Kaiji Tang

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Kaiji Tang
Born (1984-01-25) January 25, 1984 (age 37)[1]
Shanghai, China[2]
Alma materUniversity of California Riverside[3]
OccupationVoice actor
Years active2005–present
Spouse(s)
Marcy Edwards
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(m. 2017)​
Websitekaijitang.com

Kaiji Tang (pronounced Kay-jee; born January 25, 1984) is a Chinese voice actor working primarily in Los Angeles.[2]

Biography[]

Tang graduated from the University of California Riverside with a degree in theatre.[3] He comes from a theatrical background and moved to Los Angeles in 2007 to do commercial work. He starred in commercials for Garmin GPS and The Discovery Channel.[4] After appearing in a cult-classic movie called Zombie Strippers as a zombie, he auditioned for a podcast for a dubbing studio and was eventually hired. Ever since then, he has found success in finding roles for anime and video game characters. Tang has stated that he never set out to do voice work and it all came later on in his life.[2] Tang enjoys his profession and likes contributing to the video game industry as he compares video games to novels.[5] Tang hosts the YouTube channel Voices of Gaming.[6]

Career[]

In anime, Tang is known as the voice of Big G from Doraemon, Satoru Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen, Hendrickson from The Seven Deadly Sins, Guts from Berserk, Tsumugu Kinagase from Kill La Kill, Archer from Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works and Joe from Megalo Box. In video games, he is known for his performances as Wingul from Tales of Xillia, Fang from Fairy Fencer F, Yasuhiro Hagakure and Gonta Gokuhara from the Danganronpa series, Osamu Dazai from Bungo Stray Dogs, and Ichiban Kasuga in the Yakuza series.

He is also known for voicing Owain/Odin in the Fire Emblem series, as well as the titular character in Detective Pikachu and voiced Tom Cat in the 2021 film Tom & Jerry. In August 2021, Tang began voicing Amidamaru in the anime remake of .

Personal life[]

Tang married voice actress Marcy Edwards on June 24, 2017.[7][8][9] He has a sister named Katherine.[10]

Filmography[]

Films[]

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films
Year Title Role Notes Source[11]
2011 Tekken: Blood Vengeance Lee Chaolan [12]
2012 Battle Royale Shogo Kawada [13]
2018 Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower Archer [14]
2019 Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly Archer
2019 White Snake Chang Pan [15]
2020 Altered Carbon: Resleeved Shinji [12]
2020 Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna Kyotaro Yamada [16]
2021 Tom & Jerry Tom Cat [17]
2021 Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire Eugene Lim [12]
2018 Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song Archer
2021 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train Sanemi Shinazugawa [12]


Video games[]

List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source[11]
2008 BlazBlue Researcher, Bounty Hunter  
2009 Grand Chase Jin Kaien  
2009 Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight Thrust, Strike   [12]
2010 Heroes of Newerth Dark Elf Swiftblade  
2010 Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes Various Roles   [18]
2011 Dynasty Warriors 7 Sima Zhao  
2011 Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends Sima Zhao  
2012 Soul Calibur V Young Knight
2012 Dynasty Warriors Next Sima Zhao  
2012 Reality Fighters Kung Fu Monk, Samurai  
2012 Tales of Graces f Raymond Oswell   [19]
2012 Skullgirls Black Egrets Soldier, Politician Double  
2012 Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Violet  
2012 Dead or Alive 5 Jann Lee  
2012 Resident Evil 6 Screamer Zombie  
2012 MapleStory Male Luminous   [20]
2013 Fire Emblem Awakening Owain   [12]
2013 Dynasty Warriors 8 Sima Zhao  
2013 Tales of Xillia Wingul   [12]
2013 Batman: Arkham Origins Multiplayer Joker, Bane Elite  
2014 Bravely Default Doctor Qada   [21]
2014 Smite Ao Kuang  
2014 Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Yasuhiro Hagakure   [22]
2014 Fairy Fencer F Fang   [21]
2014 Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- Faust   [21]
2015 Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker Yamato Hotsuin   [21]
2015 Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Red Magnus   [12]
2015 Skullgirls 2nd Encore Brain Drain, Black Egrets Soldier, Yu-Wan, Politician Double, Andy Anvil, Lawrence, Grendel  
2015 Xenoblade Chronicles X Yelv   [12]
2015 The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Gaius Worzel [12]
2016 The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II Gaius Worzel [12]
2016 Fire Emblem Fates Odin (Owain), Shiro, Ignatius   [12]
2016 Killing Floor 2 Hayato Tanaka  
2017 Fire Emblem Heroes Odin, Narcian, Lloyd, Shiro, Owain   [12]
2017 Akiba's Beat Kasuga Yuuki   [12]
2017 Fire Emblem Warriors Owain   [12]
2017 Persona 5 Munehisa Iwai   [12][23]
2018 Detective Pikachu Detective Pikachu   [24]
2018 Fallout 76 Male Player Character, Brody Torrance, Jeff Nakamura, Additional Voices   [25]
2019 Pokémon Masters Noland, Hiker, Pokéfan   [26]
2019 AI: The Somnium Files Moma Kumakura [27]
2019 The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III Gaius Worzel [28]
2019 Dead or Alive 6 Jann Lee
2019 BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Akatsuki [29]
2019 Grand Chase Dimensional Chaser Jin Kaien, Mecha Rocco
2020 Persona 5 Royal Munehisa Iwai [12]
2020 The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV Gaius Worzel [12]
2020 Yakuza: Like a Dragon Ichiban Kasuga [12][30]
2020 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Takatoshi Hijiyama [12]
2021 Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-: The Prophecy of the Throne Salum Pristis [31]
2021 Guilty Gear -STRIVE- Faust, Daryl [12]
2021 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles Sanemi Shinazugawa [32]
2021 Marvel Super War Shang-Chi [33]
2021 Haru [34]

Live action[]

List of acting performances in film and television
Year Title Role Notes Source[11]
2008 Zombie Strippers! Zombie First Hollywood acting role [35][36]

Webseries[]

List of acting performances in webseries
Year Title Role Notes Source[11]
2016 Death Battle Roronoa Zoro Episode: "Roronoa Zoro VS. Erza Scarlet" [37]
2017 RWBY Li Ren Volume 4, Chapter 10: "Kuroyuri" [38]

Anime[]

List of voice performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source[11]
2007 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Computer Club Member [13]
2008 Tweeny Witches Warlock Officer [13]
2008 Kite Liberator Sputnik [13][12]
2008 The Familiar of Zero Jean Colbert, Derflinger [39]
2009 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Shiro Takamachi [13]
2009 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Shiro Takamachi, Graf Eisen [13][39]
2011 Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Tetsudo "Poppo" Hisakawa [40]
2013 Sword Art Online Schmitt [39]
2013 Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan Akifusa Keikain [39]
2014–15 Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic series Ren Koen Also Kingdom [39][41]
2014–15 Doraemon Big G [39][42]
2014–15 Kill la Kill Tsumugu Kinagase Also OVA [43][44]
2015 Coppelion Taro [45]
2015 Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works Archer TV series [39]
2015 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Santvlento [12]
2015 The Seven Deadly Sins Hendrickson also season 2 [46]
2016 One-Punch Man Armored Gorilla, Subterraneans (ep 1) [47][48]
2016 Charlotte Hosoyamada [13][12][39]
2016 Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School Koichi Kizakura [49]
2017 Dragon Ball Super Vegeta Bang Zoom! Entertainment dub [50]
2017 Berserk Guts 2016 series [51]
2017 Fate/Grand Order: First Order Archer
2018 Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu Odenta Mitsuyo [52]
2018–20 Baki Retsu Netflix ONA [12]
2018–19 Bungo Stray Dogs Osamu Dazai Studiopolis dub [53]
2018 Skip Beat! Matsushima, "Love Me" male voice [54]
2018 Back Street Girls: Gokudolls Kentaro [55]
2018 Megalo Box Joe [56]
2020 Beastars Bill [57]
2020 Dorohedoro Aikawa
2020 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Sanemi Shinazugawa [58]
2020 Drifting Dragons Gaga
2020 The God of High School Taek Jegal [59]
2020 Jujutsu Kaisen Gojo Satoru [60]
2021 Kuroko’s Basketball Tsutomu Iwamura Netflix English Dub
2021 Beyblade Burst Surge Narrator, Noboru Hizashi
2021 Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song Yugo Kakitani [12]
2021 Record of Ragnarok Lü Bu
2021 Vinland Saga Halfdan Netflix dub [61]
2021 Magatsu Wahrheit Zuerst Lotus Gutheil [62]
2021 Tokyo Revengers Nobutaka Osanai

References[]

  1. ^ Tang, Kaiji [@KaijiTang] (January 25, 2021). "Thank you all so much for the beautiful birthday wishes. Here's to my 37th adventure!" (Tweet). Retrieved September 22, 2021 – via Twitter.
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  4. ^ "Kaiji Tang: L.A. voice actor displays his versatilityLos Angeles Post-Examiner". lapostexaminer.com. August 2015. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  5. ^ "Voice Acting with Kaiji Tang". Acting Is... Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  6. ^ "Media - Voices of Gaming Begins SKULLGIRLS LIVE: THE ENCORE Series". Skullheart. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  7. ^ Tang, Kaiji (2017-06-25). "Thank you for all the beautiful tweets! Going to try and get to replies when the fatigue is all gone. Love y'all". @kaijitang. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  8. ^ Edwards, Marcy (2017-06-27). "@KaijiTang and I. Our wedding kiss. Shot by Lily Gu". @marcythebeast. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  9. ^ Tang, Kaiji. "I got married yesterday". Professional Voice Monkey. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  10. ^ Tang, Kaiji (2019-02-05). "My sister @KatTangTwt is texting me about getting points toward free pizza at 11ishpm. Blood runs thick. Like pizza sauce". @KaijiTang. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
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  14. ^ "Fathom and Aniplex of America Bring Latest 'Fate/stay' Movie to Theaters". Three if By Space. May 7, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  15. ^ Post, NYAV (2019-11-13). "Please note the role of Chang Pan is voiced by Kaiji Tang @KaijiTang Despite his incredible performance, he has not morphed into a combination of himself and the character he voices in White Snake #KaijiPan". @nyav_post. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
  16. ^ "Shout! Factory Releases Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna Anime Film on BD/DVD in October". Anime News Network. July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  17. ^ "Kaiji Von Tang on Twitter: "Got permission to tell this funny story. I did the scratch track for this movie as Tom. Thought it was one and done. Come to find out, they put me in Additional Voices cause a lot of our track made it in! That's me you're hearing falling off buildings and tearing up hotel rooms."". Twitter. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  18. ^ Capcom. Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes. Capcom. Scene: Ending credits, 0:47 in, CAST.
  19. ^ "Pascal Voice - Tales of Graces (Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 21 October 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  20. ^ MapleStory [@MapleStory] (March 13, 2014). "@arrivedercl @snowyue7 Xenon: Lucien Dodge, Luminous: Kaiji Tang, Phantom: Evan Bonifant, Mercedes: Cristina Vee" (Tweet). Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Twitter.
  21. ^ a b c d "Voice Actor Kaiji Tang Joining Otakon 2015 Guest Roster". GraphicPolicy. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  22. ^ Tang, Kaiji (2013-07-18). "Just finished recording Yasuhiro Hagakure for #DanganRonpa : Trigger Happy Havoc! Due out early 2014! ...Now I need a burger". @kaijitang. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  23. ^ Tang, Kaiji. "Munehisa Iwai can help you make that wish of yours come true". @KaijiTang. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  24. ^ "He DOES sound familiar guys, you're right! Guess we'll find out who it is when the game comes out! Probably Ryan Reynolds". Twitter. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  25. ^ Bethesda Game Studios Austin (November 14, 2018). Fallout 76. Bethesda Softworks. Scene: Credits: Voice & Music - Cast.
  26. ^ Tang, Kaiji [@KaijiTang] (August 29, 2019). "Hey all! It's #PokemonMasters day! I voice Noland, Hiker, and Pokefan!! You can download it now so please treat my trainers well!" (Tweet). Retrieved August 29, 2019 – via Twitter.
  27. ^ Tang, Kaiji (2019-09-17). "Eeeeey #AITHESOMNIUMFILES drops today! I voice Moma Kumakura, the yakuza boss with rich and fulfilling hobbies! Have fun!!". @KaijiTang. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  28. ^ Tang, Kaiji (2019-10-22). "Let the wind guide you toward #TrailsofColdSteelIII available today for PS4! Let Gaius take you under his wing. Easy breezy". @KaijiTang. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  29. ^ Tang, Kaiji [@KaijiTang] (November 2, 2019). "Oh and one more thing! Super psyched to announce that I'll be voicing Akatsuki in @ArcSystemWorks' #BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle 2.0.!! It hits Nov. 21 on Switch, PS4, and PC!

    Remember. B tatsu is life.

    #BBTag"     (Tweet). Retrieved November 2, 2019 – via Twitter.
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  31. ^ Chime. Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne. Spike Chunsoft. Scene: Ending credits, 32:47 in, Cast.
  32. ^ "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles (2021 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 28 November 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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  34. ^ Tang, Kaiji [@KaijiTang] (September 30, 2021). "Nightmare Daddy Haru returns in the Banned-In-Australia #MarySkelterFinale! Oh the horror, the blood, the scariness. Check it out on PS4 and Nintendo Switch!" (Tweet). Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Twitter.
  35. ^ Tang, Kaiji (2014-05-29). "Little known fact: My first job in Hollywood was being a zombie in "Zombie Strippers"". @kaijitang. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  36. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2016-04-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  37. ^ Ben B. Singer [@BenBSinger] (15 November 2016). "Excited for Zoro VS Erza? They'll be voiced by @KaijiTang & @KBeeThatsMe respectively! Check this first look out:…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  50. ^ Kaiji Tang [@KaijiTang] (10 January 2017). "Proud to be voicing Vegeta for the @ToonamiAsia broadcast of #DragonBallSuper! Now dirty your knees before the Prin…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  51. ^ "Funimation Acquires Berserk Season 1 (2016) English Dub - Funimation - Blog!". Funimation - Blog!. 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  52. ^ "Aniplex USA Announces Katsugeki Touken Ranbu's Blu-Ray Set, English Dub Cast". 2017-04-03.
  53. ^ "Bungo Stray Dogs English Dub Casts Kaiji Tang as Osamu Dazai". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  54. ^ "Update 26: Upgrades via Backerkit & Updated Cast List! · Skip Beat! Official North American Release". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  55. ^ Kaiji Tang [@KaijiTang] (December 12, 2018). "I voice a gentleman by the name of Kentaro in #BackStreetGirls #Gokudolls which hit Netflix today! Supervise them childrens because this is certainly a black comedy. Shout out to @ErikaHarlacher who also voices...me. You'll see what I mean if you give it a watch" (Tweet). Retrieved December 23, 2018 – via Twitter.
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  57. ^ Mateo, Alex (February 20, 2020). "BEASTARS Anime Reveals English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  58. ^ "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Anime's Video Reveals English Dub Cast for Hashira". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  59. ^ Tang, Kaiji. "You'll hear me as food connoisseur, bon vivant, and all around great guy Jegal Taek in #GodOfHighschool now on @Crunchyroll. lets do lunch :D". @KaijiTang. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
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  61. ^ Luster, Joseph (July 24, 2021). "Sentai Shares Vinland Saga English Dub Preview, Reveals Full Cast". Crunchyroll. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  62. ^ "Magatsu Wahrheit Zuerst English Dub Cast and Crew". Studio Nano. August 4, 2022. Retrieved August 4, 2021.

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