Blake Thomas Shepard is an American voice actor who works on

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series at ADV Films,

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and

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. He has provided voices for a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series and films; notable credits include Ikki from '' Amnesia'', Yuzuru Otonashi from ''

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'', Soma Yukihira from '' Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma'', Arata Wataya from ''

Chihayafuru is a Japanese ''josei'' manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Suetsugu. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''josei'' manga magazine '' Be Love'' from December 2007 to August 2022, with its chapters collected in 50 ''tankōbon'' vo ...

'', Tanaka from '' Tanaka-kun is Always Listless'', Birthday from ''

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'', Agito Wanijima from ''

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'', Godo Kusanagi from ''

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'', Taro Sado from ''

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'', Kei Takishima from '' S · A: Special A'', Kyosuke Natsume from the '' Little Busters!'' series, Futoshi from ''

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'', Akiyuki Takehara from '' Xam'd: Lost Memories'', and Hiro Hiyorimi from ''

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''. Outside of voice acting, Shepard is the lead singer and guitarist in a band called Electric Attitude.

Career

In 2017, Shepard voiced Arata Wataya, who is Chihaya's childhood friend that inspired her to play

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' English dub of the ''

'' anime series. The first season of the series was released on home video in September 2017.

Dubbing roles

Anime

References

External links

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Blake Shepard
at the CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Shepard, Blake 1984 births Living people American animators American male voice actors People from Houston