Yoshimasa Hosoya

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Biography

Yoshimasa Hosoya is a Japanese voice actor and singer from Hiroshima. He was represented by Mausu Promotion and is now a freelancer. He was also a member of the pop duo MaxBoys along with Toshiki Masuda, a fellow Japanese voice actor. In 2014 & 2016, he won the 8th Seiyu Awards & 10th Seiyu Awards for Best supporting actor.

Among his many roles in anime, he voiced Kojou Akatsuki in Strike the Blood, Reiner Braun in Attack on Titan, Fumikage Tokoyami in My Hero Academia, Tamaki Katagiri in Black Bullet, Shichika Yasuri in Katanagatari, Daryun in The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Belial in Granblue Fantasy, and Orga Itsuka in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. He also appears in many sports anime as Junpei Hyūga in Kuroko's Basketball, Sosuke Yamazaki in Free! Eternal Summer, Asahi Azumane in Haikyuu!!, Tetsuya Yuki in Ace of Diamond and Otabek Altin in Yuri!!! on Ice.

On April 23, 2017, he announced a hiatus to undergo treatment for his throat. On August 4, 2017, he announced his return to voice work.

Known For

Attack on Titan

Reiner Braun (voice)

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Zenitsu's senior pupil (voice)

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Child at the Temple (voice)

My Hero Academia

Fumikage Tokoyami (voice)

Haikyu!!

Asahi Azumane (voice)

Mob Psycho 100

Tenga Onigawara (voice)

Mob Psycho 100

Sakurai (voice)

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

Fumikage Tokoyami (voice)

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 10th Anniversary Short Film - Wedge of Interposition MOVIE	Orga Itsuka (voice)
2025	Forget That Night, Your Majesty TV	Hades Khronoa (voice)
2025	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle MOVIE	Kaigaku (voice)
2025	Watari-kun's ****** Is About to Collapse TV	Soichiro Fujioka (voice)
2025	April Showers Bring May Flowers TV	Tetsuo Gotanda (voice)
2025	YAIBA: Samurai Legend TV	Takeshi Onimaru (voice)
2025	MIRU: Paths to My Future TV	Miru (voice)
2025	Digimon Adventure-BEYOND- MOVIE	Yamato Ishida (voice)
2024	Fuuto PI: The Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull MOVIE	Shotaro Hidari / Kamen Rider W (voice)
2024	My Hero Academia: You're Next MOVIE	Fumikage Tokoyami (voice)
2024	ATRI -My Dear Moments- TV	Ryuuji Nojima (voice)
2024	Garouden: The Way of the Lone Wolf TV	(voice)
2024	Kuramerukagari MOVIE	Eiwazima (voice)
2024	Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK MOVIE	Reiner Braun (voice)
2024	HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle MOVIE	Asahi Azumane (voice)
2024	Monsters 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation MOVIE	Ryuma (voice)
2024	Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp TV	Graham de Fallon (voice)
2023	Komada – A Whisky Family MOVIE	Yasumoto (voice)
2023	Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage MOVIE	Kaina (voice)
2023	Honkai: Star Rail - Ichor of Two Dragons MOVIE	Welt Yang (voice)
2023	Ultraman Regulos TV	Ultraman Leo (voice)
2023	The Dangers in My Heart TV	Anna's Father (voice)
2023	Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre TV	Koichi (voice)
2023	The Fire Hunter TV	Roroku (voice)
2023	Kaina of the Great Snow Sea TV	Kaina (voice)
2023	TRIGUN STAMPEDE TV	Nicholas D. Wolfwood (voice)
2022	Arknights TV	Hoederer (voice)
2022	Break of Dawn MOVIE	Ryou Sawatari (voice)
2022	Fuuto PI TV	Shotaro Hidari / Kamen Rider W (voice)
2022	The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting TV	Toru Kirishima (voice)
2022	The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup TV	Kuranosuke Shiraishi (voice)
2022	SPRIGGAN TV	Iwao Akatsuki (voice)
2022	Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad TV	Self
2022	Free! the Final Stroke the Second Volume MOVIE	Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)
2022	Thermae Romae Novae TV	Ceionius (voice)
2022	Fruits Basket -prelude- MOVIE	Katsuya Honda (voice)
2021	Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad MOVIE	Ultraman Leo
2021	SAKUGAN TV	Melо̄lo (voice)
2021	The Vampire Dies in No Time TV	Satetsu (voice)
2021	Free! the Final Stroke the First Volume MOVIE	Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)
2021	My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission MOVIE	Fumikage Tokoyami (voice)
2021	The Way of the Househusband TV	Torajiro (voice)
2021	The Slime Diaries TV	Youm (voice)
2021	Those Snow White Notes TV	Wakana Sawamura (voice)
2021	Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! TV	Doppo Kunikida (voice)
2021	Hortensia SAGA TV	Alfred Ober (voice)
2020	Boukyaku Battery MOVIE	Haruka Kiyomine (voice)
2020	Grand Blues! TV	(voice)
2020	Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon TV	Osamu Kirin (voice)
2020	Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon TV	Kirinmaru (voice)
2020	I'm Standing on a Million Lives TV	Thanzamer (voice)
2020	Mouseman: Ai no Katamari MOVIE	Mouseman (voice)
2020	Attack on Titan: Chronicle MOVIE	Reiner Braun (voice)
2020	BNA TV	Shirou Ogami (voice)
2020	Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna MOVIE	Yamato Ishida (voice)
2020	Cagaster of an Insect Cage TV	Kidou (voice)
2020	Dorohedoro TV	Shin (voice)
2020	Hatena Illusion TV	Mamoru Hoshisato (voice)
2020	ID: INVADED TV	Funetaro Momoki (voice)
2019	The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Reawakened TV	Kuboyasu Aren (voice)
2019	Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion The Movie: The Marvelous Fast ALFA-X That Comes From the Future MOVIE	Byakko (voice)
2019	My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising MOVIE	Fumikage Tokoyami (voice)
2019	In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World MOVIE	北條周作 (voice)
2019	The Full-Time Wife Escapist MOVIE	Self
2019	Free! Road to the World - The Dream MOVIE	Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)
2019	Astra Lost in Space TV	Kanata Hoshijima (voice)
2019	TANNISHO MOVIE	(voice)
2019	Sarazanmai TV	Mabu Akutsu
2019	Fairy Gone TV	Wolfran Row
2019	Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life TV	Tetsuki Takaoka (voice)
2019	Fruits Basket TV	Katsuya Honda (voice)
2019	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba TV	Zenitsu's senior pupil (voice)
2019	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba TV	Child at the Temple (voice)
2019	Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion MOVIE	Crozzo Welf (voice)
2019	Star☆Twinkle PreCure TV	Kappard (voice)
2019	Meiji Tokyo Renka TV	Tousuke Iwasaki (voice)
2018	Boarding School Juliet TV	Tosa (voice)
2018	Monster Strike the Movie: Sora no Kanata MOVIE	(voice)
2018	Hinomaru Sumo TV	Tenma Hikage (voice)
2018	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime TV	Youm (voice)
2018	My Hero Academia: Two Heroes MOVIE	Fumikage Tokoyami (voice)
2018	The Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture MOVIE	Self
2018	Banana Fish TV	Arthur Frederick (voice)
2018	Digimon Adventure tri. Part 6: Future MOVIE	Yamato 'Matt' Ishida (voice)
2018	Golden Kamuy TV	Genjirou Tanigaki (voice)
2018	Caligula TV	Kotarou Tomoe
2018	Devils' Line TV	Takashi Sawazaki (voice)
2018	MEGALOBOX TV	Joe/NOMAD (voice)
2018	Dances with the Dragons TV	Jerde Dolk Melios Ashley Boeuf, Gigina
2018	Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple MOVIE	Doppo Kunikida (voice)
2018	Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms MOVIE	Lang (voice)
2018	Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening MOVIE	Reiner Braun (voice)
2018	HAKYU HOSHIN ENGI TV	Kō Hiko (voice)
2017	Free!: Take Your Marks MOVIE	Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)
2017	Digimon Adventure tri. Part 5: Coexistence MOVIE	Yamato 'Matt' Ishida (voice)
2017	Haikyu!! The Movie: Battle of Concepts MOVIE	Asahi Azumane (voice)
2017	Haikyu!! The Movie: Talent and Sense MOVIE	Asahi Azumane (voice)
2017	Free!: Timeless Medley - The Promise MOVIE	Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)
2017	Free!: Timeless Medley - The Bond MOVIE	Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)
2017	Kenka Banchou Otome: Girl Beats Boys TV	Rintarō Kira (voice)
2017	Kuroko's Basketball the Movie: Last Game MOVIE	Junpei Hyuuga (voice)
2017	Digimon Adventure tri. Part 4: Loss MOVIE	Yamato 'Matt' Ishida (voice)
2017	Super Danganronpa 2.5: Komaeda Nagito to Sekai no Hakaimono MOVIE	Kazuichi Souda (voice)
2017	Onihei TV	Self
2017	Chō Shōnen Tantei-dan Neo TV	7代明智小五郎
2016	The Moment You Fall in Love MOVIE	Shibasaki Ken (voice)
2016	In This Corner of the World MOVIE	Shusaku Hojo (voice)
2016	Kuroko's Basketball - Movie: Winter Cup - Beyond the Tears MOVIE	Junpei Hyūga
2016	March Comes In Like a Lion TV	Yuusuke Takahashi (voice)
2016	ALL OUT!! TV	Takuya Sekizan (voice)
2016	Yuri!!! on Ice TV	Otabek Altin (voice)
2016	Izetta: The Last Witch TV	Basler (voice)
2016	Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy - Hope Arc MOVIE	Kazuichi Soda (voice)
2016	Digimon Adventure tri. Part 3: Confession MOVIE	Yamato 'Matt' Ishida (voice)
2016	Ajin: Demi-Human – Collide MOVIE	Kaito (voice)
2016	Kuroko's Basketball - Movie: Winter Cup - Shadow and Light MOVIE	Junpei Hyuga (voice)
2016	Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School TV	Kazuichi Souda (voice)
2016	Mob Psycho 100 TV	Tenga Onigawara (voice)
2016	Mob Psycho 100 TV	Sakurai (voice)
2016	The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. TV	Kuboyasu Aren (voice)
2016	Tsukiuta. The Animation TV	Arata Uzuki
2016	灰と激奏のグリムガル ‐Grimgar, Live and Act‐ MOVIE	Self
2016	Ajin: Demi-Human – Confront MOVIE	Kaito (voice)
2016	Meiji Tokyo Renka Movie: Hanakagami no Fantasia MOVIE	Tosuke Iwasaki
2016	Tanaka-kun Is Always Listless TV	Ohta (voice)
2016	Hundred TV	Judar Harvey (voice)
2016	JOKER GAME TV	Odagiri (voice)
2016	JOKER GAME TV	Hiroyuki Tobisaki (Odagiri) (voice)
2016	My Hero Academia TV	Fumikage Tokoyami (voice)
2016	Digimon Adventure tri. Part 2: Determination MOVIE	Yamato 'Matt' Ishida (voice)
2016	Ajin TV	Kaito (voice)
2016	Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash TV	Haruhiro (voice)
2016	BBK/BRNK TV	Epizo Evans (voice)
2015	Ajin: Demi-Human – Compel MOVIE	Kaito (voice)
2015	Digimon Adventure tri. Part 1: Reunion MOVIE	Yamato 'Matt' Ishida (voice)
2015	Haikyu!!: VS "Failing Marks" MOVIE	Asahi Azumane (voice)
2015	Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon TV	Takeru Kusanagi (voice)
2015	Starmyu TV	Kakeru Tengenji (voice)
2015	Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans TV	Orga Itsuka (voice)
2015	Attack on Titan: Junior High TV	Reiner Braun (voice)
2015	Chivalry of a Failed Knight TV	Kuraudo Kurashiki (voice)
2015	The Empire of Corpses MOVIE	John H. Watson (voice)
2015	The Anthem of the Heart MOVIE	Daiki Tazaki (voice)
2015	Haikyu!! the Movie: The Winner and the Loser MOVIE	Azumane Asahi (voice)
2015	オシリスの天秤 TV	Self
2015	Meiji Tokyo Renka: Yumihari no Serenade MOVIE	Tōsuke Iwasaki
2015	Charlotte TV	Kōta (voice)
2015	Haikyu!! the Movie: The End and the Beginning MOVIE	Asahi Azumane (voice)
2015	Ushio and Tora TV	Nagare Akiba (voice)
2015	Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom MOVIE	Reiner Braun (voice)
2015	Mikagura School Suite TV	Kyouma Kuzuryuu (voice)
2015	Show by Rock!! TV	Rom (voice)
2015	The Heroic Legend of Arslan TV	Daryun (voice)
2015	Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? TV	Welf Crozzo (voice)
2015	Ultimate Otaku Teacher TV	Nanami Seijuurou (voice)
2015	Free! OVA: Forbidden All Hard! MOVIE	Self
2015	Death Parade TV	Ginti (voice)
2014	Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow MOVIE	Reiner Braun (voice)
2014	Haikyu!!: Lev Appears! MOVIE	Asahi Azumane (voice)
2014	Alice in Borderland TV	Ryouhei Arisu (voice)
2014	Wolf Girl & Black Prince TV	Takeru Hibiya (voice)
2014	Terra Formars TV	Akari Hizamaru
2014	Black Bullet TV	Tamaki Katagiri (voice)
2014	One Week Friends TV	Shogo Kiryu (voice)
2014	Baby Steps TV	Souji Ike (voice)
2014	Haikyu!! TV	Asahi Azumane (voice)
2014	Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V TV	Reiji Akaba (voice)
2014	Tsubasa and Hotaru MOVIE	Sugiyama (voice)
2014	Hozuki's Coolheadedness TV	Gon
2014	Hozuki's Coolheadedness TV	Hashi (voice)
2013	Ace of the Diamond TV	Tetsuya Yuki (voice)
2013	Strike the Blood TV	Kojou Akatsuki (voice)
2013	Space Battleship Yamato 2199: And Now the Warship Comes MOVIE	Self
2013	A Town Where You Live TV	Haruto Kirishima (voice)
2013	Free! TV	Sosuke Yamazaki (voice)
2013	Brothers Conflict TV	Asahina, Yuusuke (voice)
2013	Hal MOVIE	Hal (voice)
2013	Valvrave the Liberator TV	X-eins (voice)
2013	Attack on Titan TV	Reiner Braun (voice)
2012	Robotics;Notes TV	Subaru Hidaka (voice)
2012	Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer TV	Pet
2012	Hori-san and Miyamura-kun TV	Ishikawa Tooru (voice)
2012	Kingdom TV	Wang Ben (voice)
2012	Kids on the Slope TV	Sentarou Kawabuchi (voice)
2012	Kuroko's Basketball TV	Junpei Hyuga (voice)
2012	Ginga e Kickoff!! TV	Self
2012	Inu X Boku Secret Service TV	Sorinozuka Renshou (voice)
2011	Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward Special OVA MOVIE	Dio (voice)
2011	The Voice Makes a Miracle MOVIE	Self
2011	Chihayafuru TV	Arata Wataya (voice)
2011	Chihayafuru TV	Arata Wataya / Sasagu Mori (voice)
2011	Chihayafuru TV	Sasagu Mori (voice)
2011	No. 6 TV	Nezumi (voice)
2011	Moshidora TV	Jun Hoshide (voice)
2011	Level E TV	Yukitaka Tsutsui
2010	Tokyo Encounter TV	Self
2010	Maid Sama! TV	Ryuunosuke Kurosaki (voice)
2010	Katanagatari TV	Shichika Yasuri (voice)
2009	Electromagnetic Girlfriend TV	Juu Juuzawa (voice)
2008	Casshern Sins TV	Robot (voice)
2008	Casshern Sins TV	L (voice)
2008	Natsume's Book of Friends TV	Shibata Katsumi (voice)
2007	Ef: A Tale Of Memories & Melodies TV	Club Member B (voice)
2006	Magical Travelers TV	Danseito (voice)
2005	Aria TV	Man (voice)
1971	Kamen Rider TV	Swallowtail Yummy (voice)

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