History Creator / NozomuSasaki

Most of his famous roles are his early ones[[note]][[GloryDays Which were done in his twenties]].[[/note]], often [[PigeonholedVoiceActor typed]] as TheHero, TheHeart, NiceGuy, MouthyKid, and [[CreepyChild The Creepy Child]], such as [[Manga/{{Akira}} Tetsuo]], [[Anime/RoninWarriors Shin Mouri]], and [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Yusuke Urameshi]]. Unfortunately, he has undergone some [[VocalEvolution dramatic switch]] in TypeCasting due to his voice aging early in the form of dropping a couple of octaves down to the tenor with a much hoarser texture; [[WordOfGod Sasaki outed]] this was more of a combination of a "voice crack"[[note]]He noted that he had a period where his characters all cranked in with lots of shouting.[[/note]] and a "voice drift"[[note]]He also noted he switched a different way of executing his voice for his characters during said period.[[/note]] on his part than an aging problem due to a period of receiving characters with loads of mad shouting, squeezing in live music performances, and failed to give his voice a resting period. Therefore, most of his recent characters are of TheSociopath, AxCrazy, [[IllGirl Ill Guy]], and {{Jerkass}} type such as [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Hayate Gekko]], [[Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis Jin Atsuku]], [[Manga/DeathNote Mello]], and [[Manga/{{Monster}} Johan Liebert]].... ''I "[[KillEmAll helped]]" him along, of course''.

* RoleReprisal: To combat his voice problem, Sasaki worked hard in getting his voice back into shape for his reprise roles, especially [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Yusuke]] and [[Manga/CardCaptorSakura Eriol]], through sheer voice retraining, and developing vocal techniques.

Most of his famous roles are his early ones[[note]][[GloryDays Which were done in his twenties]].[[/note]], often [[PigeonholedVoiceActor typed]] as TheHero, TheHeart, NiceGuy, MouthyKid, and [[CreepyChild The Creepy Child]], such as [[Manga/{{Akira}} Tetsuo]], [[Anime/RoninWarriors Shin Mouri]], and [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Yusuke Urameshi]]. Unfortunately, he has undergone some [[VocalEvolution dramatic switch]] in TypeCasting due to his voice aging early in the form of dropping a couple of octaves down to the tenor with a much hoarser texture; [[WordOfGod Sasaki outed]] this was more of a combination of a "voice crack"[[note]]He noted that he had a period where his characters all cranked in with lots of shouting.[[/note]] and a "voice drift"[[note]]He also noted he switched a different way of executing his voice for his characters during said period.[[/note]] on his part than an aging problem due to a period of receiving characters with loads of mad shouting, cranking in live music performances, and failed to give his voice a resting period. Therefore, most of his recent characters are of TheSociopath, AxCrazy, [[IllGirl Ill Guy]], and {{Jerkass}} type such as [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Hayate Gekko]], [[Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis Jin Atsuku]], [[Manga/DeathNote Mello]], and [[Manga/{{Monster}} Johan Liebert]].... ''I "[[KillEmAll helped]]" him along, of course''.

Most of his famous roles are his early ones[[note]][[GloryDays Which were done in his twenties]].[[/note]], often [[PigeonholedVoiceActor typed]] as TheHero, TheHeart, NiceGuy, MouthyKid, and [[CreepyChild The Creepy Child]], such as [[Manga/{{Akira}} Tetsuo]], [[Anime/RoninWarriors Shin Mouri]], and [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Yusuke Urameshi]]. Unfortunately, he has undergone some [[VocalEvolution dramatic switch]] in TypeCasting due to his voice aging early in the form of dropping a couple of octaves down to the tenor with a much hoarser texture; [[WordOfGod Sasaki outed]] this was more of a "voice injury" on his part than an aging problem due to a period of receiving characters with loads of mad shouting, cranking in live music performances, and failed to give his voice a resting period. Therefore, most of his recent characters are of TheSociopath, AxCrazy, [[IllGirl Ill Guy]], and {{Jerkass}} type such as [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Hayate Gekko]], [[Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis Jin Atsuku]], [[Manga/DeathNote Mello]], and [[Manga/{{Monster}} Johan Liebert]].... ''I "[[KillEmAll helped]]" him along, of course''.

Most of his famous roles are his early ones[[note]][[GloryDays Which were done in his twenties]].[[/note]], often [[PigeonholedVoiceActor typed]] as TheHero, TheHeart, NiceGuy, MouthyKid, and [[CreepyChild The Creepy Child]], such as [[Manga/{{Akira}} Tetsuo]], [[Anime/RoninWarriors Shin Mouri]], and [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Yusuke Urameshi]]. Unfortunately, he has undergone some [[VocalEvolution dramatic switch]] in TypeCasting due to his voice aging early in the form of dropping a couple of octaves down to the tenor with a much hoarser texture; therefore, most of his recent characters are of TheSociopath, AxCrazy, [[IllGirl Ill Guy]], and {{Jerkass}} type such as [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Hayate Gekko]], [[Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis Jin Atsuku]], [[Manga/DeathNote Mello]], and [[Manga/{{Monster}} Johan Liebert]].... ''I "[[KillEmAll helped]]" him along, of course''.

* RoleReprisal: To combat his aging voice, Sasaki worked hard in getting his voice back into shape for his reprise roles, especially [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Yusuke]] and [[Manga/CardCaptorSakura Eriol]], through sheer voice retraining, and developing vocal techniques.

So you wish to learn about the acclaimed voice actor Nozomu Sasaki? ''You should have seen the look on his face as I plunged the knife into his heart''. Well, he was the [[CelebCrush No.1 male idol seiyuu]] of the TheNineties thanks to his large amount of {{Bishonen}} roles, a beautiful singing voice, and [[IWasQuiteALooker his cute face]], [[note]][[http://i.imgur.com/RaoGfCb.png Not many people can pull off a short Jheri curl with this much sass.]][[/note]] and has been the winner of the Seiyuu Grand Prix ranking more often than ''anyone'' of his generation. Sasaki was known in his prime for his ability to range up towards the ''contralto-near-mezzo register'', comparable to Creator/MitsukiSaiga, and ''[[CrossdressingVoices near identical]]'' to [[Creator/MinamiTakayama Minami Takayama's]] voice range - especially to her [[Manga/DetectiveConan Conan]] voice; this allowed him to play [[AdorablyPrecociousChild lots of adorably precocious children]] in a ''very'' young age range, which most actors in his time couldn't achieve. For the knowledge of the newer anime fanbase, taking account of his popularity and vocal type, he is considered the predecessor of Creator/JunFukuyama and Creator/YuukiKaji.[[note]] Especially Yuuki Kaji, since Kaji is Sasaki's [[SempaiKohai kohai]] via Arts Vision's voice acting school: ''Japan Narration Performance Research Center's'' annual open audition first-place free enrollment grant. Sasaki was the recipient of year 1987 (2nd annual), while Kaji was the recipient of year 2002 (17th annual).[[/note]]

So you wish to learn about the acclaimed voice actor Nozomu Sasaki? ''You should have seen the look on his face as I plunged the knife into his heart''. Well, he was the [[CelebCrush No.1 male idol seiyuu]] of the TheNineties thanks to his large amount of {{Bishonen}} roles, a beautiful singing voice, and [[IWasQuiteALooker his cute face]], [[note]][[http://i.imgur.com/RaoGfCb.png Not many people can pull off a short Jheri curl with this much sass.]][[/note]] and has been the winner of the Seiyuu Grand Prix ranking more often than ''anyone'' of his generation. Sasaki was known in his prime for his ability to range up towards the ''contralto-near-mezzo register'', comparable to Creator/MitsukiSaiga, and ''[[CrossdressingVoices near identical]]'' to [[Creator/MinamiTakayama Minami Takayama's]] voice range - especially to her [[Manga/DetectiveConan Conan]] voice; this allowed him to play [[AdorablyPrecociousChild lots of adorably precocious children]] in a ''very'' young age range, which most actors in his time couldn't achieve. For the knowledge of the newer anime fanbase, taking account of his popularity and vocal type, he is considered the predecessor of Creator/JunFukuyama and Creator/YuukiKaji.[[note]] Especially Yuuki Kaji, since Kaji is Sasaki's [[SempaiKohai kohai]] via Arts Vision's voice acting school: ''Japan Narration Performance Research Center's'' annual open audition first-place free enrollment grant. (Sasaki was the recipient of year 1987 (2nd annual), while Kaji was the recipient of year 2002 (17th annual).[[/note]]

So you wish to learn about the acclaimed voice actor Nozomu Sasaki? ''You should have seen the look on his face as I plunged the knife into his heart''. Well, he was the [[CelebCrush No.1 male idol seiyuu]] of the TheNineties thanks to his large amount of {{Bishonen}} roles, a beautiful singing voice, and [[IWasQuiteALooker his cute face]], [[note]][[http://i.imgur.com/RaoGfCb.png Not many people can pull off a short Jheri curl with this much sass.]][[/note]] and has been the winner of the Seiyuu Grand Prix ranking more often than ''anyone'' of his generation. Sasaki was known in his prime for his ability to range up towards the ''contralto-near-mezzo register'', comparable to Creator/MitsukiSaiga, and ''[[CrossdressingVoices near identical]]'' to [[Creator/MinamiTakayama Minami Takayama's]] voice range - especially to her [[Manga/DetectiveConan Conan]] voice; this allowed him to play [[AdorablyPrecociousChild lots of adorably precocious children]] in a ''very'' young age range, which most actors in his time couldn't achieve. For the knowledge of the newer anime fanbase, taking account of his popularity and vocal type, he is considered the predecessor of Creator/JunFukuyama and Creator/YuukiKaji.[[note]] Especially Yuuki Kaji, since Kaji is Sasaki's direct [[SempaiKohai kohai]] via Arts Vision's voice acting school: ''Japan Narration Performance Research Center's'' annual open audition first-place free enrollment grant. (Sasaki was from year 1987 (2nd annual), while Kaji was the recipient of year 2002 (17th annual).[[/note]]

So you wish to learn about the acclaimed voice actor Nozomu Sasaki? ''You should have seen the look on his face as I plunged the knife into his heart''. Well, he was the [[CelebCrush No.1 male idol seiyuu]] of the TheNineties thanks to his large amount of {{Bishonen}} roles, a beautiful singing voice, and [[IWasQuiteALooker his cute face]], [[note]][[http://i.imgur.com/RaoGfCb.png Not many people can pull off a short Jheri curl with this much sass.]][[/note]] and has been the winner of the Seiyuu Grand Prix ranking more often than ''anyone'' of his generation. Sasaki was known in his prime for his ability to range up towards the ''contralto-near-mezzo register'', comparable to Creator/MitsukiSaiga, and ''[[CrossdressingVoices near identical]]'' to [[Creator/MinamiTakayama Minami Takayama's]] voice range - especially to her [[Manga/DetectiveConan Conan]] voice; this allowed him to play [[AdorablyPrecociousChild lots of adorably precocious children]] in a ''very'' young age range, which most actors in his time couldn't achieve. For the knowledge of the newer anime fanbase, taking account of his popularity and vocal type, he is considered the predecessor of Creator/JunFukuyama and Creator/YuukiKaji.[[note]] Especially Yuuki Kaji, since Kaji is Sasaki's direct [[SempaiKohai kohai]] via Arts Vision's seasonal open audition first-place free enrollment grant.[[/note]]

So you wish to learn about the acclaimed voice actor Nozomu Sasaki? ''You should have seen the look on his face as I plunged the knife into his heart''. Well, he was the [[CelebCrush No.1 male idol seiyuu]] of the TheNineties thanks to his large amount of {{Bishonen}} roles, a beautiful singing voice, and [[IWasQuiteALooker his cute face]], [[note]][[http://i.imgur.com/RaoGfCb.png Not many people can pull off a short Jheri curl with this much sass.]][[/note]] and has been the winner of the Seiyuu Grand Prix ranking more often than ''anyone'' of his generation. Sasaki was known in his prime for his ability to range up towards the ''contralto-near-mezzo register'', comparable to Creator/MitsukiSaiga, and ''[[CrossdressingVoices near identical]]'' to [[Creator/MinamiTakayama Minami Takayama's]] voice range - especially to her [[Manga/DetectiveConan Conan]] voice; this allowed him to play [[AdorablyPrecociousChild lots of adorably precocious children]] in a ''very'' young age range, which most actors in his time couldn't achieve. For the knowledge of the newer anime fanbase, taking account of his popularity and vocal type, he is considered the predecessor of Creator/JunFukuyama and the contemporary of Creator/YuukiKaji.

He has been in the business since [[TheEighties the late eighties]]. In fact, he was part of the ''first'' Seiyuu BoyBand ever to become popular - ''The [=NG5=]''; it wase made of the five main voice actors of ''Anime/RoninWarriors'', which included Creator/TakeshiKusao.

So you wish to learn about the acclaimed voice actor Nozomu Sasaki? ''You should have seen the look on his face as I plunged the knife into his heart.'' Well, he was the [[CelebCrush No.1 male idol seiyuu]] of the TheNineties thanks to his large amount of {{Bishonen}} roles, a beautiful singing voice, and [[IWasQuiteALooker his cute face]], [[note]][[http://i.imgur.com/RaoGfCb.png Not too many people can pull off a short Jheri curl with this much sass.]][[/note]] and has been the winner of the Seiyuu Grand Prix ranking more often than ''anyone'' of his generation. Sasaki was known in his prime for his ability to range up towards the ''contralto-near-mezzo register'' comparable to Creator/MitsukiSaiga, and ''[[CrossdressingVoices practically near identical]]'' to [[Creator/MinamiTakayama Minami Takayama's]] voice range, especially to her [[Manga/DetectiveConan Conan]] voice; allowing him to play [[AdorablyPrecociousChild lots of adorably precocious children]] in a ''very'' young age range to which most actors in his time couldn't achieve. For the knowledge of the newer anime fanbase, taking account of his popularity and vocal type, he is considered as the predecessor of Creator/JunFukuyama and the contemporary Creator/YuukiKaji.

He has been in the business since [[TheEighties the late eighties]], in fact, he was part of the ''first'' Seiyuu BoyBand ever to bloomed in popularity in Japanese history, The ''[=NG5=]''; who's made up from the main five voice actors of ''Anime/RoninWarriors'', which included Creator/TakeshiKusao.

Most of his famous roles were his early ones, [[note]][[GloryDays Which were done in his twenties]][[/note]] often [[PigeonholedVoiceActor typed]] as TheHero, TheHeart, NiceGuy, MouthyKid, and [[CreepyChild The Creepy Child]], such as [[Manga/{{Akira}} Tetsuo]], [[Anime/RoninWarriors Shin Mouri]], and [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Yusuke Urameshi]]. Unfortunately, he is one of those actors who has to undergo some [[VocalEvolution dramatic switch]] in TypeCasting; due to his voice aging early in the form of his voice dropping a good couple of octaves downward to the tenor with a much hoarser texture. Therefore, most of his recent characters are of TheSociopath, AxCrazy, [[IllGirl Ill Guy]], and {{Jerkass}} type such as [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Hayate Gekko]], [[Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis Jin Atsuku]], [[Manga/DeathNote Mello]], and [[Manga/{{Monster}} Johan Liebert]]...''I [[KillEmAll "helped"]] him along, of course''.

Oh yes, he doesn't like to use the word 'Nii-san' thanks to a certain role he had in ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'', but it may be a whole different story if that word was recited by a certain '[[Creator/NobuyukiHiyama younger brother]]' of his, [[Anime/BtX of which project also happened to have an "X" in it's title]]. Along with his other fellow ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' [[Creator/ShigeruChiba cast]] [[Creator/MegumiOgata mates]], he had claimed all three of them to be his TrueCompanions.

Please do not confuse him with the similarly name voice actress, Nozom''i'' Sasaki, [[note]]While their given names are pronounced differently, their full names in kanji form are [[NamesTheSame written exactly the same]].[[/note]] ''I had to kill her too''.

* Nagi Naoe in ''WeissKreuz''

* Lucian and Fuyuki in ''ValkyrieProfile''

Please do not confuse him with the similarly named voice actress, Nozom''i'' Sasaki, ''I had to kill her too''.

* TheQuietOne: A reserved man by nature, people would find Sasaki's small talks ''really'' small talks, unless he's required to answer questions, host, or make lengthy statements; and he doesn't really prefer to budge in on conversations unless the topics are aiming directly to him. A good example can be seen through his various ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' commentary sessions, be it old or recent years, where he just naturally sits through entire conversations with his mouth shut while the other three just keep flexing their tongues.

So you wish to learn about the acclaimed voice actor Nozomu Sasaki? ''You should have seen the look on his face as I plunged the knife into his heart.'' Well, he was the [[CelebCrush No.1 male idol seiyuu]] of the TheNineties thanks to his large amount of {{Bishonen}} roles, a beautiful singing voice, and [[IWasQuiteALooker his cute face]], and has been the winner of the Seiyuu Grand Prix ranking more often than ''anyone'' of his generation. Sasaki was known in his prime for his ability to range up towards the ''contralto-near-mezzo register'' comparable to Creator/MitsukiSaiga, and ''[[CrossdressingVoices practically near identical]]'' to [[Creator/MinamiTakayama Minami Takayama's]] voice range, especially to her [[Manga/DetectiveConan Conan]] voice; allowing him to play [[AdorablyPrecociousChild lots of adorably precocious children]] in a ''very'' young age range to which most actors in his time couldn't achieve. For the knowledge of the newer anime fanbase, taking account of his popularity and vocal type, he is considered as the predecessor of Creator/JunFukuyama and the contemporary Creator/YuukiKaji.

So you wish to learn about the acclaimed voice actor Nozomu Sasaki? ''You should have seen the look on his face as I plunged the knife into his heart.'' Well, he was the [[CelebCrush No.1 male idol seiyuu]] of the TheNineties thanks to his large amount of {{Bishonen}} roles, a beautiful singing voice, and [[IWasQuiteALooker his cute face]], and has been the winner of the Seiyuu Grand Prix ranking more often than ''anyone'' of his generation. Sasaki was known in his prime for his ability to range up towards the ''contralto-near-mezzo register'' comparable to Creator/MitsukiSaiga, and ''[[CrossdressingVoices practically near identical]]'' to [[Creator/MinamiTakayama Minami Takayama's]] voice range, especially to her [[Manga/DetectiveConan Conan]] voice; allowing him to play [[AdorablyPrecociousChild lots of adorably precocious children]] in a ''very'' young age range to which most actors in his time couldn't achieve. For the knowledge of the newer anime fanbase, taking account of his popularity and vocal type, he is considered as the predecessor of Creator/JunFukuyama and the more recent Creator/YuukiKaji.

* [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife and Zack Fair]] in ''{{Ehrgeiz}}''

* Hathaway Noa in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Char's Counterattack]]''

So you wish to learn about the acclaimed voice actor Nozomu Sasaki? ''You should have seen the look on his face as I plunged the knife into his heart.'' Well, he was the [[CelebCrush No.1 male idol seiyuu]] of the TheNineties thanks to his large amount of {{Bishonen}} roles, a beautiful singing voice, and [[IWasQuiteALooker his cute face]], and has been the winner of the Seiyuu Grand Prix ranking more often than ''anyone'' of his generation. Sasaki was known in his prime for his ability to range up towards the '''contralto-near-mezzo register''' comparable to Creator/MitsukiSaiga, and ''[[CrossdressingVoices practically near identical]]'' to [[Creator/MinamiTakayama Minami Takayama's]] voice range, especially to her [[Manga/DetectiveConan Conan]] voice; allowing him to play [[AdorablyPrecociousChild lots of adorably precocious children]] in a ''very'' young age range to which most actors in his time couldn't achieve. For the knowledge of the newer anime fanbase, taking account of his popularity and vocal type, he is considered as the predecessor of Creator/JunFukuyama and the more recent Creator/YuukiKaji.

Most of his famous roles were his early ones, [[note]][[GloryDays Which were done in his twenties]][[/note]] often [[PigeonholedVoiceActor typed]] as TheHero, TheHeart, NiceGuy, MouthyKid, and [[CreepyChild The Creepy Child]], such as [[Manga/{{Akira}} Tetsuo]], [[Anime/RoninWarriors Shin Mouri]], and [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Yusuke Urameshi]]. Unfortunately, he is one of those actors who has to undergo some [[VocalEvolution dramatic switch]] in TypeCasting; due to his voice aging early in the form of his voice dropping a good couple of octaves downward to the tenor with a much hoarser texture. Therefore, most of his recent characters are of TheSociopath, AxCrazy, [[IllGirl Ill Guy]], and {{Jerkass}} type such as [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Hayate Gekko]], [[Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis Jin Atsuku]], and [[Manga/{{Monster}} Johan Liebert]]...''I [[KillEmAll "helped"]] him along, of course''.

Oh yes, he doesn't like to use the word 'Nii-san' thanks to a certain role he had in ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'', but it may be a whole different story if that word was recited by a certain '[[Creator/NobuyukiHiyama younger brother]]' of his, [[Anime/BtX of which project also happened to have an "X" in it's title]]. Along with his other fellow ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' cast mates, Creator/MegumiOgata, and Creator/ShigeruChiba, he had claimed all three of them to be his TrueCompanions.

* Genji Agedama in ''Anime/GenjiTsuushinAgedama''
** An example of him PlayingAgainstType, yet also is one of those characters that he DEFINITELY couldn't pull off nowadays since his voice has [[VocalEvolution aged]].

* Stephen Hyde in the Japanese dub of ''Series/ThatSeventiesShow''

* Johan Liebert in ''Anime/{{Monster}}''