Hiroaki Hirata

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Hiroaki Hirata (平田 広明 Hirata Hiroaki, August 7, 1963) is a Japanese voice actor. He is best known for his roles as Sanji in One Piece, Kotetsu T. Kaburagi/Wild Tiger in Tiger & Bunny, Klein/Ryotaro Tsuboi in Sword Art Online, Mutta Nanba in Space Brothers, Benny in Black Lagoon, Allen Ridgeley in Xenosaga, Samuel Rodriguez/Jetstream Sam in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Pip Bernadotte in Hellsing Ultimate, Suikotsu in InuYasha, Genma Shiranui in Naruto and Leomon in Digimon.

In the world of dubbing he has played Joey in Friends, the Riddler in both The Batman & Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Hunter the Cheetah in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage, Joseph in Joseph: King of Dreams, The Narrator in Fight Club, Adam Stanheight in Saw, Steven M. Kovacs in The Cable Guy, Johnathan Harker in Bram Stoker's Dracula, Matt Eversmann in Blackhawk Down, Danny Messer in CSI: NY, the Arthur Fleck Joker in Joker, the titular character of Rango and the official dub-over voice of Johnny Depp (hence Rango).

Roles

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers

• Ironhide ("Day of the Machines")

Galaxy Force

• Lori's father
• Gasket
• Live Convoy

Transformers Adventure

• Thunderhoof

Transformers Adventure -Prime of Micron-

• Thunderhoof

External links

• Official website (English)
• Official website (Japanese)
• Hiroaki Hirata at the Internet Movie Database
• Hiroaki Hirata at Anime News Network