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Kakihara was born on December 24, 1982 in {{wp|Düsseldorf}}, {{wp|West Germany}}, where he spent his early life. He had become fascinated by the Japanese entertainment culture after watching anime and reading manga as a child, and thus traveled to Japan in order to become a voice actor. In 2001, at the age of 18, Kakihara attended the Amusement Media Academy, a Japanese vocational voice acting school, and had to live at a friend's home while studying there. He also worked a number of part-time jobs and improved his Japanese during this time. Kakihara eventually started voicing roles in 2003. | Kakihara was born on December 24, 1982 in {{wp|Düsseldorf}}, {{wp|West Germany}}, where he spent his early life. He had become fascinated by the Japanese entertainment culture after watching anime and reading manga as a child, and thus traveled to Japan in order to become a voice actor. In 2001, at the age of 18, Kakihara attended the Amusement Media Academy, a Japanese vocational voice acting school, and had to live at a friend's home while studying there. He also worked a number of part-time jobs and improved his Japanese during this time. Kakihara eventually started voicing roles in 2003. | ||
Kakihara became typecast as fiery young boys in a variety of Japanese anime series. He provided his voice for [[Reggie]], the older brother of {{Ash}}'s [[rival]] [[Paul]], during the | Kakihara became typecast as fiery young boys in a variety of Japanese anime series. He provided his voice for [[Reggie]], the older brother of {{Ash}}'s [[rival]] [[Paul]], during ''[[Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl]]'' of the Pokémon anime. He was affiliated with the talent agency {{wp|81 Produce}}, but left to freelance in or before June 2013. In July 2014, he founded his own talent agency, Zynchro. In addition to voice acting, Kakihara became a singer and released a number of mini-albums and singles. As a singer, he is affiliated with the music label Kiramune. | ||
==Pokémon roles== | ==Pokémon roles== | ||