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Rina Satō (佐藤利奈, Satō Rina) is a Japanese voice actress, narrator and singer whose career has made her one of the most recognizable performers in modern anime. She is particularly known for Mikoto Misaka in A Certain Magical Index and A Certain Scientific Railgun, Negi Springfield in Negima! Magister Negi Magi, Haruka Minami in Minami-ke, Rei Hino/Sailor Mars in Sailor Moon Crystal, Shura Kirigakure in Blue Exorcist, and Makoto Niijima in Persona 5. Her extensive career also includes Amagami SS, Natsume’s Book of Friends, The Seven Deadly Sins, Ranking of Kings, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War…

Yuka Iguchi (井口裕香, Iguchi Yuka) is a Japanese voice actress, narrator and singer whose career has stretched from early 2000s character work to some of the most recognizable anime franchises of the modern era. She is particularly known for voicing Index in A Certain Magical Index, Tsukihi Araragi in the Monogatari series, Mako Reizei in Girls und Panzer, Aoi Yukimura in Encouragement of Climb, Myne/Rozemyne in Ascendance of a Bookworm, and Hinata Miyake in A Place Further Than the Universe. Her work also includes To LOVE-Ru Darkness, No Game No Life, Re, Goblin Slayer, Kantai Collection, Symphogear, Delicious Party Pretty…

Atsushi Abe Atsushi Abe (阿部 敦, Abe Atsushi) is a Japanese voice actor and narrator best known for bringing energetic, determined and emotionally complex male characters to life across anime, games, films and television dubbing. Represented by Ken Production, he built his reputation through prominent roles such as Toma Kamijo in A Certain Magical Index and A Certain Scientific Railgun, Kukai Soma in Shugo Chara!, Moritaka Mashiro in Bakuman., Koichi Sakakibara in Another, Touichirou Izumida in Yowamushi Pedal, and Kokonotsu Shikada in Dagashi Kashi. His career has also extended into major video-game franchises. Japanese-language players have heard Abe as Bill…

Katsuhisa Houki (宝亀克寿) is a veteran Japanese actor and voice actor whose deep, commanding voice has become familiar to anime fans across several generations. Born in Nagasaki Prefecture, Houki built his career through stage acting before establishing himself as a prolific voice performer. His work spans television anime, theatrical animation, video games, narration, live-action drama and Japanese dubbing. For international anime audiences, he is particularly recognizable as Jinbe and Gecko Moria in One Piece, Teppei Hōjō in Higurashi When They Cry, and Raven in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. He has also voiced characters in Code Geass, Death Note, Doraemon, Naruto, Gundam,…

Cho is a veteran Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator whose career has stretched across television, anime, films, dubbing, children’s programming and video games for more than four decades. Born Shigeru Nagashima and previously known professionally as Yuichi Nagashima, he adopted the stage name Cho in 2006, taking it from the nickname of the character he played in the long-running educational program Tanken Boku no Machi. His distinctive voice has since become familiar to anime audiences through characters such as Brook in One Piece, Jaken in Inuyasha, Gin-no-suke Nohara in Crayon Shin-chan, Matal Mogamett in Magi, Sōichirō Hague in Fire…

Subaru Kimura is a German-born Japanese actor, voice actor, rapper, narrator and television personality whose career has grown from child performance into one of Japan’s most recognizable entertainment careers. He became widely known at just 14 years old when he was selected as the new Japanese voice of Takeshi “Gian” Goda in Doraemon, a role that has remained central to his career for more than two decades. Since then, Kimura has built an extensive voice-acting résumé spanning anime, animated films, video games, overseas dubbing and character-driven music projects. Anime fans also know him for Aoi Todo in Jujutsu Kaisen, Satori…

Ikue Ōtani is one of Japan’s most recognizable voice actresses, with a career spanning anime, animation, films, television, video games and character-based entertainment. Best known internationally as the Japanese voice of Pikachu in the Pokémon franchise, she has also given memorable performances as Tony Tony Chopper in One Piece, Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya in Detective Conan, Konohamaru Sarutobi in Naruto, Gash Bell in Zatch Bell!, Candy in Smile PreCure!, and Morgana in Persona 5. Her ability to portray young boys, girls, mascots and unusual fantasy characters has made her particularly distinctive among Japanese voice performers. Who Is Ikue Ōtani? Ikue Ōtani (大谷育江,…

Yuriko Yamaguchi (山口由里子) is a Japanese voice actress and narrator whose career includes some of the most recognizable female characters in anime. She is best known internationally as the original Japanese voice of Nico Robin in One Piece and Ritsuko Akagi in Neon Genesis Evangelion, while other notable performances include Nurse Joy in Pokémon, Vados in Dragon Ball Super, Sonia Wakabayashi in Eureka Seven, and several roles across television anime, films and video games. Born in Osaka in 1965, Yamaguchi did not originally set out to become a voice actress. She worked as a stage actress until around the age…

Hiroaki Hirata is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator whose career has stretched from theatre and animation to major video games and Japanese-language dubbing. He is best known internationally as the original Japanese voice of Vinsmoke Sanji in One Piece, but his résumé also includes Sha Gojyo in Saiyuki, Kotetsu T. Kaburagi in Tiger & Bunny, Klein in Sword Art Online, Mutta Nanba in Space Brothers, Leomon in Digimon Adventure, and Vergil in the Devil May Cry video-game series. Born in Tokyo in 1963, Hirata originally developed his career through theatre rather than entering animation directly. He studied at…

Kappei Yamaguchi is one of Japan’s most recognizable voice actors, known for bringing some of anime’s most enduring characters to life. His best-known performances include Usopp in One Piece, Ranma Saotome in Ranma ½, Inuyasha in Inuyasha, Shinichi Kudo and Kaito Kid in Detective Conan, and L in Death Note. Born in Fukuoka in 1965, Yamaguchi originally moved to Tokyo with ambitions of becoming a stage actor. His early work with the theatre company 21st Century FOX eventually led to voice-acting opportunities, and his breakthrough came when he was cast as Ranma Saotome in the 1989 anime adaptation of Rumiko…