Akihiko Kayaba (茅場 晶彦)
Akihiko Kayaba is the Director and Creator of the Nerve Gear and Sword Art Online. He traps all the players within Sword Art Online by using the Nerve Gear to cease sending signals to the users' body. Any attempt at removal, loss of power for a certain period, or if the user dies in the game will also kill the user. His motivation is to observe what happens after he traps them.
Animeography
Sword Art Online
Sword Art Online: Extra Edition
Sword Art Online Movie: Ordinal Scale
Sword Art Online: Alicization
Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld 2nd Season
Sword Art Online: Progressive Movie - Hoshi Naki Yoru no Aria
Mangaography
Voice Actors
Kouichi Yamadera
Japanese
Marc Diraison
English
Marco Balzarotti
Italian
Julien Chatelet
French
Julien Dutel
French
Massimiliano Lotti
Italian
Nizo Neto
Portuguese (BR)
David W. Collins
English
Torsten Michaelis
German
Luis Porcar
Spanish
Mathieu Touquet
French
Dafnis Fernández
Spanish