Jefferson Seril Utanes (June 9, 1979 â December 16, 2025) was a Filipino voice actor. He had provided voices for Filipino-language versions of Japanese anime series, cartoons, films and live-action programs from overseas. He was widely recognised as the second voice of Goku in the Dragon Ball franchise, replacing Nesty Ramirez, and he was nicknamed "Goku ng Pinas" (Goku of the Philippines).
Utanes had also voiced the titular character of Doraemon, Kogoro Mouri and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya in Detective Conan, Professor Oak and James in Pokémon, Syaoran Li in Cardcaptor Sakura, Kouya Marino in Crush Gear Turbo, Yami Yugi in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, Kyon in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Kei Takishima in Special A, Germany and America in ', Ryà Âta Kise in Kuroko's Basketball, Ben Tennyson, Kevin Levin, and Vilgax in Ben 10, Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants, Hisoka in Hunter àHunter, Ryomen Sukuna in Jujutsu Kaisen, Tenya Ida in My Hero Academia, and Ken "Okarun" Takakura in Dandadan.
In February 2024, Utanes expressed criticism on the House bill filed by then-Negros Occidental's 3rd congressional district representative Jose Francisco Benitez that bans Filipino dubbing on foreign shows and films. He asserted that the Philippine voice acting industry is responsible for translating and dubbing foreign programs and films for the mass audience so they can understand the original context.
Utanes was married to Catherine Feliciano, and they had two sons.
Utanes died on December 16, 2025. He was diagnosed with stage 5 chronic kidney disease.