Kenichirō Matsuda (松田 健一郎 Matsuda Kenichirō, born January 22, 1978 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese voice actor. He is currently affiliated with Arts Vision.
He is known for starring as Batou in Ghost in the Shell: Arise, Vainney Halter in Clockwork Planet, Jacques Yva in in RErideD: Derrida, who leaps through time, Thors in Vinland Saga, Gordon Agrippa in Black Clover, Arnold in MAGATSU WAHRHEIT -ZUERST-, Miles Morgan in Engage Kiss, and the narrator and Bond Forger in SPY × FAMILY.
In R18 media, Matsuda is credited as Rinta Hayakawa (早川 凛太, Hayakawa Rinta).[1]
Biography[]
When he was in the second or third grade of elementary school, his two older sisters liked anime and both said they wanted to be voice actors, so he learned about the profession of voice acting. However, when he was in elementary school, he stopped watching anime because he thought it was something for kids to watch, so he didn't want to become a voice actor, but instead wanted to be a baseball player or a police officer.
When he was in junior high school, he happened to find an anime magazine stored in his sister's room and was most attracted to the TV anime Super Dimension Fortress Macross because "there were so many interesting works on TV," so he watched the reruns. As a result, he started watching other anime and listening to anime radio.
When he was about 20 years old, he was attending a legal vocational school with the aim of becoming a civil servant. However, in his second year, he was moved up to a higher class because his grades were not very good, and he couldn't keep up with the studies and fit in with the class, so he stopped going to school. It was a difficult time in many ways, but anime was his emotional support, and listening to anime radio made him aspire to be a voice actor, so he looked through the magazine and found the Japan Narration Acting Institute.
At NARA, he progressed through the basic course, main course, and training course, but was eliminated in the third audition in his third year. At first, he thought, "If I fail after three years, I'll quit," but he couldn't give up and continued, eventually passing Arts Vision the following year.
Dub Actors[]
| Actor | No. of Roles | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Mike McFarland | 5 | 
|
| Greg Chun | 2 |
|
| Cris George | 2 |
|
| Mark Stoddard | 2 |
|
| Chris Tergliafera | 2 |
|
| Chris Cason | 1 |
|
| Marty Fleck | 1 |
|
| Bernhard Forcher | 1 |
|
| Andrew Love | 1 |
|
| Brian Mathis | 1 |
|
| Ben Phillips | 1 |
|
| Jamieson Price | 1 |
|
| Tyson Rinehart | 1 |
|
| Tyler Walker | 1 |
|
| Kent Williams | 1 |
|
| Cory Yee | 1 |
|
| Earl Baylon | 1 |
|
Filmography[]
| Year | Character | Title | Dub Voice | Dub Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-2021 | Marmas | The Seven Deadly Sins | Chris Cason | United States |
| Taizoo | Chris Tergliafera | |||
| 2017-2021 | Gordon Agrippa | Black Clover | Mike McFarland | United States |
| Nathan Agrippa | ||||
| Jonna Agrippa | ||||
| Roxanne Agrippa | ||||
| Nilenia Agrippa | ||||
| Kaiser Granvorka | Mark Stoddard | |||
| Cidane | Tyson Rinehart | |||
| Liebe | Cris George | |||
| Narrator | ||||
| 2018-2022 | Remler (ep. 7) | Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These | Andrew Love | United States |
| 2019-2023 | Thors | Vinland Saga | Greg Chun (Netflix Dub) | United States |
| Jason Douglas (Sentai & Crunchyroll Dub) | ||||
| Narrator | Greg Chun (Netflix Dub) | |||
| Marty Fleck (Sentai Dub) | ||||
| Kent Williams (Crunchyroll Dub) | ||||
| 2020-2024 | Kang Horyang | Tower of God | Cory Yee | United States |
| 2021-2022 | Luchist Lasso | Shaman King | Bernhard Forcher | United States |
| 2022-present | Bond Forger | SPY × FAMILY | Tyler Walker | United States |
| Narrator | Ben Phillips | |||
| 2023 | General Scott (ep. 7) | Pluto | Jamieson Price | United States |
| 2023-2024 | Taizoo | The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse | Chris Tergliafera | United States |
| Dalflare Bandit 1 (eps. 9-10) | ¿? | |||
| 2025 | Glen Garia | I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I'll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time | Brian Mathis | United States |
| 2025 | Alfreid | The Unaware Atelier Meister | TBA | United States |
| 2025 | Marco Rodrigues | Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves | Earl Baylon | United States |
References[]
External Links[]
- Kenichirō Matsuda on IMDB.
- Kenichirō Matsuda on the Anime News Network’s encyclopedia.
- Kenichirō Matsuda on AniList.
- Kenichirō Matsuda on Behind The Voice Actors.