Bryce Papenbrook

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**Bryce Austin Papenbrook** (born February 24, 1986) is an American voice actor who has done voice work for Viz Media, Animaze, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Funimation, Studiopolis and Scoffer Studios. He has voiced in several anime series, particularly those of young male protagonists.

## Biography

### Early life and education

Bryce Papenbrook was born in West Hills, California. He is the son of Debbie Rothstein and Bob Papenbrook, both of whom were voice actors. He graduated from UCLA in 2007 with a Bachelor's in Political Science.

### Career

Papenbrook is best known for his portrayals of Kirito in *Sword Art Online*, Eren Jaeger in *Attack on Titan*, Rin Okumura in *Blue Exorcist*, Gallows in Dagon: Troll World Chronicles , Masaomi Kida in *Durarara!!* series, Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli in *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure*, Shirou Emiya in *Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works*, Meliodas & Zeldris in *The Seven Deadly Sins*, Red in *Pokémon Origins*, Kaito in *Ajin: Demi-Human*, and Makoto Naegi and Nagito Komaeda in the *Danganronpa* series. In animation, he provides the voice of Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir in *Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir*.

### Personal life

Papenbrook has trained in the martial arts for over 16 years and holds a fourth-degree black belt. He began training in the Chuck Norris system of Tang Soo Do (also known as American Tang Soo Do) under his original instructor Steve Clark. Later he would train and receive his fourth-degree black belt in the system under Clark's instructor, former Chuck Norris black belt Dennis Ichikawa. Papenbrook would go on to become a 3-time kickboxing champion with over 60 fights to his credit. He has been a kickboxing instructor at the House of Champions Academy of Martial Arts in Van Nuys, California.

He is married to Samantha Papenbrook; they have a daughter named Ella Papenbrook, born on September 5, 2015.

## Filmography

### Film

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films

List of voice performances in feature films

## References

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2. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryce-papenbrook-a2213112
3. ↑ "UKA: Voice Acting Titan: The Bryce Papenbrook Interview". *uk-anime.net*. http://uk-anime.net/articles/voice\_acting\_titan:\_the\_bryce\_papenbrook\_interview.html. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 House of Champions Academy of Martial Arts > Bryce Papenbrook Bio. URL accessed on February 10, 2010.
5. ↑ "Bio Papenbrook - MMA - BJJ - Karate - Boxing - Kickboxing - Martial Arts In Sherman Oaks, Panorama City, Lake Balboa, Van Nuys, Ca - Mark Parra's House Of Champions Academy Of Martial Arts And Fitness". *houseofchampions.com*. http://houseofchampions.com/bio-papenbrook/. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
6. ↑ Papenbrook, Bryce. "Proud Dad". Twitter. https://twitter.com/BrycePapenbrook/status/642876349019910148. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
7. ↑ "Bryce Papenbrook on Instagram: "I can't believe she's 2 already! Happy Birthday to my little princess. Excited to start our new tradition of candles on every birthday meal!"" (in en). https://www.instagram.com/p/BYqej7FgcQY/.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 "Bryce Papenbrook Roles - Facebook". *facebook.com*. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.258497114164854.81560.247159495298616&type=3. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
9. ↑ Brusuelas, James (December 12, 2010). "Aniplex Announces Durarara English Cast". *Animation World Network*. http://www.awn.com/blog/aniplex-announces-durarara-english-cast. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
10. ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 "Bryce Papenbrook (181 Character Images)". *Behind The Voice Actors*. http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/bryce-papenbrook/. Retrieved November 10, 2015. A green check mark indicates that the role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
11. ↑ "Aniplex's Blue Exorcist TV Series to Debut on TOONAMI™ On February 22nd" (in en), *Anime News Network*.
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13. ↑ "Aniplex USA to Screen Blue Exorcist Film in 6 U.S. Cities" (in en), *Anime News Network*.
14. ↑ "Bryce Papenbrook, Cherami Leigh Lead Sword Art Online Dub Cast – News". Anime News Network. March 30, 2013. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-30/bryce-papenbrook-cherami-leigh-lead-sword-art-online-dub-cast. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
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19. ↑ "Interview: Bryce Papenbrook". Anime News Network. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2014-03-29/interview-bryce-papenbrook. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
20. ↑ "Attack on Titan Season 2 English Cast Announcement". *Funimation Blog*. Funimation. April 20, 2017. https://www.funimation.com/blog/2017/04/20/attack-on-titan-season-2-english-cast/. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
21. ↑ "Viz Media Announces Blood Lad's English Dub Cast". *May 16, 2014*. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-16/viz-media-announces-blood-lad-english-dub-cast. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
22. ↑ Martin, Theron (October 15, 2014). "Blood Lad BD+DVD". *Anime News Network*. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/blood-lad/bd-dvd-the-complete-series/.79422. Retrieved November 1, 2016. "In execution, though, the English dub effort is merely a serviceable one. Bryce Papenbrook unsurprisingly bags the lead role, and he should have been just fine in it, but the way he handles Staz's attitudes never fully clicks."
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25. ↑ "BlazBlue: Alter Memory Cast Announcement". *funimation.com*. http://www.funimation.com/blog/2015/03/16/blazblue-alter-memory-cast-announcement/. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
26. ↑ "Aniplex USA to Release 1st Aldnoah.Zero Season on BD/DVD with Dub & Sub", *Anime News Network* (2015-06-06).
27. ↑ Ugwa, Godswill (April 23, 2015). "Soul Eater Not! English Cast Announcement". *Funimation*. http://www.funimation.com/blog/2015/04/23/soul-eater-not-english-cast-announcement/.
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30. ↑ "The Seven Deadly Sins". *Anime News Network*. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/the-seven-deadly-sins/episodes-1-24/.95395. Retrieved April 28, 2016. "As a “Netflix Original Series” (and at the time of this writing that is the only place it can be accessed), SDS sports an English dub courtesy of Bang Zoom! Entertainment. Unless you're tired of hearing Bryce Papenbrook as the male lead in seemingly everything these days (he's become in the 2010s what Johnny Yong Bosch was earlier in the 2000s), the English cast is very well-chosen."
31. ↑ "Funimation Announces Danganronpa Anime English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. April 4, 2015. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-04/funimation-announces-danganronpa-anime-english-dub-cast/.86761.
32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 "Danganronpa BD+DVD". http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/danganronpa/bd-dvd-complete-series/.95960. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
33. ↑ "Fall Broadcast Dub English Cast Announcement – Attack on Titan Junior High!". Funimation. November 9, 2015. http://www.funimation.com/blog/2015/11/09/fall-broadcast-dub-english-cast-announcement-attack-on-titan-junior-high/. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
34. ↑ "Brothers Conflict English Cast Announcement". *funimation.com*. http://www.funimation.com/blog/2016/01/08/brothers-conflict-english-cast-announcement/. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
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40. ↑ "One-Punch Man Is Coming to Toonami!". Viz Media. http://www.viz.com/blog/posts/one-punch-man-is-coming-to-toonami. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
41. ↑ "Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School Broadcast Dub Cast Announcement". Funimation. http://www.funimation.com/blog/2016/07/28/danganronpa-3-the-end-of-hopes-peak-high-school-broadcast-dub-cast-announcement/. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
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46. ↑ "Viz Media Reveals English Dub Cast for Terraformars Anime". Anime News Network. July 1, 2017. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-01/viz-media-reveals-english-dub-cast-for-terraformars-anime/.118277. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
47. ↑ "Twin Star Exorcists English Dub Stars Bryce Papenbrook, Cassandra Lee Morris and More!". 2018-04-09. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-06/twin-star-exorcists-english-dub-stars-bryce-papenbrook-cassandra-lee-morris/.130066.
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51. ↑ "Twitter". Twitter. https://twitter.com/Kitsunes96/status/1121487008189304838. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
52. ↑ "English dub cast announcement". YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxM1j64w4fk. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
53. ↑ "Teasing Master Takagi-san S2 English Netflix Credits". https://imgur.com/a/NoQFG4V. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
54. ↑ "Beastars (2020)" (February 27, 2020). Retrieved on February 28, 2020.
55. ↑ Papenbrook, Bryce (2017-02-01). "Season 2 of Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave premieres on Sprout at 12pmET on Saturday February 18th! I voice Sprout's..." (in en). https://twitter.com/BrycePapenbrook/status/826924049544601600.
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58. ↑ "Miraculous - Disney Channel UK". *Disney UK*. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160207183005/http://www.disney.co.uk/disney-channel/shows/miraculous. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
59. ↑ "Netflix Global Search on uNoGS". https://unogs.com/video/?v=80212481. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
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61. ↑ "Bryce Papenbrook Talks 'Blue Exorcist: The Movie' Anime Release". The Fandom Post. May 14, 2014. https://www.fandompost.com/2014/05/27/bryce-papenbrook-talks-blue-exorcist-the-movie-anime-release/. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
62. ↑ "Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale English Dub Screenings Begin April 22 in U.S.". *Anime News Network*. March 14, 2017. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-14/sword-art-online-ordinal-scale-english-dub-screenings-begin-april-22-in-u.s/.113434. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
63. ↑ "Fathom and Aniplex of America Bring Latest 'Fate/stay' Movie to Theaters". Three if By Space. May 7, 2018. https://www.threeifbyspace.net/2018/05/fathom-events-and-aniplex-of-america-bring-latest-fate-movie-to-theaters/. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
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