Luca Semeraro

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Luca Semeraro is an Italian voice actor and dubbing director, born in Martina Franca, Taranto, on August 13, 1962. He began his career in the mid-1980s after moving to Milan to study diction and acting, and has since become a prominent figure in the Italian voice dubbing industry. His work is extensive, covering animation, live-action film and television, as well as dubbing direction and dialogue writing.

Semeraro has lent his voice to a wide array of characters in anime, providing the Italian voices for numerous leading and supporting roles. Among his most notable anime dubbing credits are Masamichi Yaga in Jujutsu Kaisen and the film Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Dorshe in Ranking of Kings, and multiple characters across the Sword Art Online franchise, including Eugene, Shozo Yuki, and Vassago Casals. He is also the voice of the Spider Demon (Father) in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Sengoku in One Piece, and Pain in Naruto: Shippuden. Other significant anime roles include Cyclops / Scott Summers in the X-Men animated series, Leonardo in various Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, and Joe il Condor in Gatchaman.

Beyond these, his filmography includes a vast range of titles that span decades. He has voiced characters in classic series such as The Knights of the Zodiac (Saint Seiya), where he took on roles like Artax and Mizar, and in Getter Robo: Armageddon and New Getter Robo as Benkei Kuruma. He has also been involved in dubbing for films like Vampire Hunter D, Royal Space Force - The Wings of Honnêamise, and Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions. His work extends to children's animation, where he is known as the voice of Barbapapà and the narrator in rebroadcasts of Barbapapa and Barbapapa Around the World.

In addition to his on-screen voice work, Luca Semeraro is an accomplished dubbing director, having overseen the Italian dubbing for numerous series and films. His direction credits include major anime such as Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, the Fate/stay night series, and Bleach. He is also active in the world of video games, providing voices for prominent characters like Gibraltar in Apex Legends, Sigma in Overwatch, and roles in the Assassin's Creed and Cyberpunk 2077 franchises.
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