Masato Hirano (voice actor)

Masato Hirano
Masato Hirano
	平野正人
Born	November 16, 1955 (age 69); Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Alma mater	Tama Art University
Occupation	Actor; voice actor; narrator;
Years active	1979–present
Agent	Aoni Production
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)

Masato Hirano (平野正人, Hirano Masato, born November 16, 1955) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Iwate Prefecture who works for Aoni Production.^[1] Among his other roles, he has performed the characters Ippon-Matsu and Gorousei (One Piece), Zaku (Fist of the North Star) and Kinnikuman Big Body (Kinnikuman: Scramble for the Throne).

Filmography[]

Television animation[]

1980s

Armored Trooper Votoms (1983) (Police (C))
Gu Gu Ganmo (1984) (Leo, Little Bird Store)
Video Warrior Laserion (1984) (Joe, Zaki)
Blue Comet SPT Layzner (1985) (Clayton) ^[2]
Fist of the North Star (1985) (Zaku, Giji, Red Ribbon's Military Soldier others)
GeGeGe no Kitarō (1985) (Kasha, Werewolf, others)
High School! Kimengumi (1985) (Soreike Minna, Tatsurō Hirōka, others) ^[2]
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985) (Haifan) ^[2]
Dragon Ball (1986) (Man Wolf, Piano, others) ^[2]
Saint Seiya (1986) (Hydra Ichi and Sea Serpent) ^[2]
Wonder Beat Scramble (1986) (Doctor Gabor) ^[2]
Akakage (1987) (Genta's father)
Bikkuriman (1987) (Urashi Maijin, Hyōzansuke, others) ^[2]
Transformers: The Headmasters (1987) (Abominus, Groove, Hardhead, Jazz, Slag, Slingshot, Trypticon, Wideload) ^[2]
Fist of the North Star 2 (1987) (Zorba)
Sakigake!! Otokojuku (1987) (Ippei Tazawa)
Kiteretsu Daihyakka (1988) (Sasaki-sensei, Sasaki-sensei's Father, Tom, Tongaripapa (Third), Alien, others)
Transformers: Super God Masterforce (1988) (Turter, King Poseidon, Phoenix, Diner Owner (episode 24)) ^[2]
Dragon Ball Z (1989) (Oguri. Police officer, others) ^[2]
Transformers: Victory (1989) (Kakuryu, Drillhorn, Doctor Minakaze) ^[2]

1990s

Oishinbo (1990) (Motoyoshi Mikawa, Employee (A))
Armored Police Metal Jack (1991) (Offender) ^[2]
Goldfish Warning! (1991) (Doctor Ohashi (Second)) ^[2]
Kinnikuman: Kinnikusei Ōi Sōdatsu-hen (1991) (Announcer Sekiguchi, God of Powerful, Kinnikuman Big Body/Strongman, King The 100 Ton (Episode 4), Bikeman, Chōjin Enma) ^[2]
Future GPX Cyber Formula (1991) (Smith) ^[2]
Matchless Raijin-Oh (1991) (Uchida Official) ^[2]
Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken (1991) (Bartos) ^[2]
Trapp Family Story (1991) (Hans) ^[2]
Ghost Sweeper Mikami (1993) (Schwartz) ^[2]
Slam Dunk (1993) (Koike (first)) ^[2]
Tama and Friends (1994) (Otsubo-sensei)
Tico of the Seven Seas (1994) (Crew) ^[2]
Marmalade Boy (1994) (Gen Kitahara)
Slayers (1995) (Demia and Zolf) ^[2]
Neighborhood Story (1996)
Famous Dog Lassie (1996) (Heins) ^[2]
Hell Teacher Nūbē (1997) (Youkai Piano, Makuragaeshi)
Mashin Eiyuden Wataru (1997) (Tobiderun) ^[2]
Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998) (Karita) ^[2]
Shin Hakkenden (1999) (Aori) ^[2]

2000s

One Piece (2000) (Ippon-Matsu and Gorousei)
Hiwou War Chronicles (2001) (Murakami)
Stellvia (2003) (Reshio Sulijet) ^[2]
Detective Conan (2003) (Masaru Saruhashi, Terafumi Kasuga)
Slam Dunk (2003) (Laura's Father) ^[2]
Monster (2004) (Kunz) ^[2]
GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007) (Abura-sumashi)
Dennō Coil (2007) (Doctor)
Tytania (2008) (Salomon) ^[2]

2010s

Dragon Ball Kai (2010) (Oldman Tsuno)
Crayon Shin-chan (2016) (Sakuzō Yoneda)
Nintama Rantarō (2017) (Hiranosuke Inadera (Second))
atime: Born Dragon Note (2017) (Muhammad Athhar Arsaputra)

OVA[]

Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988) (Moore)
Transformers: Zone (1990) (Star Cloud, King Poseidon, Menasor)
Dai Yamato Zero-go (2004) (X-2)

Theatrical animation[]

Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight (1985) (Chosuke Ohtsuka) ^[2]
Toki no Tabibito -Time Stranger- (1986) (Ishida Mitsunari)
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (1987) (Kharock)
Akira (1988) (Takeyama)
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991) (Pilot)
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (1991) (Naise) ^[2]

Video games[]

Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (1991) (Gardner)
Xenosaga Episode I (2002) (Moriyama) ^[2]
Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo (2009) (Piano) ^[2]
Ryū ga Gotoku 5 (2012) (Sakurai)

Tokusatsu[]

Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger (2002) (Lingering Summerheat Ninja Bero-Tan (ep. 29))
Mahou Sentai Magiranger (2005) (Hades Warrior God Toad (eps. 35 - 44))
Ultraman Max (Auto Maton (ep. 38 - 39))
Engine Sentai Go-onger (2008) (Savage Water Barbaric Machine Beast Bombe Banki (ep. 7))

Drama CDs[]

Hana Yori mo Hana no Gotoku (????) (Norito's father)

Dubbing[]

The Empire Strikes Back (1980 Movie theater edition) (Commander Nemet)
Thomas & Friends (1995-1998) (George) ^[2]

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "平野正人のプロフィール". ORICON NEWS . Oricon. Retrieved 11 December 2019. {{cite web}}:
↑ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 ^2.12 ^2.13 ^2.14 ^2.15 ^2.16 ^2.17 ^2.18 ^2.19 ^2.20 ^2.21 ^2.22 ^2.23 ^2.24 ^2.25 ^2.26 ^2.27 ^2.28 ^2.29 ^2.30 ^2.31 ^2.32 ^2.33 ^2.34 "声優さん出演リスト個別表示：平野正人 (Masato Hirano) [Voice actor's appearance list individual display: Masato Hirano". Voice Artist Database (in Japanese). GamePlaza-HARUKA-. Retrieved March 2, 2020. {{cite web}}:

External links[]

Official agency profile (in Japanese)
Masato Hirano (voice actor) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia

[Profile-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "平野正人のプロフィール". ORICON NEWS . Oricon. Retrieved 11 December 2019. {{cite web}}:

[GamePlaza-HARUKA-2] 2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 ^2.12 ^2.13 ^2.14 ^2.15 ^2.16 ^2.17 ^2.18 ^2.19 ^2.20 ^2.21 ^2.22 ^2.23 ^2.24 ^2.25 ^2.26 ^2.27 ^2.28 ^2.29 ^2.30 ^2.31 ^2.32 ^2.33 ^2.34 "声優さん出演リスト個別表示：平野正人 (Masato Hirano) [Voice actor's appearance list individual display: Masato Hirano". Voice Artist Database (in Japanese). GamePlaza-HARUKA-. Retrieved March 2, 2020. {{cite web}}:

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