is a Japanese

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and singer affiliated with

81 Produce is a voice talent management firm in Japan founded on 3 February 1981 (thus the year is the company's namesake). A hybrid CD-ROM featuring voice talent data for members of 81 Produce was released on 19 October 1997. The company is located in ...

. At the 2nd Seiyu Awards in 2008, Hatano won the Best Male Rookie Award for his roles as Sam Houston in ''

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'' and Tenshi Yuri in ''Saint Beast: Kouin Jojishi Tenshitan''. Other major roles voiced include Haruta Shigemo in ''

Jujutsu Kaisen is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gege Akutami. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since March 2018, with its chapters collected and published in 21 ''tankōbon'' vo ...

'', Gajeel Redfox in ''

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'', Metal Bat in ''

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'' and Yūto Ayase in ''

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''. In video games, he voices Josuke Higashikata in the ''

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'' developed ''

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'' games, and Rufus in the ''

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'' franchise. On April 2, 2018, he announced his marriage with fellow voice actress Mai Hashimoto.

Career

After passing the summer audition held by Amuse, he attended the Voice Actor Talent Department of Amusement Media Academy as a special student, and later became a member of 81 after attending the

Acting Institute (a training school directly under 81). After playing the role of an announcer in an original drama CD by

Takehito Koyasu is a Japanese voice actor from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.Doi, Hitoshi"Koyasu Takehito" ''Seiyuu Database''. January 3, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011. He is affiliated with and representative of T's Factory, a voice acting agency he founded ...

(while still at the vocational school), he made his debut in 2001 in the TV drama version of

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(same as above). In the same year, he made his TV anime debut with " Yobarete Tobidete! Akubi-chan" (same as above). In

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, he won the 2nd

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for New Actor. On December 21, 2011, he made his debut as a singer under his own name with the single "Hajimari no Hi ni".

Filmography

Anime

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Dive!! ''Dive!'' (stylized as ''DIVE!!'') is a Japanese novel series written by Eto Mori and published in four volumes by Kodansha between August 2000 and August 2002. A manga adaptation, in collaboration with Masahiro Ikeno, was serialized in S ...

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Discography

Singles

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References

External links

Official agency profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hatano, Wataru 1982 births Living people Male voice actors from Nagano Prefecture Japanese male video game actors Japanese male voice actors Japanese male pop singers Seiyu Award winners Anime singers 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese male singers 81 Produce voice actors