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	(1955-11-16) 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

• 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