Yoshimasa Hosoya

42 · Born: Feb 10, 1982

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Born Feb 10, 1982 Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan

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.

Career

acting

2024

Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp

Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp as Graham de Fallon (voice)

2023

Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre

Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre as Koichi (voice)

Trigun Stampede

Trigun Stampede as Nicholas D. Wolfwood (voice)

Kaina of the Great Snow Sea

Kaina of the Great Snow Sea as Kaina (voice)

The Fire Hunter

The Fire Hunter as Roroku (voice)

2022

The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup

The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup as Kuranosuke Shiraishi (voice)

The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting

The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting as Toru Kirishima (voice)

Fuuto PI as Shotaro Hidari / Kamen Rider W (voice)

2021

My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission

My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission as Fumikage Tokoyami

Bungo Stray Dogs Wan!

Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! as Doppo Kunikida (voice)

Kyûketsuki Sugu Shinu

Kyûketsuki Sugu Shinu as Satetsu (voice)

Hortensia Saga as Alfred Ober (voice)

The Way of the Househusband

The Way of the Househusband as Torajirou (voice)

Those Snow White Notes

Those Snow White Notes as Wakana Sawamura (voice)

Fruits Basket as Katsuya Honda (voice)

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime as Youm (voice)

My Hero Academia

My Hero Academia as Fumikage Tokoyami (voice)

2020

Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna

Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna as Yamato Ishida (voice)

Attack on Titan: Chronicle

Attack on Titan: Chronicle as Reiner Braun (voice)

Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon as Osamu Kirin (voice)

Dorohedoro as Shin (voice)

ID:Invaded as Funetaro Momoki (voice)

BNA as Shirou Ogami (voice)

2019

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising as Fumikage Tokoyami

Free! Road to the World - The Dream

Free! Road to the World - The Dream

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon - Arrow of the Orion

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon - Arrow of the Orion as Crozzo Welf (voice)

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba as Zenitsu's senior pupil (voice)

Kono Oto Tomare!

Kono Oto Tomare! as Tetsuki Takaoka (voice)

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Reawakened

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Reawakened as Kuboyasu Aren (voice)

2018

Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening

Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening as Reiner Braun (voice)

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms as Lang (voice)

Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple

Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple as Doppo Kunikida

Digimon Adventure tri. Part 6: Future

Digimon Adventure tri. Part 6: Future as Yamato 'Matt' Ishida (voice)

Golden Kamuy as Genjirou Tanigaki (voice)

Banana Fish as Arthur Frederick (voice)

Megalo Box as Joe/NOMAD (voice)

Boarding School Juliet

Boarding School Juliet as Tosa (voice)

Devils Line as Takashi Sawazaki (voice)

2017

Haikyû!!: Sainou to sensu

Haikyû!!: Sainou to sensu as Asahi Azumane (voice)

Digimon Adventure tri. Part 4: Loss

Digimon Adventure tri. Part 4: Loss as Yamato 'Matt' Ishida (voice)

Haikyû!!: Konseputo no tatakai

Haikyû!!: Konseputo no tatakai as Asahi Azumane (voice)

Free! Timeless Medley: The Promise

Free! Timeless Medley: The Promise as Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)

Free! Take your Marks

Free! Take your Marks as Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)

Free! Timeless Medley: The Bond

Free! Timeless Medley: The Bond as Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)

Digimon Adventure tri. Part 5: Coexistence

Digimon Adventure tri. Part 5: Coexistence as Yamato 'Matt' Ishida (voice)

Hozuki's Coolheadedness

Hozuki's Coolheadedness as Gon

2016

Digimon Adventure tri. Part 2: Determination

Digimon Adventure tri. Part 2: Determination as Yamato 'Matt' Ishida (voice)

In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World

In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World as Shusaku Hojo (voice)

Digimon Adventure Tri. Part 3: Confession

Digimon Adventure Tri. Part 3: Confession as Yamato 'Matt' Ishida (voice)

Ajin as Kaito (voice)

Mob Psycho 100 as Tenga Onigawara (voice)

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. as Kuboyasu Aren (voice)

March Comes in Like a Lion

March Comes in Like a Lion as Yuusuke Takahashi (voice)

Hundred as Judar Harvey

Grimgar, Ashes and Illusions

Grimgar, Ashes and Illusions as Haruhiro (voice)

Tanaka-kun Is Always Listless

Tanaka-kun Is Always Listless as Ohta (voice)

Joker Game as 小田切

All Out as Takuya Sekizan (voice)

2015

Digimon Adventure tri. Part 1: Reunion

Digimon Adventure tri. Part 1: Reunion as Yamato 'Matt' Ishida (voice)

The Empire of Corpses

The Empire of Corpses as John H. Watson (voice)

High Speed! Free! Starting Summer

High Speed! Free! Starting Summer as Sousuke Yamazaki

Haikyuu!! The Movie 2: The Winner and the Loser

Haikyuu!! The Movie 2: The Winner and the Loser as Azumane Asahi (voice)

The Anthem of the Heart

The Anthem of the Heart as Daiki Tazaki (voice)

Gekijôban Shingeki no Kyojin Kôhen: Jiyû no tsubasa

Gekijôban Shingeki no Kyojin Kôhen: Jiyû no tsubasa as Reiner Braun (voice)

Haikyuu!! The Movie 1: The End and the Beginning

Haikyuu!! The Movie 1: The End and the Beginning as Azumane Asahi (voice)

Death Parade as Ginti

Attack on Titan: Junior High

Attack on Titan: Junior High as Reiner Braun (voice)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans as Orga Itsuka (voice)

Ushio & Tora as Nagare Akiba

Chivalry of a Failed Knight

Chivalry of a Failed Knight as Kuraudo Kurashiki (voice)

The Heroic Legend of Arslan

The Heroic Legend of Arslan as Daryun (voice)

Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon

Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon as Takeru Kusanagi (Main Character)

Starmyu as 天花寺翔

Show by Rock!! as Rom (voice)

2014

Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow

Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow as Reiner Braun (voice)

Ookami shoujo to kuro ouji

Ookami shoujo to kuro ouji as Takeru HIBIYA

Haikyu!! as Asahi Azumane (voice)

Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V

Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V as Reiji Akaba (voice)

Terra Formars as Akari Hizamaru

Black Bullet as Tamaki Katagiri

Alice in Borderland

Alice in Borderland as Ryouhei Arisu (voice)

Baby Steps as Souji Ike

Free! as Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)

2013

Hal as Hal (voice)

Attack on Titan

Attack on Titan as Reiner Braun (voice)

A Town Where You Live

A Town Where You Live as Haruto Kirishima

Kakumeiki Valvrave

Kakumeiki Valvrave as X-eins (voice)

Ace of Diamond as Tetsuya Yūki (voice)

Strike the Blood

Strike the Blood as Kojou Akatsuki (voice)

Brothers Conflict

Brothers Conflict as Asahina, Yuusuke (voice)

Chihayafuru as Arata Wataya

2012

Kids on the Slope

Kids on the Slope as Sentarou Kawabuchi (voice)

Inu x Boku SS as Sorinozuka Renshou (voice)

Ixion Saga DT as Pet

Kuroko's Basketball

Kuroko's Basketball as Junpei Hyuga (voice)

Robotics;Notes as Subaru Hidaka (voice)

2011

Level E as Yukitaka Tsutsui

No. 6 as Nezumi (voice)

Natsume's Book of Friends

Natsume's Book of Friends as Shibata Katsumi (voice)

2010

Maid Sama! as Ryuunosuke Kurosaki (voice)