is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He was affiliated with 81 Produce before he became a freelancer in June 2013. He set up his own agency, Zynchro, in July 2014. Since 2010, Kakihara has been affiliated with Kiramune, a music label by Bandai Visual and Lantis, where he debuted as a singer with his first mini album, Still on Journey. His first single, "String of Pain", released on 6 February 2013, is the ending theme song to the anime Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East in which he voiced Shino Inuzuka. He has released two full albums, five mini albums, and six singles. His third single, "咲いちゃいな (Saichaina)", was released on 15 April 2015. Kakihara is well known for voicing roles as young boys with fiery personalities, like Natsu Dragneel from the anime Fairy Tail. He is well-known for voice acting in otome games, such as voicing Shin in the PSP game series Amnesia and K1-B0 from Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. Kakihara is also active in BL (boys' love) Drama CDs and anime. Biography Kakihara was fascinated by Japanese entertainment culture and decided to become a voice actor. In 2001, Kakihara went to the Amusement Media Academy (a vocational school for voice actors and artists) to study voice acting. While attending courses, he worked part-time jobs, and improved his Japanese through part-time school. He debuted as a professional voice actor in 2003. He was nominated for the "Best Male Newcomer/Rookie" award for his performance at the first Seiyu Awards in 2007. Filmography Anime 2003 Monkey Typhoon (Announcer) 2004 Doki Doki School Hours (Koro-chan) Nepos Napos (Timo) 2005 Ah! My Goddess (Male Student) Fushigiboshi no Futagohime (Bright) Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's (Lævateinn, Graf Eisen, Landy/Randy(Operator B), Sand Dragon) 2006 Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy (Male Student) Black Lagoon (Rico, Ronnie, Ricardo) Fushigiboshi no Futagohime Gyu! (Bright) Kirarin Revolution (Toriya Kamiyama (ep 2)) Princess Princess (Yutaka Mikoto) 2007 Dragonaut: The Resonance (Kazuki Tachibana) Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS (Lævateinn, Graf Eisen, Strada, Lat Cartos) Minami-ke (Fujioka) Prism Ark (Hyaweh) Romeo x Juliet (Mercutio) Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Simon) Zombie-Loan (Lyca) Claymore (Orphelia's Brother) 2008 Ga-Rei Zero (Masaki Shindou) Kannagi (Meguru Akiba) Kirarin Revolution Stage 3 (Nii-kun) Linebarrels of Iron (Kouichi Hayase) Nabari no Ō (Sōrō Katō) Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl (Reggie) 2009 Bleach (Ggio Vega, Shinji) Cross Game (Mizuki Asami) Fairy Tail (Natsu Dragneel) Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Kain Fuery)