Horii Chad was born August 29, 1984 in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor and voice actor. After graduating from Shizuoka Kenritsu Yoshida Koutou Gakkou he joined Toei Academy's training school in 2005, and was afterwards part of Toei Academy until the agency closed in March, 2011. He was for a short time part of Gekidan Fool's Cap (劇団フールズキャップ), until 2006. Currently affiliated with Across Entertainment since July, 2011.