--- name: "Nozomu Sasaki" canonical: "https://film.one/person/nozomu-sasaki" fi1m_id: "nozomu-sasaki" imdb_id: "nm0765815" tmdb_id: 1679 wikidata_id: "Q2590930" roles: ["Actor"] born: "25 January 1967" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-24T05:06:28.738134+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Nozomu Sasaki ## Identity Nozomu Sasaki - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nozomu-sasaki - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** nozomu-sasaki - **IMDb ID:** nm0765815 - **TMDB ID:** 1679 - **Wikidata ID:** Q2590930 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nozomu_Sasaki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2590930, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765815/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1679 Actor. Born 25 January 1967 in Hiroshima, Japan. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 25 January 1967, Hiroshima, Japan - **Active:** 1988–2006 - **Also known as:** 佐々木 望, ささき のぞむ, 佐佐木望 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nozomu_Sasaki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2590930, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765815/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1679 ## Streaming the US now - **The Roku Channel:** [*Akira*](https://film.one/film/akira.md) (83) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Nozomu Sasaki > Nozomu Sasaki gives troubled young characters a force that makes their distress hard to ignore. We value him most in *Akira*, where his Tetsuo keeps a crowded, violent film close to a friendship we care about. In *Akira* (1988), Nozomu Sasaki's Tetsuo sounds young even when the performance is at its most forceful. The high pitch of his early voice helps us hear a troubled boy through the intensity, rather than simply another source of noise in a violent film. Alongside Mitsuo Iwata as Kaneda, he gives the violence a personal interest that the film badly needs. We cared about the two of them because their changing friendship gave us something clear to follow when the wider story became crowded. The film's speed needs that sort of performance: someone has to make the people matter. The youthful sound that served his early breakthrough in *Akira* also suited the directness of Yūsuke Urameshi in *Yu Yu Hakusho* (1992). Sasaki's own description is helpful: “Yusuke is totally open, or to put it another way, he says everything that comes to his mind, right?” That gives the energetic delivery a purpose: we need to hear how readily the character expresses himself. His later, deeper and huskier voice has found work in mature supporting characters and antagonists, including Johan Liebert in *Monster* (2004) and Mello in *Death Note* (2006). Those parts make it worth looking beyond the boyish leads when choosing what to hear him in next. *Akira* also shows the limit of what we should credit to a strong voice performance. Director Katsuhiro Otomo gives Sasaki and Iwata a friendship that helps us care about the action, but the script he wrote with Izo Hashimoto does not give everyone comparable attention. Kei, voiced by Mami Koyama, is among the supporting characters we would gladly have spent longer getting to know. Sasaki can make Tetsuo's turmoil compelling; he cannot make the growing cast any easier to accommodate, and the storytelling still feels rushed. Start with *Akira* for the two central performances, with some patience for the explanations around them. ## Biography Nozomu Sasaki (佐々木 望) is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He was born on 25 January 1967 in Hiroshima and has been active since 1986, represented by Aoni Production. He is known for voicing Tetsuo Shima in the 1988 film *Akira*, Yusuke Urameshi in the 1992 series *Yu Yu Hakusho* and related games, Mello in the 2006 series *Death Note*, and Johan Liebert in the 2004 series *Monster*. He has also voiced roles in *Cardcaptor Sakura*, *In This Corner of the World* and *Ranking of Kings*. Sasaki has won the Seiyū Grand Prix more times than any other voice actor. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Akira* (1988), Fi1m 83, as Tetsuo Shima (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/akira.md) ## Complete filmography (116) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe* (2026), as Gass H. Huguest (voice) - *Medalist* (2025), series, as Akira Ryugu (voice) - *BUCCHIGIRI?!* (2024), series, as Marito (voice) - *The Witch and the Beast* (2024), series, as Necromancer (voice) - *Fafner: Behind the Line* (2023), Actor - *Eternal Boys* (2022), series, as Makoto Kakizaki (voice) - *Ranking of Kings* (2021), series, as Mitsumata (voice) - *Getter Robo Arc* (2021), series, as Tairu (voice) - *Blade of the Immortal* (2019), series, as Kagehisa Anotsu (voice) - *Yu Yu Hakusho - Two Shots / All or Nothing* (2018), as Yusuke Urameshi (voice) - *Karakuri Circus* (2018), series, as Christophe Guy Lesch - *Konohana Kitan* (2017), series, as Man (voice) - *カードキャプターさくら　クリアカード編　プロローグ　さくらとふたつのくま* (2017), as Eriol Hiiragizawa (voice) - *Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger the Movie: Super Sentai's Message from the Future from Super Sentai* (2017), as Gillmarda (voice) - *In This Corner of the World* (2016), as Uncle Kobayashi (voice) - *To Be Hero* (2016), series, as Simon Fubuki (voice) - *Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions* (2016), as Shadi Shin (voice) - *GOTHICMADE* (2012), as Donau - *Fafner: Heaven and Earth* (2010), as Hiroto Douma (voice) - *Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors* (2009), as Mello (voice) - *Element Hunters* (2009), series, Actor - *Beyond the Heavens* (2009), series, as Emperor Ling of Han - *Shigurui: Death Frenzy* (2007), series, as Seigen Irako - *Death Note* (2006), series, as Mello (voice) - *Diebuster: The Movie* (2006), as Gouya Reicy (voice) - *Blood+* (2005), series, as Carl Fei-Ong (voice) - *Mahou Sentai Magiranger* (2005), series, as Wyvern (Voice) - *Fafner* (2004), series, as Hiroto Douma - *Monster* (2004), series, as Driver (voice), Criminal (voice), Johan (voice), Police Officer (voice), Reporter C (voice), Representative D (voice), Criminal B (voice), Wolff's Subordinate B (voice), Criminal 3 (voice), Reporter B (voice), Subordinate B (voice), Johan Liebert (voice) - *Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger* (2003), series, as Trinoid 19: Hagetakarachi (voice) - *Monkey Typhoon* (2002), series, as Joe (voice) - *.hack* (2002), series, as Bear's Son (voice) - *Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card* (2000), as Eriol Hiiragizawa (voice) - *Leave it to Kero!* (2000), as Eriol Hiiragizawa (voice) - *Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters* (2000), series, as Shadi (voice) - *Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal* (1999), as Enishi Yukishiro (voice) - *Monster Rancher* (1999), series, as Hare (voice) - *Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal* (1999), series, as Enishi Yukishiro (voice) - *Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack and Kabutack: The Great Strange Country Adventure* (1998), as Robotack (voice) - *Rayearth Special Version -Wings of Hope-* (1998), as Clef (voice) - *Tomoyo's Cardcaptor Sakura Video Diary!* (1998), as Eriol Hiragizawa (Voice) - *His and Her Circumstances* (1998), series, as Takefumi Tonami (voice) - *Knight Hunters* (1998), series, as Nagi Naoe (voice) - *Cardcaptor Sakura* (1998), series, as Eriol Hiiragizawa (voice) - *Cardcaptor Sakura* (1998), as Eriol Hiiragizawa (voice) - *Samurai X: The Motion Picture* (1997), as Gentatsu Takatsuki - *Rayearth* (1997), as Clef (voice) - *Revolutionary Girl Utena* (1997), series, as Ruka Tsuchiya (voice) - *Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City* (1997), as Pibu (voice) - *ガンバリスト! 駿* (1996), series, Actor - *B'T X* (1996), series, as Kotaro Takamiya (voice) - *After War Gundam X* (1996), series, as Olba Frost (voice) - *Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman* (1996), series, as Sugura Sasaki (voice) - *Compiler Festa* (1995), Actor - *Captain Tsubasa J* (1994), series, as Tsubasa Ōzora - teen (voice) - *キャプテン翼J* (1994), series, as 大空翼（青年） - *Magic Knight Rayearth* (1994), series, as Clef (voice) - *Darkside Blues* (1994), as Katari (voice) - *Yu Yu Hakusho: Eizou Hakusho* (1994), as Yūsuke Urameshi (voice) - *Yu Yu Hakusho: Eizou Hakusho* (1994), series, Actor - *Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - Poltergeist Report* (1994), as Yusuke Urameshi (voice) - *Compiler* (1994), as Toshi Igarashi (voice) - *Please Save My Earth* (1993), series, as Hajime Sakaguchi (voice) - *Black Jack* (1993), series, as Jun (voice) - *Ushio and Tora: Comically Deformed Theater* (1993), as Ushio Aotsuki (voice) - *Suikoden Demon Century* (1993), as Miyuki Mamiya (voice) - *Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - The Golden Seal* (1993), as Yuusuke Urameshi (voice) - *Scramble Wars* (1992), as Mackie (voice) - *Yu Yu Hakusho* (1992), series, as Yūsuke Urameshi (voice) - *Star Dust* (1992), as Jet Mars (voice) - *Ushio and Tora* (1992), series, as Ushio Aotsuki - *Compiler: Music Clips in Trackdown* (1992), Actor - *The Heroic Legend of Arslan II* (1992), Actor - *1000 Pine Groves* (1992), Actor - *Genji* (1992), as Katsumi Ebata (voice) - *Genji* (1992), series, Actor - *Free Kick Toward Tomorrow* (1992), series, as Roberto Bazzettini (voice) - *Sequence* (1992), as Toshiaki/Seran - *21-Emon: To Space! The Barefoot Princess* (1992), as 21エモン - *Moonlight Pierce* (1991), as Aki Kousaka (voice) - *Gall Force: New Era* (1991), series, as Nova Universe (voice) - *Here Is Greenwood* (1991), series, as Kazuya Hasukawa (voice) - *Genji Tsuushin Agedama* (1991), series, as Genji Agedama / Agedaman (voice) - *Locke the Superman: New World Command* (1991), as Lan Svendsen - *Locke the Superman: New World Command* (1991), series, as Lan Svendsen (voice) - *The Heroic Legend of Arslan* (1991), Actor - *21 Emon* (1991), series, as 21 Emon - *Bubblegum Crash* (1991), series, as Mackie Stingray (voice) - *DRAGON FIST* (1991), as Ling Feilong - *Kayoko's Diary* (1991), as Takejiro Nakane (voice) - *Magical Angel Sweet Mint* (1990), series, Actor - *The Dark Myth* (1990), series, Actor - *Be-Boy Kidnapp'n Idol* (1989), as Kazuya Shinohara (voice) - *Megazone 23 III - Part 2 - Day of Liberation* (1989), as Bud - *Ronin Warriors: Legend of the Inferno Armor* (1989), series, as Shin Mouri - *Legend of Lemnear* (1989), as Thug D - *桃太郎伝説* (1989), series, as 桃太郎 - *Megazone 23 III - Part 1 - The Awakening of Eve* (1989), as Bud (voice) - *Megazone 23 Part III* (1989), series, as Bud (voice) - *Angel Cop* (1989), as Asura (voice) - *Angel Cop* (1989), series, as Asura - *Red Fang: Blue Sonnet* (1989), series, as (voice) - *Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack* (1989), as Shinzaku (voice) - *Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk II* (1989), as Hathaway Noah - *Ronin Warriors: Gaiden* (1989), series, as Shin Mouri - *Legend of the Galactic Heroes* (1988), series, as Julian Minci (voice) - *Akira* (1988), as Tetsuo Shima (voice) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/akira.md) - *Ronin Warriors* (1988), series, as Shin Mouri - *Summer Vacation 1999* (1988), as Kazuhiko (voice) - *Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack* (1988), as Hathaway Noa (voice) - *The Samurai* (1987), as Tamahara - *Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics* (1987), series, as Klaus (voice) - *Mami the Psychic* (1987), series, as 竹長悟 - *Bubblegum Crisis* (1987), series, as Mackey Stingray (voice) - *Can't Stop Dreaming* (1987), as Takao Fujii (voice) - *Doteraman* (1986), series, as 短鬼 --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/nozomu-sasaki