:Kenichirou Matsuda
{{Short description|Japanese voice actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| native_name = 松田 健一郎
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|1|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Saitama Prefecture, Japan
| occupation = Voice actor
| notable_works = {{Unbulleted list|Ghost in the Shell: Arise as Batou|Clockwork Planet as Vainney Halter|Vinland Saga as Thors|Black Clover as Gordon Agrippa|Magatsu Wahrheit: Zuerst as Arnold|Engage Kiss as Miles Morgan|Spy x Family as the narrator and Bond Forger|Highspeed Etoile as Richard Parker}}
}}
{{nihongo|Kenichirou Matsuda|松田 健一郎|Matsuda Ken'ichirō|born 22 January 1978|lead=yes}} is a Japanese voice actor from Saitama Prefecture, affiliated with Arts Vision.{{Cite web |title=松田 健一郎 |url=https://www.artsvision.co.jp/talent/14257/ |access-date=30 May 2024 |website=Arts Vision}} He is known for starring as Batou in Ghost in the Shell: Arise, Vainney Halter in Clockwork Planet, Jacques Yvain in RErideD: Derrida, who leaps through time, Thors in Vinland Saga, Gordon Agrippa in Black Clover, Arnold in Magatsu Wahrheit: Zuerst, Miles Morgan in Engage Kiss, the narrator and Bond Forger in Spy x Family, Richard Parker in Highspeed Etoile, and Marcella Nuvolari in Dahlia in Bloom.
Biography
Kenichirou Matsuda, a native of Saitama Prefecture, was born on 22 January 1978.{{Cite web |title=松田健一郎 |url=https://www.animatetimes.com/tag/details.php?id=4093 |access-date=9 May 2024 |website=Animate Times |language=ja}} As an elementary school student, he learned about voice acting after hearing his two older sisters were interested in such a career, but stopped watching anime because he thought it was "something for kids to watch", so he instead wanted to be a baseball player or a police officer.{{Cite web|url=https://seimaga.jp/archives/animatetimes/item13.html|title=松田 健一郎さんインタビュー |publisher=Seiyū Magazine|date=9 October 2009|accessdate=6 June 2024}} During his early adulthood, he attended a legal vocational school with the goal of becoming a civil servant, but dropped out after not being able to keep up with a higher class he was moved into.{{R|声優マガジン}} Enrolled into the {{ill|Japan Narration Acting Institute|ja|日本ナレーション演技研究所}},{{R|Arts}}{{R|声優マガジン}} he considered quitting after three years and a third failed audition, but instead continued, and the following year he was accepted into Arts Vision.{{R|声優マガジン}}
In February 2013, it was announced that he would voice Batou in Ghost in the Shell: Arise. Jaclyn Appelgate of Comic Book Resources said Matsuda "captures Batou's rough personality and does especially well with expressing the character's rage".{{Cite news |last=Appelgate |first=Jaclyn |date=18 October 2022 |title=Spy x Family: Anya's New Fluffy Companion Is Voiced By This Rising Star of Voice Acting |url=https://www.cbr.com/spy-x-family-dog-bond-voice-actor-kenichiro-matsuda-anime-roles/ |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=CBR |language=en}} He later reprised his role in the 2015 movie Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie, and he later starred as Vainney Halter in Clockwork Planet and Jacques Yvain in RErideD: Derrida, who leaps through time.
In February 2019, Matsuda was cast as Thors, a major character in Vinland Saga. Regarding his performance of Thors, Appelgate said "Kenichiro may have not had many lines with Thors since the character is a man of few words, but the voice actor managed to balance Thors' strong appearance with his massive compassion, using a deep masculine voice with soft undertones." He later starred as Arnold in Magatsu Wahrheit: Zuerst and Miles Morgan in Engage Kiss.
Matsuda originally considering retirement after several unsuccessful auditions, but in April 2022, he began voicing the narrator of Spy x Family, and in October 2022, he started voicing main character Bond Forger.{{Cite news |date=23 December 2023 |title=『SPY×FAMILY』ボンド役・松田健一郎、低迷期に運命的な出会い |url=https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0140695 |access-date=30 May 2024 |work=Cinema Today |language=ja}} Matsuda uses several different barks to express Bond's emotions, with different ones to express happiness and sadness. Appelgate said of his performance of Bond: "when it comes to how the dog sounds when he does open his mouth, Kenichiro adds a nice, subtle layer of charm to this gentle giant with his iconic "borf" speech." In 2024, he starred as Richard Parker in Highspeed Etoile and Marcella Nuvolari in Dahlia in Bloom.
Filmography
=Animated television=
=Animated film=
=Original video animation=
=Video games=
=Dubbing=
- The Beckoning Silence (Toni Kurtz (Roger Schäli)){{cite web |url= https://www.star-ch.jp/movie/detail/20973/|title= 運命を分けたザイル２[吹]|access-date= 10 June 2024|work= Star Channel}}
- BlacKkKlansman (Detective Ron Stallworth (John David Washington)){{cite web |url= https://www.star-ch.jp/movie/detail/29379/|title= ブラック・クランズマン［吹］|access-date= 10 June 2024|work= Star Channel}}
- Blood Ties (Chris Pierzynski (Clive Owen)){{cite web |url= https://www.star-ch.jp/movie/detail/24293/|title= マイ・ブラザー 哀しみの銃弾|access-date= 10 June 2024|work= Star Channel}}
- Deep Blue Sea 3 (Eugene Shaw (Emerson Brooks)){{cite web |url= https://warnerbros.co.jp/home_entertainment/detail.php?title_id=57195|title= ディープ・ブルー３|access-date= 10 June 2024|work= Warner Bros.}}
- Doomsday (Sergeant Norton (Adrian Lester)){{cite web |url= https://www.star-ch.jp/movie/detail/19584/|title= ドゥームズデイ[吹]［R15+］|access-date= 10 June 2024|work= Star Channel}}
- Fast & Furious (Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson))
- Fireproof (Wayne Floyd (Stephen Dervan)){{cite web |url= https://www.star-ch.jp/movie/detail/19246/|title= ファイアー・ストーム［吹］|access-date= 10 June 2024|work= Star Channel}}
- Jersey Boys (Nick Massi (Michael Lomenda)){{cite web |url= https://www.star-ch.jp/movie/detail/23855/|title= ジャージー・ボーイズ|access-date= 10 June 2024|work= Star Channel}}
- The Maze Runner (Alby (Aml Ameen)){{cite web |url= https://www.star-ch.jp/movie/detail/24601/|title= メイズ・ランナー|access-date= 10 June 2024|work= Star Channel}}
- The Night Before (Chris Roberts (Anthony Mackie)){{cite web |url= https://www.star-ch.jp/movie/detail/24981/|title= ナイト・ビフォア 俺たちのメリーハングオーバー|access-date= 10 June 2024|work= Star Channel}}
- The Perfect Host (Detective Morton (Nathaniel Parker)){{cite web |url= https://www.star-ch.jp/movie/detail/21107/|title= パーフェクト・ホスト 悪夢の晩餐会[吹]|access-date= 10 June 2024|work= Star Channel}}
- Rogue Hostage (Kyle Snowden (Tyrese Gibson)){{cite web |url= http://amazing-dc.jp/?p=3899|title= レッド・ブレイク|access-date= 10 June 2024|work= Amazing D.C.}}
- Young Justice, Kaldur'ahm
References
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External links
{{Portal|Anime and manga|Biography|Japan}}
- [https://www.artsvision.co.jp/talent/14257/ Arts Vision profile] {{in lang|ja}}
- {{anime News Network|people|71825}}
- {{IMDb name|3401959}}
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Category:Japanese male video game actors
Category:Japanese male voice actors