Taiki Matsuno

Taiki Matsuno (松野 太紀, Matsuno Taiki, born October 16, 1967 in Shinagawa, Tokyo) is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production. He used to be represented by O.K. Production. His birth name is Tatsuya Matsuno (松野 達也, Matsuno Tatsuya).

Being a child actor of the Himawari Theatre Group since 1973, Matsuno learned everything he could about his trade from the troupe, even becoming acquainted with voice acting at the age of 10. He originally wanted to take up acting out of love for the transformation scenes depicted in the Kamen Rider series.

In his adolescent years, he managed to land a number of drama roles during the Onyanko Club boom. However, he ended up halting all his entertainment activities at some point until 1990. He used a stage moniker for his voice acting career due to sharing a similar-sounding name with fellow voice actor Tatsuya Matsuda.

Matsuno lists dancing as his special skill. He works part-time as a lecturer in the field of voice acting. Owing to their former ties with Himawari, he was close friends with the late Hiromi Tsuru.

Due to Matsuno's low but calm voice, he is mostly known for portraying young adults with docile or sarcastic personalities. He has lent his performances to memorable characters like Pegasus in Sailor Moon Super S, the titular protagonist in SpongeBob SquarePants, and Agumon in Digimon Data Squad.

Works

 * Miscellaneous generals - Kessen
 * Ling Tong, Liu Shan - Dynasty Warriors series, Warriors Orochi series
 * Male edit voice - Dynasty Warriors: Online
 * Ranun Etts - Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk