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Sakurai is a seiyuu (voice actor) by trade. He has had many well known roles, including the following:

Lan Di "Longsun Zhao" in the games Shenmue and Shenmue 2, Hilts in Zoids: Chaotic Century, Ukiya Shun in Gate Keepers, Shimamura Joe/009 in Cyborg 009 (2001), Kururugi Suzaku in Code Geass, Kanda Yu in D.Gray-man, Cloud Strife in many of the Final Fantasy VII spinoff games as well as the Kingdom Hearts series, and Sasori in Naruto Shippuuden.