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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
