Tetsuya Kakihara

is a Japanese voice actor and singer. Previously affiliated with 81 Produce, he became a freelancer as of June 2013. He set up his own agency, Zynchro, in July 2014.

Since 2010, Kakihara has been affiliated with Kiramune, a music label by Bandai Visual and Lantis, where he debuted as a singer with his first mini album, Still on Journey. His first single, "String of Pain", released on February 6, 2013, is the ending theme song to the anime Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East in which he also voices the main role of Shino Inuzuka. He has released two full albums, five mini albums, and six singles. His third single, "咲いちゃいな (Saichaina)", was released on April 15, 2015.

Kakihara is well known for voicing roles as young boys with a fiery personality, like Natsu Dragneel from the anime Fairy Tail. In games and drama CDs, he plays teenagers/mature roles, in which he employs his soft, sweet and mysterious voice, in otome games like Shin from the PSP game series Amnesia.

Prominent Roles

 * Fairy Tail: Natsu Dragneel/Natsu Dragion
 * Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Simon
 * Dog Days: Gaul Galette des Rois
 * Baby Steps: Takuya Miyagawa
 * The Legend of Heroes: Lloyd Bannings