Ryōtarō Okiayu

Ryōtarō Okiayu
Native name	置鮎龍太郎
Born	(1969-11-17) November 17, 1969 (age 47) Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Voice actor singer
Years active	1989–present
Agent	Aoni Production
Notable work	The Prince of Tennis as Kunimitsu Tezuka Slam Dunk as Hisashi Mitsui Hell Teacher Nūbē as Meisuke Nueno Bleach as Byakuya Kuchiki Fruits Basket as Shigure Sohma Toriko as Toriko
Spouse(s)	Nao Nagasawa (divorced) Ai Maeda (m. 2013)

Ryōtarō Okiayu (置鮎龍太郎, Okiayu Ryōtarō^?, born November 17, 1969) is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with Aoni Production. His major roles include: Treize Khushrenada in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Hisashi Mitsui in Slam Dunk, Meisuke Nueno in Hell Teacher Nūbē, Kunimitsu Tezuka in The Prince of Tennis, Byakuya Kuchiki in Bleach, Yuu Matsuura in Marmalade Boy, Shigure Sohma in Fruits Basket, Dark in D.N. Angel, and Toriko in Toriko. As a singer, he was part of the voice actor unit E.M.U (Entertainment Music Unit) with fellow voice actors Hikaru Midorikawa, Hideo Ishikawa, Nobutoshi Hayashi and Daisuke Sakaguchi, which was active from 1995 to 2000. He is married to voice actress Ai Maeda.