Matt Shipman

Matt Shipman (born August 19, 1992) is an American voice actor. He started voice acting professionally in 2015 and was cast in his first lead role with Gear in World War Blue in 2016. Since 2016, some of his larger roles include Kazuya Kujo in Gosick, Hiro in Darling in the Franxx, Chrome in Dr. Stone, Reki Kyan in SK8 the Infinity, Lucian Atwood in Moriarty the Patriot, and Takumi Kayano in A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring.

Matt Shipman
Born	(1992-08-19) August 19, 1992 (age 33) Huntington, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	2015–present
Notable credits	World War Blue as Gear Gosick as Kazuya Kujo Darling in the Franxx as Hiro Dr. Stone as Chrome SK8 the Infinity as Reki Kyan A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring as Takumi Kayano
Spouse	Brittany Lauda ​ (m. 2018)​
A vocal sample of Matt Shipman

Biography

Matt Shipman was born on August 19.^[1] He started voice acting professionally in 2015 with additional voices for Holy Knight.^[2] One year later, he was cast in his first lead role, Gear from World War Blue.^[3] In 2018, Shipman married voice actress Brittany Lauda.^[4] In August 2021, Shipman and Jan Ochoa began co-hosting "Armed and Rangerous", a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers recap podcast produced for Giant Bomb.^[5]

Along with Lauda, Shipman co-owns audio production company Kocha Sound.^[6]

Filmography

Anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2015	Holy Knight	Additional voices		[2]
	Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V	Shay Obsidian		[7]
2016	Juden Chan	Paita	ADR Co-Director	[8]
	Rio: Rainbow Gate!	King	ADR Co-Director	[9]
	My Wife is the Student Council President	Hayato Izumi		[10]
	World War Blue	Gear	ADR Co-Director	[3]
2017	Gosick	Kazuya Kujo		[11]
	Gamers!	Masaya		[12]
	Classroom of the Elite	Hideo Sotomura		[13]
	King's Game The Animation	Teruaki Nagata		[14]
	Ai no Kusabi	Norris		[15]
	Juni Taisen: Zodiac War	Takeyasu Tsumita/Serpent		[16]
2018	Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits	Byakuya		[17]
	Zoku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru	Higekiri		[18]
	Junji Ito Collection	Hiroshi Sakaguchi		[19]
	Legend of the Galactic Heroes	Julian Mintz		[20]
	Darling in the Franxx	Hiro		[21]
	My Hero Academia	Sen Kaibara, Inasa Yoarashi, Mr. Brave		[22][23][24]
	Attack on Titan	Floch Forster		[18]
	Angels Of Death	Additional Voices	Assistant voice director	[25]
2019	Boogiepop and Others	Keiji Takeda, Additional Voices	6 episodes	[26]
	Wise Man's Grandchild	Tony Freyd		[17]
	Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life	Ōsuke Kiryū		[18]
	Nichijou	Katashina		[27]
	Dr. Stone	Chrome		[28]
	Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest	Hajime Nagumo		[18]
	Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit	Seiji "Rookie" Nanatsuki		[18]
2020	A Certain Scientific Railgun T	Gunha Sogīta		[29]
	Run with the Wind	Hirakawa		[30]
	Super HxEros	Retto Enjō		[31]
	Akudama Drive	Cutthroat	ADR Co-Director	[32]
2021	SK8 the Infinity	Reki Kyan		[33]
	Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki	Takei		[34]
	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	Shōgo Taguchi, Razen (Shogo's body)		[35]
	Kemono Jihen	Mihai		[36]
	Moriarty the Patriot	Lucian Atwood, El		[37][18]
	The World Ends with You: The Animation	Sota		[18]
	Kuroko's Basketball	Kotaro Hayama		[38]
	2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team	Kazuma Hokao		[39]
	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean	Male prisoners killed by Foo Fighters		[18]
	Deep Insanity: The Lost Child	Larry		[40]
2022	Kakegurui Twin	Haruto Kibashira		[18]
	Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer	Hangetsu Shinonome		[41]
	Blue Lock	Rin Itoshi		[42]
	Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury	Martin Upmont		[18]
	Haikyu!!	Junji Kuroishi, Taro Onagawa		[43]
2023	Sugar Apple Fairy Tale	Jonas Anders		[44]
	Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku	Toma		[45]
	Heavenly Delusion	Additional voices		[46]
	Dr. Stone	Senku Ishigami	Voiced Senku in episode 8 of the third season when Aaron Dismuke was unavailable to record the dub for that episode.	[47]
	The Ancient Magus' Bride		Isak		[48]
2024	A Journey Through Another World	Takumi Kayano		[49]
	Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!	Tsubasa Shiki	12 Episodes	[50]
	Solo Leveling	Sukmin		[51]
	Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy	Izumo Ikusabe		[52]
	Vampire Dormitory	Takara		[53]
2025	Blue Exorcist: The Blue Night Saga	Rick Lincoln		[54]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2017	One Piece Film: Gold	Sergeant Straight		[18]
2019	One Piece: Stampede	Cavendish		[18]
2022	Shin Ultraman	Kagami	English dub	[55]

Live action

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2023	Ultraman Z	Ultraman Z	English dub	[56]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2019	YIIK: A Postmodern RPG	Roy Guarder
2020	Project Wingman	General Morgan Elizabeth "Wild Boar", Captain Kelleher "Ronin Actual"		[57]
2021	Genshin Impact	Kujou Kamaji		[58]
2022	Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness	Main Character	"Deep in Abyss" mode	[59]
TBA	Muv-Luv: Project Mikhail	Surface Pilot 1, Surface Pilot 4		[18]
	Yandere Simulator	Osana's Stalker

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work/Recipient	Result	Ref
2022	Crunchyroll Anime Awards	Best VA Performance (EN)	Reki Kyan (SK8 the Infinity)	Nominated	[60]