Kentarō Itō (伊藤 健太郎, Itō Kentarō; born January 3, 1974) is a Japanese voice actor and stage actor who was born in Hachiōji. He is currently affiliated with Mausu Promotion and is representative of Theater Company K-Show. He has taken over some of the roles held by the late Kazuyuki Sogabe and Takeshi Aono. His range is baritone.
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Biography
After graduating from Meijigakuin Higashimurayama High School, Itō had the opportunity to help out with a theater company that he knew, and became interested in the "world of performance" for the first time. In 1993, he entered the drama department of Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, and in the summer of the same year, he appeared on stage for the first time in Little Women. In 1995, he joined Theater Company 21st Century FOX led by Kaneta Kimotsuki, and at the same time, he sought a performance-related career and made his debut as a voice actor. 2001 to April 2009, he belonged to Haikyo, and from May 2009 to 2010, he belonged to Mediarte. He has been a member of Amuleto (formerly ARKRAY) since 2011, and then became a member of Mausu Promotion on June 1, 2016.
On September 11, 2026, it was announced that Itō would take an undetermined hiatus from acting in order to focus on rehabilitation therapy following a brain hemorrhage diagnosis requiring surgery.
Filmography
Anime roles
16bit Sensation: Another Layer – Masaru Rokuda
Altair: A Record of Battles – Alois Reuss
Ai no Kusabi (remake) – Riki
Air Master – Kitaeda Kinjiro
Akuma no Riddle – Eisuke Inukai
Baby Steps – Takayuki Okada
Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! WGP – Brett Astaire
Beelzebub – Hecadoth
Big Windup! – Tomoya Takii
Black Clover – Randall Luftair
Blade of the Immortal – Shido Hishiyasu
Bleach – Renji Abarai
Blood+ – Akihiro Okamura
Blue Exorcist – Shiratori/Astaroth
Brynhildr in the Darkness – Kogorou Hashiratani
Buso Renkin – Washio
Captain Tsubasa: Road to Dream 2002 – Ken Wakashimazu
Ceres, The Celestial Legend – Yūhi Aogiri
Chou sei Kantai Sazer-X – Fire Shogun Blaird
Cyborg 009 – Cyborg 0013
D.Gray Man – Level 3 Akuma
Dai-Guard – Shunsuke Akagi
Character themes
Bleach Beat Collection – Renji Abarai
"Rosa Rubicundior, Lilio Candidior"
"Standing to Defend You"
"Gomi Tamemitai na Machi de Oretachi wa Deatta"
Dynasty Warrior 8 Character Image Song ~Wei~ – Yue Jin
"THE FORERUNNER"
Drama CDs
1K Apartment no Koi (Naomichi Ootomo)
Afuresou na Pool (Kizu Ryouji)
Aijin Incubus (Tsukasa Mikuriya)
Aigan Shonen (Kitamura)
Akanai Tobira (Mori)
Ai no Kusabi (2007–2010) (Riki)
Bad Medicine -Infectious Teachers- (Yanagi Ryota)
Bleach Volume 1: The Night Before the Execution (Renji Abarai)
Bleach Volume 2: Hanatarou's Lost Item (Renji Abarai)
Bleach Volume 3: The Night Before the Confusion (Renji Abarai)
Boxer Wa Inu Ni Naru series 1: Boxer Wa Inu Ni Naru (Touru Hashiguchi)
Boxer Wa Inu Ni Naru series 2: Doctor Wa Inu wo Kau (Touru Hashiguchi)
Boxer Wa Inu Ni Naru series 3: Raibaru mo Inu wo Daku (Touru Hashiguchi)
Dear (Kurenai)
Junjou Romantica (Hiroki Kamijou)
Hana-Kimi (Kayashima Taiki)
Kageki series 5: Kageki ni Tengoku (Angel 2)
Konna Joushi ni Damasarete 1 & 2 (Toshiya Aoyama)
Mizu no Kioku (Kouta Sasaki)
Muteki na Bokura series 1 (Shouichirou Kaga)
Video games
Black Matrix – Zero
Bleach: Blade Battlers – Renji Abarai
Bleach: Blade Battlers 2 – Renji Abarai
Bleach: Heat the Soul 2 – Renji Abarai
Bleach: Heat the Soul 3 – Renji Abarai
Bleach: Heat the Soul 4 – Renji Abarai
Bleach: Shattered Blade – Renji Abarai
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter – Bosch
Captain Tsubasa Dream Team – Yuji Soga
Daemon Bride – Asuma Shidou/Satan
Dragon Force (PS2 remake) – Mikhal of Izumo
Dragon Shadow Spell – Sig
Dynasty Warriors 8 – Yue Jin
Enchanted Arms – Ooka
GioGio's Bizarre Adventure – Guido Mista
Granblue Fantasy – Souval Vanguard (Event Side-Character)
Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2 – CFW Brave
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven – N'Doul
Kiniro no Corda series – Ryoutaro Tsuchiura, Yukihiro Yagisawa
Last Escort 2: Shinya no Amai Toge - Naoya Ryuuzaki
PC games
Clannad – Tomoya Okazaki (visual novel)
Yuusha (You Can't Escape from the Heroine) – Maou Saga (Hentai Posing Battle Fantasy)
Tokusatsu
Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger – Excavation Ninja Mogudrago (ep. 4)
Chousei Kantai Sazer-X – Fire General Blaird
Engine Sentai Go-Onger – Savage Water Barbaric Machine Beast Manhole Banki (ep. 28)
Uchu Sentai Kyuranger – Toome (ep. 7)
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever – Another Double
Dubbing roles
After Earth – Hesper Pilot (Sacha Dhawan)
American Outlaws – Cole Younger (Scott Caan)
Annapolis – McNally (Chi McBride)
Ant-Man – Dave (Tip "T.I." Harris)
Ant-Man and the Wasp – Dave (Tip "T.I." Harris)
Back to the Future (2025 NTV edition) – Marvin Berry (Harry Waters Jr.)
Below – Ensign Douglas Odell (Matthew Davis)
Brooklyn 99 – Charles Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio)
Cloud Atlas – Autua / Lester Rey / Duophysite (David Gyasi)
Creed – "Pretty" Ricky Conlan (Anthony Bellew)
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse – Capitaine Reda (Benoît Magimel)
The Devil's Double – Latif Yahia / Uday Hussein (Dominic Cooper)
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story – Justin Redman (Justin Long)
Dracula Untold – Mehmed II (Dominic Cooper)
The Duchess – Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (Dominic Cooper)
Eight Legged Freaks – Harlan Griffith (Doug E. Doug)
Eragon – Murtagh (Garrett Hedlund)
Exit Wounds – George Clark (Isaiah Washington)