Akio Ōtsuka

**Akio Ōtsuka** (大塚 明夫 *Ōtsuka Akio*) is a Japanese actor and voice actor who works under the Mausu Promotion agency.

He is best known for voicing Solid Snake, Solidus Snake, Naked Snake and Venom Snake from *Metal Gear* series, Shunsui Kyouraku from *Bleach*, Marshal D. Teach from *One Piece*, and Lieutenant Garuru from *Sgt. Frog*.

He is the Japanese voice of **Ryoma Hoshi** in *Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony*. In the English dub, Ryoma's voice is provided by Chris Tergliafera.

Ōtsuka was cast based on his ability to play hard-boiled characters. Ōtsuka states that he likes Ryoma's character so much that he promised to wear Ryoma's hat in future official appearances.

Ōtsuka mentioned that Ryoma is a cute little boy and a smart character with a cute appearance who rocks a double-breasted rider jacket in the official Artbook Character Profile. To him, Ryoma's background is arguably grander than the other casts and was very worth voicing. Despite his appearance, he thought Ryoma has quite a lot of unique points about himself, and wanted everyone to find out where will fate lead him to.

## Work on *Danganronpa*

 *Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony* | 2017

### Anime

* ***One Piece - Marshall D. Teach, Blackbeard***

* ***Kyo kara Maoh! - Gwendal von Voltaire***

* ***Black Jack - Black Jack***

* ***Bleach - Shunsui Kyoraku***

* ***Sgt. Frog - Garuru***

* *F* - Gorou

* *Magical Hat* - Gord Baboon

* *Anime Himitsu no Hanazono* - Hawkins

* *Nadia the Secret of Blue Water* - Captain Nemo

* *Lupin the 3rd: Napoleon's Dictionary* - Makkaramu

* *Magic Knight Rayearth* - Wind God Windham

* *Montana Jones* - Montana Jones

* *Mobile Suit Gundam Wing* - Narrator, Vice Foreign Minister Darlian

* *Ninku* - Shigure Ninku

* *Detective Conan* - Juugo Yokomizo

* *Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story* - Jinei "Kurogasa" Udoh

* *Cowboy Bebop* - Whitney Hagas Matsumoto

* *Legend of Basara* - Khazan
* *Puppet Master Sakon* - Katsumi Oki

* *Ghost Stories* - Ouma

* *Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo* - Leo Horinouchi

* *Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier* - Cyborg 005/G. Junior

* *Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex* - Batou

* *Full Metal Panic!* - Lt. Cmdr. Andrey Kalinin

* *Ashita no Nadja* - Jose Rodriguez

* *Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple* - Ishinsai Ogata

* *Gintama* - Saizou

* *Devil May Cry* - Morrison

* *Gegege no Kitarō* - Goro Minamoto

* *Valkyria Chronicles* - Radi Jaeger

* *Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger* - Brian Hawk

* *Durarara!!* - Shingen Kishitani

* *Baka to Test to Shokanju* - Sōichi Nishimura

* *Fate/Zero* - Rider/ Iskander

* *Hunter × Hunter* (2011) - Uvogin

* *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency* - Wamuu

* *Space Dandy* - Toaster

* *Sengoku Musou* - Honda Tadakatsu

* *Ace Attorney* - Go Karuma

### Video Game

* ***Metal Gear Solid - Solid Snake***

* ***Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - Solid Snake, Solidus Snake***

* ***DreamMix TV World Fighters - Solid Snake***

* ***Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - Naked Snake***

* ***Ape Escape 3 - Pipo Snake, Solid Snake***

* ***Metal Gear Ac!d² - Snake***

* *Final Fantasy XII* - Judge Gabranth

* *Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops* - Naked Snake

* *Super Smash Bros. Brawl* - Solid Snake, Samurai Goroh

* *Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots* - Old Snake

* *Metal Gear Online* - Solid Snake

* *Dissidia Final Fantasy* - Judge Gabranth

* *Yakuza 3* - Ryuzo Tamiya

* *Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker* - Snake / Big Boss
* *Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy* - Judge Gabranth

* *Project X Zone* - Seth

* *Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn* - Gaius van Baelsar

* *Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes* - Snake / Big Boss, Medic

* *Fire Emblem Fates* - King Garon

* *Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain* - Venom Snake, Big Boss

* *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven* - Wamuu

* *Genji: Dawn of the Samurai* - Benkei Musahibo

* *Kingdom Hearts* series - Ansem/Xehanort, Terra-Xehanort

* *Marvel: Ultimate Alliance* - Blade

* *Onimusha: Warlords* - Oda Nobunaga

* *Samurai Warriors* series - Tadakatsu Honda

* *Street Fighter IV* series - Seth

* *Valkyria Chronicles* - Radi Jaeger

* *Warriors Orochi series* - Tadakatsu Honda

* *Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward* - Zero Sr.

## External Links

**English:**

* **English Wikipedia**: Akio Ōtsuka
* **Anime News Network**: Akio OHTSUKA
* **Behind the Voice Actors**: Akio Otsuka
* **IMDB**: Akio Ôtsuka
* **MyAnimeList**: Akio Ootsuka

**Japanese:**

* **Japanese Wikipedia**: 大塚明夫
* **Mausu Promotion**: Otsuka Akio
* **Official Twitter**: @AkioOtsuka

## References

1. ↑ Dosya:Twitter Icon.png **Chris Tergliafera**: "*YOU WIN. Nice ear! Yes, I am voicing Ryoma in DRV3*" (Image of tweet)  (3 July 2017)
2. ↑ **Danganronpa V3 Official Blog**:
 Day 18.
3. ↑ **Official Artbook Character Profile:** Translated by @Kaibutsushidousa on tumblr.