Hiroaki Hirata

Hiroaki Hirata
Native name	平田 広明
Born	August 7, 1963 Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	1985-present
Notable credit(s)	Tiger & Bunny as Kotetsu T. Kaburagi One Piece as Sanji Sword Art Online as Klein Digimon Adventure as Leomon, Narrator Digimon Adventure 02 & Digimon Adventure tri. as Gennai, Narrator
Website	hiratahiroaki.com

Hiroaki Hirata (平田 広明 Hirata Hiroaki, born August 7, 1963) is a Japanese voice actor from Tokyo and the founder of Hirata Production.

He is most known for the roles of Sanji (One Piece), Sha Gojyo (Saiyuki), Kotetsu T. Kaburagi (Tiger & Bunny), Mutta Nanba (Space Brothers) and the Narrator of Digimon Adventure. He is also the official Japanese dub-over artist for Johnny Depp.

He won the award for Best Actor in a leading role at the 6th Seiyu Awards for his work on Air Gear, One Piece and Tiger & Bunny.^[1]

Filmography

Television animation

1999

• Digimon Adventure (Narrator, Leomon, Hiroaki Ishida)
• Great Teacher Onizuka (Gibayashi)

2000

• Digimon Adventure 02 (Narrator, Takeru (adult), Hiroaki Ishida)
• Fighting Spirit (Okita Keigo)

2001

• Digimon Tamers (Leomon)

2003

• Ashita no Nadja (Kakuro)
• Divergence Eve (Juuzou Kureha)

2004

• DearS (Xaki)
• Elfen Lied (Professor Kakuzawa Yu)
• Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (Gino)
• Monster (Lipsky)

2005

• Gaiking (John)

2006

• Air Gear (Aeon Clock)
• Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales (Iemon Tamiya)
• Black Lagoon (Benny)

2007

• Claymore (Rubel)

2009

• CANAAN (Santana)
• Kaidan Restaurant (Ghastly Garçon(Waiter))
• Slayers Evolution-R (Dguld)

2010

• Digimon Xros Wars (Matadormon)
• Marvel Anime: Iron Man (Ho Yinsen)
• Senkou no Night Raid (Takachiho Isao)

2011

• Tiger & Bunny (Kotetsu T. Kaburagi / Wild Tiger)

2012

• Another (Tatsuji Chibiki)
• Space Brothers (Mutta Namba)
• Sword Art Online (Klein / Tsuboi Ryōtarō)

2013

• Picomon Tamers Duo (Leomon / John Miura)
• Gingitsune (Yoshitomo Takami)

2014

• Picomon Tamers Tri. (Leomon / John Miura)

2015

• Yoru no Yatterman (Boyacky)

2016

• Blue Exorcist (Shiro Fujimoto)

Unknown date

• Gintama (Terada Tatsugoro)
• Hajime no Ippo (Okita Keigo)
• Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora (Goro Natume)
• InuYasha (Suikotsu)
• Inazuma Eleven Go (Liu Bei (Ryu Gentoku translating the kanji of his name to the Japanese).)
• Kekkaishi (Kaguro)
• Kinnikuman Ni-sei (The Ninja)
• Kuuchuu Buranko (Tatsurou Ikeyama)
• Kyo Kara Maoh! (Geigen "Hube" Huber)
• L/R: Licensed by Royalty (Jack Hofner)
• Naruto (Genma Shiranui)
• Naruto Shippuden (Genma Shiranui), (Young Jiraiya)
• One Piece (Sanji, Carue, Inuppe, Demalo Black)
• Ojamajo Doremi (Yada's father, Kenzo Asuka (the father), etc.)
• Petite Princess Yucie (Frederick)
• Picomon Adventure (Leomon)
• Picomon Tamers (Leomon), (John Miura)
• Saiyuki (Sha Gojyo)
• Shin Sekai Yori (Kiroumaru)
• Transformers: Cybertron (Live Convoy, Gasket, Lori's father)
• Uchū Kyōdai (Mutta Nanba)
• Xenosaga: The Animation (Allen Ridgeley)
• Zaion: I Wish You Were Here (Changpuek)

OVA

• Saiyuki Requiem (????) (Sha Gojyo)
• Hellsing Ultimate OVA (????) (Pip Bernadotte)^[2]
• Strait Jacket (????) (Falk)^[3]

Film animation

• Digimon Adventure (2000) (TV announcer, Adult Takeru "T.K." Takaishi)
• One Piece series (2001–) (Sanji)
• WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (2002) (Shinichiro Hata)
• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) (Koga)
• Asura (2012) (Shichiro)
• Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning (2012) (Kotetsu T. Kaburagi / Wild Tiger)
• Tiger & Bunny: The Rising (2013) (Kotetsu T. Kaburagi / Wild Tiger)
• New Initial D: Legend 1 - Awakening (2014) (Bunta Fujiwara)
• Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary (2014) (Cancer Deathmask)
• Crayon Shin-Chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack! (2015) (Mayor of Mexico)
• Digimon Adventure tri. (2015) (Narrator, Leomon, Gennai)
• Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017) (Klein / Ryōtarō Tsuboi)

Video games

• Final Fantasy XII (2006) (Balthier)

Unknown date

• Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War (Albert Genette)
• Catherine (video game) (Orlando Haddick)
• Chaos Rings Omega (Veig/Olgar)
• Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition (Vergil)
• Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy (Laguna Loire)
• God Eater (Lindow Amamiya)
• God Eater 2 (Lindow Amamiya)
• Granado Espada (Raven)
• Heavy Rain (Norman Jayden)
• Jeanne d'Arc (video game) (Gilles de Rais)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle (Jean Pierre Polnareff)
• Kingdom Hearts II (Captain Jack Sparrow)
• Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (Samuel Rodrigues)
• Namco × Capcom (Bruce McGivern, Kamuz)
• Naruto series (Genma Shiranui)
• Ninja Gaiden 3 (Cliff Higgins)
• One Piece series (Sanji)
• Project X Zone (Lindow Amamiya)
• Project X Zone 2 (Vergil)^[4]
• Sonic and the Black Knight (Caliburn/Excalibur)
• Tales of Innocence (Ricardo Soldato, Hypnos)
• Time Travelers (Kyugo Shindo)
• The 3rd Birthday (Kunihiko Maeda)
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Vergil)
• Xenosaga series (Allen Ridgeley)

Television drama

• Toto Neechan (2016)

Tokusatsu

• Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (????) (Machalcon)
• Kamen Rider Wizard (????) (Narration)
• The Raid (????) (Pleng O)
• Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger (????) (Delu Knight)

Dubbing roles

Live action

• Johnny Depp
  • Ed Wood (Ed Wood)
  • Don Juan DeMarco (John Arnold DeMarco/Don Juan)
  • The Brave (Raphael)
  • Donnie Brasco (Joseph D. 'Joe' Pistone)
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (2014 Blu-ray and DVD edition) (Raoul Duke)
  • L.A. Without a Map (Johnny Depp/William Blake)
  • The Astronaut's Wife (Spencer Armacost)
  • The Ninth Gate (Dean Corso)
  • Sleepy Hollow (Ichabod Crane)
  • Before Night Falls (Lieutenant Victor)
  • Chocolat (Roux)
  • The Man Who Cried (Cesar)
  • From Hell (Inspector Frederick Abberline)
  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico (Sands)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean series (Jack Sparrow)
  • Finding Neverland (James Matthew Barrie)
  • The Libertine (John Wilmot)
  • Secret Window (Mort Rainey)
  • Public Enemies (John Dillinger)
  • Alice in Wonderland (Mad Hatter)
  • The Tourist (Frank Tupelo)
  • The Rum Diary (Paul Kemp)
  • The Lone Ranger (Tonto)
  • Transcendence (Dr. Will Caster)
  • Tusk (Guy LaPointe)
  • Mortdecai (Charlie Mortdecai)
  • Black Mass (James "Whitey" Bulger)
  • Alice Through the Looking Glass (Mad Hatter)
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Gellert Grindelwald)
• Matt Damon
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Himself)
  • The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne)
  • The Bourne Supremacy (Jason Bourne)
  • Saving Private Ryan (James Francis Ryan)
  • Titan A.E. (Cale Tucker)
• Noah Wyle
  • ER (Dr. John Carter)
  • Enough (Robbie)
  • The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (Flynn Carsen)
  • The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (Flynn Carsen)
• Ewan McGregor
  • Trainspotting (Mark "Rent Boy" Renton)
  • The Island (Lincoln Six Echo)
  • Deception (Jonathan McQuarry)
  • Perfect Sense (Michael)
• Matt LeBlanc
  • Friends (Joey Tribbiani)
  • Ed (Deuce Cooper)
  • Lost in Space (Major Don West)
  • Joey (Joey Tribbiani)
  • Episodes (Matt LeBlanc)
• 3 Idiots (Rancho (Aamir Khan))
• The Batman (The Riddler (Robert Englund))
• Big Fish (Will (Billy Crudup))
• Black Hawk Down (Matt Eversmann (Josh Hartnett))
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (Johnathan Harker (Keanu Reeves))
• The Cable Guy (Steven (Matthew Broderick))
• CSI: NY (Danny Messer (Carmine Giovinazzo))
• Damien (Detective James Shay (David Meunier))
• Day Watch (Anton Gorodetsky (Konstantin Khabensky))
• Encino Man (Matt (Michael DeLuise))
• Fight Club (Narrator (Edward Norton))
• Garfield (Sir Roland (Alan Cumming))
• Houdini (Harry Houdini (Adrien Brody))
• Joseph: King of Dreams (Joseph (Ben Affleck))
• Night Watch (Anton Gorodetsky (Konstantin Khabensky))
• Saw (Adam (Leigh Whannell))
• Spyro x Sparx: Tondemo Tours (Hunter the Cheetah (Gregg Berger))
• Star Trek: Enterprise (Michael Rostov (Joseph Will))
• Thomas and the Magic Railroad (Mr. C. Junior (Michael E. Rodgers))
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Gambit (Taylor Kitsch))

Animation

• Brother Bear (Denahi)
• Hilltop Hospital (Dr. Matthews)
• The Pink Panther (Mack)
• Rango (Rango)
• RWBY (Qrow Branwen)
• Transformers: Robots in Disguise (Thunderhoof)

External links

• Hiroaki Hirata at the Internet Movie Database
• seiyuu.info Hiroaki Hirata at the Seiyuu database
• Official website

References

1. "6th Annual Seiyū Award Winners Announced". Anime News Network. 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
2. "Hellsing Ultimate III". Hellsing Ultimate. Episode 3. October 4, 2014. Adult Swim.
3. Strait Jacket (DVD). Manga Video. October 7, 2008. OCLC 244206876.
4. "『PROJECT X ZONE 2：BRAVE NEW WORLD（プロジェクト クロスゾーン2：ブレイブニューワールド）』始動!!" (in Japanese). Famitsu. April 12, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2015.