Hans Wackershauser

Description
Hans Wackershauser is a Canadian voice actor known for his extensive work in English dubs of anime series, particularly within the trading card game genre. Born on April 19, 1988, in Calgary, Alberta, he developed an early interest in pursuing a career in acting. To achieve this goal, he sought formal training and graduated from the Mount Royal University Theatre Arts Performance program in 2010. Following his graduation, Wackershauser gained experience performing with various theatre companies in Calgary, which provided him with a foundation in acting and industry knowledge. This success in local theatre gave him the confidence to audition for film and television roles, and he eventually found a niche for himself in the voice-over community, specializing in dubbing anime.

Wackershauser has built a substantial career lending his voice to numerous anime series. He is particularly recognized for his long-standing association with the Cardfight!! Vanguard franchise, where he has voiced multiple characters across several series. His roles in this universe include Shingo Komoi, a character he has portrayed in Cardfight!! Vanguard: Link Joker Hen, Cardfight!! Vanguard G GIRS Crisis, Cardfight!! Vanguard G NEXT, Cardfight!! Vanguard: High School Arc Cont., Cardfight!! Vanguard (TV 2018), and Cardfight!! Vanguard: Shinemon Arc. In the later entries of the franchise, beginning with Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress, he voices Zakusa Ishigame (also credited as Zakusa Ishikame), a member of Team Blackout. He continued this role in subsequent seasons, including Cardfight!! Vanguard will+Dress and its sequels.

Beyond Cardfight!! Vanguard, Wackershauser has been a prolific voice in other anime adapted from trading card games, demonstrating a recurring collaboration with studios producing this type of content. He has multiple credits in the Future Card Buddyfight franchise, voicing characters such as Demon Inzaidi, Mr. Nisel Nitsuke, and Raremaro in the original series, and later taking on the role of Thunderaxe, Agito in Future Card Buddyfight Ace. His work also extends to the B-Daman and Beyblade franchises, with roles in B-Daman Fireblast as Big Lackey and in Beyblade Burst God as Violet Eye. Other notable anime credits include voicing Yoshiharu Hisomu in Kiznaiver and Daichi Tsutsumi and Eizou Netsuki in World Trigger.

With over nine years of professional experience, Wackershauser's voice has been described as versatile, allowing him to portray a wide range of character types. His home studio setup has enabled him to work with leading global brands, including Disney, Netflix, Amazon, and Crunchyroll, on various projects encompassing anime, video games, and cartoons.