is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with 81 Produce and Sacra Music.
Early life Saito was born on April 22, 1991, in Shōwa, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. He is the eldest of three siblings, with two younger sisters. He wanted to become a voice actor in high school, inspired by Akira Ishida's role as Koyemshi in Bokurano. Prior to that, he wanted to become a musician or a novel writer.
Voice acting career Saito joined the second 81 Produce's Audition in 2008. In that audition, a total of 1,035 people participated with only 33 going to the final audition to decide who would win and stay training under the talent agency. He won the audition for the male category and started taking voice acting classes at 81 ACTOR'S STUDIO afterwards, while still attending high school.
In 2009, Saito won the "Judges' Special Prize" in the recitation competition at the 33rd . Veteran voice actor Nobuyo Ōyama was one of the judges present at that time.
He started his career as a voice actor in 2010, voicing minor roles in a few anime and video games. He put less focus on his career as a voice actor during his first two years to focus on his studies at Waseda University. After graduating from college in 2014, he started to take on more important roles. The first major role that he got through audition was Tasuku Ryuenji in the anime series Future Card Buddyfight. In the same year, Saito got other major roles as Tadashi Yamaguchi in the anime series Haikyu!!, Tatsumi in the anime series Akame ga Kill!, and Twelve in the anime series Terror in Resonance.
At the 9th Seiyu Awards, Saito won the "Best Male Newcomer" award for his role as Twelve in the anime series Terror in Resonance. He shared the award with Ryōta Ōsaka and Natsuki Hanae. In March 2019, he and the other members of Hypnosis Mic received a singing award in the 13th Voice Actor Awards.
Music career Saito made his debut as a solo artist in 2017, under Sacra Music. He released his first single on June 7, 2017.
His second single was released on September 6, 2017. The song was used as the opening theme song to Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu.
Saito released his third single on June 20, 2018. For his third single, he took upon himself songwriting duties, writing lyrics and music for all songs featured on it.
Saitō released his first album, quantum stranger, on December 19, 2018. On February 24, 2019, Saito held his 1st solo live concert entitled "Saito Soma 1st LIVE quantum stranger(s)" in Maihama Amphitheater. A blu-ray edition of the concert was released on June 5 of the same year the concert was held.
Personal life On June 30, 2023, Saito announced his marriage to a woman outside the industry.
Filmography Anime series + Television performances Year Title Role Notes Sources 2011 Sengoku☆Paradise KiwamiTachibana Muneshige Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream Reporter episode 5 2013 Kill la Kill One-Star Student episode 4 Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy Ruslan Kasimov Majestic Prince Vessel No. 2 Pilot (ep 17), Radio Operator Servant × Service Customer B episode 11 Tokyo Ravens Student, Private-school Student Non Non Biyori Lost child center staff episode 5 Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow LiveStore Clerk 1 (eps 9–10), Underling 2 (ep 16) Pokémon: Black & White: Adventures in Unova and Beyond Citizen My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Senden Kouhou, Publicist male (eps 10–11), White team male (ep 13) 2014 Akame ga Kill! Tatsumi STAFF&CAST|TVアニメ『アカメが斬る！』公式サイト Aldnoah.Zero Yūtarō Tsumugi Wizard Barristers Masato Namase episode 3 Mysterious Joker Shadow Joker Kamigami no Asobi Student A Terror in Resonance Twelve/Tōji Hisami Knights of Sidonia Mochikuni Akai, pilot (eps 7, 10), congressman (ep 9) SoniAni: Super Sonico The Animation Guest B (ep 2); Cameraman A (ep 9) Tribe Cool Crew Yuzuru Tempoin No-Rin Student episode 3–4 Haikyū!! Tadashi Yamaguchi Bakumatsu Rock Justice Squad Future Card Buddyfight Demonic Beast, Grendel (card); Electron Ninja, Shiden (card), Student, Tasuku Ryūenji Pokémon the Series: XY Assistant The Irregular at Magic High School Kei Isori Yowamushi Pedal Motonari Tatebayashi 2 season Lady Jewelpet Curry Prince episode 27 2015 Your Lie in April Audience Aldnoah.Zero Part 2 Yūtarō Tsumugi Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Keiichi Katō Ace of Diamond: Second Season Mukai Taiyou Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Hermes Kyōkai no Rinne Kain, Akuryō C Plastic Memories Max Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches Keigo Shibutani Future Card Buddyfight 100 Tasuku Ryūenji Chaos Dragon Soirot Clasbari Rokka no Yūsha Adlet Mayer Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Yamagi Gilmerton 2 season Dance with Devils Rem Kaginuki Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note Kazuomi Wakatake 2016 91 Days Corteo Hagane Orchestra Chris Age 12: A Little Heart-Pounding Yūto Takao two seasons Ajin: Demi-Human Takeshi Kotobuki season two BBK/BRNK Hiiragi Nonotwo season Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya o Mezasu Mitsuteru Ōgi (eps 10–12), Nakajima (ep 1) D.Gray-man Hallow Tokusa Divine Gate Aoto Future Card Buddyfight DDD Tasuku Ryūenji Haruchika Haruta Kamijo Qualidea Code Ichiya Suzaku The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance Jimsa Magi: Adventure of Sinbad Vittel Battery: The Animation Nobuhiro Yoshisada Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru Namazuo Toushirou, Tsurumaru Kuninaga season one WWW.Working!! Daichi Saitou 2017 Fuuka Makoto Mikasa Hand Shakers Tazuna Takatsuki Kyōkai no Rinne Kain season 3 Warau Salesman NEW Iyata Deyashiro episode 2 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Sword Oratoria Hermes Granblue Fantasy The Animation Feather episode 12 Inazuma Eleven: Ares Kirina Hiura Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu Tsurumaru Kuninaga Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor Glenn Radars Kado: The Right Answer Shun Hanamori Vatican Miracle Examiner Lauren Di Luca Infini-T Force Tetsuya Azuma / Casshern In Another World with My Smartphone Lyon Hell Girl: Yoi no Togi Male student season 4 episode 1 Kino no Tabi – the Beautiful World- the Animated Series Hermes Dynamic Chord Sōtarō Haruna (Liar-S) Tsukipro the Animation Tsubasa Okui 2018 Zoku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru Namazuo Toushirou, Tsurumaru Kuninaga season two Sanrio Danshi Yū Mizuno Idolish7 Tenn Kujo The Caligula Effect Game Ike-P Dame×Prince Anime Caravan Ruze Pop Team Epic Popuko ep 9b Darling in the Franxx 9'α Piano no Mori Kai Ichinose Captain Tsubasa Jun Misugi Layton Mystery Detective Agency: Kat's Mystery-Solving Files Luke Triton The Thousand Musketeers Hidetada Banana Fish Lao Yen-Thai Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san Honda-san SSSS.Gridman Shō Utsumi 2019 Revisions Keisaku Asano W'z Tazuna Takatsuki Kyou mo Tsuno ga Aru Nessie JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind Vinegar Doppio Grimms Notes the Animation Ludwig Grimm King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars Yukinojō Tachibana Star-Myu: High School Star Musical Ryo Fuyusawa season 3 Ensemble Stars! Hinata Aoi, Yūta Aoi BEM Daryl Bryson Star Twinkle PreCure Lolo Ahiru no Sora Tokitaka Tokiwa Case File nº221: Kabukicho Fuyuto Kyogoku Ace of Diamond act II Mukai Taiyou 2020 number24 Madoka Hongō Drifting Dragons Giraud Infinite Dendrogram Ray Starling Uchitama?! Have you seen my Tama? Tama Okamoto Haikyū!!: To the Top Tadashi Yamaguchi Appare-Ranman! Al Leon Idolish7: Second Beat! Tenn Kujo Woodpecker Detective's Office Isamu Yoshii Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle: Rhyme Anima Gentaro Yumeno Two seasons Moriarty the Patriot William James Moriarty TSUKIUTA THE ANIMATION 2 Tsubasa Okui 2021 Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town Shōma I-Chu: Halfway Through the Idol Tatsumi Madarao Skate-Leading Stars Noa Kuonji Ex-Arm Akira Natsume Burning Kabaddi Hiromoto Utou Odd Taxi Tanaka Backflip!! Kyōichi Ryūgamori Re-Main Shūgo Amihama Tsukipro the Animation 2 Tsubasa Okui Megaton Musashi Teru Asami The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window Keita Mukae Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens Yuran Goha Season 2 Idolish7: Third Beat! Tenn Kujo 2022 Orient Kojiro Kanemaki Tokyo 24th Ward Kunai Sasaki and Miyano Yoshikazu Miyano The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt Wein Heroines Run the Show YUI Engage Kiss Shu Ogata/Scott Overture RWBY: Ice Queendom Lie Ren Classroom of the Elite 2nd Season Miyabi Nagumo The Human Crazy University Jack Idolish7: Third Beat! Part 2 Tenn Kujo Blue Lock Hyōma Chigiri I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss James Charles 2023 UniteUp! Lin Otsuki Magical Destroyers Shobon Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc Aizetsu Rurouni Kenshin Himura Kenshin Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Gladice Undead Girl Murder Farce Jack the Ripper Beyblade X Ekusu Kurosu Bikkuri-Men Phoenix 2024 Mr. Villain's Day Off Rooney Doctor Elise Michael De Romanoff Sengoku Youko Jinka The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse Chion Astro Note Takumi Miyasaki Twilight Out of Focus Shion Yoshino Egumi Legacy Ukkari Hachibee 2025 Wind Breaker Seiryū Sakaki Season 2 #Compass 2.0: Combat Providence Analysis System Reiya With Vengeance, Sincerely, Your Broken Saintess Sven Zied-Crown My Friend's Little Sister Has It In for Me! Ozuma Kohinata Si-Vis: The Sound of Heroes June Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider Mitsuha Shimamura 2026 A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation Lizel Jujutsu Kaisen Rin Amai Marriagetoxin Genya Naruko The Duke's Son Claims He Won't Love Me yet Showers Me with Adoration Julius Roias Perfect Addiction Sae Takatsuki Red River User Ramses Psyren Oboro Mochizuki TBA Junket Bank Shin Mafutsu Melody of the Boundary Minoru
Original video animation (OVA) + List of voice performances in OVA Year Title Role Source 2011 Aa! Megami-sama! Club Member B 2013 Niji-iro Prism Girl Staff 2014 Age 12 Yūto Takao Magi: Adventure of Sinbad Vittel 2015 Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches Keigo Shibutani Haikyū!! Tadashi Yamaguchi 2016 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Hermes Persona 5 Naoya Makigami Black Clover Yuno Ginga Kikōtai Majestic Prince: Mirai e no Tsubasa Sei Yuzuriha 2017 Yume Ōkoku to Nemureru 100-Nin no Ōji-sama Short Stories Ritz 2018 Yakusoku no Nanaya Matsuri Shoma Mihara 2020 Strike the Blood IV The Blood 2024 Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture Arnold
Original net animation (ONA) YearTitleRole2019Monster StrikeNoahMonster Strike: End Of The World 2021 Record of Ragnarok Adam 2022 Kotaro Lives Alone Aota
Animated films + List of voice performances in film Year Title Role Source 2015 Ongaku Shoujo Moderator Gekijō-ban Haikyu!! Owari to Hajimari Tadashi Yamaguchi 2016 King of Prism by Pretty Rhythm Yukinojō Tachibana Ajin: Shōgeki Takeshi Kotobuki Gekijōban Ginga Kikōtai Majestic Prince Sei Yuzuriha 2017 Lu Over the Wall Kunio King of Prism: Pride the Hero Yukinojō Tachibana Dance with Devils: Fortuna Rem Kaginuki Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru – Makuai Kaisouroku Namazuo Toushirou, Tsurumaru Kuninaga 2018 Infini-T Force: Gatchaman Saraba Tomo yo Tetsuya Azuma / Casshern 2019 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion Hermes Fafner in the Azure: The Beyond Maurice Excelsior Kimi dake ni Motetainda Tokio Furuta 2020 Love Me, Love Me Not Kazuomi Inui Monster Strike The Movie: Lucifer Zetsubō no Yoake Noah Kono Sekai no Tanoshimikata: Secret Story Film Yui 2021 Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway Lane Aim 2022 Eien no 831 Suzushirо̄ Asano Ensemble Stars!! Road to Show!! Hinata Aoi Backflip!! Kyōichi Ryūgamori 2023 Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation Yoshikazu Miyano Gridman Universe Shō Utsumi Gekijōban Collar × Malice Deep Cover Mineo Enomoto 2024 Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle Tadashi Yamaguchi Blue Lock: Episode Nagi Hyōma Chigiri 2026 Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway – The Sorcery of Nymph Circe Lane Aim
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