Billy Kametz

William Peter Kametz (March 22, 1987 – June 9, 2022), better known as Billy Kametz, was an American voice actor based in California.

Biography[]

Kametz was an LA-based actor originally from Hershey, Pennsylvania. He came out to California to play Aladdin in the Aladdin Musical Spectacular in Disney's California Adventure for the final year of the show's 13-year run. Since then, he was fortunate to lend his voice to cartoons, anime, video games, and commercials. Kametz was most known for voicing characters such as Josuke Higashikata in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, Naofumi in The Rising of the Shield Hero, Galo in Promare, Ferdinand von Aegir in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Takuto Maruki in Persona 5 Royal, White Blood Cell in Cells At Work!, Osomatsu in Mr. Osomatsu, Anai in Aggretsuko, Blue in Pokémon Masters, Naoto Kurogane in BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, Aoba in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Nishikata in Teasing Master Takagi-san, Kyouya in Konosuba, Hakuno in Fate Extra, and Phil Coulson, Iron Lad, The Collector and Thor Noir in Marvel Avengers Academy.

On April 26, 2022, Kametz announced on his Twitter that he was battling stage 4 colon cancer. Because of this, he moved out of California back to his home state of Pennsylvania to be with his family. He was also putting his voice acting career on hold before his eventual death.

Kametz died on June 9, 2022 after a long battle with colon cancer.

Filmography[]

Live-Action Dubbing[]

TV Series[]

3% (2016-2020) - André Santana, Additional Voices
Cable Girls (2017-2020) - Additional Voices
1983 (2018) - Maciej Mac
Babylon Berlin (2018-present) - Additional Voices
Carlo & Malik (2018) - Riccardo, Drug Dealer (ep. 1), Policeman 2 (ep. 2), Forensics Guy 1 (ep. 6)
Welcome to the Family (2018-2019) - Additional Voices
Wild District (2018-2019) - Merida, Teenage Gang Member #4 (ep. 16)
The Bonfire of Destiny (2019) - Michel, Additional Voices
Brotherhood (2019-present) - Pistola, Additional Voices
The Gift (2019-2020) - Ozan
Osmosis (2019) - Martin
Tijuana (2019) - Additional Voices
The Twelve (2019) - Additional Voices
Undercover (2019-present) - Additional Voices
Bibi & Tina (2020) - Additional Voices
La Línea: Shadow of Narco (2020) - Francis, Salvador Gallego, Falah
That one word - Feyenoord (2021) - Narrator
Parallels (2022-present) - Additional Voices

Films[]

Girls with Balls (2018) - Orelsan
The Awakener (2018) - Anterinho
The Blackout (2019) - Additional Voices
Under the Riccione Sun (2020) - Giorgio
Dad Wanted (2020) - Additional Voices
My Wonderful Life (2021) - Adam

Animation Dubbing[]

Animated Series[]

Turning Mecard (2015-2016) - Tador
The Idhun Chronicles (2020-2021) - Alsan

Anime Dubbing[]

Anime Series[]

Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-1996) - Shigeru Aoba, Additional Voices (Netflix Dub)
The Prince of Tennis (2001-2005) - Ryō Shishido (eps. 51-80) (Sound Cadence Studios Dub)
The Prince of Tennis II (2012-2015) - Ryō Shishido
Attack on Titan (2013-present) - Nicolo, Additional Voices
The Seven Deadly Sins (2014-2021) - Arden
Mr. Osomatsu (2015-present) - Osomatsu
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (2016) - Josuke Higashikata / Shining Diamond (Crazy Diamond)
Konosuba! God's Blessing on This Wonderful World (2016-2017) - Kyōya Mitsurugi
Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- (2016-2021) - Wilhelm van Astrea (young; ep. 20)
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (2017-2022) - Metal Lee (eps. 1-203), Hidari, Ko Kogare, Leaf Village Ninja (ep. 13), Tanuki Shigaraki (eps. 13-14), Leaf Villagers (ep. 14), Man at the Fire (ep. 16)
Katsugeki: Touken Ranbu (2017) - Yagen Toushirou
A.I.C.O. Incarnation (2018) - Yuya Kanzaki
Record of Grancrest War (2018) - Telius Savoie, Igor Constance, Rafe
Aggretsuko (2018-2023) - Anai (Seasons 1-4)
B: The Beginning (2018-2021) - Kirisame, Additional Voices
Back Street Girls: Gokudols (2018) - Additional Voices
Baki (2018-2020) - Kosho Shinogi, Gaia (Netflix Dub)
Beyblade Burst: Turbo (2018-2019) - Fubuki Sumiye, Boy 2 (ep. 45)
Cells At Work! (2018) - White Blood Cell (U-1146)
Fate/Extra Last Encore (2018) - Hakuno Kishinami
Sirius the Jaeger (2018) - Mikhail Jirov
SWORDGAI The Animation (2018) - Seiya Ichijō
Teasing Master Takagi-san (2018-2022) - Nishikata (Season 2)
The Rising of the Shield Hero (2019, 2023) - Naofumi Iwatami (Season 1), (Flashback Scene) (Season 3 ep. 4)
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts (2019) - Claude Withers
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019) - Rui
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Reawakened (2019) - Kineshi Hairo, Additional Voices
Vinland Saga (2019-2023) - Ari (Season 1; Netflix Dub), Additional Voices (Netflix Dub)
Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise (2019-2020) - Hiroto Kuga
Fire Force (2019-2021) - Amon Hajiki
Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia (2019) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Additional Voices
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (2019-present) - Asmodeus Alice (Seasons 1-2)
Beastars (2019-2021) - Durham, Mayor, Mizuchi’s Boyfriend, Additional Voices
Pokémon Journeys: The Series (2019-2022) - Ren (eps. 3-93), Ash's Rotom Phone (eps. 3-76), Goh's Inteleon (eps. 78-90), Bisharp Trainer (ep. 2), P.R. Guy (ep. 8), Battle Announcer (ep. 25), Dojo Member with Black Hair (ep. 34), Male Worker (ep. 44), Heatmor's Trainer (ep. 47), Townsperson #C (ep. 64), Dodrio's Trainer (ep. 67), Gary's Rotom Phone (ep. 68), Shopkeeper (ep. 72), Additional Voices
Bungo and Alchemist - Gears of Judgement (2020) - Ango Sakaguchi, Takuya (ep. 4)
Drifting Dragons (2020) - Mika
Dorohedoro (2020) - Risu, Tanabe (ep. 8-D), Tenjin (ep. 11), Additional Voices
Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It (2020-present) - Shinya Yukimura (Season 1), Additional Voices
The God of High School (2020) - Additional Voices
Number24 (2020-2021) - Syouta U, Club Member (ep. 5), Additional Voices
Cagaster of an Insect Cage (2020) - Hadi, Additional Voices
Japan Sinks: 2020 (2020) - Haruo Koga, Additional Voices
MAGATSU WAHRHEIT -ZUERST- (2020) - Conrad
Tower of God (2020-present) - Katan (ep. 5), Kurdan (ep. 5)
Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2020) - Kyōichi Ozaki
Talentless Nana (2020) - Tsunekichi Hatadaira, Additional Voices
Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies moved to a starter town? (2021) - Alan Twein Lidcain
Godzilla Singular Point (2021) - Shunya Satō
Hortensia Saga (2021) - Jim McNeil, Additional Voices
Otherside Picnic (2021) - Greg (eps. 5-6)
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- (2021) - Tatsuya Saeki
Edens Zero (2021-present) - Noah Glenfield, Murray Morrison (ep. 17), Additional Voices (Season 1)
Tokyo Revengers (2021) - Shinichiro Sano (eps. 16-17)
86 (2021-2022) - Shinei Nouzen (eps. 1-21)
High-Rise Invasion (2021) - Additional Voices
Re-Main (2021) - Takekazu Ejiri
Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (2021) - Patrick
Battle Game in 5 Seconds (2021) - Madoka Kirisaki
AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline (2021-2022) - Charlie Oley
Sakugan (2021) - DJ K
The New Prince of Tennis: Hyotei vs Rikkai Game of Future (2021) - Ryō Shishido
The Way of the Househusband (2021-2023) - Kunimi (1st voice), Additional Voices (Season 1; Part 1)
Tokyo 24th Ward (2022) - Shuta Aoi (eps. 1-6)
Thermae Romae Novae (2022) - Markus Annius Verus, Grandpa #B (ep. 8), Additional Voices

OVAs & Specials[]

Pokémon - The Arceus Chronicles (2022) - Team Galactic Grunt #B, Inteleon, Additional Voices

Anime Films[]

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997) - Shigeru Aoba (Netflix Dub)
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997) - Shigeru Aoba (Netflix Dub)
Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission (2013) - Jed
Flavors of Youth (2018) - Additional Voices
Lupin the 3rd: Fujiko Mine's Lie (2019) - Binkam
Promare (2019) - Galo Thymos
Ride Your Wave (2019) - Additional Voices
Pokémon The Movie: Secrets of the Jungle (2020) - Dr. Zed

Video Game Dubbing[]

MapleStory (2003) - Sharen IV, Male Illium
Phantasy Star Online 2 (2012) - Luther
Black Desert Online (2014) - Lando
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II (2014) - Wallace Bardias
Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk (2016) - Neldo
Fire Emblem Heroes (2017-present) - Ferdinand von Aegir
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (2019) - Nenji Ogata
Persona 5 Royal (2019) - Takuto Maruki
Pokémon Masters (2019-present) - Blue
Shenmue III (2019) - Additional Voices
War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius (2019-present) - Baelo
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise (2020) - Lena Dauman
Earth Defense Force: World Brothers (2020) - Air Strike Unit, Lightning Alpha
Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020) - Additional Voices
Genshin Impact (2020) - Li Ding
One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows (2020) - Additional Voices
Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster (2020) - Raidou Kuzunoha
Monster Hunter Rise (2021) - Additional Voices
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Hinokami Chronicles (2021) - Rui
AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative (2022) - Tearer
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (2022) - Ferdinand von Aegir
Triangle Strategy (2022) - Jerrom

Notes[]

Following his hiatus in voice acting due to his battle with colon cancer up until his death in June 9th 2022, many of his roles were recast.
- Stephen Fu replaces Kametz as Naofumi Iwatani in The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2, Asmodeus Alice in Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (Season 3), Kunimi in The Way of the Househusband (Season 2), Ari in the Netflix dub of Vinland Saga (Season 2) and Kyouya Mitsurugi in KonoSuba! God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World! (Season 3).
  - Fu also replaces Kametz as Raidou Kuzunoha in Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army, as Billy Kametz had played the character in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne's HD remaster.
- Alejandro Saab replaces Kametz as Shinya Yukimura in Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It (Season 2), Shuta Aoi in the remaining six episodes of Tokyo 24th Ward, Kosho Shinogi in Baki Hanma and Shinichiro Sano in Tokyo Revengers (Season 2).
- Aleks Le replaces Kametz as Shinei Nouzen in the last two episodes of 86.
- Barrett Leddy replaces Kametz as Ren, Ash's Rotom Phone and Goh's Inteleon in Pokémon Journeys: The Series starting with episode 98 onwards.
- Sean Chiplock replaces Kametz as Metal Lee in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations starting with episode 177 onwards.
- Henry Mason replaces Kametz as Ryō Shishido for episodes 36 to 50 in the Sound Cadence redub of The Prince of Tennis and Blue following his 4th Anniversary alt in Pokémon Masters.
- Alan Lee replaces Kametz as Wallace Bardias in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - Northern War.
- Ricco Fajardo replaces Kametz as Anai in Aggretsuko Season 5 and Ferdinand in Fire Emblem Heroes.
- Keith Silverstein replaces Kametz as Kudan in Tower of God in Season 2.
Originally, Kametz was cast as the voice of Roman Torchwick in the English dub of RWBY: Ice Queendom. However, he was later recast with Christopher Wehkamp after Billy was forced to go on hiatus from voice acting.

External Links[]

Billy Kametz on the Internet Movie Database.
Billy Kametz on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
Billy Kametz on Behind The Voice Actors.