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Masashi Hirose (born November 6, 1947) is a seiyu who is most famous as Ramba Ral in Mobile Suit Gundam, Rikishiman in Kinnikuman, Gosterro of Blue Comet SPT Layzner, and Teacher Nakano of Lovely Complex.
He retired from voice acting in 2014 due to his health and old age. As such, many of his roles were filled in by other voice actors.
Notable roles:
- The Absolute God in Tengai Makyou IV
- Barney Gumble in the dub of The Simpsons
- Captain Mitchell in the dub of Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue
- Gokan-Ou in GeGeGe no Kitarō
- Gosterro in Blue Comet SPT Layzner
- Gremto Goer in Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (replaced by Minoru Inaba in Super Robot Wars V)
- Hades/Precht Gaebolg in Fairy Tail (replaced by Yutaka Aoyama from episode 245 onward)
- Hector Con Carne in the Japanese dubs of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne
- Hideyoshi Ushiromiya in Umineko: When They Cry
- Kan Yu in Armored Trooper VOTOMS
- Radaa Niva in Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Big Battle
- Katokk Alzamille in After War Gundam X
- Leblanc in Tales of Vesperia
- Nakano-sensei in Lovely Complex
- Oscar Joaquin Dela Rosa in Bleach
- Ramba Ral in Mobile Suit Gundam
- Mr. Ral in Gundam Build Fighters, which borders on Role Reprise. (replaced by Katsuhisa Houki from episode 5 of Try onward)
- Rikishiman in Kinnikuman
- Risei Kotomine in Fate/Zero
- Robert Edwin House in the dub of Fallout: New Vegas
- Stinger in Getter Robo: Armageddon
- The Storyteller/Arthur Cantabella in Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
- Takeda Shingen in Demon Chaos
- Teniquette Zezenan in 2nd Super Robot Wars: Original Generation (replacing Issei Masamune)
- Vespasianus in Demonbane
