | Dance in the Vampire Bund | J. Michael Tatum | United States |
| 2010 | Yoshioka (ep. 10, 12) |
High School of the Dead | Christopher Ayres | United States |
| 2011-2014 | Razor | Hunter x Hunter | Paul St. Peter | United States |
| 2011 | Kidōmaru | Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan: Demon Capital | Marc Diraison | United States |
| 2012 | Buriki Rider | Accel World | Kyle Hebert | United States |
| 2012 | Masashi Miyamoto | Btooom! | Jovan Jackson | United States |
| 2015-2016 | Simon Brezhev | Durarara!!x2 | Patrick Seitz | United States |
| 2016 | Green Grandee | Accel World: Infinite Burst | Tim Friedlander | United States |
| 2017-present | Juubei Kokonoe (ep. 9) | In Another World with my Smartphone | Bill Jenkins | United States |
| 2018-present | Dawson | Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These | Patrick McAlister | United States |
| 2019-present | Drival | Pokémon Masters | Richard Epcar | United States |
| 2019-2021 | Maruo Nakano | The Quintessential Quintuplets | Christopher Wehkamp | United States |
| 2019-present | Sullivan | Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun | Kyle Hebert | United States |
| 2021 | Shigeru Kuroda | Odd Taxi | TBA | United States |
| 2021 | Dagger Morse (ep. 2) | Show by Rock!! Stars!! | Chris Rager | United States |
