Eric Vale

Eric Vale
Eric Vale at Anime Expo 2013
Born	Eric Christopher Johnson (1974-04-28) April 28, 1974 Grand Prairie, Texas
Other names	Eric Johnson Alpha Lagrange
Occupation	Voice Actor ADR Director Script Writer Head Writer
Years active	1999-present
Agent	Mary Collins Agency
Spouse(s)	Alese Johnson
Children	2

Eric Christopher Johnson (born April 28, 1974) also known as Eric Vale, is an American voice actor, ADR director, script writer, and head writer at Funimation, who provided voices for a number of English versions of Japanese anime series and video games.

Vale is also known for voicing the adult variations of Trunks in Dragon Ball series, Yuki Sohma in Fruits Basket, America and Canada in Hetalia: Axis Powers, World Series, and Beautiful World, and Kanta in Desert Punk. Vale also has a major role in the Funimation dub of One Piece as Sanji.

Filmography

Commercial roles

"2014"

• Chuck E. Cheese" Chuck E. Cheese

Anime roles

1999

• Dragon Ball series – Trunks, World Tournament Announcer (Funimation dub)

2001

• Blue Gender – Yuji Kaido

2002

• Fruits Basket – Yuki Sohma
• Yu Yu Hakusho – Sakyo, Rando, Shorin

2004

• Case Closed – Inspector Santos
• Fullmetal Alchemist series – Solf J. Kimblee
• Kiddy Grade – Sinistra

2005

• Gunslinger Girl – Jean

2006

• Basilisk: The Kōga Ninja Scrolls – Jimushi Jubei
• Black Cat – Lacdoll
• Desert Punk – Kanta "Desert Punk" Mizuno
• Shin-Chan – Yoshirin
• Speed Grapher – Itabashi (Ep. 10)
• Trinity Blood – Meinz Alfred (Ep. 1)

2007

• B't X – Teppei Takamiya
• BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad – Ryusuke Minami
• Hell Girl – Yukio Ujiie (Ep. 19)
• One Piece – Sanji (Funimation dub)
• School Rumble – Oji Karasuma
• SoltyRei – Larry Anderson
• Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle – Tōya

2008

• Aquarion – Sirius de Alisia
• Baldr Force EXE Resolution – Akira
• Claymore – Sid
• Darker than Black – Nick Hillman (Eps. 11–12)
• Ghost Hunt – Osamu Yasuhara
• Jyu Oh Sei – Zagi
• One Piece Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta – Sanji
• Ouran High School Host Club – Tohru Suzushima (Ep. 2)
• Sasami: Magical Girls Club – Tonobe

2009

• Baccano! – Huey Laforet
• Big Windup! – Keisuke Umehara
• Blassreiter – Alvin Lutz
• D.Gray-man – Arystar Krory III
• Dragonaut: The Resonance – Ko Yonamine
• El Cazador de la Bruja – Miguel (Ep. 6)
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Solf J. Kimblee
• Kaze no Stigma – Lai, Shinji Yuki (Ep. 1)
• Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple – Natsu "Hermit" Tanimoto (Season 2)
• Nabari no Ou – Tobari Durandal Kumohira
• Romeo x Juliet – Francisco
• Save Me! Lollipop – Zero
• Sgt. Frog – Dance Master (Ep. 47), Sally Viper (Ep. 78)
• Spice and Wolf – Weiz
• Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry – Dickon Sidnok

2010

• Birdy the Mighty Decode:02 – Nataru Shinmyō
• Casshern Sins – Casshern
• Corpse Princess – Sadahiro Mibu
• Hetalia: Axis Powers – America, Canada
• Initial D series – Koichiro Iketani (Funimation dub)
• My Bride is a Mermaid – Kai Mikawa
• Sands of Destruction – Agan Madoru
• Sekirei – Kakizaki
• Sengoku Basara series – Maeda Keiji
• Soul Eater – Justin Law

2011

• Chrome Shelled Regios – Sharnid Elipton
• Dance in the Vampire Bund – Akira Kaburagi Regendorf (credited as Alpha Lagrange)
• Fairy Tail – Loke / Leo
• Heaven's Lost Property – Eishiro Sugata
• Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom – Anton Claude
• Rosario + Vampire series – Tadashi Wanibuchi (Season 1, Ep. 3), Yeti (Mizore's Father, Season 2)

2012

• Yamada’s First Time: B Gata H Kei – Keiichi Kanejo
• Deadman Wonderland – Tsunenaga Tamaki
• Fractale – Dais
• Is This a Zombie? – King of the Night
• Mass Effect: Paragon Lost – Essex
• The Legend of the Legendary Heroes – Sion Astral
• Ōkami–san and Her Seven Companions – Red Shirt Onigashima Thug (Ep. 2), Guy at the pool (Ep. 9)
• Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt – News Announcer (Ep. 1B)
• Shakugan no Shana – Shiro / Merihim (Season 3)
• Steins;Gate – Yukitaka Akiha (Faris's Father)

2013

• A Certain Scientific Railgun – Daigo (Eps. 18, 20)
• Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero – Akatsuki Ousawa
• Aquarion Evol – Shrade Elan
• Baka and Test 2 – Mr. Fuse
• Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess – Loke / Leo
• Future Diary – Kuro Amano (Yukiteru's Father)
• Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing – Victor
• Michiko and Hatchin – Feliciano (TV Actor)
• One Piece Film: Strong World – Sanji
• Toriko – Yuu
• We Without Wings – Kurodo Hairu

2014

• Attack on Titan – Cis
• Code:Breaker – Yukihina
• Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Tsumugi
• Jormungand series – Kasper Hekmatyar
• Laughing Under the Clouds – Sousei Abeno
• One Piece Film: Z – Sanji
• Robotics;Notes – Kou Kimijima
• Space Dandy – Prince (Ep. 7)

2015

• Death Parade – Takashi (Eps. 1–2)^[1]
• Tokyo Ghoul √A – Nishiki Nishio
• Assassination Classroom – Ono

Video game roles

• Borderlands 2 – Boom, Will the Bandit
• Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley – Lou, Museum Security Guards
• Dragon Ball series – Trunks
• Lux-Pain – Hibiki Kiryu
• One Piece: Unlimited Adventure – Sanji
• Tales of Xillia 2 – Rideaux

ADR Staff Credits

Voice Director

• Case Closed
• The Galaxy Railways
• Gunslinger Girl

Script

• Basilisk
• Black Blood Brothers
• Black Cat
• Blassreiter
• Burst Angel
• Case Closed
• Corpse Princess
• Desert Punk
• Dragon Ball (series)
• Dragonaut - The Resonance
• Gunslinger Girl
• Heaven's Lost Property
• Initial D (Funimation dub)
• Itsudatte My Santa!
• Lupin III
• Nabari no Ou
• Negima!
• One Piece
• One Piece Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta
• Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom
• Rumbling Hearts
• Shigurui: Death Frenzy
• Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning
• Strike Witches
• Suzuka
• Trigun: Badlands Rumble
• Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase
• Witchblade
• Yu Yu Hakusho

Head Writer

• Baccano!
• Black Blood Brothers
• Black Cat
• Blassreiter
• Case Closed
• Corpse Princess
• Desert Punk
• Dragonaut - The Resonance
• Glass Fleet
• Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino
• Heroic Age
• Initial D (Funimation dub)
• Itsudatte My Santa!
• Mamotte! Lollipop
• Master of Martial Hearts
• Nabari no Ou
• Negima!
• One Piece
• Ouran High School Host Club
• Peach Girl
• Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom
• Rumbling Hearts
• Sasami: Magical Girls Club
• Shigurui: Death Frenzy
• Spice and Wolf
• Strike Witches
• Suzuka
• Witchblade

External links

• Official website
• Eric Vale at the Internet Movie Database
• Eric Vale at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Eric Vale at MySpace
• Eric Vale at the CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database
• Eric Vale convention appearances on AnimeCons.com

References

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