Hiroaki Hirata (平田 広明, Hirata Hiroaki; born August 7, 1963) is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator. He is the founder of Hirata Production Japan.
He is best known for voicing Sanji in One Piece. Other notable roles include Sha Gojyo in Saiyuki, Kotetsu T. Kaburagi in Tiger & Bunny, Klein in Sword Art Online, Vergil in the Devil May Cry series, Mutta Nanba in Space Brothers, Leomon in Digimon Adventure, George Kodama in Kaze no Yojimbo, and Mr. Kondo in After the Rain. He is also the official Japanese dub-over artist for Johnny Depp, Matt Damon, Noah Wyle and Matt LeBlanc, in addition to dubbing roles of Jude Law, Ewan McGregor, Edward Norton and Josh Hartnett.
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Career
After graduating from Toshima High School, Hirata attended the Subaru Theater School before joining Theatre Company Subaru. His first stage performance was in A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1986. While he was working as a stage actor, his manager at the time asked him if he was interested in becoming a voice actor, and he auditioned. Since then, he has dubbed for many Western movies and worked in animation.
In 2011, he voiced the main character Kotetsu T. Kaburagi in the anime Tiger & Bunny and won the 11th Tokyo Anime Award for Best Voice Actor and the 6th Seiyu Awards for Best Actor in leading role. That same year, he left Theater Company Subaru, where he had worked for 27 years, and started a new company, Hirata Production Japan.
On January 9, 2017, Hirata was chosen 25th in the 3-hour voice actor general election special that broadcast on TV Asahi, where 200 popular voice actors were ranked.
Filmography
Original video animation (OVA)
2001 - Zaion: I Wish You Were Here (Changpuek)
2006 - Hellsing Ultimate OVA (Pip Bernadotte)
2007 - Strait Jacket (????) (Falk)
2007 - Saiyuki Reload: Burial, Sha Gojyo
2011 - Saiyuki Gaiden, General Kenren
2013 - Saiyuki Gaiden: Kouga no Shou, General Kenren
Original net animation (ONA)
2025 - Devil May Cry (Vergil)
Film animation
Digimon Adventure (2000) (TV announcer, Adult Takeru "T.K." Takaishi)
One Piece series (2001–) (Vinsmoke Sanji)
Saiyuki: Requiem (2001) (Sha Gojyo)
WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (2002) (Shinichiro Hata)
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) (Koga)
Asura (2012) (Shichiro)
Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning (2012) (Kotetsu T. Kaburagi / Wild Tiger)
Tiger & Bunny: The Rising (2013) (Kotetsu T. Kaburagi / Wild Tiger)
New Initial D: Legend 1 - Awakening (2014) (Bunta Fujiwara)
Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary (2014) (Cancer Deathmask)
Crayon Shin-Chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack! (2015) (Mayor of Mexico)
Digimon Adventure tri. (2015) (Narrator, Leomon, Gennai)
Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017) (Klein / Ryōtarō Tsuboi)
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018) (Baro)
Pretty Cure Miracle Leap: A Strange Day with Everyone (2020) (Refrain)
Burn the Witch (2020) (Billy Banx Jr.)
Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Rakuga Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes (2020) (Court painter)
Tokusatsu
2011
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (2011-2012) (Engine Machalcon (eps. 35 - 39, 41 - 44, 46 - 47, 49 - 50))
2012
Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger (Delu Knight (eps. 10 - 12), Senmotorishimayaku Delu Knight (ep. 10))
Kamen Rider Wizard (Narration)
2013
Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger: Season Tsuu (Delu Knight (eps. 10 - 11))
2026
Kamen Rider ZEZTZ (Catastrophe Gore Nightmare (eps. 41 - 42))
Video games
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War (2004) (Albert Genette)
Namco × Capcom (2005) (Bruce McGivern, Kamuz)
Kingdom Hearts II (2005) (Captain Jack Sparrow)
Final Fantasy XII (2006) (Balthier)
Sonic and the Black Knight (2009) (Caliburn/Excalibur)
God Eater (2010) (Lindow Amamiya)
The 3rd Birthday (2010) (Kunihiko Maeda)
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy (2011) (Laguna Loire)
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (2011) (Vergil)
Project X Zone (2012) (Lindow Amamiya)
God Eater 2 (2013) (Lindow Amamiya)
Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment (2013) as Klein
Granblue Fantasy (2014) (Rackam)
Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment as Klein
Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition (2015) (Vergil)
Project X Zone 2 (2015) (Vergil)
World of Final Fantasy (2016) (Balthier)
Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia (2017) (Laguna Loire, Balthier)
God Eater Resonant Ops (2018) (Lindow Amamiya)
Television drama
Daddy Sister (2016)
The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022), Satake Yoshimasa
The Old Dog, New Tricks? (2022), Minato
Ishiko and Haneo: You're Suing Me? (2022), Riichiro Hyuga
The Tiger and Her Wings (2024), Takei
Unbound (2025), Magaribuchi Kagetsugu
