Ryōtarō Okiayu (置鮎 龍太郎, Okiayu Ryōtarō?, November 17, 1969 -) is a Japanese voice actor, who was born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, and raised in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture.[citation needed] He has been active since 1989, and is currently affiliated with Aoni Production.[citation needed]
He was part of the voice actor unit E.M.U (Entertainment Music Unit) with fellow voice actors Hikaru Midorikawa, Hideo Ishikawa, Nobutoshi Canna (known then as Nobutoshi Hayashi) and Daisuke Sakaguchi. The unit was formed in 1995, and disbanded in 2000.
He was once married to voice actress Nao Nagasawa, and has a daughter with her.