Kōdai Sakai (Japanese: 酒井広大, Hepburn: Sakai Kōdai; born September 30, 1986) 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.
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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
2015
Brave Beats as Flash Beat
2016
The Lost Village as Mitsumune
All Out!! as Michio Sumiyoshi
2017
King's Game The Animation as Toshiyuki Fujioka
2018
Captain Tsubasa as Teppei Kisugi & Nishigaoka Soccer Club Member A (episode 3)
The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar as Yuuto Suoh
2019
Nobunaga Teacher's Young Bride as Nobunaga Oda
2020
A3! as Sakuya Sakuma
2021
Shadows House as Shaun/John
Odd Taxi as Shun Imai
2022
Shadows House 2nd Season as Shaun/John
2024
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian as Takeshi Maruyama
Loner Life in Another World as Delinquent F
2025
Tasokare Hotel as Haruto Atori
2026
Other
Miseinen Dakedo Kodomo Janai movie comic as Isuzu Ebina
Dubbing
The Haunted House (Tooniverse) – Hyun-woo Kim
