Blake Shepard is an American voice actor known for his extensive work in English-language dubs of Japanese anime series. Born on July 23, 1984, in Houston, Texas, he has been active in the voice acting industry since 2003. He has provided voices for numerous productions by major anime distributors, including ADV Films, Funimation, and Sentai Filmworks. Outside of voice acting, Shepard is also the lead singer and guitarist for a band called Electric Attitude.

Shepard's career is marked by a wide range of leading and supporting roles across various genres. One of his most prominent and long-running roles is Soma Yukihira, the determined and ambitious protagonist of the popular culinary series Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma. He voiced the character across multiple seasons, including The Third Plate, The Fourth Plate, and The Fifth Plate, with the casting announced at Anime Expo in 2017. Another significant leading role is Yuzuru Otonashi in the acclaimed series Angel Beats!.

He has a notable history of voicing characters in long-running franchises and recurring collaborations with Sentai Filmworks. Shepard has frequently portrayed the character Souji Okita across multiple entries in the Hakuoki franchise, including Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom, Hakuoki: Record of the Jade Blood, Hakuoki: Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky, and Hakuoki: A Memory of Snow Flowers. He also voiced the role of Arata Wataya in the third season of Chihayafuru, a casting announced in 2017.

His extensive filmography includes a variety of other notable characters that demonstrate his versatility. These roles include Agito Wanijima in Air Gear, Ikki in Amnesia, Kyosuke Natsume in the Little Busters! series, Tanaka in Tanaka-kun is Always Listless, Kei Takishima in S · A: Special A, Futoshi in Darling in the Franxx, Ryūnosuke Akasaka in The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, and Liang in Nanbaka. He has also taken on roles in fantasy series such as Dragon Shiryu in Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya and Godou Kusanagi in Campione!. His work extends to science fiction and mecha anime, including Akiyuki Takehara in Xam'd: Lost Memories and Hiro Hiyorimi in Princess Resurrection.