# Masaya Fukunishi

Masaya Fukunishi (Japanese: 福西 勝也, Hepburn: Fukunishi Masaya, born 24 February 1995) is a Japanese voice actor from Nara Prefecture, affiliated with Ken Production. He won the 2012 Best Anime Scenario Award at Seiyu Koshien and was part of the 3rd Seiyū Damashī [ja] 2014. He starred as Ken Ryūgūji in Tokyo Revengers and Gege in Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger, succeeding Tatsuhisa Suzuki in these roles following the latter's career hiatus. In 2023, he was cast as Kafka Hibino, the titular protagonist of Kaiju No. 8.

## Biography

Masaya Fukunishi, a native of Nara Prefecture, was born on 24 February 1995. While in elementary school, he decided to be a voice actor, and he as a teenager did some stage work. In 2012, he won the Best Anime Scenario Award at Seiyu Koshien. In 2014, he was selected in the Voice Actor Category at the 3rd Seiyū Damashī [ja].
He was educated at School Duo. After voicing a reporter in the 2015 ONA Isobe Isobē Monogatari, he began voicing anime characters in 2017, including in Case Closed, Made in Abyss, Banana Fish, Cells at Work!, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, My Hero Academia, Attack on Titan, King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars, Psycho-Pass 3, Haikyu!!, and Jujutsu Kaisen.
After Tatsuhisa Suzuki went into a career hiatus following an extramarital affair scandal, Fukunishi replaced him as the voice of Gege in Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger starting with the 25th episode in August 2021. In 2022, he later replaced Suzuki as the voice of Ken Ryūgūji in Tokyo Revengers. In August 2023, it was announced that he would star as Kafka Hibino, the titular protagonist of Kaiju No. 8. He was a guest at Anime Expo 2024.
Fukunishi speaks the Kansai dialect.

## Filmography
### Animated television

| Year | Title | Role(s) |
| 2017 | Altair: A Record of Battles | Imperial Bodyguard B |
| 2017 | Animation x Paralympic | Announcer |
| 2017 | Case Closed | Yuzuru Kariba |
| 2017 | Dream Festival! | 3C Student, weather forecaster |
| 2017 | Fox Spirit Matchmaker | Shi Lanzhou |
| 2017 | Made in Abyss | Spectator |
| 2017 | Seven Mortal Sins | |
| 2017 | Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head Kidō Kyūkyū Keisatsu | Passengers |
| 2018 | 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams | City-dweller E |
| 2018 | Baki the Grappler | Driver |
| 2018 | Banana Fish | Pursuer |
| 2018 | Basilisk | Tsunagi |
| 2018 | Beatless | Bystander A |
| 2018 | Cells at Work! | Naive T Cell 6 |
| 2018 | Devilman Crybaby | Fighter pilot |
| 2018 | Double Decker! Doug & Kirill | Police officer B |
| 2018 | Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan | Taira |
| 2018 | Happy Sugar Life | Customer |
| 2018 | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind | Gangster 2 |
| 2018 | Karakuri Circus | Kidnapper, high school boy |
| 2018 | Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These | Officer, radio operator |
| 2018 | Mr. Tonegawa | Kansai blacksuit A |
| 2018 | My Hero Academia | Seiba School applicant, Hassaikai member |
| 2018 | Pop Team Epic | Shōgo |
| 2018 | Puzzle & Dragons | Shopowner A |
| 2018 | SSSS.Gridman | Onda |
| 2019 | Attack on Titan | Scout |
| 2019 | Cardfight!! Vanguard | Luck Bird |
| 2019 | Carole & Tuesday | Ziggy |
| 2019 | Chihayafuru | Shusaku Koishikawa |
| 2019 | Demon Lord, Retry! | Carnival |
| 2019 | Dororo | Samurai |
| 2019 | Granblue Fantasy: The Animation | Shepherd |
| 2019 | King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars | Sakyō Tenka |
| 2019 | Levius | Larry McMahon |
| 2019 | Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka | Sentry |
| 2019 | Ninja Box  [ja] | Raiden |
| 2019 | Oshiri Tantei  [Ja] | Suiarohan |
| 2019 | Phantasy Star Online 2 | Male customer |
| 2019 | Psycho-Pass 3 | Heaven's Leap doctor |
| 2019 | The Rising of the Shield Hero | Priest |
| 2020 | Akudama Drive | Yakuza, police chief |
| 2020 | Arad Senki | Clio |
| 2020 | Dorohedoro | Undertaker |
| 2020 | Duel Masters King | Dolgepain, General Truman, etc. |
| 2020 | Eternity: Shin’ya no Nurekoi Channel  [ja] | Yōsuke Takafuji |
| 2020 | Haikyu!! | Heisuke Riseki, Yūto Kosaku, etc. |
| 2020 | Jujutsu Kaisen | Honda, etc |
| 2020 | Kaiketsu Zorori | Leon |
| 2020 | Listeners | Local junkyard worker |
| 2020 | Mr Love: Queen's Choice | Hacker |
| 2020 | My Roomie Is a Dino | Pee-chan's Owner |
| 2020 | Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga | Yoshimoto Samonji |
| 2021 | Blue Period | Sumida |
| 2021 | Detective Conan: Police Academy Arc | Shūzō Mononobe |
| 2021 | Doraemon | Police officer |
| 2021 | I-Chu | Spectator C |
| 2021 | LBX Girls | Communicator, base resident |
| 2021 | Megalobox 2: Nomad | Ryu |
| 2021 | Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory | Male Maid Cafe Customer |
| 2021 | Pokémon | Bray Zenn |
| 2021 | Re-Main | Baseball club member |
| 2021 | Shaman King | Classmate |
| 2021 | SK8 the Infinity | Kazu, Gallery |
| 2021 | The Irregular at Magic High School | Test subject |
| 2021 | Wave!! | High school teacher |
| 2021 | Zombie Land Saga | Radio advertisement |
| 2022 | Dance Dance Danseur | Soccer Club Member A |
| 2022 | The Heike Story | Noble |
| 2022 | Tokyo Revengers | Ken Ryūgūji |
| 2022 | Urusei Yatsura | Demon soldier |
| 2023 | I Shall Survive Using Potions! | Carl, Kotori |
| 2023 | Oshi no Ko | Fan |
| 2023 | The Saint's Magic Power Is Omnipotent | Miner |
| 2024 | Kaiju No. 8 | Kafka Hibino |
| 2025 | Teogonia | Manso |

### Original net animation

| Year | Title | Role(s) |
| 2015 | Isobe Isobē Monogatari | Reporter A |
| 2020 | Pokémon: Twilight Wings | Researcher A |
| 2023 | Scott Pilgrim Takes Off | Wallace Wells |

### Animated film

| Year | Title | Role(s) |
| 2016 | Pretty Cure All Stars: Singing with Everyone♪ Miraculous Magic! | |
| 2017 | Blade Runner Black Out 2022 | Thug B |
| 2018 | Flavors of Youth | Supervisor |
| 2018 | K: Seven Stories | |
| 2018 | Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative | Neo Zeon Pilot |
| 2018 | My Hero Academia: Two Heroes | |
| 2019 | Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution | Researcher B |

### Live-action television

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
| 2021 | Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger | Gege | |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role(s) |
| 2016 | Granblue Fantasy | |
| 2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II | |
| 2018 | Attack on Titan 2 | |
| 2018 | Dragalia Lost | |
| 2018 | Judgment | |
| 2018 | King of Prism: Prism Rush! Live | Sakyō Tenka |
| 2018 | New Gundam Breaker | |
| 2018 | Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz | Popen |
| 2019 | Ninja Box  [ja] | Raiden |
| 2019 | Pokémon Masters | Zakuro |
| 2020 | Valorant | Phoenix |

### Dubbing

* Night Swim (Ronin (Elijah J. Roberts))
* Joker: Folie à Deux (Young Inmate (Connor Storrie))
* Secret Level (young MC (Parry Shen))