Japanese Voice Actor: Kenichi Suzumura
Date of Birth
Kenichi Suzumura’s agency profile lists his birthday as September 12, and major public filmography references widely report his full birth date as September 12, 1974.
About Kenichi
Kenichi Suzumura is a veteran Japanese voice actor, narrator, singer, and talent-company executive. For Gintama fans, he is the defining Japanese voice of Sougo Okita, but his career extends far beyond that role. His official profile lists major anime and game work including Bravern in Brave Bang Bravern!, Obanai Iguro in Demon Slayer, Romani Archaman in Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia, Anti/Gridknight in SSSS.GRIDMAN, Yang Wen-li in Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These, and Zack Fair in CRISIS CORE -FINAL FANTASY VII-.
Hometown
Suzumura’s official agency profile lists his origin as Osaka. Some public databases also note that he was born in Niigata and raised in Osaka, but the clearest official hometown-style detail is Osaka.
Career Highlights
Suzumura has one of the most recognizable resumés in modern anime voice acting. His official profile credits him with long-running or high-profile roles in Gintama, Demon Slayer, Fate/Grand Order, SSSS.GRIDMAN, Free!, Osomatsu-san, and Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These, plus major game work such as Masato Hijirikawa in Uta no Prince-sama and Zack Fair in CRISIS CORE -FINAL FANTASY VII-. He has also received notable industry recognition: public award records credit him with Best Personality at the 2nd Seiyu Awards, Best Musical Performance at the 6th Seiyu Awards as part of ST☆RISH, Best Supporting Actor and Best Personality at the 10th Seiyu Awards, and the Singing Award at the 19th Seiyu Awards for Brave Bang Bravern!.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented credits from Suzumura’s current INTENTION profile, supplemented where noted by major public reference sources. It is source-based, but it may not be exhaustive of every credit across his full career.
Anime
- Record of Ragnarok III — Apollo
- Toujima Tanzaburo Wants to Be a Kamen Rider — Shimamura Ichiyo
- Sentai Red Isekai de Boukensha ni Naru — Villain
- Brave Bang Bravern! — Bravern
- Yamato yo Towa ni REBEL3199 — Daisuke Shima
- The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies — Formalhaut
- Oshi no Ko — Raida Sumiaki
- Dog Signal — Shinichiro Niwa
- Trapped in a Dating Sim — Julius Rapha Holfort
- MARS RED — Suwa
- Godzilla Singular Point — Kain Makino / Kaidoh Makita listing on profile
- Backflip!! — Yojiro Mutsu
- SSSS.DYNAZENON — Knight
- Fire Force — Takehisa Hinawa
- Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia — Romani Archaman
- Demon Slayer — Obanai Iguro
- Bungo Stray Dogs — Tayama Katai
- SSSS.GRIDMAN — Anti / Gridknight
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These — Yang Wen-li
- Osomatsu-san — Iyami
- Free! series — Momotaro Mikoshiba
- Gintama — Sougo Okita
Dubbing
- HELP / Revenge Island — Bradley
- Migration / FLY! — GooGoo
- Physical: 100 — announcer
- The Zone: Survival Mission / Crazy X area listing on profile — Noh Fi-Oh
Radio
- Suzumura Kenichi no Radi Base
- Toei Kounin Suzumura Kenichi / Kamiya Hiroshi no Kamen Radiranger
- Iwata Mitsuo / Suzumura Kenichi Sweet Ignition
Tokusatsu / Live Performance
- Mashin Sentai Kiramager — Mashin Fire
- Tokusatsu Gagaga — narration / Emerjason voice
- Kamen Rider Den-O — Ryutaros
- AD-LIVE — general producer
Games
- Uta no Prince-sama — Masato Hijirikawa
- CRISIS CORE -FINAL FANTASY VII- — Zack Fair
Music
His official profile states that, as an artist under Lantis, he has released 14 singles, one best album, 4 albums, and 3 mini albums.
Critical Reception
Suzumura’s reputation is backed by both longevity and awards recognition. Public award records credit him multiple times at the Seiyu Awards, including major wins for personality, supporting performance, and singing. That range matters because it reflects how he is viewed not just as a character actor, but as a performer with strength in radio, music, and franchise-leading roles. In the context of Gintama, his Sougo Okita performance remains one of the anchor voices of the series and is the only Japanese casting consistently attached to the character across TV, films, and games.
Useful source links:
Kenichi Suzumura official INTENTION profile (https://intention-k.com/profile/kenichi_suzumura)
IMDb page for Kenichi Suzumura (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0840720/)
Behind The Voice Actors page for Sougo Okita (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Gintama/Sogo-Okita/)
19th Seiyu Awards winners coverage (https://animecorner.me/19th-seiyu-awards-announce-the-winners/)
Sougo Okita does not have one single English dub actor across all Gintama releases. The clearest release-specific credits are Clint Bickham for Gintama: The Movie and Gintama: The Very Final, Vincent Tong for Gintama°, and Christian Vandepas for the 2019 Gintama TV dub listing. Behind The Voice Actors’ franchise comparison page also notes that Christian Vandepas has voiced Sougo the most times in English across listed Gintama productions.
English Voice Actor: Clint Bickham
Date of Birth
Clint Bickham’s full birth date is publicly listed by IMDb as October 5, 1981.
About Clint
Clint Bickham is an American voice actor and ADR script writer best known for English-language anime dubbing. For Gintama, he is the best-documented English Sougo Okita for the movie releases, with Behind The Voice Actors listing him for both Gintama: The Movie and Gintama: The Very Final. He is also known for roles such as Finland in Hetalia, Akihito Kanbara in Beyond the Boundary, and Kenma Kozume in Haikyu!!.
Hometown
IMDb lists Bickham as born in Brazoria County, Texas, USA.
Career Highlights
Beyond Gintama, Bickham is especially associated with anime dubbing and script adaptation work. Public reference sources consistently identify him with major roles including Finland in Hetalia: Axis Powers, Akihito Kanbara in Beyond the Boundary, Renji Asō in ef, Mochizō Ōji in Tamako Market, and Ikki Kurogane in Chivalry of a Failed Knight. That résumé makes him one of the most established English actors tied to Sougo Okita’s movie appearances.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented credits visible in the cited sources and may not be exhaustive.
Anime / Dubbing
- Gintama: The Movie — Sougo Okita
- Gintama: The Very Final — Sougo Okita
- Hetalia: Axis Powers — Finland
- Haikyu!! — Kenma Kozume
- Beyond the Boundary — Akihito Kanbara
- ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two / ef: A Tale of Memories. — Renji Asō
- Tamako Market — Mochizō Ōji
- Dusk Maiden of Amnesia — Teiichi Niiya
- Tsuritama — Haru
- La storia della Arcana Famiglia — Luca
- Chivalry of a Failed Knight — Ikki Kurogane
- The Dangers in My Heart — Kyotaro Ichikawa
Critical Reception
Bickham’s public reputation is built more on a deep, durable dubbing résumé than on awards coverage. The strongest verifiable picture is that of a long-running anime lead and supporting actor who also works in ADR writing, which helps explain why he fits Sougo’s mix of sharp comedy and menace so well in the English movie releases.
Useful source links:
IMDb page for Clint Bickham (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1727020/)
IMDb biography for Clint Bickham (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1727020/bio/)
Behind The Voice Actors page for Gintama: The Movie Sougo Okita (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/Gintama-The-Movie/Sogo-Okita/)
Behind The Voice Actors page for Gintama: The Very Final Sougo Okita (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/Gintama-The-Very-Final/Sogo-Okita/)
Date of Birth
Vincent Tong’s IMDb page shows his birthday as May 2, but the year was not visible in the source snippet I could verify here, so I’m not stating a full birth year without a stronger confirming source in this search.
About Vincent
Vincent Tong is a Canadian voice actor and writer. For Gintama, Behind The Voice Actors lists him as the English Sougo Okita in Gintama°, making him the clearest English voice attached to that specific television continuation. He is much more widely known in mainstream animation for roles such as Kai in Ninjago, alongside credits in Sonic Prime, The Deep, and Dragons: The Nine Realms.
Hometown
IMDb identifies Tong as born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Career Highlights
Tong’s broader career is anchored more in animation than anime dubbing alone. Public profiles consistently tie him to Ninjago, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, The Deep, and Dragons: The Nine Realms. That range gives context to his casting as Sougo in Gintama°: he brought a seasoned animation voice profile to a release handled through the Ocean/Ocean-adjacent dub ecosystem noted on BTVA.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented credits visible in the cited sources and may not be exhaustive.
Anime / Animation / Dubbing
- Gintama° — Sougo Okita
- Ninjago — Kai
- Sonic Prime — credited voice role
- The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild — credited voice role
- Iron Man: Armored Adventures — Gene Khan / The Mandarin
- Sushi Pack — Toro
- Kid vs. Kat — Henry
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic — Garble / Flash Sentry / Sandbar
- Voltron Force — Daniel
- The Deep — Ant Nekton
- Nexo Knights — Jestro
- Dragons: The Nine Realms — Eugene Wong
- Death Note — Touta Matsuda
- Nana — Kinoshita
- Beyblade Burst — Ukyo Ibuki
Critical Reception
Tong’s public standing is strongest as a prolific Canadian animation performer rather than as an anime-specialist headline name. That does not lessen the Gintama credit; it just places it correctly. For franchise-specific accuracy, he is the English Sougo most clearly attached to Gintama°.
Useful source links:
IMDb page for Vincent Tong (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1925154/)
IMDb biography for Vincent Tong (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1925154/bio/)
Behind The Voice Actors page for Gintama° Sougo Okita (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Gintama-2015/Sogo-Okita/)
Wikipedia entry for Vincent Tong (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Tong_(voice_actor))
Date of Birth
Christian Vandepas’s full birth date is not publicly documented in the reliable sources I could verify here.
About Christian
Christian Vandepas is an actor and voice actor whose public profile is lighter than Bickham’s or Tong’s. For Gintama, Behind The Voice Actors lists him as the English Sougo Okita in the 2019 Gintama TV dub and also in Mr. Ginpachi’s Zany Class, making him the most frequently credited English Sougo across listed franchise entries on BTVA.
Hometown
A hometown is not publicly documented in the strongest sources I reviewed. His official website and IMDb snippets confirm his acting career, but not a verified birthplace or hometown in the material surfaced here.
Career Highlights
Vandepas’s strongest publicly visible footprint in this search comes from screen acting and theater, with his official site featuring review excerpts from Florida stage coverage. Within voice acting, BTVA identifies Sougo Okita as one of his best-known roles. Because his public dubbing biography is comparatively thin, the safest summary is that Gintama is one of his most search-relevant voice credits.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented credits visible in the cited sources and may not be exhaustive.
Anime / Dubbing
- Gintama (2019 TV listing) — Sougo Okita
- Gintama: Mr. Ginpachi’s Zany Class — Sougo Okita
Screen / Acting Credits
- Wild Republic
- Haunted Hospital
- Les aventures du Nexus VI / Legend Quest listings appear in IMDb search snippets and linked results
Critical Reception
There is very little substantive critical writing about Vandepas as a dub performer in the sources I could verify. The clearest reliable point is narrower: he is a recurring English Sougo credit in current Gintama dub listings, and his official site shows critical praise for his acting work more generally.
Useful source links:
Christian Vandepas official site (https://www.christianvandepas.com/)
IMDb page for Christian Vandepas (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10693097/)
Behind The Voice Actors page for Gintama Sougo Okita (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Gintama/Sogo-Okita/)
Behind The Voice Actors page for Christian Vandepas (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Christian-Vandepas/)
For a one-line answer to the search query, the most accurate version is: Sougo Okita in Gintama is voiced by Kenichi Suzumura in Japanese, while the English dub voice varies by release, with Clint Bickham, Vincent Tong, and Christian Vandepas all documented for different Gintama productions.
