Daisuke Hirakawa

Daisuke Hirakawa (平川 大輔 Hirakawa Daisuke born June 4, 1973) is a Japanese voice actor. He is the official Japanese voice actor for Orlando Bloom having dubbed the voices for Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean and Legolas in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Other voices roles include Kazuya Tanaka in School Rumble, Alex Rodriguez Ichirō Shinjō in Beelzebub, Noriaki Kakyoin in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Harunobu Ogido on Bleach, Franz d'Epinay on Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, Aquarius Dégel in Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, Caesar in White Knight Chronicles, Muneakira Yagyu in Samurai Girls, Jonathan Harker in Bram Stoker's Dracula and Sam Flynn in Tron: Legacy.

He is sometimes mistaken for fellow voice actor Daisuke Namikawa, as their names only differ by one character when written in kanji and he is also sometimes credited as Hirai Tatsuya.

Voice roles

Transformers: Galaxy Force

• Exillion/Exigeyser

Transformers Adventure

• Starscream

Notes

• It should be worth noting that both Hirakawa and the late Hirotaka Suzuoki shared not only the role of Starscream but also of Noriaki Kakyoin in Jojo's Bizzare Adventure.

External Links

• Daisuke Hirakawa Official Blog (Japanese)
• Daisuke Hirakawa at Wikipedia
• Daisuke Hirakawa at Anime News Network