Steve Staley
Description
Steve Staley is an American voice actor and ADR director known for his extensive work in English dubs of Japanese anime and video games. Born on August 25, 1969, in Denver, Colorado, he has been active in the industry since 1998. He is also credited under the alias Steve Cannon for a significant portion of his career.
Staley's career is marked by a wide array of prominent roles in major anime series, often voicing characters who are young adults or teenagers. He is particularly well-known for his long-running roles in two of the most popular shonen anime franchises. In the Naruto series, including Naruto and Naruto Shippūden, he provides the voice of the skilled and stoic ninja Neji Hyuga, a role he has reprised in numerous video games and the sequel series Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. In the Bleach universe, he voices both Captain Tōshirō Hitsugaya and Lieutenant Shūhei Hisagi, appearing in the original series and its continuation, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War.
His filmography includes a diverse range of other notable characters. He voiced Kadaj in the CGI film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. In the Gundam franchise, he has taken on leading roles such as Shiro Amada in Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team, Banagher Links in Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, and McGillis Fareed in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. He also voiced Griffith in the 2016 adaptation of Berserk and Houka Inumuta in Kill la Kill. Among the specific roles mentioned, he is the voice of Rocky Meredith in The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup, Taiga Samejima in Idaten Jump, River Marque in IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix, and Otoha in Karas. His other credits include roles in Cyborg 009 Vs. Devilman, Pokémon Generations, and Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers.
Beyond anime, Staley's voice can be heard in various video games, including Final Fantasy XIV, the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series, and Kill la Kill the Game: IF. He has also contributed his voice to animated series like Secret Millionaires Club and DC Super Friends. In addition to performing, Staley has worked as a dialogue director on projects such as A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- and Sword Gai: The Animation, further demonstrating his range within the voice-over industry.
Staley's career is marked by a wide array of prominent roles in major anime series, often voicing characters who are young adults or teenagers. He is particularly well-known for his long-running roles in two of the most popular shonen anime franchises. In the Naruto series, including Naruto and Naruto Shippūden, he provides the voice of the skilled and stoic ninja Neji Hyuga, a role he has reprised in numerous video games and the sequel series Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. In the Bleach universe, he voices both Captain Tōshirō Hitsugaya and Lieutenant Shūhei Hisagi, appearing in the original series and its continuation, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War.
His filmography includes a diverse range of other notable characters. He voiced Kadaj in the CGI film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. In the Gundam franchise, he has taken on leading roles such as Shiro Amada in Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team, Banagher Links in Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, and McGillis Fareed in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. He also voiced Griffith in the 2016 adaptation of Berserk and Houka Inumuta in Kill la Kill. Among the specific roles mentioned, he is the voice of Rocky Meredith in The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup, Taiga Samejima in Idaten Jump, River Marque in IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix, and Otoha in Karas. His other credits include roles in Cyborg 009 Vs. Devilman, Pokémon Generations, and Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers.
Beyond anime, Staley's voice can be heard in various video games, including Final Fantasy XIV, the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series, and Kill la Kill the Game: IF. He has also contributed his voice to animated series like Secret Millionaires Club and DC Super Friends. In addition to performing, Staley has worked as a dialogue director on projects such as A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- and Sword Gai: The Animation, further demonstrating his range within the voice-over industry.
All Characters
- EnglishAnime overview: The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup
- EnglishAnime overview: Idaten Jump
- EnglishAnime overview: Idaten Jump
- EnglishAnime overview: Idaten Jump
- EnglishAnime overview: Immortal Grand Prix
- EnglishAnime overview: Phantom - The Animation
- EnglishAnime overview: If I See You in My Dreams
- EnglishAnime overview: Digimon Frontier Movie
- EnglishAnime overview: Wild Arms - Twilight Venom
- English
- EnglishAnime overview: Naruto Shippūden
- EnglishAnime overview: Karas
- EnglishAnime overview: B-Legend! Battle Bedaman
- EnglishAnime overview: If I See You in My Dreams
- English
- EnglishAnime overview: Fortune Quest L
- EnglishAnime overview: Pokémon Generations
- EnglishAnime overview: Pokémon Generations
- EnglishAnime overview: Naruto, the Genie, and the Three Wishes, Believe It!
- EnglishAnime overview: Cyborg 009 Vs. Devilman
- EnglishAnime overview: Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers
- EnglishAnime overview: Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
- EnglishAnime overview: Inazuma Eleven: Ares no Tenbin
- EnglishAnime overview: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
- EnglishAnime overview: Naruto Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals
- EnglishAnime overview: Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse
- EnglishAnime overview: X-Men
- EnglishAnime overview: Naruto Shippūden: Blood Prison
- EnglishAnime overview: Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon
- EnglishAnime overview: Zenki
- EnglishAnime overview: Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
- EnglishAnime overview: Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody
- EnglishAnime overview: Bleach
- EnglishAnime overview: Naruto Shippūden: The Will of Fire
- EnglishAnime overview: Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion
- EnglishAnime overview: Buso Renkin
- EnglishAnime overview: Vampire Knight
- EnglishAnime overview: Naruto Shippūden
- EnglishAnime overview: Vampire Knight Guilty
- EnglishAnime overview: Eureka Seven
- EnglishAnime overview: Scrapped Princess
- EnglishAnime overview: Argento Soma
- EnglishAnime overview: Digimon Frontier
- EnglishAnime overview: Digimon Tamers
- EnglishAnime overview: Naruto
- EnglishAnime overview: The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup Semifinal
- English