Tomokazu Sugita (杉田 智和 Sugita Tomokazu) is a Japanese voice actor employed by Atomic Monkey. Best known for his role as Gintoki in Gintama, he also voices Kyon in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Ragna the Bloodedge in BlazBlue. He is also one of the three hosts on the radio show Bururaji (BlueRadio) promoting the videogame Blazblue which is produced and released on Nico Nico Douga.
He plays the male lead, Yuichi Aizawa in Kanon. At the 33rd Anime Grand Prix, his voice character Gintoki Sakata won the most favorite male character which means Sugita's character roles consecutively won the most favorite male character in 2009 and 2010 Anime Grand Prix. Uniquely, those characters are from different anime: Kyon from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009) and Gintoki Sakata from Gintama (2010). Sugita and Nakamura also work together in the BlazBlue series as the protagonist Ragna and antagonist Hazama respectively. Also, Nakamura voiced Sugita's counterpart character in Gintama, Kintoki.
In 2010, he was part of a live-action film, Wonderful World, along with fellow voice actors, Mamoru Miyano, Tomokazu Seki, Rikiya Koyama, Yuka Hirata, Showtaro Morikubo and Daisuke Namikawa.
Sugita won for "Best Supporting Actor" in the Third Seiyu Awards.
Filmography[]
Anime[]
- Bleach (2004)- Nova, Kensei Muguruma
- Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (2003)- Over
- Galaxy Angel II (2006)- Soldum Seldor
- InuYasha (2003-2005)- Renkotsu
- Kamen Rider Decade (2009)- Kivat-bat the 3rd, Kivat-Bat the 2nd
- Kamen Rider Kiva (2008)- Kivat-bat the 3rd, Kivat-Bat the 2nd, Kiva-Bat the 4th
- Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World (2008)- Kivat-bat the 3rd
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Strikers (2007)- Chrono Harlaown
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (2004)- Youlan Kent
- The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)- Kyon
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006-2009)- Kyon
- ThunderCats (2011)- The Driller (Japanese voice-over)
Video Games[]
- BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (2008-2009)- Ragna the Bloodedge
- BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma (2012-2014)-Ragna the Bloodedge
- BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (2009-2012)- Ragna the Bloodedge, Bang's Subordinate B
- Final Fantasy Type-0 (2011)- King
- Fire Emblem: Awakening (2012-2013)- Chrom
- Guilty Gear 2: Overture (2007)- That Man
- Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core Plus (2006)- That Man, Milia's Fan
- Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (2012-2013)- Joseph Joestar
- Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle (2013)- Joseph Joestar
- Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes (2013)- Kazuhira "Kaz" Miller
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010)- Kazuhira "Kaz" Miller