Daisuke Sakaguchi

Daisuke Sakaguchi (阪口 大助, Sakaguchi Daisuke, born October 11, 1973) is a Japanese voice actor who is currently affiliated with Aoni Production. He is currently married with children. An advent fan of anime and geek culture, his primary goal for becoming a voice actor was to one day appear in the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise. Much to his surprise, he was cast as the protagonist of an alternate continuity mere months after his debut. Sakaguchi considers himself extremely lucky to have pursued his career.

Today, he is known by Japanese fans for his passionate, shouting roles. His reputation for acting as the straight man in a franchise was exemplified with his performance as Shinpachi Shimura in Gintama. Sakaguchi is quite fond of his character in the show and has even "cosplayed" as Shinpachi in anime conventions simply by wearing a set of glasses. A few of his other roles include Satoshi Fukube in Hyoka, Tadayasu Souemon Sawaki in Moyashimon, and Suoh in Battle Spirits: Sword Eyes.

Sakaguchi professes to be a history fan partly due to Koei's historical simulations and particularly likes the Sengoku Jidai and the Bakumatsu. He feels overwhelmed when talking about the subject matter, as they can sometimes get too enthusiastic for him. Before his role as Zhang Bao, Sakaguchi enjoyed the fans' exuberant reactions for voice actors during the Samurai Warriors stage events and remarked that he would someday like to voice a Warriors character.

Works with Koei

 * Hidetada Tokugawa, Hidemoto Mōri, Naotaka Ii, Tadatomo Honda - Kessen
 * Yu Jin, Guan Ping - Kessen II
 * Georges - Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War
 * Uso Ewin - Dynasty Warriors: Gundam series; reprise of his role in V Gundam
 * Zhang Bao - Shin Sangoku Musou 7

Live Events

 * Sengoku Musou Seiyuu Ougi 2011 Aki - as the MC
 * Sengoku Musou Seiyuu Ougi 2011 Haru - as the MC; canceled
 * Sengoku Musou Seiyuu Ougi 2010 Aki - as the MC