Jun Fukuyama
Haseo's character and his voice actors have been popular with fans. This has been the case with both the ".hack//G.U." games and the CGI film where he ranks as the most popular character. In two other polls held to commemorate the ".hack" franchise's 10th anniversary Haseo was voted its most popular character. CyberConnect2 noted the character was popular with cosplayers. Takahiro Sakurai was a nominee in the category Best Leading Actor for his role as Haseo in ".hack//Roots" for the first Seiyu Awards but lost to fellow "Code Geass" voice actor Jun Fukuyama who portrayed Lelouch vi Britannia. Lowenthal's performance was also noted as one best from 2017, although he lost to Kyle McCarley who voiced 9S in "Nier Automata". Matsuyama noted that thanks to "Last Recode", Haseo's popularity has risen with a figure of the 3rd Form being developed. He claimed that the Xth and 5th Form might get their own figures based on their popularity.