Masanori Shimizu
Description
Masanori Shimizu is a Japanese actor and voice actor born on April 28, 1992, in Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture. He is affiliated with the talent agency Kakehi Production.
His path to performing arts began in his youth, where he was active in soccer and gymnastics during elementary and junior high school. His interest in music and performance was sparked in high school when he joined the brass band, which led to a love for stage performances and narration. After graduating from Kanagawa Prefectural Atsugi Higashi High School, he enrolled in the voice acting and drama program at Nihon Kogakuin Hachioji College. Encouraged by his teachers, he successfully auditioned for the prestigious New National Theatre Drama Studio, joining as a member of its 9th class in 2013 and completing a rigorous three-year program in acting and traditional Japanese arts.
Shimizu's professional career began on stage, with notable performances at the New National Theatre, including a role in a production of Henry IV. He transitioned into voice acting, building a diverse portfolio that spans anime, video games, and Japanese dubs of international films and television series.
In anime, he is known for a variety of supporting and dynamic roles. As specified, he voices the character Kōji Hiroo in the Haikyu!! Land vs. Air original video animation. His other anime credits include Tsukasa Shippou in Go! Go! Loser Ranger! (Sentai Daishikkaku), Mason Heart in Berserk of Gluttony, and various characters in Shangri-La Frontier, such as game audio and background voices. He has also appeared in series like Ninja Kamui, My Happy Marriage, and Monsters 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation.
Shimizu is also highly active in the field of dubbing, providing Japanese voices for numerous live-action and animated productions. Notable dubbing roles include Robert Aramayo's Elrond in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and Henry Zaga's character in The New Mutants. He has also voiced He-Man / Prince Adam in the Japanese dub of Masters of the Universe: Revelation and has been involved in dubbing for popular series such as Stranger Things, Chicago Fire, and Heartstopper. His work across both anime and dubbing demonstrates a recurring collaboration with a wide range of international content distributed by platforms like Netflix and Disney+.
His path to performing arts began in his youth, where he was active in soccer and gymnastics during elementary and junior high school. His interest in music and performance was sparked in high school when he joined the brass band, which led to a love for stage performances and narration. After graduating from Kanagawa Prefectural Atsugi Higashi High School, he enrolled in the voice acting and drama program at Nihon Kogakuin Hachioji College. Encouraged by his teachers, he successfully auditioned for the prestigious New National Theatre Drama Studio, joining as a member of its 9th class in 2013 and completing a rigorous three-year program in acting and traditional Japanese arts.
Shimizu's professional career began on stage, with notable performances at the New National Theatre, including a role in a production of Henry IV. He transitioned into voice acting, building a diverse portfolio that spans anime, video games, and Japanese dubs of international films and television series.
In anime, he is known for a variety of supporting and dynamic roles. As specified, he voices the character Kōji Hiroo in the Haikyu!! Land vs. Air original video animation. His other anime credits include Tsukasa Shippou in Go! Go! Loser Ranger! (Sentai Daishikkaku), Mason Heart in Berserk of Gluttony, and various characters in Shangri-La Frontier, such as game audio and background voices. He has also appeared in series like Ninja Kamui, My Happy Marriage, and Monsters 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation.
Shimizu is also highly active in the field of dubbing, providing Japanese voices for numerous live-action and animated productions. Notable dubbing roles include Robert Aramayo's Elrond in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and Henry Zaga's character in The New Mutants. He has also voiced He-Man / Prince Adam in the Japanese dub of Masters of the Universe: Revelation and has been involved in dubbing for popular series such as Stranger Things, Chicago Fire, and Heartstopper. His work across both anime and dubbing demonstrates a recurring collaboration with a wide range of international content distributed by platforms like Netflix and Disney+.
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- JapaneseAnime overview: Haikyu!! LAND VS. AIR