Kenichirou Matsuda
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise as Batou
- Clockwork Planet as Vainney Halter
- Vinland Saga as Thors
- Black Clover as Gordon Agrippa
- Magatsu Wahrheit: Zuerst as Arnold
- Engage Kiss as Miles Morgan
- Spy x Family as the narrator and Bond Forger
- Highspeed Etoile as Richard Parker
Kenichirou Matsuda (Japanese: 松田 健一郎, Hepburn: Matsuda Ken'ichirō, born 22 January 1978) is a Japanese voice actor from Saitama Prefecture, affiliated with Arts Vision.[1] He is known for starring as Batou in Ghost in the Shell: Arise, Vainney Halter in Clockwork Planet, Jacques Yvain in RErideD: Derrida, who leaps through time, Thors in Vinland Saga, Gordon Agrippa in Black Clover, Arnold in Magatsu Wahrheit: Zuerst, Miles Morgan in Engage Kiss, the narrator and Bond Forger in Spy x Family, Richard Parker in Highspeed Etoile, and Marcella Nuvolari in Dahlia in Bloom.
Biography
Kenichirou Matsuda, a native of Saitama Prefecture, was born on 22 January 1978.[1][2] As an elementary school student, he learned about voice acting after hearing his two older sisters were interested in such a career, but stopped watching anime because he thought it was "something for kids to watch", so he instead wanted to be a baseball player or a police officer.[3] During his early adulthood, he attended a legal vocational school with the goal of becoming a civil servant, but dropped out after not being able to keep up with a higher class he was moved into.[3] Enrolled into the Japan Narration Acting Institute [ja],[1][3] he considered quitting after three years and a third failed audition, but instead continued, and the following year he was accepted into Arts Vision.[3]
In February 2013, it was announced that he would voice Batou in Ghost in the Shell: Arise.[4] Jaclyn Appelgate of Comic Book Resources said Matsuda "captures Batou's rough personality and does especially well with expressing the character's rage".[5] He later reprised his role in the 2015 movie Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie,[6] and he later starred as Vainney Halter in Clockwork Planet and Jacques Yvain in RErideD: Derrida, who leaps through time.[7][8]
In February 2019, Matsuda was cast as Thors, a major character in Vinland Saga.[9] Regarding his performance of Thors, Appelgate said "Kenichiro may have not had many lines with Thors since the character is a man of few words, but the voice actor managed to balance Thors' strong appearance with his massive compassion, using a deep masculine voice with soft undertones."[5] He later starred as Arnold in Magatsu Wahrheit: Zuerst and Miles Morgan in Engage Kiss.[10][11]
Matsuda originally considering retirement after several unsuccessful auditions, but in April 2022, he began voicing the narrator of Spy x Family, and in October 2022, he started voicing main character Bond Forger.[12][13] Matsuda uses several different barks to express Bond's emotions, with different ones to express happiness and sadness.[12] Appelgate said of his performance of Bond: "when it comes to how the dog sounds when he does open his mouth, Kenichiro adds a nice, subtle layer of charm to this gentle giant with his iconic "borf" speech."[5] In 2024, he starred as Richard Parker in Highspeed Etoile, and he will star as Marcella Nuvolari in Dahlia in Bloom.[14][15]
Filmography
Animated television
Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
2007 | Darker than Black | [1] | |
2007 | Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit | [1] | |
2013 | Ghost in the Shell: Arise | Batou | [4] |
2014 | D-Frag! | Hiroshi Nagayama | [16] |
2014 | Dramatical Murder | Mink | [17] |
2014 | Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers | The Hulk | [18] |
2016 | Reikenzan: Hoshikuzu-tachi no Utage | Iemoto | [19] |
2016 | Soul Buster | Wei Yan | [20] |
2017 | Black Clover | Narrator, Gordon Agrippa | [1][21] |
2017 | Clockwork Planet | Vainney Halter | [7] |
2017 | ēlDLIVE | Riggs | [22] |
2017 | Kino's Journey | Riku | [23] |
2017 | Marvel Future Avengers | The Hulk | [24] |
2018 | Conception | Shangri-la | [25] |
2018 | RErideD: Derrida, who leaps through time | Jacques Yvain | [8] |
2019 | Kemono Michi: Rise Up | Wolfgang von Kraftman | [26] |
2019 | Kengan Ashura | Hollis Kure | [27] |
2019 | Kochoki | Hayashi Hidesada | [28] |
2019 | Vinland Saga | Thors | [9] |
2020 | Healin' Good Pretty Cure | Teruhiko Hiramitsu | [29] |
2020 | Magatsu Wahrheit: Zuerst | Arnold | [10] |
2020 | My Hero Academia | Yū Hōjō | [30] |
2020 | The Day I Became a God | Raita Oguma | [31] |
2021 | Bakuten!! | Shūji Mabuchi | [32] |
2021 | Kingdom | Kaioku | [33] |
2021 | Rumble Garanndoll | Ukai | [34] |
2021 | Shaman King | Luchist | [35] |
2022 | Engage Kiss | Miles Morgan | [11] |
2022 | Spy x Family | Narrator, Bond Forger | [13] |
2022 | The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt | Bartholorush | [36] |
2022 | Tribe Nine | Roku Saigo | [37] |
2023 | Dog Signal | Woolson | [38] |
2023 | The Faraway Paladin | Gelrays | [39] |
2024 | The Unwanted Undead Adventurer | Clope | [40] |
2024 | Dahlia in Bloom | Marcella Nuvolari | [15] |
2024 | Highspeed Etoile | Richard Parker | [14] |
2024 | Quality Assurance in Another World | Sumida | [41] |
2024 | Tower of God | Kosuke/Kang Horyang | [42] |
Animated film
Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
2015 | Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie | Batou | [6] |
2015 | Sleep Tight My Baby, Cradled in the Sky | Yasunori Shionoha | [43] |
2017 | Blade Runner Black Out 2022 | Iggy | [44] |
2017 | Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower | Bull | [45] |
2019 | Human Lost | Shibuta | [46] |
2022 | Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru: Setsugetsuka | Nenekirimaru | [47] |
2022 | The First Slam Dunk | Chuichirou Noma | [45] |
2024 | Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction | Takarada | [48] |
Original video animation
Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
2016 | Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin | Ortega | [49] |
Video games
Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
2012 | Street Fighter X Tekken | Raven, Jack-X | [45] |
2019 | Life Is Strange 2 | Jonathan Merrill | [50] |
2025 | Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves | Marco Rodrigues | [51] |
Dubbing
- The Beckoning Silence (Toni Kurtz (Roger Schäli))[52]
- BlacKkKlansman (Detective Ron Stallworth (John David Washington))[53]
- Blood Ties (Chris Pierzynski (Clive Owen))[54]
- Deep Blue Sea 3 (Eugene Shaw (Emerson Brooks))[55]
- Doomsday (Sergeant Norton (Adrian Lester))[56]
- Fast & Furious (Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson))
- Fireproof (Wayne Floyd (Stephen Dervan))[57]
- Jersey Boys (Nick Massi (Michael Lomenda))[58]
- The Maze Runner (Alby (Aml Ameen))[59]
- The Night Before (Chris Roberts (Anthony Mackie))[60]
- The Perfect Host (Detective Morton (Nathaniel Parker))[61]
- Rogue Hostage (Kyle Snowden (Tyrese Gibson))[62]
- Young Justice, Kaldur'ahm
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External links
- Arts Vision profile (in Japanese)
- Kenichirou Matsuda at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Kenichirou Matsuda at IMDb