Masato Hirano (voice actor)

Masato Hirano (平野 正人, Hirano Masato, born November 16, 1955) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Iwate Prefecture who works for Aoni Production.[1] Among his other roles, he has performed the characters Ippon-Matsu and Gorousei (One Piece), Zaku (Fist of the North Star) and Kinnikuman Big Body (Kinnikuman: Scramble for the Throne).

Masato Hirano
平野 正人
Born	November 16, 1955 Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Alma mater	Tama Art University
Occupation	Actor voice actor narrator
Years active	1979–present
Agent	Aoni Production
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]

Filmography

Television animation

1980s

• Armored Trooper Votoms (1983) (Police (C))
• Gu Gu Ganmo (1984) (Leo, Little Bird Store)
• Video Warrior Laserion (1984) (Joe, Zaki)
• Blue Comet SPT Layzner (1985) (Clayton) [2]
• Fist of the North Star (1985) (Zaku, Giji, Red Ribbon's Military Soldier others)
• GeGeGe no Kitarō (1985) (Kasha, Werewolf, others)
• High School! Kimengumi (1985) (Soreike Minna, Tatsurō Hirōka, others) [2]
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985) (Haifan) [2]
• Dragon Ball (1986) (Man Wolf, Piano, others) [2]
• Saint Seiya (1986) (Hydra Ichi and Sea Serpent) [2]
• Wonder Beat Scramble (1986) (Doctor Gabor) [2]
• Akakage (1987) (Genta's father)
• Bikkuriman (1987) (Urashi Maijin, Hyōzansuke, others) [2]
• Transformers: The Headmasters (1987) (Abominus, Groove, Hardhead, Jazz, Slag, Slingshot, Trypticon, Wideload) [2]
• Fist of the North Star 2 (1987) (Zorba)
• Sakigake!! Otokojuku (1987) (Ippei Tazawa)
• Kiteretsu Daihyakka (1988) (Sasaki-sensei, Sasaki-sensei's Father, Tom, Tongaripapa (Third), Alien, others)
• Transformers: Super God Masterforce (1988) (Turter, King Poseidon, Phoenix, Diner Owner (episode 24)) [2]
• Dragon Ball Z (1989) (Oguri. Police officer, others) [2]
• Transformers: Victory (1989) (Kakuryu, Drillhorn, Doctor Minakaze) [2]

1990s

• Oishinbo (1990) (Motoyoshi Mikawa, Employee (A))
• Armored Police Metal Jack (1991) (Offender) [2]
• Goldfish Warning! (1991) (Doctor Ohashi (Second)) [2]
• Kinnikuman: Kinnikusei Ōi Sōdatsu-hen (1991) (Announcer Sekiguchi, God of Powerful, Kinnikuman Big Body/Strongman, King The 100 Ton (Episode 4), Bikeman, Chōjin Enma) [2]
• Future GPX Cyber Formula (1991) (Smith) [2]
• Matchless Raijin-Oh (1991) (Uchida Official) [2]
• Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken (1991) (Bartos) [2]
• Trapp Family Story (1991) (Hans) [2]
• Ghost Sweeper Mikami (1993) (Schwartz) [2]
• Slam Dunk (1993) (Koike (first)) [2]
• Tama and Friends (1994) (Otsubo-sensei)
• Tico of the Seven Seas (1994) (Crew) [2]
• Marmalade Boy (1994) (Gen Kitahara)
• Slayers (1995) (Demia and Zolf) [2]
• Neighborhood Story (1996)
• Famous Dog Lassie (1996) (Heins) [2]
• Hell Teacher Nūbē (1997) (Youkai Piano, Makuragaeshi)
• Mashin Eiyuden Wataru (1997) (Tobiderun) [2]
• Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998) (Karita) [2]
• Shin Hakkenden (1999) (Aori) [2]

2000s

• One Piece (2000) (Ippon-Matsu and Gorousei)
• Hiwou War Chronicles (2001) (Murakami)
• Stellvia (2003) (Reshio Sulijet) [2]
• Detective Conan (2003) (Masaru Saruhashi, Terafumi Kasuga)
• Slam Dunk (2003) (Laura's Father) [2]
• Monster (2004) (Kunz) [2]
• GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007) (Abura-sumashi)
• Dennō Coil (2007) (Doctor)
• Tytania (2008) (Salomon) [2]

2010s

• Dragon Ball Kai (2010) (Oldman Tsuno)
• Crayon Shin-chan (2016) (Sakuzō Yoneda)
• Nintama Rantarō (2017) (Hiranosuke Inadera (Second))
• atime: Born Dragon Note (2017) (Muhammad Athhar Arsaputra)

OVA

• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988) (Moore)
• Transformers: Zone (1990) (Star Cloud, King Poseidon, Menasor)
• Dai Yamato Zero-go (2004) (X-2)

Theatrical animation

• Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight (1985) (Chosuke Ohtsuka) [2]
• Toki no Tabibito -Time Stranger- (1986) (Ishida Mitsunari)
• Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (1987) (Kharock)
• Akira (1988) (Takeyama)
• Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991) (Pilot)
• Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (1991) (Naise) [2]

Video games

• Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (1991) (Gardner)
• Xenosaga Episode I (2002) (Moriyama) [2]
• Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo (2009) (Piano) [2]
• Ryū ga Gotoku 5 (2012) (Sakurai)

Tokusatsu

• Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger (2002) (Lingering Summerheat Ninja Bero-Tan (ep. 29))
• Mahou Sentai Magiranger (2005) (Hades Warrior God Toad (eps. 35 - 44))
• Ultraman Max (Auto Maton (ep. 38 - 39))
• Engine Sentai Go-onger (2008) (Savage Water Barbaric Machine Beast Bombe Banki (ep. 7))

Drama CDs

• Hana Yori mo Hana no Gotoku (????) (Norito's father)

Dubbing

• The Empire Strikes Back (1980 Movie theater edition) (Commander Nemet)
• Thomas & Friends (1995-1998) (George) [2]

References

1. "平野正人のプロフィール". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
2. "声優さん出演リスト 個別表示：平野 正人 (Masato Hirano) [Voice actor's appearance list individual display: Masato Hirano". Voice Artist Database (in Japanese). GamePlaza-HARUKA-. Retrieved March 2, 2020.

External links

• Official agency profile (in Japanese)
• Masato Hirano at Anime News Network's encyclopedia