Takaya Kuroda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Takaya Kuroda

Japanese actor

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1967

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Profession: actor, seiyū

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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Takaya Kuroda (Japanese: ????, Hepburn: Kuroda Takaya, born April 17, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese voice actor and singer.
He is affiliated with AXL-One, and was formerly with Mausu Promotion and 81 ProduceHe 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.