Editing Akira Ishida (section)

{{Short description|Japanese voice actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Akira Ishida
| image         = Akira Ishida in 2020.jpg
| alt           = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software -->
| caption       = Akira Ishida in 2020
| native_name   = 石田 彰
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_name    = <!-- only use if different from name -->
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1967|11|2}}
| birth_place   = [[Nisshin, Aichi]], Japan
| education     = [[Nihon University]]
| occupation    = {{Flatlist|
* Actor
* [[Voice acting in Japan|voice actor]]
}}
| years_active  = 1990&ndash;present
| agent         = Peerless Gerbera<ref name="doi top"/><ref name="resume"/>
| height        = 163 cm
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Akira Ishida'''|石田 彰|Ishida Akira|born November 2, 1967}} is a Japanese actor who specializes in [[Voice acting in Japan|voice acting]].

For his portrayal of Saki Abdusha in ''[[Sakura Wars (TV series)|Sakura Wars]]'', and [[Athrun Zala]] in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]'', ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' and ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom]]'' and Masahiro Sanada in ''[[Tenjho Tenge|Tenjō Tenge]]'', he was chosen as the most popular voice actor in the [[Animage]] [[List of Anime Grand Prix winners#Voice acting|Anime Grand Prix]] in 2004,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_2005.html |script-title=ja:第27回アニメグランプリ［2005年6月号］ |website=[[Animage]] |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019123259/http://animage.jp/old/gp/gp_2005.html |archive-date=October 19, 2010 }}</ref> and won the Best Supporting Character (male) award at the [[1st Seiyu Awards]] in 2007. He is best known for his roles as [[Gaara]] in ''[[Naruto]]'', [[List of Fairy Tail characters#Zeref Dragneel|Zeref]] in ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', [[List of Saiyuki characters#Hakkai|Cho Hakkai]] in ''[[Saiyuki (manga)|Saiyuki]]'', [[Kaworu Nagisa]] in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', Kuja in ''[[Final Fantasy]]'', Otto Apocalypse in ''[[Honkai Impact 3rd]]'', Luocha in ''[[Honkai: Star Rail]]'', Kamisato Ayato in ''[[Genshin Impact]]'', Katsura Kotarou in ''[[Gin Tama]]'' & Eishi Tsukasa in ''[[Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma|Food Wars Shokugeki no Sōma]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-03-05/results-of-japan's-first-ever-seiyuu-awards-announced|title=Results of Japan's First Ever Seiyuu Awards Announced|work=Anime News Network|date=March 5, 2007|access-date=August 18, 2015}}</ref>