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3 | Kirk Thornton (born May 13, 1956) is an American voice actor known for playing sassy characters, among others, in dubbed anime and video games. His career includes Hotohori in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' and Jin in ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo''. He also played numerous cameos and minor characters in ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', in addition to the major character of Hajime Saito. He also does Don Patch in ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'' as well as Gabumon and other voices in ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''. He is even the English voice of Jet Link in ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'', as well as Kisame Hoshigaki in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' and its sequel, ''Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles''. As of 2010, he's the English voice of [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Shadow the Hedgehog]]. |
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5 | Thornton is also well-known for having played many different minor voice roles throughout the ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' franchise (and similar series such as ''Series/VRTroopers'' and ''Series/MaskedRider''). |
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7 | Thornton has also had experience with ADR direction. He also co-directed the ADR for the first 168 episodes of the popular anime series ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' alongside Creator/WendeeLee. |
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9 | Thornton's career is difficult to track, due to the multiple names under which he has been credited. |
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11 | His wife, Julie Nesbitt, and his daughter, Chloe Thornton, are also voice actors. |
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14 | !!Notable roles |
15 | !!!Anime |
16 | * ''Manga/{{Ajin}}'' - Douglas Almeida |
17 | * ''Anime/AldnoahZero'' - Saazbaum |
18 | * ''Anime/TheBigO'' - Instro (Episode 6) |
19 | * ''Manga/BlackJack'' - Black Jack (credited as Sean Thornton and Sparky Thornton) |
20 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' - Eikichiro Saido, Hinagiku (Shun Shun Rikka), Ugaki, Narrator, Zennosuke Kurumadani, Gyokaku Kumoi |
21 | * ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'' - Don Patch and Hydrate |
22 | * ''Manga/{{Chobits}}'' - Zima/Jima |
23 | * ''Anime/CodeGeass'' - Kaname Ohgi |
24 | * ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' - Asimov Solenson (Episode 1) |
25 | * ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'' - Jimmy Kurosaki |
26 | * ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'' - Jet Link/Cyborg 002 (credited as Sparky Allen) |
27 | * ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' - Hand Demon/Tanjuro Kamado |
28 | * ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden'' - Girochi |
29 | * ''Anime/DigimonAdventure''[=/=]''Anime/DigimonAdventure02''/''Anime/DigimonTheMovie''/''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri''/''Anime/DigimonAdventureLastEvolutionKizuna'' - Tsunomon/Gabumon/Garurumon/[=WereGarurumon=]/[=MetalGarurumon=], Mummymon |
30 | ** ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' - Mr. Matsuki |
31 | ** ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' - Tsunomon/Gabumon, Karatenmon |
32 | ** ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'' - Yushima, Citramon |
33 | ** ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' - [=AxeKnightmon=], Tactimon, Apollomon |
34 | * ''[[Literature/TeitoMonogatari Doomed Megalopolis]]'' - Kamo |
35 | * ''Anime/DuelMasters'' - Knight |
36 | * ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' - Matthieu |
37 | * ''Anime/ExpelledFromParadise'' - Official B |
38 | * ''Literature/TheFarawayPaladin'' - Gus |
39 | * ''Anime/FateGrandCarnival'' - James Moriarty |
40 | * ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' (2006 dub) - Kiritsugu Emiya |
41 | * ''Literature/FateZero'' - Byakuya Matou and Norikata Emiya |
42 | * ''Anime/Figure17TsubasaAndHikaru'' - Hideo Shiina |
43 | * ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' - Head Banger (1986 movie), God's Army Razor Whip Guy and Toki / Amiba (Manga Entertainment Dub) |
44 | * ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' - Emperor Hotohori |
45 | * ''VideoGame/GateKeepers'' - Chotaro "Big Boss" Banba |
46 | * ''Anime/GateKeepers21'' - Nazo/Reiji Kageyama |
47 | * ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' - Swat chief (Episode 17) |
48 | ** ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex: 2nd Gig'' - Hideo Kuze |
49 | * ''Anime/GreatPretender'' - Seiji Ozaki |
50 | * ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' - Ryuji Danma, Yoshito Kikuchi, Noboru Yoshikawa, additional voices |
51 | * ''Anime/GunXSword'' - The Claw Man |
52 | * ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' - Brandon "Beyond the Grave" Heat |
53 | * ''Anime/IGPXImmortalGrandPrix'' - Mark Ramsey |
54 | * ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'' - Atsuya Kusakabe |
55 | * ''Anime/{{K}}'' - Daikaku Kokujouji, Yuujiro Benzai, Saburouta Bandou, the Prime Minister, and more. |
56 | * ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'' - Hattori |
57 | * ''Manga/LoveHina'' - Seta Noriyasu |
58 | * ''Franchise/LupinIII'': |
59 | ** ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'' - Count Cagliostro (Creator/MangaEntertainment version); Gustav (MGM version) |
60 | ** ''[[Anime/GravestoneOfDaisukeJigen Jigen's Gravestone]]'' - [[spoiler:Mamo]] |
61 | * ''Manga/{{Mahoromatic}}'' - Kiyomi Kawahara, Ryo Misato, Hokaze Minato, and Professor Mephlis |
62 | * ''Manga/MashleMagicAndMuscles'' - Regro Burnedead |
63 | * ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'' - Damian Wolfe |
64 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory'' - Anavel Gato |
65 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' - Todo Mirconen |
66 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' HD Remaster - Baba |
67 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'' - Gilboa Sant |
68 | * ''Anime/MonColleKnights'' - Earth Dragon |
69 | * ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' - The Baby |
70 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' - Tazuna, Kisame Hoshigaki, Shukaku, Akahoshi, Gennou, Chiriku, Fukasaku, Fu, Mifune |
71 | * ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' - Hanza |
72 | * ''Manga/OutlawStar'' - Crackerjack, Ark Manaf |
73 | * ''Anime/OvermanKingGainer'' - Gain Bijou |
74 | * ''Anime/PerfectBlue'' - Yamashiro |
75 | * ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'' - Mr. Fuji, Lance |
76 | * ''Anime/{{Planetes}}'' - Hachirota "Hachimaki" Hoshino |
77 | * ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'' - Kunimitsu Tezuka |
78 | * ''Manga/RaveMaster'' - Berial |
79 | * ''Anime/ReignTheConqueror'' - Demosthenes |
80 | * ''Manga/RiskySafety'' - Moe's Father (credited as Sparky Thornton) |
81 | * ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' - Saito Hajime, Ginji |
82 | * ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}} Reload''[=/=]''Manga/{{Saiyuki}} Reload Gunlock'' - Dr Ni Jianyi |
83 | * ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' - Jin |
84 | * ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' (1994) - Kesslor |
85 | * ''Anime/SCryed'' - Narrator, Hideki, Urizane |
86 | * ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' - Masami Eiri |
87 | * ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'' - Galand and Waillo |
88 | * ''[[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Shingetsutan Tsukihime]]'' - Michael Roa Valdamjong (supposedly, [[CanonDiscontinuity he never did this]]) |
89 | * ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'' and ''Anime/StreetFighterIIV'' - Guile |
90 | * ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' - Klein |
91 | * ''Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP'' - Seiryo Tennan, Barry, Wau Official |
92 | * ''Anime/TenchiMuyoRyoOhki'' OVA 3 - Ikeda, Nakita Kuramitsu |
93 | * ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' - Muramasa Kaburagi, Benoit Depardeau |
94 | * ''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' - Dr. Onishi |
95 | * ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' - Rai Dei the Blade |
96 | * ''Literature/VampireHunterD'' - D's left hand |
97 | * ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'' - Bart Garsus |
98 | * ''Anime/WitchHunterRobin'' - Kazuya Misawa, Shirou Masuda |
99 | * ''Anime/WolfsRain'' - Leara's Father |
100 | * ''Anime/{{Ys}} [[VideoGame/YsIAncientYsVanishedOmen I]] and [[VideoGame/YsIIAncientYsVanishedTheFinalChapter II]]'' OVA - Darm (''Ys II'' only), Luta Gemma |
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102 | !!!Video Games |
103 | * ''Franchise/DotHack'' - Orca |
104 | * ''[[VideoGame/DotHackGU .hack//G.U. vol.1//Rebirth]]'' - Antares, Negimaru |
105 | ** ''[[VideoGame/DotHackGU .hack//G.U. vol.2//Reminisce]]'' - Antares, Negimaru |
106 | ** ''[[VideoGame/DotHackGU .hack//G.U. vol.3//Redemption]]'' - Antares, Negimaru |
107 | * ''VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar'' - AWACS Thunderhead (uncredited) |
108 | * ''VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation'' - Sgt. Louis [=McKnight=] (uncredited) |
109 | * ''VideoGame/AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar'' - Erich Hillenbrand/Schnee One (uncredited) |
110 | * ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore: For Answer'' - Additional Voices (uncredited) |
111 | * ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoMelodyOfElemia'' - Leard Barsett (uncredited) |
112 | * ''VideoGame/AtelierIrisEternalMana'' - Additional Voices (uncredited) |
113 | * ''VideoGame/AtelierIris3GrandPhantasm'' - Ash F. Abenstein (uncredited) |
114 | * ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos Origins'' - Shanath |
115 | * ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' - Jubei, Misc. Voices (such as the Isle of Ranking in Jin's Joke Ending in ''Continuum Shift'') |
116 | * ''VideoGame/TheBouncer'' - Commander (as Sparky Thornton) |
117 | * ''VideoGame/BraveFencerMusashi'' - Ed (as Sparky Thornton) |
118 | * ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' - Barras Lehr |
119 | * ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' - Grant [=DaNasty=] (uncredited) |
120 | * ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' - Sword Familiar (uncredited, ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheDraculaXChronicles Dracula X Chronicles]]'' redub) |
121 | * ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' - Boss [[spoiler: aka Thomas Mutton]] |
122 | * ''VideoGame/CodeOfPrincess'' - Shooting Star Tsukikage |
123 | * ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5'' - Gen Fu and Victor Donovan |
124 | * ''[[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Death by Degrees]]'' - Soldiers (uncredited) |
125 | * ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' - Yasuyuki Honda |
126 | * ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus: VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' - Incidental Characters |
127 | * ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' - Roland (uncredited) |
128 | * ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' - Fighter Jet Pilot (uncredited) |
129 | * ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''[=/=]''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'' - Meng Huo, Xiahou Dun (uncredited) |
130 | * ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam 3'' - Anavel Gato |
131 | * ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' - Yen'fay |
132 | * ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]]'' - Nomah |
133 | * ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' - [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Dorcas]], Surtr |
134 | * ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors'' - [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Iago]] (replacing John Rubinstein) |
135 | * ''VideoGame/{{Galerians}}: Ash'' - Major Romero (as Ron Allen) |
136 | * ''The Granstream Saga'' - Slayzer (as Sparky Thornton) (was miscredited as the voice of Korky) |
137 | * ''VideoGame/GrandiaIII'' - Rotts (uncredited) |
138 | * ''VideoGame/GuiltyGearXrd'' - Potemkin |
139 | * ''VideoGame/{{Judgment}}'' - Kaoru Ichinose |
140 | * ''VideoGame/KessenII'' - Cao Cao (uncredited) |
141 | * ''VideoGame/KessenIII'' - Nagahide Niwa, Katsuyori Takeda (uncredited) |
142 | * ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', & ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' - Saïx |
143 | * ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' - Isa |
144 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel''[[note]]For consistency's sake, his voice clips were later patched into ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Trails in the Sky SC]]'' as well, replacing Creator/TroyBaker as the character[[/note]] - [[PhantomThief Bleublanc]] |
145 | * ''VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName'' - Head Priest |
146 | * ''VideoGame/MagnaCarta2'' - Nyx |
147 | * ''VideoGame/NeoContra'' - Plant Contra (uncredited) |
148 | * ''VideoGame/OmegaQuintet'' - Tomekichi |
149 | * ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' - [[SadistTeacher Kinshiro Morooka]] (aka [[HateSink King Moron]]) |
150 | * ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'' (including ''[[Anime/Persona5TheAnimation The Animation]]'' and ''[[UpdatedReRelease Royal]]'') - SIU Director, [[spoiler:[[WalkingSpoiler the real Igor]]]]; reprises the latter in ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload'' |
151 | * ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' - Ringmaster Hamm (uncredited) |
152 | * ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'' - Blaine, Clay |
153 | * ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak File #2'' - Kevin Ryman (uncredited) |
154 | * ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations'' - Parker Luciani |
155 | * ''VideoGame/RogueGalaxy'' - Cancer King, Starr, Logan |
156 | * ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa'' - Darque (uncredited) |
157 | * ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' - Katsuyori Takeda, Kennyo Honganji, Morichika Chosokabe Type Generic Officer (uncredited) |
158 | ** ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors: Xtreme Legends'' - Tadakatsu Honda (uncredited) |
159 | * ''VideoGame/ScarletNexus'' - Joe Sumeragi (credited as Buba Chow) |
160 | * ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei: VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga 2'' - Roland (uncredited) |
161 | * ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV'' - Zeus |
162 | * ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'' - Harry Mason |
163 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' - Shadow the Hedgehog (From 2010 onwards, replacing Creator/JasonGriffith), Orbot |
164 | * ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur V]]'' - Male Custom Voice "Veteran Knight" |
165 | ** ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI'' - Nightmare [[SignificantDoubleCasting &]] Siegfried Schtauffen ([[TheOtherDarrin replacing]] Creator/RogerCraigSmith) |
166 | * ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'' - Lancar, Vendeen Soldier (uncredited) |
167 | * ''VideoGame/StellaGlow'' - Hrodulf |
168 | * ''VideoGame/SuikodenIV'' - Gary (uncredited) |
169 | * ''VideoGame/SuikodenV'' - Rahal (uncredited) |
170 | * ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'' - Jade Curtiss (uncredited) |
171 | * ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis 4'' - Terrorist Leader (Complete Mission mode only) (uncredited) |
172 | * ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter: New Blood'' - Robert Cromwell (uncredited) |
173 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tyranny}}'' - Graven Ashe |
174 | * ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi 2'' - Meng Huo, Xiahou Dun (uncredited) |
175 | * ''VideoGame/{{Wild ARMs 5}}'' - Fereydoon, Joseph Russellberg, Sol Niger (uncredited) |
176 | * ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Episode I: Der Wille zur Mach'' - Capt. Matthews (uncredited) |
177 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse'' - Capt. Matthews |
178 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra'' - Hermann / Capt. Matthews |
179 | * ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'' - Dragon Fighter[[labelnote:spoiler]]Pocket Circuit Fighter[[/labelnote]] |
180 | |
181 | !!!Western Animation |
182 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' - Adam Warlock |
183 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}'' - Buckey O'Neil |
184 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Monsuno}}'' - Beyal |
185 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheQueensCorgi'' ''(US Version)'' - Donald Trump |
186 | * ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' - Orbot, Shadow the Hedgehog |
187 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' - Sanjay Rash |
188 | * ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise2015'' - Shadelock |
189 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' - Poo and the Sadida King [[note]] Season 3 only [[/note]] |
190 | |
191 | !!Staff |
192 | !!!Director |
193 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' - ADR co-director (alongside Creator/WendeeLee) |
194 | * ''Manga/{{BloodLad}}'' - Voice director |
195 | * ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden'' - Voice director |
196 | * ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' Season 2 - ADR director |
197 | |
198 | !!Tropes applying to Kirk Thornton: |
199 | * IHaveManyNames: Has worked under 19 different stage names, in addition to his real name. |
200 | ----- |
201 | ->''[[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Whoa, what a massive description. I can't wait to take a break.]]'' |
202 | -->''[[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss There's still the Index, and you seem to be the least tired amongst us...]]'' |
203 | ->''[[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Oh, no no. I've been frail since birth... *fake cough*]]'' |
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