Guilty Gear has managed to make its mark in the fighting game scene with its catchy metal soundtrack and of course, its cast of memorable characters, and we can thank the awesome ensemble of voice actors that have given life to the world of Guilty Gear through these combatants.

So before its release on June 11, 2021, let’s meet the Japanese voice cast that make up the playable roster of Guilty Gear Strive. And you might just be surprised to see a few familiar names in there, both in the anime and video game scene:

Guilty Gear Strive Japanese Voice Cast

Jouji Nakata as Sol Badguy

Notable roles:

• Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie – Balrog (Boxer)
• Vision of Escaflowne – Folken Fanel
• X: The Movie – Kusanagi Shiyu
• Hellsing – Alucard
• Sgt. Frog – Giroro
• Fate Series – Kotomine Kirei
• One-Piece – Hody Jones
• Jujutsu Kaisen – Naobito Zen’in
• Tekken/Tekken 2/Tekken Tag Tournament – Kazuya Mishima
• Kingdom Hearts II – Luxord
• Soulcalibur IV – Algol
• Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds – Albert Wesker
• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven – Enrico Pucci
• Persona 5 – Sojiro Sakura
• Overwatch – Doomfist
• Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade – Weiss

Takeshi Kusao as Ky Kiske

Notable Roles:

• Dragon Ball Z – Trunks
• Slam Dunk – Hanamichi Sakuragi
• Steam Detectives – Le Bled
• Saiyuki – Kougaiji
• Shadow Skill – Darkness
• D.N. Angel – Krad
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion – Mao

Yuko Sumitomo as Millia Rage

Notable Roles:

• Dynasty Warriors Series – Zhen Ji
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel – Irina Reinford
• Battle Arena Tohshinden 3 – Naru Amoh
• Tales of Eternia/Symphonia/Vesperia – Undine

Yoshihisa Kawahara as Chipp Zanuff

Notable Roles:

• Tales of Xillia 2 – Aska
• Touken Ranbu – Azuki Nagamitsu
• K’ – King of Fighters XIV
• Hyrule Warriors – Volga
• A Certain Magical Index – Pierce Aogami
• NANA – Yasushi “Yasu” Takagi
• Tokyo Ghoul:re – Matsuri Washu

Takehito Koyasu as Zato-1

Notable Roles:

• Angel Sanctuary – Sakuya Kira
• Arakawa Under The Bridge – Sister
• Weiss Kreuz (Knight Hunters) – Aya
• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure – Dio Brando
• Attack on Titan – Zeke Jaeger
• Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo – Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
• Evangelion – Shigeru Aoba
• Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma – Gin Dojima
• Shaman King – Johann Faust VIII
• Fushigi Yugi – Hotohori
• Sengoku Basara – Sarutobi Sasuke
• Gate Keepers – Banba Choutaro
• Getbackers – Jubei Kakei
• Gintama – Shinsuke Takasugi
• Gungrave – Balladbird Lee
• Hellsing – Luke Valentine
• THE iDOLM@STER – Takao Kuroi
• Initial D – Ryosuke Takahashi
• Kaguya-sama: Love is War – Papa Shirogane
• Macross 7 – Gamlin Kizaki
• Magi: Adventure of Sinbad – Barbarossa
• Master of Mosquiton – Mosquiton
• Neuro: Supernatural Detective – Nougami Neuro
• Gundam Wing – Zechs Merquise
• Gundam Seed – Mu La Flaga
• One-Piece – Aokiji
• Overlord – Nigun Grid Luin
• Re:ZERO – Roswaal L. Mathers
• Revolutionary Girl Utena – Touga Kiryuu
• Saber Marionette J – Mitsurugi Hanagata
• Shadow Skill – Kai Sink
• Sk8 the Infinity – Adam
• The Slayers – Rezo
• Soul Eater – Excalibur
• Tales of the Abyss – Jade Curtis
• Tales of Zestiria – Lunarre
• Tenchi Muyo! – Yosho
• That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime – Clayman
• Violet Evergarden – Claudia Hodgins
• Yakitate!! Japan – Ryou Kuroyanagi

Takashi Kondo as Potemkin and Faust

Notable Roles:

• UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH – Carmine
• Arknights – Executor
• King of Fighters XIV – Terry Bogard
• Super Smash Bros. – Terry Bogard
• Black Cat – Train Heartnet
• My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU – Hayato Hayama

Tetsu Inada as Leo Whitefang

Notable Roles:

• Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds – Arthur
• Fate/Grand Order – Caster (Charles Babbage/William Shakespeare)/ Lancer (Benkei)
• Tales of Eternia/Symphonia/Vesperia – Efreet
• Dynasty Warriors Series – Huang Gai/ Lu Bu
• Rockman Zero – Phantom
• Dragon Ball Z Kai – Nappa
• Fate/Stay Night: Heaven’s Feel – True Assassin
• Made in Abyss – Haborg
• My Hero Academia – Endeavor
• Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger – Doggie Kruger/ Deka Master
• Tsubasa Chronicles – Kurogane
• Turn A Gundam – Harry Ord

Taiten Kusunoki as Nagoriyuki

Notable Roles:

• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night – Alfred
• Genshin Impact – Boreas
• Granblue Fantasy – Eso
• Hyrule Warriors – Ganondorf
• Dynasty Warriors – Lu Su
• Final Fantasy VII Remake/ Crisis Core – Rude
• Fire Force – Leonard Burns
• Tiger & Bunny – Rock Bison

Satomi Koorogi as May

Notable Roles:

• Super Smash Bros. – Pichu
• Blood Blockade Battlefront – Aligura
• Crayon Shin-chan – Himawari
• Fullmetal Alchemist – Nina Tucker
• Onegai Teacher – Maho Kazami
• Zatch Bell – Umagon

Nobutoshi Canna as Anji Mito

Notable Roles:

• Battle Arena Tohshinden 3 – Abel
• Dynasty Warriors – Cao Pi
• Star Gladiator – Hayato Kanzaki
• Sonic Series – Knuckles
• Castlevania: Lament of Innocence – Leon Belmont
• Soulcalibur 1/2/3 – Maxi
• Persona 3 – Takaya
• Cooking Master Boy – Leon
• Fate/Stay Night – Lancer
• Final Fantasy: Unlimited – Kaze
• Guilty Crown – Makoto Waltz Seiga
• Getbackers – Mido Ban
• Naruto – Kabuto Yakushi

Keiichi Nanba as Axl Low

Notable Roles:

• Fatal Fury / King of Fighters – Andy Bogard
• Battle Arena Tohshinden 2/3 – Chaos
• Z Gundam – Katz Kobayashi
• Sailor Moon – Zoisite
• Touch – Kazuya Uesugi

Megumi Han as Ramlethal Valentine

Notable Roles:

• The Last of Us – Ellie
• Black Clover – Kahono
• Fruits Basket – Momiji Soma
• Hunter x Hunter – Gon Freecss
• Sword Art Online: Alicization – Sortilliena
• Ushio & Tora – Kirio
• Yowamushi Pedal – Aya Tachibana

Mayumi Shintani as Giovanna

Notable Roles:

• King of Fighters 2002 – Angel
• FLCL – Haruko Haruhara
• His and Her Circumstances – Tsubasa Shibahime
• Kill la Kill – Nonon Jakuzure

Kikuko Inoue as I-no

Notable Roles:

• Alcina Dimitrescu – Resident Evil Village
• Fate/Grand Order – Caster
• Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes/Peace Walker – Chico
• Eretzvaju (Evil Zone) – Ihadurka
• Gungrave – Maria Asagi
• Nioh 2 – Miyoshino
• My Little Pony Friendship is Magic – Princess Celestia
• Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty/Guns of the Patriots – Rosemary
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater – The Boss
• Oh My Goddess! – Belldandy
• Angelic Layer – Shuko Suzuhara
• Cells At Work! – Macrophage
• Chobits – Chitose Hibiya
• A Certain Magical Index – Kamijo Shiina
• Clannad – Sanae Furukawa
• Claymore – Miria
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion – Cecile Croomey
• Edens Zero – Mother
• El Hazard – Rune Venus
• Fairy Tail – Minerva
• Gate Keepers – Jun Sanders
• Ikki Tousen – Goei
• Love, Chunibyo, & Other Delusions! – Nanase Tsukumo
• Macross Frontier – Grace O’Connor
• Magic Knight Rayearth – Tatra
• Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans – Carta Issue
• Gundam: The 8th. MS Team – Aina Saharin
• Onegai Teacher – Mizuho Kazami
• Ranma 1/2 – Kasumi Tendo
• Saber Marionette J – Panther
• Saint Tail – Seira Mimori
• Sakura Taisen – Lobelia Calrini

Guilty Gear Strive may have been delayed, but it just means that ARC System Works just needed more time to make the game even better. Potentially, things may be looking up for the latest entry in the Guilty Gear fighting game series if our Beta impressions are anything to go by.

Guilty Gear Strive will release on June 11 for the PS4, PS5, and PC.