when he got the acceptance letter. When he first moved to Tokyo, he went to his cousin's place to find a room. Okiayu claims that his first jobs as a voice actor were a radio commercial for a prep school and the voice of a remote-controlled robot roaming around the Expo '90 site. His first work in anime was as a Bodkin archer in Dragon Quest and his first regular role was as Franz Heinel in Future GPX Cyber Formula. His first starring role was in the OVA Dark Cat. The role of Meisuke Nueno in Hell Teacher Nūbē was his first leading role in a TV anime. He said that Nūbē was the culmination of his career and that he was able to put himself fully into the role and play it naturally because he was close to Meisuke's age, and he said he cried when he heard it was over. Okiayu has taken over some of the roles from late Kaneto Shiozawa, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Tsuyoshi Takishita, and Unshō Ishizuka. Since 2016, he has also been working as a stage actor in the theater company Hero Hero Q Company. Filmography Anime Film Tokusatsu Other live-action Audio dramas Video games Dubbing Other roles References External links Ryōtarō Okiayu at GamePlaza-Haruka- Voice Acting DataBase Ryōtarō Okiayu at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database Ryōtarō Okiayu profile at Oricon 1969 births Living people Aoni Production voice actors Japanese male stage actors Japanese male video game actors Japanese male voice actors Male voice actors from Fukuoka Prefecture Voice actors from Kitakyushu 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors