Wataru Hatano

(羽多野 渉, Hatano Wataru, born on March 13, 1982) is a Japanese voice actor and singer with ties to the 81 Produce agency. In 2008, Hatano clinched the prestigious Best Male Rookie Award at the 2nd Seiyu Awards for his remarkable performances as Sam Houston in "Toward the Terra" and Tenshi Yuri in "Saint Beast: Kouin Jojishi Tenshitan".
He is known for his portrayal of Ritsu Kasanoda (Ouran High School Host Club), Gajeel Redfox (Fairy Tail), Metal Bat (One Punch Man), Toru Sanada (Kimi ni Todoke), Ichimura (Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi) and Josuke Higashikata (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure franchise). 
His role in the Hakuōki franchise is a friend of Iba's, Kotarou Motoyama (appears only in games).
==Filmography==
===Television animation===
List of voice performances in TV animation
Year 	Title 	Role
2001 	Yobarete, Tobidete! Akubi-chan 	Kodaira Koichi
2002 	Monkey Typhoon 	Garuma
2003 	Pluster World 	Monitoring mechanism / grip group
2003 	Zatch Bell 	Soldier
2003 	Detective School Q 	Fuji SawaHiroshi / Sakuma sound / Echidna
2003 	Avenger 	Citizen
2003 	Cromartie High School 	Manuel High badass
2003 	Galaxy Railways 	Edwin Silver, Terry Goldman
2003 	Full-Blast Science Adventure - So That's How It Is 	Stray cat
2003 	Maburaho 	Male student
2004 	Gokusen 	Kamei-sensei
2004 	Yumeria 	Tomokazu Mikuri
2004 	Monkey Turn 	Player
2004 	Tenjo Tenge 	Salaryman
2004 	Hanaukyo Maid Team La Verite 	Coma Ke Staff
2004 	Doki Doki School Hours 	Arakawa-sensei
2004 	The Marshmallow Times 	Thunder / Edward / Small Fairies
2004 	Midori Days 	Various characters
2004 	Madlax 	Garza soldiers
2004 	Wagamama Fairy: Mirumo de Pon! 	Tetsuo
2004 	Ragnarok the Animation 	Goblin, Bandit
2004 	Monkey Turn V 	TadoMitsuru
2004 	Viewtiful Joe 	Darling
2004 	Uta Kata 	Shigeru
2004 	Zoids Fuzors 	Man
2004 	Desert Punk 	Kameido
2004 	Fantastic Children 	Soran
2004 	Bleach 	Harutoki / Grim Reaper and / Bohaha to 4 / Shinigami
2004 	Gakuen Alice 	Male student
2004–2010	Major series 	Various characters
2005–2006	Ah! My Goddess series 	Various characters
2005–2006	Fushigiboshi no Futagohime series 	Truth
2005–2006	Honey and Clover 	Shin
2005–2006	Ah My Buddha series 	Willow
2005 	Starship Operators 	Defense official
2005 	MÄR 	Hameln
2005 	Mushiking: The King of Beetles 	Villager
2005 	He Is My Master 	Guards
2005 	Basilisk 	Koshiro Chikuma, Young Koga Danjo
2005 	Eureka Seven 	Captain
2005 	My Wife is a High School Girl 	Male student
2005 	Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor 	resistance
2005 	Animal Yokocho 	Various characters
2005 	Hell Girl 	Daisuke Iwashita
2005 	Gunparade March 	Field reporter
2005 	Aria the Animation 	Himeya
2006 	Magikano 	Shinichi
2006 	Nerima Daikon Brothers 	Various characters
2006 	Gakuen Heaven: Boy's Love Hyper 	Student
2006 	Aria the Natural 	Atsushi
2006 	Ouran High School Host Club 	Ritsu Kasanoda
2006 	Renkin 3-kyu Magical? Pokan 	Ryouga, Tan, General
2006 	Spider Riders 	Various characters
2006 	Kirarin Revolution 	Aseyama director
2006 	Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle 	Hi? / minions
2006 	Kishin Houkou Demonbane 	Voice of the warrior
2006 	Welcome to the NHK 	Akito Sudo / Dragoon / Suitorareru III II
2006 	Night Head Genesis 	Yukio Izumi
2006 	Shonen Onmyoji 	Emperor
2006 	D.Gray-man 	Bounty Hunter
2006 	Red Garden 	Emilio
2006 	Hell Girl 	Shinzaburo
2006 	Bartender 	Young Shimaoka
2007 	Les Misérables: Shojo Cosette 	Combeferre
2007 	Deltora Quest 	Audience
2007 	Yes! Pretty Cure 5 	Man
2007 	Naruto Shippuden 	Yahiko (boy)
2007 	Saint Beast: Kouin Jojishi Tenshitan 	Tenshi Yuri
2007 	Engage Planet Kiss Dum 	Vice captain
2007 	Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula 	IFujiUshio
2007 	Darker than Black 	Jean
2007 	Toward the Terra 	Sam Houston
2007 	Blue Dragon 	Gustav
2007 	Mushi-Uta 	Centipede
2007 	The Familiar of Zero: Knight of the Twin Moons 	Henry Stalford
2008 	Porphy no Nagai Tabi 	Prince
2008 	Kirarin Revolution Stage3 	Takoji Higashida
2008 	Blassreiter 	Igor
2008 	Zettai Karen Children 	Ken McGuire, You Fujiura
2008 	Our Home's Fox Deity. 	Gyokuyou
2008 	Soul Eater 	Harvar D. Éclair
2008 	Monochrome Factor 	Shuichi Wagatsuma
2008 	Blade of the Immortal 	Makoto
2008 	Battle Spirits: Shounen Toppa Bashin 	Manabu
2008 	Akane Iro ni Somaru Saka 	Junichi Nagase
2008–2009	Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu series 	Yuto Ayase
2009 	Gokujo!! Mecha Mote Iincho 	Nerima Daikon
2009 	Tears to Tiara 	Decimus
2009 	Hanasakeru Seishonen 	Leon
2009 	07-GHOST 	Haruse
2009 	Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 	Ryuta Kusakabe
2009 	Battle Spirits: Shounen Gekiha Dan 	Shura
2009 	Miracle Train: oedo-sen e Yokoso 	Shinjuku Nishiguchi one
2009 	Sasameki Koto 	Norio Kazama
2009 	Kuchu Buranko 	Yasukawa Hiromi
2009–2011	Kimi ni Todoke 	Toru Sanada
2010–2019	Fairy Tail 	Gajeel Redfox
2010 	Beyblade: Metal Masters 	Dashan Wang
2010 	Katanagatari 	Shirasagi Maniwa
2010 	The Legend of the Legendary Heroes 	Rigwaltz Pentest
2011 	I Don't Like You at All, Big Brother!! 	Received
2011 	Beyblade: Metal Fury 	Dashan Wang
2011 	A Bridge to the Starry Skies 	Daigo Minamikokubaru
2011 	Tono to Issho: Gantai no Yabo 	Yoshihiro Shimazu, others
2011 	The World God Only Knows 	Yuta
2011 	Heaven's Memo Pad 	Tomio Kimura
2011 	The Idolmaster 	Host
2011 	The Mystic Archives of Dantalian 	Granville brother
2011 	Battle Spirits: Heroes 	Yakushiji Arata
2011 	Sengoku Paradise Kiwami 	Tokugawa Ieyasu
2011 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 	Ichimura
2011 	Mobile Suit Gundam AGE 	Largan Drace
2012 	Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father! 	Yuta Segawa
2012 	Shirokuma Cafe 	Handa-kun
2012 	Pretty Rhythm Dear My Future 	Yun-su
2012 	Jormungand 	Lutz
2012 	Chitose Get You!! 	Hiroshi Kashiwabara
2012 	Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse 	Leon Kuze
2012 	B-Daman Fireblast 	Kagero Ogami
2012–15 	Haiyore! Nyaruko-san series 	Yoichi Takehiko
2012–13 	Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic series 	Spartos
2013 	Hunter × Hunter 	Shaiapouf
2013 	Maoyu 	Lieutenant General
2013 	Zettai Karen Children - The Unlimited - Hyobu Kyosuke 	You Fujiura
2013 	Valvrave the Liberator 	Takumi Kibukawa
2013 	Dog & Scissors 	Kiyoshi Inukai
2013 	Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3 	ChoJiro
2013–15 	Ace of Diamond 	Toru Masuko
2014 	Hamatora 	Murasaki
2014 	Engaged to the Unidentified 	Hakuya Mitsumine
2014 	Strange+ 	Kaori
2014 	No-Rin 	Kei Kamatori
2014 	The Kindaichi Case Files R 	Aino Shuji
2014 	Soul Eater Not! 	Harvar D. Éclair
2014 	Bakumatsu Rock 	Harada Sanosuke
2014 	Momo Kyun Sword 	Inugami
2014 	Bonjour?Sweet Love Patisserie 	Jin Aoi
2014–2015	Baby Steps 	Hiroshi Araya
2015 	Kamisama Hajimemashita 	Jirou
2015 	Kuroko's Basketball 	Reo Mibuchi
2015 	World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman 	Sir Edward Lampard
2015 	Triage X 	St. Yuki
2015 	Aquarion Logos 	Seiji Ootsuka
2015 	Jitsu wa Watashi wa 	Sakurada
2015 	Junjo Romantica 	Shinnosuke Todo
2015 	Dance with Devils 	Lindo Tachibana
2015–2016	The Asterisk War 	AR-D
2015–2019	One Punch Man 	Metal Bat
2015–2017	Star-Myu: High School Star Musical 	Sakuya Sazanami
2016 	KonoSuba 	Keith
2016 	Hundred 	Fritz Granz
2016 	Bungo Stray Dogs 	Motojiro Kajii
2016 	And you thought there is never a girl online? 	Apricot (male)
2016 	Rin-ne 	Yuuki-kun
2016 	Magi: Adventure of Sinbad 	Mystras
2016 	ReLIFE 	Koshi Usa
2016 	The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance 	Jaswant
2016 	Fudanshi Koko Seikatsu 	Ryo Sakaguchi
2016 	Tsukiuta. The Animation 	Kai Fuduki
2016 	Time Travel Girl 	Edison
2016 	Magic?Kyun! Renaissance 	Louis Anjo
2016 	Nobunaga no Shinobi 	Oda Nobunaga
2016 	Yuri on Ice 	Georgi Popovich
2016 	Bungo Stray Dogs 2 	Motojiro Kajii
2017 	ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka 	Gurus
2017 	My Hero Academia 	Hitoshi Shinsou
2017 	Sakura Quest 	Katsuki Kumano
2017 	Hitorijime My Hero 	Natsuo
2017 	Dive!! 	Ooshima Chikara
2017 	Nana Maru San Batsu 	Ashiya Yousuke
2018 	Killing Bites 	Yuya Nomoto
2018 	Sanrio Danshi 	Naoki Sugami
2018 	Magical Girl Ore 	Sakuyo Mikage
2018 	The Thousand Musketeers 	Rapp
2018 	Dakaichi 	Kiyotaka Arisu
2018 	Captain Tsubasa 	Hikaru Matsuyama
2018–2020	Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation 	Page Klaus
2018–2021	IDOLiSH7 	Gaku Yaotome
2019 	Manaria Friends 	Owen
2019 	Over Drive Girl 1/6 	Haruto Boida
2019 	I'm From Japan 	Hide
2019 	Bungo Stray Dogs 3 	Motojiro Kajii
2019 	Ensemble Stars! 	Adonis Otogari
2019 	Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!	Nano
2020 	A3! 	Chikage Utsuki
2020 	Uchitama?! Have you seen my Tama? 	Gon Noda
2020 	The Misfit of Demon King Academy 	Shin Reglia
2020 	Tsukiuta. The Animation 2 	Kai Fuduki
2020 	Moriarty the Patriot 	Benjamin Burton
2021 	Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! 	Kajii Motojiro
2021 	Shadows House 	Edward
2021 	Muteking the Dancing Hero 	George
2021 	The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window 	Rihito Hiyakawa
2021 	Super Crooks 	Praetorian
2022 	Orient 	Hideo Kosameda
2022 	Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon 	Meidomaru
2022 	The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting 	Rei Hojo
2022 	Duel Masters Win 	Jashin-kun
2022 	Mamekichi Mameko NEET no Nichijo 	Simba, Poniki
2022 	Reincarnated as a Sword 	Klimt
2022 	Bibliophile Princess 	Theodore Warren Ashelard
2022 	Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War 	Hidetomo Kajomaru
2023 	The Legendary Hero Is Dead! 	Belarco
2023 	Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation 2 	Timothy
===Animated films===
List of voice performances in animated films
Year	Title 	Role
2007	Takumi-kun Series: Soshite Harukaze ni Sasayaite	Michio Yoshizawa
2011	Kami Voice 	Kubodera Tatsuma
2012	Buta 	Roux
2012	Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess 	Gajeel Redfox
2015	The Laws of the Universe Part 0 	Eisuke
2017	Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry 	Gajeel Redfox
2017	Dance with Devils: Fortuna 	Lindo Tachibana
2020	Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai – The Clouds Gather 	Chikara Domeki
2021	Dakaichi: Spain Arc 	Kiyotaka Arisu
2023	Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn 	Orlando Reeve
===Video games===
List of voice performances in original video animation (OVA)
Year	Title 	Role
2004	Croket! games 	Lemonade, Archer, Yuba
2005	Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny 	Felt Blanchimont
2005	Shadow Hearts: From The New World 	Zonta
2005	Zoids: Tactics 	Wolf Muroa
2005	Tales of Legendia 	Poppo
2006	Shin Onimusha Dawn of Dreams 	Roberto Frois
2006	Animal Yokochou: Doki*Doki Shinkyuu Shiken! no Kan 	Papa
2006	Growlanser: Heritage of War 	Guroma / narration
2006	Lamento ~Beyond the Void~ 	Asato
2006	Palais de Reine 	Walther
2007	Elvandia Story 	Rushiddo
2008	Zettai Karen Children DS: Dai-4 no Children 	Ken McGwire
2008	Da Capo: Girls Symphony 	Kei Shinomiya
2008	Monochrome Factor Cross Road 	Azuma Akiichi
2009	Street Fighter IV 	Rufus
2009	Shining Force Feather 	Jin
2009	Arc Rise Fantasia 	Nicole Benex
2009	Tears to Tiara Anecdotes: The Secret of Avalon 	Decimus
2009	Final Fantasy XIII 	Yuj
2010	Super Street Fighter IV 	Rufus
2010	Last Ranker 	Makisu
2010	Fate/Extra 	Julius Berukisuku-Harwey / Katsuragi-sensei
2010	Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi 	Daigo Minamikokubaru
2011	Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 	Poppo
2011	Disgaea 4 	Fenrich
2011	Kajiri Kamui Kagura 	Friction ORa night
2011	Final Fantasy XIII-2 	Yuju
2012	Even in the game, Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!	Segawa Yuta
2012	Mobile Suit Gundam AGE games 	Largan Drace
2013	Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse 	Leon Kuze
2013	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle 	Josuke Higashikata
2015	Gakuen Heaven 2: Double Scramble 	Hayato Chiba
2015	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven 	Josuke Higashikata
2015	Ensemble Stars! 	Adonis Otogari
2015	Hakuōki: Kyoto Winds 	Kotarou Motoyama
2016	Hakuōki: Edo Blossoms 	Kotarou Motoyama
2016	Dance with Devils 	Lind Tachibana
2017	Tsukitomo -Tsukiuta 12 memories- 	Kai Fuduki
2017	Bungo Stray Dogs: Mayoi Inu Kaikitan 	Kajii Motojiro
2019	Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland 	Fickes Finis
2020	Arknights 	Chiave
2020	Helios Rising Heroes 	Brad Beams
2021	Gate of Nightmares 	Esteo, Nord
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