Daisuke Hirakawa

Daisuke Hirakawa
平川 大輔
Born 平川 大輔 (Hirakawa Daisuke)
June 4, 1973 (1973-06-04) (age 38)
Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Occupation Japanese voice actor

Daisuke Hirakawa (平川 大輔 Hirakawa Daisuke?, born 4 June 1973 in Niigata Prefecture) is a Japanese voice actor. He is sometimes mistaken for fellow voice actor Daisuke Namikawa, as their names only differ by one character when written in kanji. He is the official Japanese voice actor for Orlando Bloom. For some roles, he is also known as Hirai Tatsuya.

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Career

At first, as he enjoyed playing with his friends' children, he wanted to become an infant caretaker. However, he suddenly changed his mind and became a voice actor.

He has done Japanese voice-overs for two of Orlando Bloom's characters, Will Turner from Pirates of the Caribbean and Kingdom Hearts II, and Legolas from The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

Personal

His hobbies are cooking, skiing, and snowboarding.

He has admitted to being a hetare. The subject came up on a radio show with Sanae Kobayashi, and the two self-styled hetares seemed to have formed a 'hetare union', although it is not clear whether there are any other members.

He had never been abroad before- until his stay during the Say-U event in South Korea which took place on 15 November 2008, with fellow voice actors Ken Narita and Wataru Hatano.

Notable roles

Leading roles shown in bold.

TV Anime

2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011

OVAs

Games

Dubbing

Drama CDs

References

  1. ^ "ちょこッとSister" (in Japanese). chocosis.com. http://www.chocosis.com/staff/cast.html. Retrieved January 25, 2010. 
  2. ^ "School Days" (in Japanese). AT-X. http://www.at-x.com/program_detail/index.html/2139/. Retrieved January 25, 2010. 
  3. ^ "アニメ「イタズラなKiss」公式サイト" (in Japanese). itakiss-anime.jp. http://itakiss-anime.jp/index.htm. Retrieved January 25, 2010. 
  4. ^ "キャスト:STAFF&CAST:シャングリ・ラ" (in Japanese). anime-shangri-la.j. http://www.anime-shangri-la.jp/cast.html. Retrieved January 25, 2010. 
  5. ^ "Starry☆SkyPORTAL" (in Japanese). honeybee-cd.com. http://www.honeybee-cd.com/starrysky/p-char.html#aozora. Retrieved 14 April, 2011. 

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