Justin Patrick Briner (born August 23, 1991 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a voice actor that primarily works with Funimation. He's best well known for his roles as Mikaela Hyakuya from Seraph of the End and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya from My Hero Academia (which both roles can easily be considered to be his Star Making Roles in his anime voice acting career). He's often casted as protagonist characters that are either Endearingly Dorky or Wide Eyed Idealists.
He is also well-known within the abridged fandom and is affiliated with Team Four Star with his roles such as Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy VII: Machinabridged and Teen Gohan in Dragon Ball Z Abridged (though only for the Super Android 13 movie, and wouldn't reprise his role for the Buu Bits after Season 4's cancellation). Considering many voice actors who worked with Team Four Star eventually establish voice acting careers with Funimation (i.e. Chris Guerrero), this might not be much of a surprise. He's also done voice work in several indie game projects, such as Moska from Dust: An Elysian Tail and Yayan from DreadOut.
Aside from playing heroic characters, he also has a real life Action Hero moment, when he saved himself and a bunch of his castmates
, including J. Michael Tatum and Brandon McInnis from a mugger in Portland, Oregon.
Notable roles by Justin Briner
Anime
- 9'α in DARLING in the FRANXX
- AΩ Nova in Space Patrol Luluco
- Akatsuki Iride in The Ones Within
- Alfonso San Valiante in GARO: The Animation
- Minamoto no Yorinobu in GARO: Crimson Moon
- Alan in GARO: Vanishing Line
- Apple Bieber in Double Decker
- Arashi in Show by Rock!!
- Brad Fou Field in Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs
- Breunor in Divine Gate
- Clauss in Chain Chronicle: he Light of Haecceitas
- Daida in Ranking of Kings
- Echo Rec in Listeners
- Elam in The Heroic Legend of Arslan
- Emil Nekola in Yuri!!! on Ice
- Enta Jinnai in Sarazanmai
- Frate Vanetti in 91 Days
- Fuchi in Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku
- Ginro in Dr. STONE
- Grisha Yeager (child) in Attack on Titan
- Hanako in Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
- Hasegawa in Handa-kun
- Hashiba in Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace
- Hakuei in Chaos Dragon
- Hayato Shinomiya in Kiss Him, Not Me
- Hirano Toshiro in Touken Ranbu - Hanamaru
- Izuku "Deku" Midoriya in My Hero Academia
- Justice Akatsuka in Taboo-Tattoo
- Kawabata in D-Frag!
- Kiyotaka Ayanokoji in Classroom of the Elite
- Kohai in Ninja Slayer
- Kojuro Shuri in Masamune-kun's Revenge
- Ladonia in Hetalia: Axis Powers
- Lance in Puzzle & Dragons X
- Luciel in The Great Cleric
- Luck Voltia in Black Clover
- Maekawa in Ultimate Otaku Teacher
- Maki Katsuragi in Stars Align
- Manato in Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
- Mikaela Hyakuya in Seraph of the End
- Nasu no Yoichi in Drifters
- Nico in Nanbaka
- Qwenthur Barbotage in Heavy Object
- Reiji Suwa in Prince of Stride: Alternative
- Ryota Mitarai in Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School
- Sawakita in The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
- Salva-Enna-Tibesti (Young) in Dimension W
- Satou Pendragon in Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody
- Shion Bladearts in The Legendary Hero Is Dead!
- Sho Kusakabe in Fire Force
- Soujirou Seta in Log Horizon
- Sumiaki Iwashimizu in ALL OUT!!
- Tazuna Takatsuki in Hand Shakers
- Teu in Yona of the Dawn
- Theodore in Gosick
- Tsumugi Aoba in Ensemble Stars!
- Vegeta, as a child in Dragon Ball Super and Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
- Wallace Arcangelo (young) in Gangsta.
- Yukito Tsukishiro in Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card
Video Games
- The Announcer in Dragon Ball Fighter Z
- Clanne in Fire Emblem Engage
- Ichi in Cibele
- Moska in Dust: An Elysian Tail
- Taro Megane in Akiba's Beat
- Theo in Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs
- Yayan in DreadOut
Web Original
- Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy VII: Machinabridged
- Teen Gohan in Dragon Ball Z Abridged Movie: Super Android 13
- Pit in DEATH BATTLE!
