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Shōnen Hollywood
is a Japanese media franchise created by Ikuyo Hashiguchi. It consists of an idol project, a novel by Hashiguchi that was published by Shogakukan in 2012 and an anime television series by Zexcs that aired between July 5, 2014 and September 27, 2014. Funimation has licensed the series for streaming and home video release in North America. Crunchyroll simulcast the series for territories outside of North America since July 5, 2014. A second season aired between January 10, 2015 and April 4, 2015. Plot Novel Thirty-two-year-old Kōji Sakuragi sees an ad that is scouting for young male singers to be a part of a new group named Shōnen Hollywood. Having once dreamed of being an idol himself, Kōji changes his name to Tsuyoshi Hiiragi and lies about being seventeen in order to get in and study at a well-known theatre in Shinjuku called ''Hollywood Tokyo'', where the group will grow and develop their talents. Shōnen Hollywood -Holly Stage for 49- The anime takes place 15 years af ...
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Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine '' Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in Canada, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in four separate regions: the United States and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in-chief Isaac Alexander. On June 30, 2002, Anime N ...
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Ryōta Ōsaka
is a Japanese voice actor from Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. He is affiliated with Early Wing. Biography Ōsaka is the middle child of three siblings.ラジオCD『ノイタミナWEBラジオ おまとめ4』に収録。 He played on a baseball team in elementary school and on the softball team as pitcher in secondary school. He was involved with anime while attending junior high school, but had no particular dream on acting before entering high school. After graduating from a local technical high school, Ōsaka moved to Tokyo with a friend who also wanted to be a voice actor, and studied the basics of acting for two years at Nippon Kogakuin Hachioji College. After graduating, Ōsaka attended a voice actor training school, passed the additional audition for the agency Early Wing, and made his debut in 2010. In April 2012, Ōsaka voiced Yuki Sanada in '' Tsuritama''. Yukio Nagasaki, who saw his performance at the audition, said he thought that he could become the face of "a new g ...
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Yūto Suzuki (voice Actor)
Yūto, Yuto or Yuuto is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yūto can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *勇人, "courage, person" *悠人, "calm, person" *雄人, "male, person" *裕人, "rich, person" *優人, "gentleness, person" *祐人, "to help, person" *佑人, "to help, person" *勇斗, "courage, Big Dipper" *悠斗, "calm, Big Dipper" *雄斗, "male, Big Dipper" *裕斗, "rich, Big Dipper" *優斗, "gentleness, Big Dipper" *祐斗, "to help, Big Dipper" *佑斗, "to help, Big Dipper" *勇翔, "courage, to fly" *悠翔, "calm, to fly" *雄翔, "male, to fly" *優翔, "gentleness, to fly" The name can also be written in hiragana ゆうと or katakana ユウト. Notable people with the name *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese rapper *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese skateboarder *, Japanese football player *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese football player *, Japanese football play ...
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Sōichirō Hoshi
is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with Arts Vision. Some of his major anime roles include Son Goku in '' Saiyuki'', Kira Yamato in '' Gundam Seed'', '' Gundam Seed Destiny'', Kazuki Fuuchouin in ''GetBackers'', Masaru Daimon in ''Digimon Savers'', Kaoru Hanabishi in ''Ai Yori Aoshi'', and Tomoki Sakurai in '' Heaven's Lost Property''. In video game franchises he voices Sanada Yukimura in '' Sengoku Basara'', Keiichi Maebara in '' Higurashi When They Cry'', Kilik in '' Soulcalibur'', and various characters in '' Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time''. He partially voices Shirogane Takeru in the '' Muv-Luv'' series. Hoshi was also known for his voice roles of villains as Goro Akechi from '' Persona 5'', Death Gun from ''Sword Art Online'', and Lio Shirazumi in '' The Garden of Sinners''. For his work, Hoshi has been awarded the voice acting award in the Anime Grand Prix in both 2005 and 2006. Additionally, in the 2007 Seiyu Awards, Hoshi was a nominee in the c ...
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Shintarō Asanuma
is a Japanese scriptwriter, director, actor, voice actor, narrator, copywriter and designer. He was affiliated with Office Osawa and currently attached under DANDELION. Biography Filmography Television animation ;2003 *''Origami Warriors'' – Fuma Hanazuki ;2006 *'' Ouran High School Host Club'' – male student B (ep 24) *'' xxxHOLiC'' – Student B (ep 24) *''Zegapain'' – Kyo Sogoru *'' Kirarin Revolution'' – Subaru Tsukishima *''Mamotte! Lollipop'' – Will *''Kujibiki Unbalance'' – Mugio Rokuhara ;2007 *''Engage Planet Kiss Dum'' – Ueno (ep 9 and 10) *'' Kamichama Karin'' – Kirio Karasuma *''Bokurano'' – Yosuke Kirie, Shinichi Kodaka (ep 4) *'' Mushi-Uta'' – Daisuke Kusuriya *'' Da Capo II'' – Yoshiyuki Sakurai *'' Shakugan no Shana Second'' – Chairman (ep 12) *''Minami-ke'' – Sensei, Takeru-ojisan *''Genshiken 2'' – Neko Kazamatsuri (ep 1) *'' Ghost Hound'' – Michio Hoshino ;2008 *'' Minami-ke: Okawari'' – Takeru-ojisan *''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'' – ...
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Daisuke Namikawa
is a Japanese actor and singer associated with Stay Luck. He began acting as a child and is sometimes mistaken with Daisuke Hirakawa, as their names only differ by one character when written in kanji. Despite his wide range of roles, he usually plays young heroes, such as Mikage in ''07-Ghost'', Fay D. Flourite in '' Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'', Jellal Fernandes and his counterpart Mystogan in '' Fairy Tail'', Rokuro "Rock" Okajima in ''Black Lagoon'', Jack The Ripper in '' Black Clover'', Keita Ibuki in '' Black God'', Goemon Ishikawa XIII in later instalments of '' Lupin the Third'', and Yu Narukami in ''Persona 4''. He has also been cast as anti-heroes or antagonists, such as Ulquiorra Cifer in '' Bleach'', Hisoka Morow in '' Hunter × Hunter (2011)'', Kei Kurono in '' Gantz'', Eustass Kid in ''One Piece'', Dr. Genus in '' One Punch Man,'' Chōsō in ''Jujutsu Kaisen'', Tōru Oikawa in '' Haikyuu!!'', Kishō Arima in ''Tokyo Ghoul'', and Momoshiki Otsutsuki in '' Boruto: ...
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Austin Tindle
Austin Tindle is an American voice actor who works for Funimation Crunchyroll, LLC, previously known as Funimation from 1994 to 2022, is an American entertainment company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony as a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex that specializ ... and Sentai Filmworks. He is best known for voicing the lead role of Ken Kaneki in the '' Tokyo Ghoul'' series, Kiyoshi Fujino in '' Prison School,'' Ayumu Aikawa in '' Is This a Zombie?'', Yu Ishigami in '' Kaguya-sama: Love is War'', Accelerator in the '' A Certain Magical Index'' series, as well as its spinoffs '' A Certain Scientific Accelerator'' and '' A Certain Scientific Railgun S'', Karma Akabane in '' Assassination Classroom'', Shu Ouma in '' Guilty Crown'', Tsukasa Yugi '' Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun'', Vali Lucifer in '' High School DxD'', Marco Bodt in '' Attack on Titan'', Neito Monoma in '' My Hero Academia'', Kenji Kazama in '' D-Frag!'', Crowley Eusford ...
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Kensho Ono
is a Japanese voice actor, actor and singer. His most well-known characters are Tetsuya Kuroko, the titular protagonist in the anime series '' Kuroko's Basketball'', Giorno Giovanna in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', Slaine Troyard in ''Aldnoah.Zero'', Yuya Sakaki in '' Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V'', Hakuryu Ren in '' Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic'' and Mikaela Hyakuya in '' Seraph of the End''. He is also known as the Japanese dub voice of Harry Potter (played by Daniel Radcliffe) in the ''Harry Potter'' film series, and as Muromachi Tōji in the ''Prince of Tennis'' musical, as well as the Japanese voice for Diluc, from the open-world RPG, '' Genshin Impact''. Career Ono became a voice actor and starred in ''Toshiie to Matsu''. In February 2014, he launched a singing career with the single "Fantastic Tune". Since then, he has released four singles, two mini albums, and one full album. His fifth solo single "Five Star" was released through Lantis on June 27, 2018, after which he announc ...
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Clifford Chapin
Clifford Samuel Chapin IV (born January 29, 1988) is an American voice actor and director at Funimation and Bang Zoom! Entertainment. Career Chapin is known for his roles in anime and video games, such as Ichijo Takayanagi from ''Red Data Girl,'' Connie Springer from ''Attack on Titan,'' Shingo Wakamoto from ''Prison School, Kukulkan'' in ''Smite,'' Hideyoshi Nagachika from ''Tokyo Ghoul,'' Yuri Dreyar from ''Fairy Tail, '' and Katsuki Bakugo from ''My Hero Academia.'' Chapin won the ''VNs Now'' award Best Male VA of 2013 for his role of David Sawicki in ''Yousei'' by Sakevisual. He also worked as a production assistant for ''Toddlers and Tiaras'', ''NBC Nightly News'', ''Disaster Guy'', and ''The Rolling Girls''. In 2014, Chapin landed the lead voice role of Raishin Akabane in ''Unbreakable Machine-Doll''. In 2015, he voiced the lead character Harutora Tsuchimikado in ''Tokyo Ravens''. Personal life On June 18, 2021, Chapin was announced to be engaged to voice actress Krist ...
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Shouta Aoi
, is a Japanese singer and actor. Under the stage name Showta (stylized as "SHOWTA."), he debuted as a singer with the song "Negaiboshi" in 2006 and released his first studio album, '' Eve'', in 2008. In 2009, he left his agency and briefly released music independently under the pseudonym . After making his acting debut as Saki Hanajima in the '' Fruits Basket'' musical in 2009, Aoi has been involved in multiple musical theatre productions, including Sakuya Shiomi in '' Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade''. In 2011, he began voice acting and gained media attention after voicing Ai Mikaze from ''Uta no Prince-sama''. Since then, he has been recognized for roles such as Hideaki Tojo from '' Ace of Diamond'', Monet Tsukushi in the ''Magic-kyun! Renaissance'' series, Rui Minazuki from the ''Tsukiuta'' series, Louis Kisaragi from '' King of Prism'' series, and Licht von Glanzreich from '' The Royal Tutor''. In 2013, Aoi relaunched his singing career under his new stage name with the ext ...
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Justin Briner
Justin Briner is an American voice actor. He has provided voices for English-language versions of Japanese anime films and television series with Funimation. He is best known for his roles as Izuku "Deku" Midoriya in ''My Hero Academia'', Mikaela Hyakuya in ''Seraph of the End'', Maki Katsuragi in '' Stars Align'', Qwenthur Barbotage in '' Heavy Object'', Alfonso San Valiante in '' Garo: The Animation'', Luck Voltia in '' Black Clover'', Kensuke Hanasaki in ''Trickster,'' Ichi in the game '' Cibele'', Shō Kusakabe from ''Fire Force'' and Hanako/Amane Yugi from '' Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun''. Biography Justin Briner was born and raised in Maryland. He has a younger sister, Hayley Briner. He attended the University of North Texas and studied theater prior to finding voice acting work. In 2015, he starred as the voice of Mikaela Hyakuya, one of the two main teenage orphans who turns into a vampire in the anime series ''Seraph of the End'', which was released through Funimation's b ...
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Daiki Yamashita
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Arts Vision. He is best known for voicing the character Izuku Midoriya in the popular shonen anime ''My Hero Academia''. He won the ''Best Male Newcomer'' award at the 8th Seiyu Awards. Filmography Anime series Original video animation (OVA) *''Yowamushi Pedal'' (2013), Sakamichi Onoda *''Blue Spring Ride'' (2014), Naitō *'' My Hero Academia: Save! Rescue Training'' (2016), Izuku Midoriya *'' My Hero Academia: Training of the Dead'' (2017), Izuku Midoriya *'' Oresuki: Oretachi no Game Set'' (2020), Amatsuyu "Jouro" Kisaragi Special *'' Oresuki: Ore wa Teinei ni Susumeru'' (2019), Amatsuyu "Jouro" Kisaragi Anime films *''Tamako Love Story'' (2014), Inuyama *'' Yowamushi Pedal Re:Ride'' (2014), Sakamichi Onoda *''The Empire of Corpses'' (2015), Nikolai Krasotkin *'' Yowamushi Pedal Re: ROAD'' (2015), Sakamichi Onoda *'' Yowamushi Pedal: The Movie'' (2015), Sakamichi Onoda *'' Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Treasure Island'' (2018), Floc ...
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