Kengo Takanashi

Kengo Takanashi (高梨 謙吾, Takanashi Kengo, born June 12, 1986 in Tokyo) is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Arts Vision.

During his days as a junior high student, Takanashi loved making video games with friends using various game-making software. When he started recording voiced lines for his game, it dawned on to him that he could make a career out of it. Although his parents did not fully object to Takanashi's career choice, they insisted that he complete his high school education first which suited him just fine.

While Takanashi had an active school life, he also wanted to gain the necessary skills for his future profession, leading him to enroll in Japan Narration Actor Institute. There, he learned acting, dancing, and singing while working part-time to support himself. Upon finishing the program, he passed Arts Vision's in-house audition and became one of their members.

Takanashi was initially assigned dubbing roles for overseas movies, but later earned more parts in domestic titles as his popularity grew. So far, he is credited for voicing Peter Pan in The New Adventures of Peter Pan, Emmanellain de Fortemps in Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward, and Kaval in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.

Works

 * Ciaran - Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia
 * Link - Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
 * Yamanbagiri Chougi - Touken Ranbu Warriors
 * Gaku Ekōin - Kaitou Yasoukyoku ~Phantom Nocturne~