Gintoki Sakata’s voice actor in Gintama is Tomokazu Sugita in the Japanese version. In English releases, the role has had multiple dub actors depending on the production, including Chris Patton for the 2012 film, Michael Daingerfield for later TV material such as Gintama°, and Roly Gutierrez for more recent releases including the 2019 TV dub and Mr. Ginpachi’s Zany Class.
For the original Japanese version, though, the answer is straightforward: Tomokazu Sugita is the defining voice of Gintoki Sakata across the anime and broader franchise. Behind The Voice Actors lists Sugita as Gintoki’s Japanese voice across the main Gintama entries, and public biographies consistently identify Gintoki as one of Sugita’s signature roles.
Japanese Voice Actor: Tomokazu Sugita
Date of Birth
October 11, 1980. Public biographical sources list Tomokazu Sugita’s birth date as October 11, 1980.
About Tomokazu
Tomokazu Sugita is a Japanese voice actor and author known for his deep voice, dry comic timing, and strong presence in both comedy and action roles. Public profiles identify him as one of the major male seiyuu of his generation, with standout parts including Gintoki Sakata in Gintama, Kyon in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Joseph Joestar in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, and Tadaomi Karasuma in Assassination Classroom.
His current professional base is AGRS, the company he established after leaving Atomic Monkey. AGRS’ official site describes itself as Sugita’s personal agency, and public biographies note that he founded it in 2020. That detail matters because Sugita is no longer just a performer with a long résumé; he is also a company head shaping projects and collaborations under his own banner.
For Gintama fans, Sugita is inseparable from Gintoki. His performance has defined the character’s mix of laziness, sarcasm, absurd comedy, sudden emotional gravity, and dead-serious action for years, which is why Gintoki is usually the very first role named in major summaries of Sugita’s career.
Hometown
Ranzan, Saitama, Japan. Public biographies list Sugita’s birthplace as Ranzan in Saitama Prefecture.
Career Highlights
Tomokazu Sugita’s most important career highlight is Gintoki Sakata in Gintama. That role is central to his public identity as a voice actor, and it is one of the performances most consistently cited by biographies, databases, and fan-facing cast references.
Other major highlights documented in public sources include:
- Kyon in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
- Joseph Joestar in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
- Tadaomi Karasuma in Assassination Classroom
- Ragna the Bloodedge in the BlazBlue franchise
- Yusuke Kitagawa in Persona 5
- Gyomei Himejima in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
He also received major industry recognition early in his career, including the Best Actor in a Supporting Role award at the 3rd Seiyu Awards in 2009 and a Male Voice Actor Award at the 2013 Newtype x Machi★Asobi Anime Awards.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented, major current credits from the public sources used for this article. Because Sugita’s career is extremely large and no single fully itemized official résumé was used here, this should be treated as a documented-credit filmography of major verifiable roles, not a guaranteed exhaustive full career list.
Television anime
- 2002 — Chobits — Hideki Motosuwa
- **2005–2006 — Shuffle! **— Rin Tsuchimi
- 2006 — Kanon — Yūichi Aizawa
- 2006–2009 — The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya series — Kyon
- 2006–2018 — Gintama TV anime and sequel TV entries — Gintoki Sakata
- 2011 — Sket Dance — Kazuyoshi “Switch” Usui
- 2012 — Daily Lives of High School Boys — Hidenori Tabata
- 2013 — JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure — Joseph Joestar
- 2013 — Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet — Chamber K6821
- 2015–2016 — Assassination Classroom — Tadaomi Karasuma
- 2018–2020 — The Seven Deadly Sins franchise TV entries — Escanor
- 2019–present — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba franchise — Gyomei Himejima
- 2025 — Sakamoto Days — Taro Sakamoto
Animated films
- 2010 — Wonderful World — live-action film appearance noted in public biography coverage; not a voice role, but a significant screen credit.
- 2010–2021 — Gintama film entries — Gintoki Sakata in franchise films including The Movie, The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya, and The Very Final.
Video games
- BlazBlue series — Ragna the Bloodedge
- Persona 5 — Yusuke Kitagawa
- Fire Emblem entries — Chrom
- Corpse Party series — Yuuya Kizami
- Danganronpa series — Gundham Tanaka
- J-Stars Victory Vs+ — Gintoki Sakata
- Gintama Rumble — Gintoki Sakata
- Granblue Fantasy — Gintoki Sakata crossover credit listed by BTVA’s franchise page for the character.
Other documented work
- AGRS founder and representative director — public biographies and AGRS’ official site confirm Sugita’s leadership role in the company.
- YouTube / creator work — his official YouTube channel is presented as the official channel for Tomokazu Sugita and AGRS.
Critical Reception
Tomokazu Sugita’s public reputation is built on a rare mix of comedic delivery, improvisational energy, and dramatic weight. Biographical summaries repeatedly describe him as a performer with a distinctive deep voice, and Gintoki is the role most often used to illustrate how well he handles tonal whiplash: sarcasm and stupidity one second, sincerity and menace the next.
Recent Gintama interview coverage also still centers Sugita as the core of the franchise’s chemistry. Oricon’s interview coverage on the new Gintama film describes the returning trio of Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Sakaguchi, and Rie Kugimiya as showing the same sharp comedic rhythm that defines Yorozuya scenes, which reinforces how central Sugita remains to the series’ identity.
His awards history supports that broader reputation. Public biographical sources note his 2009 Seiyu Award win and his 2013 Newtype anime award recognition, which together show both industry and fan-facing acclaim.
Copy-paste-friendly sources:
Behind The Voice Actors – Gintoki Sakata voices across the franchise (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Gintama/Gintoki-Sakata/)
Behind The Voice Actors – Gintoki Sakata in Gintama TV series (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Gintama/Gintoki-Sakata/)
Tomokazu Sugita – Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomokazu_Sugita)
AGRS official site (https://agrs.co.jp/)
Oricon interview coverage on the new Gintama film cast (https://us.oricon-group.com/news/7870/)
Social Media
X: @sugitaLOV (https://x.com/sugitaLOV)
YouTube: 杉田智和/AGRSチャンネル (https://www.youtube.com/@agrs1011)
English Voice Actor: Roly Gutiérrez
Date of Birth
February 20, 1983. IMDb lists Roly Gutiérrez’s birth date as February 20, 1983, and identifies him as born in Miami, Florida.
About Roly
Because Gintama has had multiple official English-language dubs, there is not one single English actor for Gintoki across every release. Behind The Voice Actors says Roly Gutiérrez has voiced Gintoki the most times in English, while its comparison page notes that Chris Patton voiced Gintoki in the 2012 film dub and Michael Daingerfield voiced him in Gintama°. For that reason, Gutiérrez is the best single English-profile focus for this article, but he is not the only official English Gintoki.
IMDb describes Roly Gutiérrez as a voice actor based in South Florida who is also an ADR director. Its profile highlights Gintama among his known credits, which aligns with Behind The Voice Actors listing him as the English actor who has played Gintoki most often.
Hometown
Miami, Florida, United States is the clearest publicly documented birthplace I found for Roly Gutiérrez. I did not find a stronger public source naming a more specific hometown beyond that.
Career Highlights
For this query, the key highlight is Gintoki Sakata in the Hulu/2019 English dub of the first Gintama TV series, plus later English-language franchise work that makes Gutiérrez the actor who has voiced Gintoki the most times in English according to Behind The Voice Actors. That makes him the most search-relevant English answer when someone asks for Gintoki’s English voice actor without naming a specific release.
A second important career point is that Gutiérrez also works behind the scenes as an ADR director, not only as a performer. IMDb’s profile explicitly notes both sides of his work and lists additional known credits such as Go Astro Boy Go! and Super Shiro.
For accuracy, the English-dub history of Gintoki should be read this way: Chris Patton handled the Sentai film dub, Michael Daingerfield handled Gintama°, and Roly Gutiérrez handled the Hulu/2019 TV dub and is listed by BTVA as the actor who has played the character most often in English.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented credits I could verify from the public sources used here, mainly IMDb and Behind The Voice Actors. Because I did not find a complete official résumé page with a fully itemized master list, this should be read as a documented-credit filmography and may not be exhaustive.
Television anime / animation
- 2018–2019 — Gintama — Gintoki Sakata (English dub of the first TV series; BTVA lists Gutiérrez for the 2019 TV release)
- 2025 — Mr. Ginpachi’s Zany Class — Ginpachi Sakata / Gintoki Sakata (English voice listing on BTVA franchise page)
- **2019 — Go Astro Boy Go! **— credited by IMDb as a known work.
- 2020 — Super Shiro — credited by IMDb as a known work.
Other documented work
- ADR directing — IMDb identifies Gutiérrez as both a voice actor and ADR director, though the source snippet I found does not give a full project-by-project directing list.
Related English Gintoki casting in other releases
This is not part of Gutiérrez’s own filmography, but it matters for search accuracy: public cast databases show Chris Patton as Gintoki in Gintama: The Movie (2012) and Michael Daingerfield as Gintoki in Gintama° and The Very Final.
Critical Reception
I did not find a large body of mainstream criticism focused specifically on Roly Gutiérrez’s performance as Gintoki. The public record is much stronger on cast verification than on formal review coverage. The strongest defensible takeaway is that BTVA treats him as the English actor most associated with Gintoki overall, which suggests he has become the most prominent English voice for the character across currently documented dubbed releases.
That said, any discussion of “the English Gintoki voice actor” needs the caveat that the franchise is split across multiple dubs. So the most accurate critical summary is really a casting one: Gutiérrez is the most recurring English Gintoki in public cast databases, but fans of specific releases may instead know Chris Patton or Michael Daingerfield depending on which dub they watched.
Copy-paste-friendly sources:
Behind The Voice Actors – Gintoki Sakata voices across the franchise (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Gintama/Gintoki-Sakata/)
Behind The Voice Actors – Voice compare for Gintoki Sakata (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/voice-compare/Gintama/Gintoki-Sakata/)
IMDb – Roly Gutiérrez (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9021677/)
IMDb – Michael Daingerfield (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Daingerfield)
Social Media
I could not verify direct official social media handles and profile URLs for Roly Gutiérrez with enough certainty from the sources I checked, so I’ve omitted that section.
