Masaya Matsukaze

Masaya Matsukaze
松風 雅也
Masaya Matsukaze in 2016
Born	Masaya Watanabe (1976-09-09) September 9, 1976 (age 45) Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actor voice actor radio personality
Years active	1997–present
Agent	Aoni Production

Masaya Matsukaze (松風 雅也, Matsukaze Masaya, born Masaya Watanabe (渡邉 政也, Watanabe Masaya), September 9, 1976) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and radio personality. He was formerly affiliated with Big Apple, Radix Mobanimation Multicye Division and Varoque Works, and is currently affiliated with Aoni Production. He was born in Fukushima Prefecture and is now living in Tokyo. He is best known for playing MegaBlue/Shun Namiki in Denji Sentai Megaranger, and is known to international audiences as Yasuhiro Hagakure in Danganronpa, Illumi Zoldyck in Hunter x Hunter, Mikami Teru in Death Note and Kyoya Ootori in Ouran High School Host Club.

Overview[]

He made his debut role as MegaBlue/Shun Namiki in the 1997 Super Sentai series, Denji Sentai Megaranger, a role he later reprised in the teamup special Gingaman vs. Megaranger. His nickname is "Banchō". His hobbies are Sunday carpentry, electricity products, kendo and scuba diving and his specialties are guitar, jet ski, snowboard and Bajiquan.

Filmography[]

TV animation[]

1999

• Sensual Phrase (Sakuya Ookochi)

2001

• Pokémon (Matsuba)
• Zoids: New Century Zero (Ballad Hunter)

2002

• Heat Guy J (Daisuke Aurora)

2003

• Dear Boys (Takumi Fujiwara)

2005

• Jigoku Shōjo (Ren Ichimoku)
• The Law of Ueki (Niko)

2006

• Ouran High School Host Club (Kyoya Ootori)
• Witchblade (Yuusuke Tozawa)

2007

• Death Note (Teru Mikami)
• Nodame Cantabile (Yasunori Kuroki)
• Ookiku Furikabutte (Motoki Haruna)
• Shion no Ō (Satoru Hani)

2008

• Blassreiter (Joseph Jobson)
• Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor (August 7)
• Gin Tama (Kyoujirou Nakamura)
• Nijū Mensō no Musume (Ken)
• One Outs (Takami Itsuki)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (Divine)

2009

• Birdy the Mighty Decode 02 (Nataru Shinmyou)

2010

• Durarara!! (Morita)
• Fairy Tail (Ren Akatsuki)
• Reborn! (Kawahira)
• Seikon no Qwaser (Joshua Phrygianos)

2011

• Hunter × Hunter (TV 2011) (Illumi Zoldyck)
• Kami-sama no Memo-chō (Tetsuo Ichinomiya "Tetsu")

2012

• Jormungand (Kasper Hekmatyar)
• Mōretsu Pirates (Kane McDougal)

2013

• Danganronpa: The Animation (Yasuhiro Hagakure)
• Beyond the Boundary (Miroku Fujima)

2014

• Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal (Zoisite)
• Shirobako (Shun Watanabe)

2015

• Durarara!! x2 Shou (Morita)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (Gaelio Bauduin/Vidar)
• Samurai Warriors　(Tōdō Takatora)

2016

• Cardfight!! Vanguard G NEXT (Kazumi Onimaru)
• The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (Metori Saiko)
• Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School (Yasuhiro Hagakure)

2017

• ID-0 (Rick Ayer)
• Sword Oratoria (Dionysus)

2018

• Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens (Naoya Nitta)
• Hakumei and Mikochi (Iwashi (ep. 3, 5 - 6, ))^[1]
• A Certain Magical Index III (Teitoku Kakine)

2019

• One-Punch Man 2 (Suiryū)
• Stars Align (Ryōma Shinjō)

2020

• A Certain Scientific Railgun T (Teitoku Kakine)
• Darwin's Game (Game Master)
• King's Raid: Successors of the Will (Kyle)
• Attack on Titan: The Final Season (Colt Grice)

2021

• Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion Z (Valtom)
• Tokyo Revengers(Shinichiro Sano)

Unknown date

• Get Ride! Amdriver (Ragna Lawrelia)
• RockMan.EXE (Blues)
• RockMan.EXE AXESS (Blues/Dark Blues)
• RockMan.EXE Stream (Blues)
• RockMan.EXE Beast (Blues)
• RockMan.EXE Beast+ (Blues)
• Ginyū Mokushiroku Meine Liebe wieder (Nicholas)
• Shōnen Onmyōji (Taijō)
• Tactics (Raiko Minamoto)

Original video animation (OVA)[]

• Code Geass: Akito the Exiled (????) (Shin Hyuga Shaingu)
• (????) (Jei)

Theatrical animation[]

• RockMan.EXE: The Program of Light and Darkness (2005) (Blues)
• Shirobako Movie (2020) (Hayabusa Watanabe)

Video games[]

• Shenmue (1999) (Ryo Hazuki)
• Shenmue II (2001) (Ryo Hazuki)
• Get Ride! Amdriver (2004) (Ragna Lawrelia)
• Grandia III (2005) (Yuuki)
• 12Riven (2008) (Mei Kiridara)
• Tales of Hearts (2008) (Hisui Hearts)^[2]
• Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (2010) (Yasuhiro Hagakure)^[2]
• Desert Kingdom (2010) (Sharon)
• Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger VS Darkdeath Evilman (2010) (Pirohiko Ichimonji)
• Renai Banchou 2 MidnightLesson!!! (2012) (Choi-Ero Banchou)
• Samurai Warriors: Chronicles 2nd (2012) (Takatora Tōdō)
• Desert Kingdom Portable (2013) (Sharon)
• Super Robot Wars UX (2013) (Jin Spencer)
• Samurai Warriors 4 (2014) (Takatora Tōdō)
• Until Dawn (2014) (Mike (Brett Dalton)) (Japanese dub)
• Project X Zone 2 (2015) (Ryo Hazuki)^[2]
• Super Bomberman R (2017) (Yellow Bomberman)
• Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (2017) (Yasuhiro Hagakure)^[2]
• Zanki Zero (2018) (Mamoru Ichiyo (Child))^[2]
• Shenmue III (2019) (Ryo Hazuki)
• Sensual Phrase CLIMAX -Next Generation- (2019) (Sakuya Ookuchi)
• Ouran High School Host Club (????) (Kyoya Ootori)
• Granblue Fantasy (2019) (Cassius)
• Fate/Grand Order (2021) (Percival)

Radio[]

• Maji Asa! (????) (DJ, with Yuko Nakazawa)

TV Drama[]

• Jigoku Shōjo (2006) (Episode 7: Tatsumi Sakaichi)

TV[]

• Oha Star (????) (Oha Star Bancho)
• Cinnamon (????) (Main MC)

Tokusatsu[]

• Denji Sentai Megaranger (1997-1998): Shun Namiki (voice)/Mega Blue (voice)
• Power Rangers in Space (1998): Zhane/Silver Ranger (Justin Nimmo) (Japanese dub)
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
• Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger (2003-2004): Shurikenger's disguise/Katsuya Misaki (ep. 26)
• Engine Sentai Go-onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijōBang!! (2008): Gokumaru
• Engine Sentai Go-onger (2008-2009): Gokugokumaru (eps. 39 - 40)
• Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (2009-2010): Masataka Shiba/17th Head of the Shiba Clan (actor)/Previous Shinken Red (voice) (eps. 11, 45)
• Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (2013-2014): Resentful Knight Endolf (eps. 25 - 29, 42 - 47)

Musical[]

• Princess Knight (????) (Princess Franz)

References[]

External links[]

• Official agency profile (in Japanese)
• Masaya Matsukaze at Anime News Network's encyclopedia