David Anthony Matranga (born April 20, 1975) is an American voice actor who works with Sentai Filmworks and Funimation. He is probably most famous for voicing Tomoya Okazaki in CLANNAD and Shoto Todoroki in My Hero Academia. Not to be confused for Dave Matranga note and David N. Matranga note . He is not related to musician Jonah Matranga.
He's actually been a voice actor for many years, having worked on anime with the now defunct ADV Films since as early as 2000, but was under the radar of most fans due to a lack of well-known roles and almost no convention appearances. Since the rise of Sentai Filmworks though, he's slowly become more visible and prolific in the industry and his popularity solidified thanks to some of his roles in Funimation.
Often cast alongside with Luci Christian, Hilary Haag, and Monica Rial.
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Notable voice roles from David Matranga:
- 5 Centimeters per Second as Takaki Tono (Sentai dub)
- AKB0048 as Mr. Sono
- Angel Beats! as Hideki Hinata
- Another as Mr. Kubodera
- Appleseed as Briareos (Sentai dub)
- Appleseed Ex Machina as Briareos
- Appleseed XIII as Briareos
- Attack on Titan as Bertolt Hoover
- Blue Lock as Ikki Niko
- Btooom! as Masahito Date
- Brothers Conflict as Subaru Asahina
- Buddy Daddies as Rei Suwa
- Canaan as Minoru Minorikawa
- Chance Pop Session as Kaito Kosaka
- A Certain Magical Index as Knight Leader
- Le Chevalier d'Eon as d'Eon de Beaumont
- Children Who Chase Lost Voices as Ryuji Morisaki
- CLANNAD as Tomoya Okazaki
- Classroom of the Elite as Manabu Horikita
- Colorful as Hirokawa and Jamie
- Cop Craft as Kei Matoba
- Demon King Daimao as Yozo Hattori
- Devil May Cry: The Animated Series as Issac
- Devils' Line as Tamaki Anzai
- D.Gray-Man as Sheril Kamelot
- Dirty Pair: Project EDEN as Carson
- Doreiku as Yūga Ohta
- DRAMAtical Murder as Koujaku
- Dream Eater Merry as Pharos Hercules
- ef ~ a tale of memories as Yu Himura
- Elfen Lied as Ohmoni
- The Eminence in Shadow as Lutheran Barnett
- Fairy Tail as God Serena
- Fire Emblem:
- Fire Emblem Heroes as Knoll
- Fire Emblem Engage as Zelkov
- Fist of the North Star: Legends of the Dark King as Souga
- From the New World as Shisei Kaburagi
- GARO: Vanishing Line as Luke
- Gilgamesh as Decem and additional voices
- Gleipnir as Kaito
- Golden Kamuy as Tanigaki Genjirou
- Guin Saga as Istavan
- Hakuouki as Keisuke Sannan
- Halo Legends as Ghost (Prototype) and Joseph (Homecoming)
- Heaven's Memo Pad as Hiro
- Highschool of the Dead as Hisashi Igo and additional voices
- Hiiro no Kakera as Yuichi Komura
- Hitorijime My Hero as Kousuke Ooshiba
- Inu × Boku SS as Kagerou Shoukiin
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean as Johngalli A.
- Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor as Yuuji Endou
- Kamisama Dolls as Aki Kuga
- Karneval as Akari
- Kids on the Slope as Junichi Katsuragi
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky OVA as Olivier Lenheim
- Live A Live as Pancho, Pike and Captain Square (2022 remake)
- Log Horizon as Roderick
- Magical Warfare as Kazuma Ryuusenji
- Maid-Sama! (The Sentai Filmworks re-dub) as Takumi Usui
- Mardock Scramble as Dr. Easter
- Martian Successor Nadesico: Prince of Darkness as Yamasaki
- Moriarty the Patriot as George Lestrade
- My Hero Academia as Shoto Todoroki
- My Love Story!! as Kouki Ichinose
- NEEDLESS as Adam Arclight
- No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular! as Tomoki Kuroki
- One Piece as Gin (replacing Illich Guardiola) and Charlotte Cracker
- Penguindrum as Kenzen Takakura, Father Natsume and Yosuke Yamashita
- Planetarian as The Junker
- Plunderer as Jail Murdoch
- Re-Main as Shuugo Amihama
- The Saint's Magic Power Is Omnipotent as Johan Valdec
- Saiyuki as Genjo Sanzo
- The Samurai as Takeshi Chimatsuri
- Samurai Girls as Muneakira Yagyu
- Skeleton Knight in Another World as Danka Niel Maple
- Sorcerer Stabber Orphen as Orphen (also the only actor to reprise the role in the 2020 reboot)
- SPY×FAMILY as Daybreak
- SSSS.DYNɅZENON as Onija
- Steel Angel Kurumi as Kamihito Kagura
- Street Fighter 6 as Ken Masters (replacing Reuben Langdon)
- Sunday Without God as Julie Sakuma Dmitriyevich
- Super Milk Chan as Robodog; Ario the Baby Ant; Himself (live-action footage)
- Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun as Teru Minamoto
- Towa no Quon as Cyborg Epsilon
- Trigun Stampede as Nicholas D. Wolfwood
- Ushio and Tora as Ushio Aotsuki
- Wolf Children as Wolf-Man
- Xam'd: Lost Memories as Furuichi Teraoka
Tropes about his roles:
- Adam Westing: In ADV's Super Milk Chan dub. He portrays an aggressive and immature version of himself. In reality, he seems to be a humble and very sweet man. During an interview for a Highschool of the Dead cable special, he said that in a zombie apocalypse he, "probably wouldn't be the hero." See
above for more about that interview. - Cloudcuckoolander: He plays a slightly loopy history teacher in Stages Repertory Theatre's production of The Complete History of America (Abridged).
- Large Ham: He can really ham it up if need be. His role as Kagerou in Inu × Boku SS may be the best example.
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor: David's characters are often Troubled, but Cute young men and teenagers that are snarky. Super Milk inverts this, and it's scary if you're familiar with his most of his other work. Robodog has a raspy, metallic screech. Ario sounds like a stereotypical baby. Given his situation, you can't really blame him for crying all the time.
- The Stoic: Many of the characters he voiced have a calm personality. Todoroki is a prime example.
