Hiroaki Hirata
Hiroaki Hirata is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator. He is the founder of Hirata Production Japan.
He is best known for voicing Sanji in One Piece. Other notable roles include Sha Gojyo in Saiyuki, Kotetsu T. Kaburagi in Tiger & Bunny, Klein in Sword Art Online, Vergil in the Devil May Cry series, Mutta Nanba in Space Brothers, Leomon in Digimon Adventure, George Kodama in Kaze no Yojimbo, and Mr. Kondo in After the Rain. He is also the official Japanese dub-over artist for Johnny Depp, Matt Damon, Noah Wyle and Matt LeBlanc, in addition to dubbing roles of Jude Law, Ewan McGregor, Edward Norton and Josh Hartnett.
Career
After graduating from Toshima High School, Hirata attended the Subaru Theater School before joining Theatre Company Subaru. His first stage performance was in A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1986. While he was working as a stage actor, his manager at the time asked him if he was interested in becoming a voice actor, and he auditioned. Since then, he has dubbed for many Western movies and worked in animation.In 2011, he voiced the main character Kotetsu T. Kaburagi in the anime Tiger & Bunny and won the 11th Tokyo Anime Award for Best Voice Actor and the 6th Seiyu Awards for Best Actor in leading role. That same year, he left Theater Company Subaru, where he had worked for 27 years, and started a new company, Hirata Production Japan.
On January 9, 2017, Hirata was chosen 25th in the 3-hour voice actor general election special that broadcast on TV Asahi, where 200 popular voice actors were ranked.
Filmography
Original video animation (OVA)
- 2001 - Zaion: I Wish You Were Here
- 2006 - Hellsing Ultimate OVA
- 2007 - Strait Jacket
- 2007 - Saiyuki Reload: Burial, Sha Gojyo
- 2011 - Saiyuki Gaiden, General Kenren
- 2013 - Saiyuki Gaiden: Kouga no Shou, General Kenren
Original net animation (ONA)
- 2025 - ''Devil May Cry''
Film animation
Digimon Adventure One Piece series Saiyuki: Requiem WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Asura Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning Tiger & Bunny: The Rising New Initial D: Legend 1 - Awakening Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary Crayon Shin-Chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack! Digimon Adventure tri. Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms Pretty Cure Miracle Leap: A Strange Day with Everyone- Burn the Witch
- Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Rakuga Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes
- Kono Sekai no Tanoshimikata: Secret Story Film
- ''Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback''
''Tokusatsu''
;2011Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger;2012Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger, Senmotorishimayaku Delu Knight )Kamen Rider Wizard
;2013
- ''Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger: Season Tsuu''
Video games
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War Namco × Capcom Kingdom Hearts II Final Fantasy XII Sonic and the Black Knight God Eater The 3rd Birthday Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Project X Zone God Eater 2 Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment as KleinGranblue Fantasy Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment as KleinDevil May Cry 4: Special Edition Project X Zone 2 World of Final Fantasy Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia God Eater Resonant Ops Kingdom Hearts III Devil May Cry 5 Tokyo Afterschool Summoners Return to Shironagasu Island Teppen Sword Art Online: Last RecollectionUnknown dateCatherine Chaos Rings Omega Granado Espada Heavy Rain Jeanne d'Arc (video game) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Naruto series Ninja Gaiden 3 One Piece series Spyro x Sparx: Tondemo Tours Tales of Innocence Time Travelers Xenosaga series.
- ''Live a Hero''