Many years ago...there was this man... Well...this man is just the one about to described right now.
Hiroaki Hirata, born August 7, 1963, is best known for voicing Chivalrous Pervert characters like Sanji in One Piece and Gojyo in Saiyuki, as well as his more recent The Rival forte, including Vergil from the Devil May Cry series and Jetstream Sam from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Also as The Narrator and Leomon in Digimon Adventure. He's also the official dub artist for Johnny Depp and Matt Damon.
He has won the 6th annual seiyuu awards for
Best Lead Actor.
Notable roles:
- Albert Genette in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
- Allen Ridgely in Xenosaga
- Arthur Fleck/Joker (Joaquin Phoenix) in the Japanese dub of Joker (2019)
- Balthier in Final Fantasy XII
- Benny in Black Lagoon
- Boyacky/Voltkatze in Yatterman Night
- Tsubuyakky in Time Bokan 24
- Cale Tucker in the Japanese dub of Titan A.E.
- Caliburn in Sonic and the Black Knight
- Cliff in Ninja Gaiden 3
- Don West (Matt LeBlanc) in the Japanese dub of Lost in Space
- Engine Machalcon in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
- Delu-Knight in Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger
- Gasket and Live Convoy (Ransack and Evac) in Transformers: Cybertron
- Geigen "Hube" Huber in Kyo Kara Maoh!
- Gellert Grindelwald in the Japanese dub of the Fantastic Beasts series note
- Genma Shiranui in Naruto
- Godot in the anime adaptation of Ace Attorney
- Gordon Stewart Northcott (Jason Butler Harner) in the Japanese dub of Changeling
- Gregory in Majin Bone
- Hiroaki Ishida, Leomon, Young Gennai note , and The Narrator (technically making him the adult Takeru Takaishi) in Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02
- Leomon in Digimon Tamers and Digimon X-Evolution
- Matadormon in Digimon Fusion
- Shawujinmon in Digimon Ghost Game
- Henry Sturges in the Japanese dub of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
- Hunter the Cheetah in the Japanese dub of Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
- Ichabod Crane in the Japanese dub of Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- Ironhide in the Japanese dub of The Transformers episode "Day of the Machines" (debut role)
- Jack Sparrow in the Japanese dub of Pirates of the Caribbean and in Kingdom Hearts II
- Jean-Pierre Polnareff in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle (succeeded by Fuminori Komatsu as of the anime)
- Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc) in the Japanese dub of Friends and the spinoff Joey
- Jyuji Kabane in Gungrave Overdose
- Kagetora in 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams
- Kaguro in Kekkaishi
- Keigo Okita in Hajime no Ippo
- Keith Kazama Flick in B: The Beginning
- Kotetsu T. Kaburagi/Wild Tiger in Tiger & Bunny
- Kyotaro Sakaki in Girls Bravo
- Lavalley in Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul
- Lindow Amamiya in God Eater Burst and Project × Zone
- Lewis Rothschild in the Japanese dub of The American President
- Mamoru Ichiyo (adult) in Zanki Zero
- Max Lobo in Banana Fish
- Mutta Namba in Space Brothers
- The narrator of Kamen Rider Wizard
- The Ninja in the Kinnikuman games.
- Orlando Haddick in Catherine
- Otto in Fena: Pirate Princess
- Phoenix in the Japanese version of Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier
- Pip Bernadotte in Hellsing
- Qrow Branwen in the Japanese dub of RWBY
- Rackam in Granblue Fantasy
- Ranchoddas "Rancho" Shyamaldas Chanchad/Chhote/Phunsukh Wangdu (Aamir Khan) in the Japanese dub of 3 Idiots
- Raven in Granado Espada
- Refrain in Pretty Cure Miracle Leap: A Strange Day with Everyone
- Ricardo Soldato/Hypnos in Tales of Innocence
- Rikiya Yotsubashi/Re-Destro in My Hero Academia
- Ryōtarō Tsuboi / Kline in Sword Art Online
- Samuel "Jetstream" Rodrigues in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
- Samson (Kiefer Sutherland) in the Japanese dub of The Wild
- Sanji, Karoo, Dogpen and Demalo Black (Fake Luffy) in One Piece
- Sha Wujing/Sha Gojyo in Saiyuki
- Shiro Fujimoto in Blue Exorcist (Replaced Keiji Fujiwara)
- Tadaaki Kashimura in Detective Conan Film 06: The Phantom of Baker Street
- Takachiho Isao in Night Raid 1931
- Tatsuji Chibiki in Another
- Thunderhoof in the Japanese dub of Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015)
- Tonto in the Japanese dub of The Lone Ranger (2013)
- Vergil in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Project × Zone 2, Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition, and Devil May Cry 5
- Vulpecula in Live A Hero
- Wazukyan in Made in Abyss
- Professor Kakuzawa in Elfen Lied
- Zabaniyya and Tsukuyomi in Tokyo Afterschool Summoners
