Ryota Iwasaki

Ryota Iwasaki (岩崎 諒太) is a Japanese actor from Osaka Prefecture, affiliated with Atomic Monkey. He is known for starring as Nurude Sasara in Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle: Rhyme Anima, Yusuke Tashiro in Noblesse, the younger Sakata brother in Eien no 831, Hayato Yuzuki in The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons, Morita in Snack Basue, Kuroshio in The Fable, Harada Sanosuke in Blue Miburo, and Medaka Kuroiwa in Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms.

Biography
Ryota Iwasaki, a native of Osaka Prefecture, was born on 1 July 1986, the eldest of three brothers. He began watching anime as a child, and while in the fifth grade of elementary school, he listened to the radio show Hayashibara Megumi no Heartful Station and became interested in voice acting. After graduating from an agricultural high school in 2005, he graduated from Yoyogi Animation Academy's Osaka campus in 2007. his parents encouraged him to attend the academy, and he saved up for tuition. He was then educated at the Atomic Monkey Voice Acting and Acting Institute, graduating as a member of the fifth class. He also made a part-time living as a telephone appointment maker.

He later joined Tomokazu Seki's theatre troupe HeroHero Q. He played Iriya in HeroHero Q's 2016 stage adaptation of Blade of the Immortal, before returning for the May 2018 finale at the Zenrosai Hall Space Zero in Shibuya, Tokyo. He also appeared in Herohero Q's stage adaptation of Mazinger Z, also at Zenrosai Hall Space Zero, from November to December 2022.

After voicing Inasa Yoarashi in My Hero Academia and Noriyuki Nakamachi in Karakuri Circus, he starred as Nurude Sasara in Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle: Rhyme Anima. He later starred as Yusuke Tashiro in Noblesse, the younger Sakata brother in Eien no 831, and Hayato Yuzuki in The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons. In 2024, he was cast as Morita in Snack Basue, Kuroshio in The Fable, Harada Sanosuke in Blue Miburo, and Medaka Kuroiwa in Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms.

While a guest for the 30 July 2021 episode of the variety show Say You to Yo Asobi, he had a dedicated segment where he talked about his life to provide information for his Wikipedia article.

His hobbies and skills are karaoke and impersonations.