Kazuyuki Okitsu

Kazuyuki Okitsu
Japanese Name	興津 和幸
Alias	Yotsuya Saidā
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Age	44
Birthday	March 8, 1980 (Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan)
Gender	Male
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Blood Type	A
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Voice actor
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Hobbies	Yokai/Monsters Visiting shrines and temples

Kazuyuki Okitsu (興津 和幸, Okitsu Kazuyuki) is a Japanese voice actor and singer credited for his work as Jonathan Joestar in the anime adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's first part, Phantom Blood.

Okitsu is also known for his work on other anime such as Reiji Andou from Prison School, Serpico in Berserk, God Serena in Fairy Tail, Fat Gum in My Hero Academia, and Hatori Soma in the 2019 remake of Fruits Basket.

Biography

Okitsu's signature from JoJo raDIO Event

Okitsu was born on March 8, 1980, in Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. He first learned about the existence of voice actors when he was watching the mecha anime Mashin Hero Wataru as a child. Since then, he made it his goal to become a voice actor as well. He was the moderator for the 79th Japanese High School Baseball Championship opening ceremony in his third year of high school. He graduated from Hyogo Prefectural Sumoto High School and then the Osaka University of Arts with a degree in broadcasting. After working with the RME entertainment agency, he has been a member of Kekke Corporation since May 2007.

His initial roles were all minor characters in various anime. He got his first major roles in 2010, having voiced Seishin Muroi in Shiki and Akiharu Hino in Ladies versus Butlers!. In 2012, he was selected to play Jonathan Joestar in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Filmography

Television

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation - Jonathan Joestar (2012)

Video Games

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle - Jonathan Joestar (2013)
• J-Stars Victory Vs - Jonathan Joestar (2014)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven - Jonathan Joestar (2015)

Other

• JoJo raDIO (2013)

Gallery

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  Okitsu posing from Kekke Twitter

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  Okitsu at JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle Event

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  Okitsu with Hiroshi Matsuyama and others

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  Okitsu at the JoJo raDIO special event

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  JoJo raDIO cast pose from TOMMY's twitter

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  Photo of Cast for Episode 26

Trivia

• Okitsu's favorite aspects of Jonathan are his straightforward personality, rapid growth, and heart. The character's growth is what Okitsu struggled with when voicing him, but he loved shouting Jonathan's iconic Sunlight Yellow Overdrive.
• Okitsu's favorite character other than Jonathan is Dio Brando. He also has a fondness for Robert E. O. Speedwagon as the scene he remembers the most in season one was when Speedwagon's death was reported in Episode 10.