Masashi Hirose

Masashi Hirose
Native name	広瀬 正志
Born	November 6, 1947 Osaka, Japan
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	1974–present

Masashi Hirose (広瀬 正志 Hirose Masashi, born November 6, 1947 in Osaka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese voice actor.^[1] He works at Production Baobab.

He is known for the roles of Ramba Ral (Mobile Suit Gundam), Rikishiman (Kinnikuman), Gosterro (Blue Comet SPT Layzner), and Nakano-sensei (Lovely Complex).

On September 2014, Hirose was hospitalized for an unspecified illness. As a result, he was replaced by Katsuhisa Hōki in Gundam Build Fighters Try,^[2] Banjō Ginga in One Piece,^[3] and Akio Ōtsuka in In Search of the Lost Future.^[4]

Filmography

Anime television

1979

• Mobile Suit Gundam (Ramba Ral)

1980

• Astro Boy (Pannakokku)

2014

• Gundam Build Fighters Try (Mr. Ral) (eps. 1-4)

Unknown date

• 009-1 (Secretary)
• Armored Trooper Votoms (Kan Yu)
• Ashita no Nadja (Watson)
• Bleach (Oscar Joaquin de la Rosa)
• Blue Comet SPT Layzner (Gosterro)
• City Hunter (Inagaki)
• Cowboy Bebop (Andy)
• Dai-Guard (Chief Haruo Osugi)
• Daphne in the Brilliant Blue (Nakamura)
• Detective Conan (Ogura, Ushikubo, Werewolf, Misc. Male voices)
• Fairy Tail (Hades)
• Fang of the Sun Dougram (Destan)
• Fate/zero (Risei Kotomine)
• Fist of the North Star (Golem, Zak)
• Futakoi Alternative (Zenji Sakurazaki)
• Ghost Stories (Akaikami Aoikami)
• Gintama (Tsukiyomi Kanbei)
• Gregory Horror Show (Shinigami)
• Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Neo China Soushi)
• New Mobile Report Gundam Wing (Roshi O)
• After War Gundam X (Katokk Alzamille)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Seed (Sahib Ashman)
• Gundam Build Fighters (Mr. Ral)
• Hell Girl (Mayor Ryouzo Kusunoki)
• Honey and Clover (Professor Tange)
• InuYasha (Seikai)
• Jigoku Shōjo (Ryuuzo Kusuno)
• Keroro Gunso (Animation Director)
• Kindaichi Case Files (Goro, Masayuki Ishii, Shuuichirou Aizawa)
• Kinnikuman (Rikishiman, The Ninja, Kendaman, others)
• Kyo Kara Maoh! (Baxter)
• Lost Universe (Alzas)
• Lovely Complex (Nakano-sensei)
• Lupin III II (Herbert von Myer, others)
• Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos (Gillman)
• Mahoujin Guru Guru (Hatenashi Village Elder)
• Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru 2 (Jangorilla, Mentenanman)
• Rockman.EXE Axess (Tensuke Takumi)
• Mermaid Saga (Leader of the Sakagami Pirates)
• Monster (Cole)
• Oh! Edo Rocket (Heihachiro Oshio)
• Onegai My Melody (George Hijikata)
• One Piece (Riku Dold III)
• Osomatsu-kun 1988 (Sandayu)
• Paranoia Agent (Akihiro Takamine)
• Phoenix (Lamp)
• Pokémon (Gantetsu)
• Samurai Champloo (Kuroihara)
• Speed Grapher (Seijirou Togotsu)
• Toward the Terra (Shiroe's Papa)
• Umineko no Naku Koro ni (Hideyoshi Ushiromiya)
• Vandread (Kümmel Ohzeki)
• Witchblade (Kimura)
• Zetman (Seizou Amagi)
• Zipang (Hatton)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal II (Vector's father)

Original Video Animations

• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1989) (Arthur Lynch)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (1996) (Baresto Rosita)

Unknown date

• Armored Trooper Votoms: Big Battle (Radah Neeva)
• Shin Getter Robo (Stinger)
• The Silent Service (Keisuke Hamamoto, Aleksei)
• Gunbuster (Noriko's Father)
• Hellsing Ultimate (Sir Penwood)^[5]
• Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple (James Shiba)

Anime films

• Mobile Suit Gundam (1981) (Ramba Ral)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981) (Ramba Ral)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space (1982) (Ramba Ral)
• My Neighbor Totoro (1988) (Kanta's Father)

Unknown date

• Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team, Miller's Report (Jacob)
• Kinnikuman Movie series (Rikishiman)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King (Coretol)

Tokusatsu

• Ultraman Zoffy: Ultra Warriors vs. the Giant Monster Army (????) (Alien Temperor, Alien Baltan II)
• Garo Special: Byakuya no Maju (????) (Horror Legules)

Video games

• Ikusagami (2005) (Takeda Shingen)

Unknown date

• Armored Trooper Votoms: Udo Kumen Arc (Kan Yu)
• Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (Minister of Alsword)
• Fallout: New Vegas (Robert House)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Giren's Greed (Ramba Ral)
• Infinite Undiscovery (Enma)
• Mobile Suit Gundam (Ramba Ral)
• Radiata Stories (Dynas Stone)
• Super Robot Wars series (Ramba Ral, Gosterro, Kan Yu)
• Tales of Vesperia (Barbos)
• Yoake Mae yori Ruri Iro na (Lioness Teo Arshlight)
• Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney (Story Teller)

Dubbing

Live-action

• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Awkward Davies (Patrick Gallagher))

Animation

• Courage the Cowardly Dog (Bobby Ganoush)
• Evil Con Carne (Hector Con Carne)
• The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (Hector Con Carne, Principal Goodvibes)
• The Simpsons (Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Sideshow Mel)
• The Transformers: Rebirth (Searchlight, Scourge)

References

1. Beck, Jerry (2005-10-28). The animated movie guide. Chicago Review Press. pp. 176–. ISBN 978-1-55652-591-9. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
2. "Gundam BF Try Replaces Ral Voice Actor Masashi Hirose with Katsuhisa Houki". Anime News Network. 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
3. "Banjou Ginga to Replace Masashi Hirose in One Piece". Anime News Network. 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
4. "Akio Ohtsuka Takes Over Masashi Hirose's Role in Ushinawareta Mirai o Motomete Anime". Anime News Network. 2014-09-27. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
5. "Hellsing IV". Hellsing Ultimate. Episode 4. October 11, 2014. Adult Swim.

External links

• Official profile (Japanese)
• Masashi Hirose at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Masashi Hirose at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database (Japanese)
• Masashi Hirose at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database (Japanese)