Jay Hickman (actor)

For the comedian, see Jay Hickman (comedian).

Jay Hickman (born May 23, 1973) is an American film and voice actor, best known for his prolific voice work on English language dubs of Japanese anime shows.

Jay Hickman
Born	(1973-05-23) May 23, 1973 (age 52)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present

Career

On the set of "Apollo 11" - 1996

Hickman lent his voice to the character of Mark in the 2002 Canadian film Touching Wild Horses, starring Jane Seymour.^[1] He has also a number of on-screen appearances, including an uncredited bit part in the 1998 film Rushmore opposite television and movie actress Alexis Bledel and Apollo 11.^[1]

In anime, he is known as the voice of Kurama from Elfen Lied, Kagetane Hiruko from Black Bullet, Crusty from the Log Horizon series and Ryuya from Air.

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[2]
1994	Dirty Pair: Affair of Nolandia	Pilot B		[3]
1998	Those Who Hunt Elves	Special Appearance by the Judge		[3]
1999	Master of Mosquiton	Com. Officer B; Soldier C		[4]
	Martian Successor Nadesico	Nagare Akatsuki		[3]
	Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040	Various characters		[4]
2000	Gasaraki	Lt. Col. Akihiro Hirokawa, others		[4]
	Generator Gawl	Koji		[3]
2001	A.D. Police	Narrator, others		[4]
	Orphen	Various characters		[4]
	Spriggan	Additional voices		[4]
	Princess Nine	Various characters		[4]
2002	Sorcerer on the Rocks	Shibas Scotch		[4]
	A Tree of Palme	Jamji	film	[4]
	Excel Saga	Toru Watanabe		[4][5]
2003	Noir	Various characters		[4]
	Neo Ranga	Kazuo Fujiwara, others		[4]
	RahXephon	Itsuki Kisaragi, others		[4]
	Rune Soldier	Various characters		[4]
	Gamera 2: Attack of Legion	Col. Watarase	Live-action dub Also Lake Texarkana Gamera extra	[4]
	Saiyuki	Shuei, Rikudo		[4]
	Spectral Force	Zakiphon	OVA	[4]
	Full Metal Panic!	Cpt. Sailor, others		[4]
	Aura Battler Dunbine	Show Zama		[4]
	Steel Angel Kurumi 2	Yutaka Kizuki, Scientist		[4]
	Super GALS!	Various characters		[4]
	Angelic Layer	Shuji Inada		[4]
	Saint Seiya	Shiryu	ADV dub	[4]
	Dirty Pair: Flight 005 Conspiracy	Agent		[4]
	Martian Successor Nadesico: Prince of Darkness	Nagare Akatsuki	film	[4]
	Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi	Tetsu "Papa" Asahina, others		[4]
2004	Orphen: Revenge	Reed		[4]
	Kino's Journey	The Lonely Man, Sixshooter, Soldier		[4]
	Bastof Syndrome	Various characters		[4]
	Gravion	Alex Smith, others		[4]
	RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio	Itsuki Kisaragi		[4]
	Conduct Zero	Rumor Mill Blabbermouth	live-action dub	[4]
	Megazone 23: Part 3	Eiji Takanaka	OVA	[4]
	Aquarian Age	Ryusei		[4]
	Chrono Crusade	Genai, others		[4]
	Yesterday	Computer Tech, Aerial Newscast 1	live-action film dub	[4]
	Mezzo DSA	Leon		[4]
	Parasite Dolls	Eve's Client A, Police Dispatch A		[4]
	2009 Lost Memories	Hideyo, others	live-action film dub	[4]
2004–06	Kaleido Star	Fool		[4]
2005	Cyberteam in Akihabara	Various characters		[4]
	Gantz	Inamori		[4]
	Kekko Kamen	Shuwarutsu Negataro		[4]
	Divergence Eve	Bernard Firestar		[4]
	Cromartie High School	Shinichi Mechazawa		[4]
	Madlax	Triple Speed		[4]
	Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu	Kotaro Onodera, others		[4]
	Elfen Lied	Kurama		[4]
	Princess Tutu	Mytho
	Guns & Talks	Hamlet	live-action film dub	[4]
	Dark Water	Yoshimi's Lawyer	live-action film dub	[4]
	My Beautiful Girl Mari	Adult Nam-Woo	film	[4]
	The Place Promised in Our Early Days	Graduate Student		[4]
	Yugo the Negotiator	Reiichi Kogure		[4]
	Public Enemy	Internal Affairs 2	live-action dub	[4]
	Godannar	Various characters		[4]
	The Fuccons	Teacher Bob, Punk		[4]
	Samurai Gun	Ryouma Sakamoto		[4]
2006	Misaki Chronicles	Bernard		[4]
	Diamond Daydreams	Minoru Jinguji		[4]
	Princess Tutu	Prince Mythos		[4]
	Area 88	Goh "Rocky" Mutsuki		[4]
	Papuwa	Shintaro		[4]
2007	Utawarerumono	Munto		[4]
	Air Gear	Spitfire		[4]
	Le Chevalier d'Eon	King Louis XV		[4]
	Kurau: Phantom Memory	Ijima		[4]
	009-1	The Phantom, others		[4]
	Guyver	Dr. Odagiri, others		[4]
	Ghost Train	Detective 1		[4]
	Air	Ryuya	Also special and movie	[4]
2008	Kanon	Kuze		[4]
	Appleseed: Ex Machina	Additional voices		[4]
2010	Ghost Hound	Dr. Atsui Hirata		[4]
2011	Phi Brain: Puzzle of God	Baron Kaidou		[6]
	Guin Saga	Norisse		[4]
2012	Gintama: The Movie	Nizo Okada		[3]
	Un-Go	Makita	OVA episode	[3]
2013	Nakaimo - My Sister Is Among Them!	Additional voices		[7]
	Arcana Famiglia	Debito		[8]
2014	Amnesia	Waka		[9]
	Majestic Prince	Simon Gato		[10]
	Sunday Without God	Wreck		[11]
	Log Horizon	Crusty	also season 2	[12]
2015	Outbreak Company	Officer Pervy		[13]
	Vampire Hunter D	Greco Rohman	Sentai Filmworks dub	[14]
	Black Bullet	Kagetane Hiruko		[15]
2017	Gate	Koji Sugawara		[16]
2017–22	Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma	Jōichirō Yukihira, nee Saiba		[17]
2018	Revue Starlight	Giraffe		[18]
	Princess Principal	Duke of Normandy		[19]
2021–23	Vinland Saga	Floki	Sentai Filmworks/Crunchyroll dub	[20]
2022	Iroduku: The World in Colors	Gen Tsukishiro		[21]
	Vermeil in Gold	Summon Teacher		[3]
2023	Akiba Maid War	Ramen Shop Owner, Club Regular		[3]
	Farming Life in Another World	Michael		[22]
	Oshi no Ko	The Manager		[3]
	Love Flops	Sawatari		[23]
2024	Ragna Crimson	Garm		[3]
	The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen	Gilbert		[24]
	The Dangers in My Heart	Yamada's Father		[25]
	Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero	Grimms		[26]
	I Parry Everything	Deridas III		[27]
	Dungeon People	Rangard		[28]
2025	Lazarus	Kobayashi		[3]

Live-action roles

List of acting performances in film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[2]
1996	Apollo 11	M.I.T. #1
1998	Rushmore		Uncredited extra
	Don't Look Back