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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1982-02-10 (43 years old)

Place of Birth

Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Biography:

Yoshimasa Hosoya is a Japanese voice actor and singer from Hiroshima. He was represented by Mausu Promotion and is now a freelancer. He was also a member of the pop duo MaxBoys along with Toshiki Masuda, a fellow Japanese voice actor. In 2014 & 2016, he won the 8th Seiyu Awards & 10th Seiyu Awards for Best supporting actor.

Among his many roles in anime, he voiced Kojou Akatsuki in Strike the Blood, Reiner Braun in Attack on Titan, Fumikage Tokoyami in My Hero Academia, Tamaki Katagiri in Black Bullet, Shichika Yasuri in Katanagatari, Daryun in The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Belial in Granblue Fantasy, and Orga Itsuka in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. He also appears in many sports anime as Junpei Hyūga in Kuroko's Basketball, Sosuke Yamazaki in Free! Eternal Summer, Asahi Azumane in Haikyuu!!, Tetsuya Yuki in Ace of Diamond and Otabek Altin in Yuri!!! on Ice.

On April 23, 2017, he announced a hiatus to undergo treatment for his throat. On August 4, 2017, he announced his return to voice work.

Known For

Acting

2025

Digimon Adventure-BEYOND- as Yamato Ishida (voice)
YAIBA: Samurai Legend as Takeshi Onimaru (voice)
MIRU: Paths to My Future as Miru (voice)

2024

HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle as Asahi Azumane (voice)
Kuramerukagari as Eiwazima (voice)
Fuuto PI: The Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull as Shotaro Hidari / Kamen Rider W (voice)
Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK as Reiner Braun (voice)
My Hero Academia: You're Next as Fumikage Tokoyami (voice)
Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp as Graham de Fallon (voice)
ATRI -My Dear Moments- as Ryuuji Nojima (voice)

2023

Komada – A Whisky Family as Yasumoto (voice)
The Dangers in My Heart as Anna's Father (voice)
The Fire Hunter as Roroku (voice)
TRIGUN STAMPEDE as Nicholas D. Wolfwood (voice)
Ultraman Regulos as Ultraman Leo (voice)

2022

Fruits Basket -prelude- as Katsuya Honda (voice)
Free! the Final Stroke the Second Volume as Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)
Break of Dawn as Ryou Sawatari (voice)
The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting as Toru Kirishima (voice)
Fuuto PI as Shotaro Hidari / Kamen Rider W (voice)
Thermae Romae Novae as Ceionius (voice)
Spriggan as Iwao Akatsuki (voice)
The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup as Kuranosuke Shiraishi (voice)

2021

My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission as Fumikage Tokoyami (voice)
Free! the Final Stroke the First Volume as Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)
SAKUGAN as Melо̄lo (voice)
The Vampire Dies in No Time as Satetsu (voice)
The Slime Diaries as Youm (voice)
Hortensia SAGA as Alfred Ober (voice)
Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! as Doppo Kunikida (voice)
Those Snow White Notes as Wakana Sawamura (voice)
The Way of the Househusband as Torajiro (voice)

2020

Boukyaku Battery as Haruka Kiyomine (voice)
Attack on Titan: Chronicle as Reiner Braun (voice)
Mouseman: Ai no Katamari as Mouseman (voice)
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon as Osamu Kirin (voice)
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon as Kirinmaru (voice)
ID: INVADED as Funetaro Momoki (voice)
Dorohedoro as Shin (voice)
Hatena Illusion as Mamoru Hoshisato (voice)
BNA as Shirou Ogami (voice)
Grand Blues! as (voice)

2019

TANNISHO as (voice)
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising as Fumikage Tokoyami (voice)
Fruits Basket as Katsuya Honda (voice)
Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life as Tetsuki Takaoka (voice)
Star☆Twinkle PreCure as Kappard (voice)
Fairy Gone as Wolfran Row
Sarazanmai as Mabu Akutsu
Meiji Tokyo Renka as Tousuke Iwasaki (voice)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba as Zenitsu's senior pupil (voice)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba as Child at the Temple (voice)
Astra: Lost in Space as Kanata Hoshijima (voice)

2018

Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple as Doppo Kunikida (voice)
Digimon Adventure tri. Part 6: Future as Yamato 'Matt' Ishida (voice)
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes as Fumikage Tokoyami (voice)
Boarding School Juliet as Tosa (voice)
MEGALOBOX as Joe/NOMAD (voice)
Dances with the Dragons as Jerde Dolk Melios Ashley Boeuf, Gigina
Devils' Line as Takashi Sawazaki (voice)
Caligula as Kotarou Tomoe
Golden Kamuy as Genjirou Tanigaki (voice)
Banana Fish as Arthur Frederick (voice)
Hinomaru Sumo as Tenma Hikage (voice)
HAKYU HOSHIN ENGI as Kō Hiko (voice)

2017

Digimon Adventure tri. Part 4: Loss as Yamato 'Matt' Ishida (voice)
Free!: Timeless Medley - The Bond as Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)
Free!: Timeless Medley - The Promise as Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)
Digimon Adventure tri. Part 5: Coexistence as Yamato 'Matt' Ishida (voice)
Free!: Take Your Marks as Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)
Haikyuu!! Movie 3: Talent and Sense as Asahi Azumane (voice)
Haikyuu!! Movie 4: Battle of Concepts as Asahi Azumane (voice)
Chō Shōnen Tantei-dan Neo as 7代明智小五郎
Kenka Banchou Otome: Girl Beats Boys as Rintarō Kira (voice)

2016

Digimon Adventure tri. Part 2: Determination as Yamato 'Matt' Ishida (voice)
Digimon Adventure tri. Part 3: Confession as Yamato 'Matt' Ishida (voice)
In This Corner of the World as Shusaku Hojo (voice)
The Moment You Fall in Love as Shibasaki Ken (voice)
My Hero Academia as Fumikage Tokoyami (voice)
Hundred as Judar Harvey (voice)
JOKER GAME as Odagiri (voice)
JOKER GAME as Hiroyuki Tobisaki (Odagiri) (voice)
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash as Haruhiro (voice)
Ajin as Kaito (voice)
BBK/BRNK as Epizo Evans (voice)
Mob Psycho 100 as Tenga Onigawara (voice)
Mob Psycho 100 as Sakurai (voice)
ALL OUT!! as Takuya Sekizan (voice)
Izetta: The Last Witch as Basler (voice)
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. as Kuboyasu Aren (voice)
March Comes In Like a Lion as Yuusuke Takahashi (voice)

2015

The Empire of Corpses as John H. Watson (voice)
The Anthem of the Heart as Daiki Tazaki (voice)
Digimon Adventure tri. Part 1: Reunion as Yamato 'Matt' Ishida (voice)
Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom as Reiner Braun (voice)
Haikyuu!! Movie 2: Winners and Losers as Azumane Asahi (voice)
Starmyu as 天花寺翔 (voice)
Ushio and Tora as Nagare Akiba (voice)
Charlotte as Kōta (voice)
Mikagura School Suite as Kyouma Kuzuryuu (voice)
Ultimate Otaku Teacher as Nanami Seijuurou (voice)
Show by Rock!! as Rom (voice)
Death Parade as Ginti (voice)
The Heroic Legend of Arslan as Daryun (voice)
Chivalry of a Failed Knight as Kuraudo Kurashiki (voice)
Attack on Titan: Junior High as Reiner Braun (voice)

2014

Tsubasa and Hotaru as Sugiyama (voice)
Black Bullet as Tamaki Katagiri (voice)
One Week Friends as Shōgo Kiryū
Wolf Girl & Black Prince as Takeru Hibiya (voice)
Alice in Borderland as Ryouhei Arisu (voice)
Terra Formars as Akari Hizamaru
Baby Steps as Souji Ike (voice)
Haikyu!! as Asahi Azumane (voice)
Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V as Reiji Akaba (voice)
Hozuki's Coolheadedness as Hashi (voice)

2013

Hal as Hal (voice)
Free! as Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)
Strike the Blood as 暁 古城 / Kojou Akatsuki (voice)
Ace of Diamond as Tetsuya Yuki (voice)
Brothers Conflict as Asahina, Yuusuke (voice)
Valvrave the Liberator as X-eins (voice)
A Town Where You Live as Haruto Kirishima (voice)
Attack on Titan as Reiner Braun (voice)

2012

Kuroko's Basketball as Junpei Hyuga (voice)
Inu X Boku Secret Service as Sorinozuka Renshou (voice)
Robotics;Notes as Subaru Hidaka (voice)
Kids on the Slope as Sentarou Kawabuchi (voice)
Hori-san and Miyamura-kun as Ishikawa Tooru (voice)

2011

Chihayafuru as Arata Wataya (voice)
No. 6 as Nezumi (voice)
Level E as Yukitaka Tsutsui
Chihayafuru as Arata Wataya / Sasagu Mori (voice)
Chihayafuru as Sasagu Mori (voice)
Moshidora as Jun Hoshide (voice)

2010

Katanagatari as Shichika Yasuri (voice)
Maid Sama! as Ryuunosuke Kurosaki (voice)

2009

Electromagnetic Girlfriend as Juu Juuzawa (voice)

2008

Casshern Sins as Robot (voice)
Casshern Sins as L (voice)
Natsume's Book of Friends as Shibata Katsumi (voice)

2006

Magical Travelers as Danseito (voice)

2005

Aria as Man (voice)

1971

Kamen Rider as Swallowtail Yummy (voice)

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April Showers Bring May Flowers as Tetsuo Gotanda (voice)

Sound

2017

Free!: Timeless Medley - The Promise as Theme Song Performance