Sōichirō Hoshi

Sōichirō Hoshi (保志 総一朗, Hoshi Sōichirō; born May 30, 1972) is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with Arts Vision.^[1] Some of his major anime roles include Son Goku in Saiyuki, Kira Yamato in Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny & Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom, Kazuki Fuuchouin in GetBackers, Masaru Daimon in Digimon Savers, Kaoru Hanabishi in Ai Yori Aoshi, and Tomoki Sakurai in Heaven's Lost Property. In video game franchises he voices Sanada Yukimura in Sengoku Basara, Keiichi Maebara in Higurashi When They Cry, Kilik in Soulcalibur, and various characters in Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time. He partially voices Shirogane Takeru in the Muv-Luv series. Hoshi was also known for his voice roles of villains as Goro Akechi from Persona 5, Death Gun from Sword Art Online, and Lio Shirazumi in The Garden of Sinners, and Sentarō Miya in Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life.

Sōichirō Hoshi
保志 総一朗
Born	(1972-05-30) May 30, 1972 (age 53) Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan
Other names	Takeshi Aiba (相庭 剛志)
Occupations	Voice actor singer
Years active	1995–present
Agent	Arts Vision
Website	king-cr.jp/artist/hoshi/

For his work, Hoshi has been awarded the voice acting award in the Anime Grand Prix between 2005 and 2006.^[2][3] At the 1st Seiyu Awards, Hoshi was a nominee in the category "Best Actors in supporting roles" for his role as Kira Yamato in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny.^[4][5] Hoshi won the 19th Seiyu Awards for Kei Tomiyama Award.^[6]

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source(s)[7]
1993	Nintama Rantaro	Senzo Tachibana		[8]
1994	Dirty Pair Flash		OVA
1995	Bit the Cupid	modem		[8]
1995	Mojacko	Student		[8]
1996	Case Closed	Tamanosuke Ito		[8]
1996	Brave Command Dagwon	Broadcasting staff		[8]
1996	Those Who Hunt Elves	Waiter / Tom		[8]
1997	Princess Rouge	Regulus	OVA
1997	Fair, then Partly Piggy	Boy (boy H)		[8]
1998	Ginga Hyōryū Vifam 13	Roddy Shuffle		[8][9]
1998	Lost Universe	Kain Blueriver		[8][9]
1998	DT Eightron	Shu		[8]
1998	Very Private Lesson (ja:教科書にないッ!, Kyokasho ni ai)	Kusakabe	OVA
1998	Marvelous Melmo	touch	Renewal edition	[8]
1998	St. Luminous Mission High School	Ryuzo Tanami		[8][9]
1998	Steam Detectives	Narutaki		[8]
1999	Burst Ball Barrage!! Super B-Daman	Tsuyoshi Okura		[8]
1999	Space Pirate Mito series	Hikarikoku Aoi	Also Two Queens	[8][9]
1999	To Heart	Masashi Sato		[8][9]
1999	Gokudo	Issa		[8][9]
1999	I'm Gonna Be An Angel!	Saiki		[8]
1999	Cyborg Kuro-chan	Hirosue		[8]
1999	Jibaku-kun	John		[8]
1999	Infinite Ryvius	Yuki Aiba		[8][9]
1999	We Know You, Moonlight Mask-kun!	Kenta Ozeki		[8]
2000	Gensomaden Saiyuki	Son Goku	TV series	[8][9]
2000	Banner of the Stars	Dufiel		[8][9]
2000	Dinozaurs	Swordsaurus
2000	Argento Soma	Ryu Soma, Takuto Kaneshiro		[8][9]
2000	Hiwou War Chronicles	Hidetaro		[8]
2001	Tales of Eternia	Keele Zeibel		[8]
2001	Comic Party	Masashi Sato		[8]
2001	Haré + Guu	Seiichi Tachibana		[8]
2001	Cosmo Warrior Zero	Shizuo Ishikura		[8][9]
2001–02	One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e	Ice Shun	OVA	[8]
2001	Prince of Tennis	Gakuto Mukahi		[8][9]
2001	Angelic Layer	Ohjiro Mihara		[8][9]
2001	Rave Master	Lucia Raregroove		[8]
2001	s-CRY-ed	Kazuma		[8][9]
2001	Tokyo Underground	Ginnosuke Isuzu		[8][9]
2002	Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time: Ajisai Yumegatari	Eisen	OVA	[8][9]
2002	Tokyo Mew Mew	Seiji Aizawa		[8]
2002–05	Wagamama Fairy: Mirumo de Pon!	Kaoru Matsutake		[8][9]
2002–03	Ai Yori Aoshi series	Kaoru Hanabishi	Also Edge	[8][9]
2002	.hack//Liminality	Masaya Makino
2002	Samurai Deeper Kyo	Akira		[8][9]
2002	Mobile Suit Gundam Seed	Kira Yamato		[8][9] [$5000000000000000]
2002	Piano	Takizawa		[8]
2002	Getbackers	Kazuki Fuuchouin		[8][9]
2002	Kikou Sennyo Rouran ja:奇鋼仙女ロウラン	Yamato Mikogami		[8][9]
2002	Melody of Oblivion	Skyblue		[8][9]
2002	Please Teacher!	Kei Kusanagi		[8][9]
2003	.hack//Legend of the Twilight	Reki		[8]
2003	Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2: Shiroki Ryuu no Miko	Minamoto no Motomi	OVA	[8]
2003	Pluster World	Mashanta		[8]
2003	Croket!	Risotto / Susie Nick		[8]
2003	Please Twins!	Kei Kusanagi		[8]
2003	Planetes	Kyutaro Hoshino		[8]
2003	Tactics	Sugino		[8][9]
2003	Beyblade G-Revolution	Brooklyn		[8]
2004–05	Kaiketsu Zorori series	Arthur	2nd TV series, also Majime ni Fumajime	[8]
2003	Saiyuuki Reload	Son Goku	TV series	[8][9]
2004	Saiyuki Reload Gunlock	Son Goku	TV series	[8][9]
2004	To Heart: Remember My Memories	Masashi Sato		[8]
2004	Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time	Eisen	TV series	[8]
2004	Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny	Kira Yamato		[8]
2004	Black Jack	Runan / Tsukuda doctor		[8]
2004–06	Meine Liebe series	Camus	Also Wieder	[8]
2004	Akane Maniax	Takeru Shirogane	OVA	[8]
2004	Gun Sword	Michael Garret		[8]
2004	Tenjo Tenge	Souichiro Nagi		[8][9]
2005	Xenosaga: The Animation	chaos		[8][9]
2005	Sukisho	Sunao Fujimori, Ran		[8]
2005	Battle B-Daman: Fire Spirits!	Akyuras / Aztec Kamen		[8]
2005	Märchen Awakens Romance	Alviss		[8]
2005	Sengoku Heroes Shinshaku Sanada Ten Braves ja:新釈 戦国英雄伝説 眞田十勇士 The Animation	Sarutobi Sasuke		[8]
2005	The Law of Ueki	Seiichiro Sano		[8]
2006	Digimon Savers	Masaru Daimon		[8]
2006–21	Higurashi When They Cry series	Keiichi Maebara	TV series and OVAs	[8][9][10]
2006	Princess Princess	Akira Sakamoto		[8]
2006	Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z	Brick
2006	Kirarin Revolution	Seiji Hiwatari		[8]
2006	Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry	Carrisford Radofrics		[8]
2007–09	Major	Uchiyama, Mukaiyama	TV series 3-5	[8]
2007	Saiyuki Reload: Burial	Son Goku	OVA	[11]
2007–11	Bakugan Battle Brawlers series	Masquerade, Joe Brown, Prince Hydron, Lumagrowl	Seasons 1-3	[8]
2007	Shining Tears X Wind	Souma Akizuki, Zero		[8]
2007	Bokurano	Masaru Kodaka		[8]
2007	Good Luck! Ninomiya-kun	Taichi Inoue		[8]
2007	Ghost Hound	Makoto Ōgami		[8]
2007	Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3: Kurenai no Tsuki	Taira no Atsumori		[8]
2008	Macross Frontier	Brera Sterne		[8][9]
2008	Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2	Gino Weinberg		[8]
2008	Vampire Knight series	Senri Shiki	Also Guilty	[8][12]
2008–09	My-Otome 0~S.ifr~	Shiro	OVA	[8]
2008	Hell Girl Three Vessels	Takeru Yukawa		[8]
2008	Shugo Chara! Doki	Rento Sōma		[8]
2008	Tytania	Bal'ami Tytania		[8]
2008	Sgt. Frog	Freezer		[8]
2009–10	Sengoku Basara series	Sanada Yukimura		[8][13]
2009	Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom	Toru Shiga		[8]
2009	Heaven's Lost Property series	Tomoki Sakurai	Also Forte	[8][9][14]
2010	Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3 ~Owari Naki Unmei~	Taira no Atsumori		[8]
2010	The Betrayal Knows My Name	Yuki Sakurai/Gioh		[8]
2010–11	Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan	Mezumaru	Also Demon Capital	[8]
2010	Starry Sky	Kanakubo Homare		[8]
2011	Saiyuki Gaiden	Son Goku	OVA	[15]
2011	Chibi Devi!	Principal		[8]
2012	New Prince of Tennis	Gakuto Mukahi		[8]
2012–19	Symphogear series	Shinji Ogawa	Also G, GX, AXZ, and XV	[8][9][16]
2012	The Knight in the Area	Michael Honda		[8]
2012–15	Kuroko's Basketball series	Yukio Kasamatsu		[8][17]
2012	Cardfight!! Vanguard: Asia Circuit	Lizard		[8]
2012–14	Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions series	Makoto Isshiki		[8][9]
2012	Btooom!	Tetsuo Wakamoto		[8]
2013	Karneval	Karoku		[8]
2013	Saiyuki Gaiden: Kouga no Shou	Son Goku	OVA	[15]
2013	Arata: The Legend	Yorunami		[8][9][18]
2013	Fantasista Doll	The Rafflesia Man		[8][19]
2013–15	Ace of Diamond series	Katsuyuki Shirakawa		[8][20]
2013	Naruto Shippuden	Yashamaru		[8][9]
2014	The Pilot's Love Song	Fausto Fidel Melze		[8][9]
2014	Broken Blade	Rygart Arrow		[8][21]
2014	Mekaku City Actors	Kōsuke Seto		[8][22]
2014	Sword Art Online II	Death Gun		[8][9]
2014	Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement	Sanada Yukimura		[8]
2014–15	Shonen Hollywood series	Daichi Hirosawa	Also Holly Stage for 50	[8][23][24]
2015	The Transformers: Mystery of Convoy series	Tracks, Sanda Yukimura	Also Saranaru Ninkimono e no Mich	[8]
2015	Gunslinger Stratos	Ryō Kusakage		[8][25][26]
2015	Lance N' Masques	Lee Kiruha		[8]
2015	One-Punch Man	Inazu Max		[8]
2016	Future Card Buddyfight Triple D	Dr. Gara		[8]
2016	Rewrite	Mido
2016	Nanbaka	Samon Goku		[27]
2016	D.Gray-man Hallow	Wisely		[28]
2016	Cute High Earth Defense Club Love!	Tsukuna Ouso
2017	Star-Myu: High School Star Musical 2	Taiga Futaba		[29]
2017	My Hero Academia	Yoichi Shigaraki
2017	Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun	Kazuma Sakai		[30]
2017	Tsuredure Children	Tomomichi Motoyama		[31]
2017	Saiyuki Reload Blast	Son Goku	TV series	[32]
2018	Persona 5: The Animation	Goro Akechi
2018	Gakuen Basara	Sanada Yukimura
2019	Ace of Diamond Act II	Katsuyuki Shirakawa
2019	Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life	Sentarō Miya		[33]
2019	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	Wakuraba
2019	Actors: Songs Connection	Hinata Mitsutsuka		[34]
2020	IDOLiSH7 Second Beat!	Momose Sunohara		[35]
2022	Saiyuki Reload: Zeroin	Son Goku	TV series	[36]
2023	Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War	Nianzol	TV series	[37]
2024	Ishura	Dakai the Magpie		[38]

Film

List of voice performances in feature films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source(s)[7]
1996	Crayon Shin-chan: Adventure in Henderland	Gōman		[8]
1998	Perfect Blue	Midori		[8]
2000	Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King	Kakao		[8]
2001	Saiyuki: Requiem	Son Goku		[39]
2006	Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Maihitoyo	Eisen		[8]
2007	The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder – Part 1	Lio Shirazumi	Kara no Kyōkai movie 1	[8]
2008	The Garden of Sinners: The Hollow Shrine	Lio Shirazumi	Kara no Kyōkai movie 4	[8]
2008	The Garden of Sinners: Oblivion Recording	Lio Shirazumi	Kara no Kyōkai movie 6	[8]
2009	Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire	Hiruko		[8]
2009	The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder – Part 2	Lio Shirazumi	Kara no Kyōkai movie 7	[8]
2009	Macross Frontier: Itsuwari no Utahime	Brera Sterne		[8]
2011	Macross Frontier: Sayonara no Tsubasa	Brera Sterne		[8]
2011	Sengoku Basara: The Last Party	Sanada Yukimura		[8][40]
2011	Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork	Tomoki Sakurai		[8][41]
2011	Alice in the Country of Hearts	Pierce Villiers		[8]
2011	The Prince of Tennis: Tennis no Ouji-sama Eikoku-shiki Teikyū-jō Kessen!	Muko Takehito		[8]
2013	Takanashi Rikka Kai: Gekijō-ban Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai!	Makoto Isshiki		[8]
2014	Sora no Otoshimono Final: Eternal My Master	Tomoki Sakurai		[8]
2018	Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take on Me	Makoto Isshiki
2024	Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom	Kira Yamato		[42]
2024	Nintama Rantarō: Invincible Master of the Dokutake Ninja	Senzo Tachibana		[43]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source(s)[7]
1997	Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix Also Super Puzzle Fighter	Ryu	Arcade	[8][9]
1997	Dragoon Machine Lore	Genoa Karejinaru	PS1/PS2	[8]
1998–present	Soulcalibur series	Kilik		[8][9][44]
1999	To Heart	Masashi Sato	PS1/PS2	[8][9]
1999	Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere	Erich Jaeger	PS1/PS2	[8]
2000–11	Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time series	Eisen, Minamoto no Motomi, Taira no Atsumori, Hiko Futsu, Xuanwu		[8][9]
2000	Brigandine: Grand Edition	Lance	PS1/PS2	[8]
2000	Sukisho series	Sunao Fujimori	Also 2004 remakes	[8]
2000	Skies of Arcadia	Enrique	DC	[8][9]
2000	Tales of Eternia	Keele Zeibel	PS1/PSP	[8]
2002	Grandia Xtreme	Tito	PS1/PS2	[8]
2002–06	Xenosaga series	chaos	PS1/PS2	[8]
2002	Ever 17: The Out of Infinity	Takeshi Kuranari		[8]
2002	Rave Master: Special Attack Force	Lucia rare Globe	PS1/PS2	[8]
2002–04	Saiyuki video games	Son Goku	Also Reload and Gunlock	[8]
2003	Star Ocean: Till the End of Time	Fayt Leingod	PS2	[8]
2003–06	Muv-Luv series and related age games	Takeru Shirogane	18+ PC, 17+ PS3/PSV/Xbox360	[8]
2003	Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo Hajikesai	Heppoko round	PS1/PS2	[8]
2003–04	Ai Yori Aoshi series	Kaori Hanabishi	Also Fall, Spring and summer	[8]
2003–05	Croket! series	Risotto		[8]
2003	Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly	Itsuki Tachibana	PS1/PS2	[8][9]
2004	Armored Core: Nexus	Narration of CM	PS1/PS2	[8]
2004	Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana	Arlin	PS1/PS2	[8]
2004–06	Meine Liebe series	Camus		[8]
2004–06	Magna Carta series	Calintz		[8]
2004	Shining Tears	Xion	PS1/PS2	[8]
2004–15	The Prince of Tennis video games	Mukahi Gakuto		[8]
2005	Shining Force Neo	Vandolf	PS1/PS2	[8][9]
2005	Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song	Raphael	PS1/PS2	[8]
2005	Baldr Force EXE	Akira Nikaido	PS1/PS2	[8]
2005–present	Sengoku Basara series	Sanada Yukimura		[8][9][13]
2005	MAR Arm Fight Dream	Alvis	PS1/PS2	[8]
2006	Growlanser: Heritage of War	Rufus	PS1/PS2	[8]
2006–15	Higurashi When They Cry series	Keiichi Maebara		[8][10][45]
2006	Blood+: One Night Kiss	Yoshioka Akirani	PS1/PS2	[8]
2006	Princess Princess: Himetachi no Abunai Hōkago	Sakamoto Yoshiaki	PS1/PS2	[8]
2006	Digimon World Data Squad	Daimon Masaru	PS1/PS2	[8]
2007	Shining Wind	Souma Akizuki, Xero	PS1/PS2	[8][9]
2007	Another Century's Episode 3: The Final	Kira Yamato	PS1/PS2	[8][9]
2007–14	Alice in the Country of Hearts series	Pierce Villers	also remakes	[8]
2008	Luminous Arc 2	Roland	DS	[8][9]
2008–11	Macross Ace Frontier series	Brera Stern	Also Triangle and Ultimate	[8]
2008	Blazer Drive	Yaiba	DS	[8]
2008	Dissidia Final Fantasy	Bartz Klauser	PSP	[8]
2009	Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2	Keele Zeibel	PSP	[8]
2009–13	Starry Sky series	Homare Kanakubo		[8]
2010	Valkyria Chronicles II	Dirk Gassenarl / Leon Hadensu	PSP	[8]
2010	.hack//Link	Metronom	PSP	[46]
2010–11	Heaven's Lost Property series	Tomoki Sakurai	PSP	[8]
2010	Another Century's Episode: R	Kira Yamato / Gino Weinberg / Brera Stern	PS3	[8]
2010	The Betrayal Knows My Name: Tasogare ni ochita inori	Kamio Yutsuki	PS1/PS2	[8]
2011	Another Century's Episode Portable	Kira Yamato	PSP	[8]
2011	Valkyria Chronicles III	Leon Hadensu	PSP	[8]
2011	Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3	Keele Zeibel	PSP	[8]
2011	Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy	Bartz Klauser	PSP	[8]
2011	Rewrite	Mido	PC, also remake 2014	[8]
2011	Tales of Xillia	Claine K. Charles	PS3	[8]
2012	Shining Blade	Rage	PSP	[8]
2012–14	Gunslinger Stratos series	Kusakageryo	Arcade, also 2	[8][26]
2012–15	Kuroko's Basketball series	Yukio Kasamatsu		[8]
2012	Bravely Default	Ominas Crowe	DS	[8]
2013	Super Robot Wars Operation Extend	Kira Yamato	PSP	[8]
2014	Shining Resonance	Zest Graham	PS3	[8]
2014	Final Fantasy Explorers	Bartz Klauser	3DS
2015	Return to PoPoLoCRoIS: A STORY OF SEASONS Fairytale	Lou	DS	[8]
2015	Blade Arcus from Shining EX	Rage	Arcade	[8]
2015	Dissidia Final Fantasy NT	Bartz Klauser	Arcade/PS4/PC
2016–	IDOLiSH7	Momose Sunohara	Android/iOS	[8]
2016	Persona 5	Goro Akechi	PS3/PS4	[47]
2016	World of Final Fantasy	Bartz Klauser	PS4/VITA/PC/NS/XONE
2017	Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia	Bartz Klauser	Android/iOS
2019	Persona 5 Royal	Goro Akechi	PS4
2021	Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker	Hythlodaeus	PC/PS4/PS5
2022	SD Gundam Battle Alliance	Kira Yamato	PS4/PS5/XONE/NS/PC	[48]
2023	Persona 5 Tactica	Goro Akechi		[49]

Tokusatsu

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source(s)[7]
2008–09	Engine Sentai Go-onger	Engine Birca	Ep. 3-47, 50	[50]
2008	Engine Sentai Go-onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijōBang!!	Engine Birca	Movie	[50]
2009	Engine Sentai Go-onger vs. Gekiranger	Engine Birca	Movie	[50]
2010	Samurai Sentai Shinkenger vs. Go-onger: GinmakuBang!!	Engine Birca	Movie	[50]

Drama CD

List of voice performances in audio recordings

Title	Role	Notes	Source(s)[7]
7 Seeds	Haru Yukima
Alice in the Country of Hearts	Pierce Villers
The Betrayal Knows My Name	Yuki Sakurai/Gioh
B Gata H Kei	Takashi Kosuda		[8]
D.N.Angel	Daisuke Niwa		[9]
GetBackers	Kazuki Fuuchouin		[8][9]
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de	Eisen, Minamoto no Motomi, Taira no Atsumori, Hiko Futsu
Higurashi When They Cry series	Keiichi Maebara		[8]
Hot Gimmick Compact Disc	Subaru Yagi
Macross Frontier	Brera Sterne		[9]
Mo Dao Zu Shi	Wen Ning/On Nei
Nagasarete Airantō	Oriental Institute Yukito		[8]
Ouran High School Host Club	Hikaru Hitachiin
Saiyuki	Son Goku		[9]
Scrapped Princess	Christopher Armalite, Master		[8]
Sengoku Basara	Sanada Yukimura
Soul Eater	Soul Evans
Special A	Jun Yamamoto
Tactics	Sugino

Dubbing

List of voice performances in overseas dubs

Title	Role	Notes	Source(s)[7]
10 Things I Hate About You	Cameron James	Joseph Gordon-Levitt	[51]
The Admiral: Roaring Currents	Yi Hwoe	Kwon Yul	[52]
Baywatch	Hobie Buchannon
Ben 10 series	Ben Tennyson		[53]
Cadet Kelly	Brad
Detention	Mr. Chang Ming-hui		[54]
The Emperor's Club	Martin Blythe
Fantasy Factory	Rocky
I Wonder If We Can Get Married?	Ha Joeng
Jennifer's Body	Chip Dove	Johnny Simmons	[55]
Ocean Girl	Rocky
The Outsiders	Johnny Cade
Power Rangers in Space	Andros		[8]
Protect the Boss	Cha Mu-won
Road to Avonlea	Felix King
Seed of Chucky	Glen		[56]
Sesame Street	Carlos
The Shining	Tony
Tai Chi 0	Yang Lu Chan	Jayden Yuan	[57]
Tai Chi Hero	Prince Dun	Yuan Wenkang	[58]
Young Riders	Jesse James

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details

Title	Details	Catalog no.
One Songs	Released: April 11, 2012 Label: King Format: CD	KICS-1760
Little World	Released: May 30, 2014 Label: King Format: CD	KICS-3063