Malleus Draconia’s voice actor Kato Kazuki is a live theater performer with roles in over 70 stage productions including the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera. Malleus Draconia is his first lead-character role in a video game. ( Interview Source )
Kato decided to get into entertainment after reaching the final round of a beauty contest at 18, but initially only found work as background characters in TV dramas. He worked part-time at McDonald’s and Tower Records until being cast in the Prince of Tennis musical at 22 years old.
Kato’s major debut as a singer was in April of 2006 with his mini-album Rough Diamond.
In 2021 Kato performed at Tokyo Disney Sea’s “Prince of Voice: Voice Stars Dream Live” alongside Crewel’s voice actor Ito Kent and Silver’s voice actor Shimazaki Nobunaga, singing “Go the Distance” from Hercules.
In 2024 Kato participated in a special recording with Lilia’s VA Midorikawa, discussing Book 7 of Twisted Wonderland.
Interviews with Kato on portraying Malleus in the Twisted Wonderland Official Fanbook (vol.1), Da Vinci magazine and Twisted Radio station are available here ▶︎
Kato is a prolific musical theater actor, and his projects include:
・100 Sleeping Princes & The Kingdom of Dreams (with VAs for Skully, Ortho, Leona, Floyd, Lilia, Baul, Trein, Riddle, Grim, Fellow, Neige, Ace, Azul, Rollo)
・1789 Les Amants de la Bastille
・B-Project Passion*Love Call (with VAs for Riddle, Crewel)
・BACKBEAT
・Barefoot in the Park
・BARNUM
・Come From Away
・Despera Drops (with VAs for Trey, Vargas)
・Dream Meister and the Recollected Black Fairy (with VAs for Kalim, Leona, Jack, Leona, Azul, Floyd, Ortho, Sebek, Neige)
・Frankenstein
・Ikemen Prince: The last love of Beauty And The Beast
・Kaito x Ansa
・Kaitou Queen
・Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Stage
・King Arthur
・Love Never Dies
・Mata Hari
・Phantom of the Opera
・Prince of Tennis
・Rurouni Kenshin
・Saiyuki
・Seishun Musical Comedy Oddboys
・Something Rotten!
・The Rose of Versailles (movie)
・Titanic (with VA for Vil)
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