Yoshimasa Hosoya



Yoshimasa Hosoya is a Japanese seiyuu born in 1982. He's known to voice a variety of roles from Badass Baritone to younger characters; essentially the youthful answer to Keiji Fujiwara. An interesting trivia note of his career is his Ascended Extra status regarding his involvement in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. He voiced the minor villain Dick Pitt in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's ,the major villain IV in Yu Gi Oh Zexal, and then The Rival Reiji Akaba in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V. Not bad. He can also be found in recent sports anime such as Kuroko no Basuke, The Prince of Tennis, Haikyuu!!, and Free!: Eternal Summer (Gundam Build Fighters Try may also count, considering one of the primary premises thereof.) His American equivalents are Keith Silverstein, Robert McCollum (for Badass Baritone roles), and Todd Haberkorn (for younger characters).

Notable roles :

 * Adou Saga in Gundam Build Fighters Try
 * Arata Wataya in Chihayafuru
 * Asahi Azumane in Haikyuu!!
 * Bladewolf/LQ-84i in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
 * Daryun in The Heroic Legend of Arslan
 * Dick Pitt in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
 * Quattro (IV) in Yu Gi Oh Zexal
 * Reiji Akaba in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V
 * Dio (not that one) in Virtue's Last Reward
 * Junpei Hyuuga in Kuroko no Basuke
 * Kazuichi Souda in Super Dangan Ronpa 2
 * Kojou Akatsuki in Strike The Blood
 * Kosuke Sanada in Jewelpet Happiness
 * Kyoma Kozuryu in Mikagura School Suite
 * Loki Laevatein in Kamigami No Asobi
 * Male Morgan (Marc in Japanese) in Fire Emblem: Awakening. Also one of the custom voices of the Male Avatar/Robin in the same game, and reprises this role as the voice of Male Robin in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS. (Male Morgan is shared with Todd Haberkorn)
 * Masrur in Magi – Labyrinth of Magic
 * Nezumi in No. 6
 * Orga Itsuka in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
 * Pet in Ixion Saga DT
 * Rashild in the 3DS game of Makai Ouji
 * Reiner Braun in Attack on Titan
 * Renshou Sorinozuka in Inu × Boku SS
 * Ryunosuke "Kurotatsu" Kurosaki in Maid-Sama!
 * Saburo Kato in Space Battleship Yamato 2199
 * Sentaro Kawabuchi in Sakamichi No Apollon
 * Shichika Yasuri in Katanagatari
 * Shigure in Fire Emblem Fates
 * Shiraishi Kuranosuke in The Prince of Tennis
 * Sosuke Yamazaki in Free!: Eternal Summer
 * Subaru Hidaka in Robotics;Notes
 * Takeru Kusanagi in Anti Magic Academy The 35th Test Platoon
 * Tetsuya Yuki in Diamond no Ace
 * Wales in Metal Fight Beyblade
 * Wave in Akame ga Kill!
 * Welf Krozzo in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
 * X-eins in Valvrave the Liberator
 * Yamato Ishida in Digimon Adventure tri.
 * Yashiro Tsurugi in Illusory Revelations
 * Yukitaka Tsutsui in Level E
 * Yusuke Asahina in Brothers Conflict


 * Badass: Most of the characters what he voices are badass and Hosoya has a really badass voice
 * Evil Sounds Deep: Hosoya has voiced several villains and his voice is very deep
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold:Not him but most of the characters what he voices such as Junpei are this
 * Large Ham: Most of his characters what he voices are brash and loud
 * Nice Guy: Most of his characters are nice guys too and Hosoya could be a nice person too
 * Playing Against Type: Most of his characters are brash and loud but Hosoya is a very quite person out of voice acting