Hiroaki Hirata
Hiroaki Hirata (平田 広明 Hirata Hiroaki?) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who was born on August 7, 1963 from Tokyo. He is the founder of Hirata Production.
Role in the Devil May Cry series
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Hirata is the voice actor who played the role of Vergil in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. Since then, Hirata reprised his role in Project X Zone 2, Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition and Devil May Cry 5.
Other RolesEdit
He is most known for the roles of Sanji (One Piece), Sha Gojyo (Saiyuki), Kotetsu T. Kaburagi (Tiger & Bunny), Mutta Nanba (Space Brothers) and the Narrator of Digimon Adventure. He is also the official Japanese dub-over artist for Johnny Depp and most recently voice acting as Mr. Kondo from the anime After the Rain.
He won the award for Best Actor in a leading role at the 6th Seiyu Awards for his work on Air Gear, One Piece and Tiger & Bunny.
TriviaEdit
- Hirata was chosen as the Japanese voice actor for Vergil by the developers of both Devil May Cry team and Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds.
- Ryōta Niitsuma, the producer of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and producer and Hiroyuki Kobayashi found Hirata's voice is suits Vergil.[1]
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