Eiji Takeuchi

Eiji Takeuchi’s Path Through Supporting Roles to Franchise Standouts

Out of Aichi Prefecture, Eiji Takeuchi (竹内栄治, born April 17, 1986) trained at the Nihon Narration Acting Institute before joining Arts Vision, the agency that has represented him throughout his career. His early work followed a pattern common to many seiyuu building a foundation in the industry: ensemble casts, background characters, and a string of supporting slots across titles that kept his voice inside some of anime’s most competitive productions. That grounding work across Kingdom, No Game No Life, Terror in Resonance, and White Album 2 built range before larger credits arrived.

The character of Takefumi Kawachi in Hataraku Maou-sama! (The Devil is a Part-Timer!) gave Takeuchi one of his earliest recurring hooks – a comedic supporting role spread across three seasons of the franchise, from its 2013 debut through to 2023. Around the same period, his appearances in Sword Art Online II, Terraformars, and Your Lie in April added further depth to a portfolio that was quickly expanding beyond filler work into parts with genuine screen presence. Akame ga Kill! and ERASED (Boku dake ga Inai Machi) placed his voice inside titles that attracted wide international attention during their broadcast runs.

Classroom of the Elite, Tokyo Revengers, and the Breakthrough Years

Ken Sudou in Classroom of the Elite marked a turning point. The character – a hotheaded, physically dominant student whose aggression repeatedly creates friction within Class D – demanded something more sustained than background filler. Takeuchi carried Sudou across multiple seasons of the long-running series, making the role one of his most recognized. The credit became a reference point that other casting teams cited when describing his work; his name appears alongside that role in promotional material for Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle – Rhyme Anima +.

Tokyo Revengers added Nobutaka Osanai to his recurring roster, with the character appearing across all three arcs of the anime adaptation. BANANA FISH featured him as Steven Thomson, and Deca-Dence brought him in as Hidari in the 2020 original sci-fi series. The volume and consistency of his output during this stretch – maintaining active roles across multiple concurrent productions – established Takeuchi as a reliable presence in mid-tier and supporting cast work.

Hypnosis Mic and the Music Dimension

Hitoya Amaguni from the Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- multimedia project represents his most distinct assignment. As the leader of Bad Ass Temple and the Osaka Division’s legal heavyweight – a stern, authoritative attorney who weaponizes the law as his rap persona – Amaguni sits at the intersection of the franchise’s theatre, music, and anime arms. Takeuchi performed as part of Bad Ass Temple across the anime’s insert songs, theme song contributions as part of Division All Stars, stage productions, CD drama tracks, and the interactive movie entry. It is a rare credit that extends a seiyuu’s work into live performance and music release territory, and it has given Takeuchi a fanbase connected to the franchise’s active concert circuit.

Dubbing, Games, and Recent Work

Alongside anime, Takeuchi’s filmography includes extensive dubbing credits for foreign productions – Ghost Rider 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, the KILLJOYS television series, Desolation of Smaug-era work, and Glee Season 4, among others. In games, he has voiced Kim Dong Hwan in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves and Emerald in Octopath Traveler II, with additional credits in Boyfriend (Kari) and the mobile title Quiz RPG: Wizard and the Black Cat. His 2024 appearance in Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master (as Sumio) and recent credits in Plus-Sized Misadventures in Love and Karasu wa Aruji wo Erabanai confirm an active slate extending through 2025 and into 2026, with the Japanese dub of Disney’s Freaky Friday remake (Freaky Friday) announced for the same period.