Yuki Sakakihara

Yuki Sakakihara (Japanese: 榊原優希, Hepburn: Sakakihara Yūki, born September 18, 1995) is a Japanese voice actor from Ibara, affiliated with 81 Produce. He is known for starring as Shu Ujigawa in From Argonavis, Nanaki Ralei in The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt, Asahi Ikusaba in My One-Hit Kill Sister, Yako Amano in Ayaka: A Story of Bonds and Wounds, and Jyushi Aimono in Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle: Rhyme Anima.

Biography

Yuki Sakakihara, a native of Ibara, Okayama Prefecture, was born on 18 September. He lived "[so] deep in the mountains of Okayama Prefecture" it was difficult for him to go out for karaoke.

Inspired by a class reading in elementary school and experience with narrating his high school student council's film for the cultural festival, he decided to go into voice acting. After being eliminated in the finals of the NHK-sponsored Seiyū Stadium audition, he attended Amusement Media Academy at night in parallel with his day classes at a university, where he was a biology major. He graduated from Amusement Media Academy in 2017, and he chose 81 Produce as his agency after meeting with Kujira, who was a family connection to one of his college friends.

In 2018, Sakakihara became part of Sega's Readyyy! multimedia franchise as Uta Kamijō. In February 2020, he became part of Bushiroad's From Argonavis franchise as Shu Ujigawa, the vocalist of in-universe band Epsilon Phi. In September 2021, it was announced that he would voice Nanaki Ralei, a major character in The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt. In 2023, he voiced Asahi Ikusaba in My One-Hit Kill Sister, Polka Shinoyama in Dead Mount Death Play, Yako Amano in Ayaka: A Story of Bonds and Wounds, Peter in Bikkuri-Men, and Jyushi Aimono in Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle: Rhyme Anima. In 2024, he starred as Yūya in A Condition Called Love and Juri in Vampire Dormitory.

In October 2023, he was a guest at Okayama Momo Anime Fes in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, where he had a talk show and "with his native prefecture's encouragement, renewed his resolve". He won the Best New Actor Award at the 18th Seiyu Awards.

He is also a fan of Ling Tosite Sigure, singing their lead vocalist Toru Kitajima's song "Hikari no Akuma" as part of Epsilon Phi.