Yoshimasa Hosoya

Yoshimasa Hosoya (細谷佳正 Hosoya Yoshimasa) is a Japanese voice actor for the Pokémon anime.

Biography

Hosoya was born on February 10, 1982, in Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan, and became a voice actor as an adult. He started his career in 2004 and has since become well known for his roles in a number of anime series, commonly sports anime. He also pursued a singing career, formerly being a part of the pop duo MaxBoys alongside fellow voice actor Toshiki Masuda. Hosoya provided his voice for the Pokémon anime during Pokémon the Series: Black & White, most notably voicing motorcyclist Charles. He also voiced Lance in Pokémon Generations. Hosoya was affiliated with the talent agency Mausu Promotion, but is now freelancing. On April 23, 2017, he went on a temporary hiatus in order to undergo treatment for his throat, returning to work later that year.

Pokémon roles

Major

• Charles
• Lance (Generations)

Minor

• Don George's pupil

Other non-Pokémon roles

Anime

• Ryosuke Egusa (Onegai My Melody Kuru Kuru Shuffle!)
• Kinoko (Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpucho: Tou 2nd Act)
• Dick Pitt (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's)
• Wales (Beyblade: Metal Fusion)
• Arato (Jewelpet)
• Kigiri, Hamura Ōtsutsuki (Naruto: Shippuden)
• Yoshiyuki Matsuda (Big Windup!)
• Shichika Yasuri (Katanagatari)
• Ryūnosuke Kurosaki (Maid Sama!)
• Wataya Arata (Chihayafuru)
• Nezumi (No. 6)
• IV/Thomas Arclight (Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal)
• Junpei Hyūga (Kuroko's Basketball)
• Masrur (Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic)
• Kuranosuke Shiraishi (The Prince of Tennis II)
• Tetsuya Yūki (Ace of Diamond)
• Reiner Braun (Attack on Titan, Attack on Titan: Junior High)
• Yūsuke Asahina (Brothers Conflict)
• Michael (High School DxD)
• Kojou Akatsuki (Strike the Blood)
• X-eins (Valvrave the Liberator)
• Wave (Akame ga Kill!)
• Humeray (Aldnoah.Zero)
• Souji Ike (Baby Steps)
• Alveric Gillett (Chaika - The Coffin Princess)
• Yamazaki Sousuke (Free!)
• Saga Adou (Gundam Build Fighters Try)
• Azumane Asahi (Haikyu!!)
• Loki Laevatein (Kamigami no Asobi)
• Akari Hizamaru (Terra Formars)
• Reiji Akaba (Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V)
• Ginti (Death Parade)
• Welf Crozzo (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)
• Orga Itsuka (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans)
• Iaian (One-Punch Man)
• Optimus Prime (The Transformers: Mystery of Convoy)
• Kuraudo Kurashiki (Chivalry of a Failed Knight)
• Makoto Narumi (Seraph of the End)
• Kakeru Tengenji (Star-Myu)
• Takeru Kusanagi (Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon)
• Daryun (The Heroic Legend of Arslan)
• Kaito (Ajin: Demi-Human)
• Epizo Evans (BBK/BRNK)
• Doppo Kunikida (Bungo Stray Dogs)
• Takahashi Yūsuke (March Comes in Like a Lion)
• Fumikage Tokoyami (My Hero Academia)
• Kubayasu Aren (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.)
• Kōki Saiki (Working!!)
• Kumehachi (Onihei)
• Kiato (Black Clover)
• Gigina Jerde Dolk Melios Ashley Boeuf (Dances with the Dragons)
• Byakko (Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion)

Anime films

• Ishida Yamato (Digimon Adventure tri.)
• Tōsuke Iwasaki (Gekijōban Meiji Tokyo Renka: Yumihari no Serenade)
• Yamazaki Sousuke (High Speed! Free! Starting Days, Free! Timeless Medley, Free! Take Your Marks)
• Daiki Tazaki (The Anthem of the Heart)
• Houjou Shūsaku (In This Corner of the World)
• Shibasaki Ken (Suki ni Naru Sono Shunkan o)
• Fumikage Tokoyami (My Hero Academia: Two Heroes)

Video game roles

• Kazu (Arcana Heart 3)
• Kazuichi Souda (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)
• Steve Fox (Street Fighter X Tekken)
• Clark (Tales of Xillia 2)
• Reflet (Fire Emblem Heroes, Fire Emblem Warriors, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)
• Gaius Worzel (The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II)
• Fabio (Dragon's Dogma Online)
• Kukule (Dragon Quest VIII)
• Bowman (Granblue Fantasy)

Dubbing roles

• Miles Lancaster (Transformers)
• Jacob Black (The Twilight Saga film series)
• Henry "Mutt Williams" Jones III (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
• Jerry Shaw (Eagle Eye)
• Sokka (The Last Airbender)
• Jesse Braun (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
• Nathan Harper (Abduction)
• Sean Anderson (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island)
• Tommy Ross (Carrie)
• Jack Wilder (Now You See Me, Now You See Me 2)
• Caleb Prior (The Divergent Series)
• Kyle Reese (Terminator Genisys)
• Titus Abrasax (Jupiter Ascending)
• David "Dave" Stangle (Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates)
• Barry Allen/The Flash (Justice League)

External links

• Official website

This article is part of Project VA, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on voice actors in Pokémon animation and Pokémon games.