Valery Benjilali
Description
Valery Benjilali is a Belgian actor and voice artist born on November 10, 1973 in Brussels, Belgium. While he has a background in theater and has worked as a singer-songwriter, he is best known for his extensive work in French-language dubbing of anime series.
Benjilali has voiced numerous characters across major anime franchises. He is particularly recognized for providing the French voice of Deidara, the explosive clay-wielding artist from the Akatsuki, in Naruto Shippūden as well as in the spin-off series Itachi Shinden and the film Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie. In the world of Yu-Gi-Oh!, he was the first voice actor for the protagonist Jaden Yuki in the French version of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, a role he held for the first season before being succeeded by Alessandro Bevilacqua.
His voice acting portfolio includes a wide range of supporting and secondary characters in popular series. In D.Gray-man, he voiced Tyki Mikk, one of the primary antagonists. He played the role of Saubohne in Pokémon Sun & Moon and reprised the character in Pokémon Journeys: The Series. Additionally, he voiced the character Horace in multiple episodes of Pokémon Sun & Moon. Other anime roles include Hyoma (second voice) and Chasseur De Tête 2 in Beyblade: Metal Fusion, Biomon in Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters, and Sideswipe in the Transformers: Robots in Disguise and Transformers: Rescue Bots series. He has also contributed to the French dubs of The File of Young Kindaichi, Cyborg 009, and Inazuma Eleven.
Benjilali has voiced numerous characters across major anime franchises. He is particularly recognized for providing the French voice of Deidara, the explosive clay-wielding artist from the Akatsuki, in Naruto Shippūden as well as in the spin-off series Itachi Shinden and the film Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie. In the world of Yu-Gi-Oh!, he was the first voice actor for the protagonist Jaden Yuki in the French version of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, a role he held for the first season before being succeeded by Alessandro Bevilacqua.
His voice acting portfolio includes a wide range of supporting and secondary characters in popular series. In D.Gray-man, he voiced Tyki Mikk, one of the primary antagonists. He played the role of Saubohne in Pokémon Sun & Moon and reprised the character in Pokémon Journeys: The Series. Additionally, he voiced the character Horace in multiple episodes of Pokémon Sun & Moon. Other anime roles include Hyoma (second voice) and Chasseur De Tête 2 in Beyblade: Metal Fusion, Biomon in Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters, and Sideswipe in the Transformers: Robots in Disguise and Transformers: Rescue Bots series. He has also contributed to the French dubs of The File of Young Kindaichi, Cyborg 009, and Inazuma Eleven.
All Characters
- FrenchAnime overview: Pokémon Sun & Moon
- FrenchAnime overview: Itachi Shinden
- FrenchAnime overview: Beyblade: Metal Fusion
- FrenchAnime overview: Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
- FrenchAnime overview: D.Gray-man