Yuki Kaji - Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer)
Yuki Kaji, (梶 裕貴, Kaji Yuki), was born on September 3, 1985 in Tokyo, Japan. Kaji is a voice actor and singer affiliated with the agency VIMS and has been active since 2004. He voices Sabito (錆さび兎と Sabito) in Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer) who appears early in the series to assist Tanjiro Kamado. He has voiced many prominent male characters throughout his career but is also known for being able to raise his pitch to a voice of a younger character.
Kaji enrolled at the Japanese Narration and Acting Institute where he specialised in narration and voice acting for anime. He made his debut under the talent agency Arts Vision as a voice actor in 2004, and 2 years later he got his first anime role in “Fushigihoshi no Futagohime”.
Yuki Kaji has done a number of main character roles in TV anime such as Eren Yeager in Attack on Titan, Issei Hyodo in High School DxD, Shu Ouma in Guilty Crown, Alibaba in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Meliodas in The Seven Deadly Sins to mention some as well as many protagonist roles for other TV animes such as Inazuma Eleven, Pokemon XY, One-punch man, Todoroki Shoto in My Hero academia and Kozune Kenma in Haikyuu.
It is fair to say that Yuki Kaji can play a variety of character types and ages but is often a male with a charismatic or quirky personality who often encounters development phases, thus being suited in voice acting for main character roles.
Yuki Kaji won the Best Rookie Actor Award in the 3rd Seiyu Awards back in 2009. Also winning the Best Voice Actor Award in two consecutive years in the 7th Seiyuu Awards and 8th Seiyuu Awards in 2013 and 2014. He also has hosted a web radio show called Yuki Kaji’s Monologue (梶裕貴のひとりごと Kaji Yūki no Hitorigoto) and has run a variety show called Kaji 100!: The 100 Things Yuki Kaji Wants to Do in 2017.
Yuki Kaji was born in Tokyo, but raised with his younger sister in Saitama. Since high school he had always aimed to become a voice actor and immediately joined the theatre club. He was able to gain basic acting skills and was given a main role to play at his school.
Profile
- Name: Yuki Kaji (梶 裕貴, Kaji Yūki)
- Gender: Mal
- Born: 3 September, 1985
- Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
- Active Since: 2004
- Agency: VIMS
- Height: 170cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sabito
Sabito is a ghost or spirit character who appears in Episode 3 in the Anime series of Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer). In his first encounter with Tanjiro Kamado he is a serious young man who was passionate about the ideology of being a man and was ruthlessly training Tanjiro that all of his actions should be for becoming a man. He used his physical powers to point out the flaws of Tanjiro and refused to acknowledge him as a man, demanding Tanjiro to overcome himself and go beyond his limits.
After Tanjiro beats Sabito, he is happy that Tanjiro surpassed him and entrusts his will to Tanjiro who has been finally acknowledged. According to Giyu of the Demon Slayer Pilliers, Sabito was a kind and selfless boy with a strong sense of justice which is seen by a flashback where Sabito protected his group by sacrificing himself against the Hand Demon.
Other Notable Roles
Here is a list of other signifcant roles played by Yuki Kaji
Eren Yeager
Eren Yeager from Attack on Titan series is a hard headed, strong-willed, passionate, and impulsive character. He has clear motivations and determination to protect mankind who cares very deeply for his friends and family having a chaotic past losing his mother and seeing fellow comrades being eaten by Titans. He is a person who shows great hatred towards his enemies, and shows no hesitation but also lacks self-restraint at the same time.
Issei Hyodo
Issei Hyodo from High School DxD is initially shown to be an ignorant, self-centered, arrogant character with a perverted nature. Later on in the series, despite his pervertedness, he is actually courageous, selfless and determined to protect the people who are close to him. He is also very caring and often influences people to overcome their fears and hatred of the past, gaining strong friendships with the people he influences.
Meliodas
Meliodas from the Seven Deadly Sins is the Dragon’s Sin of Wrath and captain of the Seven Deadly Sins. He is carefree and fearless, and is often shown to be a joyful and positive young boy. Meliodas has a strong sense of justice and is always willing to help the people around him in distress with his immense powers and never shows weakness. Despite being a calm person, when his companions or friends are in danger, he is shown to unleash extreme rage.
Notable work
- Attack on Titan as Eren Yeager
- Accel World as Haruyuki Arita
- Black Butler as Finnian
- Blue Exorcist as Konekomaru Miwa
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba as Sabito
- Durarara as Walker Yamasaki
- Diabolik Lovers as Kanato Sakamaki
- Fairy Tail as Lyon Vastia
- Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma as Terunori Kuga
- High School DxD as Issei Hyodo
- Diamond is Unbreakable as Koichi Hirose
- Teasing Master Takagi-san as Nishikata
- My Hero Academia as Shoto Todoroki
- Noragami as Yukine
- One Punch Man as Speed-o'-Sound Sonic
- The Seven Deadly Sins (manga) as Meliodas