Hikaru Hanada is a Japanese voice actor and actor born on September 12, 1958, in Gifu Prefecture. He is affiliated with the talent management firm Office Osawa. Hanada is a graduate of the Literature座附属演剧研究所. His career in voice acting has spanned from the mid-1990s to the present, during which he has taken on a wide variety of roles in anime series, animated films, video games, and dubbed versions of foreign media. Before joining Office Osawa, he was previously represented by Ken Production.

Hanada is known for several prominent and long-running voice roles. He has consistently voiced the character Akihiko Usami across multiple seasons and adaptations of the popular romantic comedy series Junjō Romantica, beginning in 2008. In the action genre, he provided the voice for the Integrity Knight Deusolbert Synthesis Seven in the Sword Art Online: Alicization anime and its sequel, War of Underworld. His filmography also includes the role of Ross Sylibus in the 2002 animated film Armitage: Dual-Matrix and Captain Shiraishi in the 1999 animated feature Megumi no Daigo. More recently, he voiced the character Misaki in the 2017 television anime series Taishō Mebiusline Chicchai-san.

Beyond these roles, Hanada's career is marked by extensive work in video games, particularly with the fighting game genre. He has been the voice of characters such as Tizoc (later known as King of Dinosaurs) and Marco Rodrigues from the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series since 1999. He also voiced Sol Badguy in the story modes of early Guilty Gear X drama CDs and games. His other notable anime credits include roles in long-running series like Detective Conan, One Piece (as Maynard), and Bleach. He also contributed as a narrator and provided Japanese dub voices for numerous foreign films and television series. Hanada remains active in the industry, with recent credits including the 2024 animated film Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram.