Akira Ishida

Akira Ishida (石田 彰, Ishida Akira) is a Japanese actor who specializes in voice acting. For his portrayal of Fisheye along with Kae Araki in Sailor Moon SuperS, Setsuna Aoki along with Chisa Yokoyama, Urara Takano, Michie Yomizawa of Peach Hips Sailor Moon, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Mayumi Tanaka and Kumiko Nishihara in Sakura Wars and Athrun Zala Along with Sōichirō Hoshi, Kenichi Suzumura, Rei Tanaka, Maaya Sakamoto, Fumiko Orikasa, Naomi Shindō and Nanako Mori in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom and Masahiro Sanada in Tenjō Tenge, he was chosen as the most popular voice actor in the Animage Anime Grand Prix in 2004, and won the Best Supporting Character (male) award at the 1st Seiyu Awards in 2007. He is best known for his roles as Gaara in Naruto, Zeref in Fairy Tail, Cho Hakkai in Saiyuki, Kaworu Nagisa in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Kuja in Final Fantasy, Otto Apocalypse in Honkai Impact 3rd, Luocha in Honkai: Star Rail, Kamisato Ayato in Genshin Impact, Katsura Kotarou in Gin Tama, Eishi Tsukasa in Food Wars Shokugeki no Sōma and Saki Abdusha alongside with Sakiko Tamaga, Akiko Hiramatsu, Rica Matsumoto of JAM Projects, Sakakibara Yoshiko and Etsuko Kozakura in You're Under Arrest .