Masashi Hirose

is a Japanese voice actor from Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He works at Production Baobab.

He is known for the roles of Ramba Ral (Mobile Suit Gundam), Rikishiman (Kinnikuman), Gosterro (Blue Comet SPT Layzner) and Nakano-sensei (Lovely Complex).

In September 2014, Hirose was hospitalized for an unspecified illness. As a result, he was replaced by Katsuhisa Hōki in Gundam Build Fighters Try, Banjō Ginga in One Piece, and Akio Ōtsuka in In Search of the Lost Future.

Filmography

Anime television

Original Video Animations

• Armored Trooper Votoms: Big Battle (Radah Neeva) (1986)
• Gunbuster (Admiral Yuzo Takaya) (1988)
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1989) (Arthur Lynch)
• ' (1996) (Baresto Rosita)
• The Silent Service (Keisuke Hamamoto, Aleksei) (1997–1998)
• Getter Robo Armageddon (Stinger) (1998)
• Hellsing Ultimate (Sir Penwood) (2008)
• ' (James Shiba) (2012–2014)

Anime films

• Mobile Suit Gundam (1981) (Ramba Ral)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981) (Ramba Ral)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space (1982) (Ramba Ral)
• Kinnikuman film series (Rikishiman, The Ninja, Kendaman, others) (1984–1986)
• My Neighbor Totoro (1988) (Kanta's Father)
• ' (Jacob) (1998)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King (2000) (Coretol)

Tokusatsu

• ' (1984) (Alien Temperor, Alien Baltan II)
• ' (2006) (Horror Legules)

Video games

• Mobile Suit Gundam (Ramba Ral) (1981)
• Armored Trooper Votoms: Udo Kumen Arc (Kan Yu) (1983)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Gihren's Greed (Ramba Ral) (1998)
• Ikusagami (2005) (Takeda Shingen)
• Radiata Stories (Dynas Stone) (2005)
• Yoake Mae yori Ruri Iro na (Lioness Teo Arshlight) (2006)
• ' (Minister of Alsword) (2007)
• ' (King Sumnelthia III) (2007)
• Infinite Undiscovery (Enma) (2008)
• Super Robot Wars series (Ramba Ral, Gosterro, Kan Yu, Dr. Stinger) (2008–2019)
• ' (Robert House) (2010)
• Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney (Story Teller) (2012)
• Tales of Vesperia (Barbos, Leblanc) (2019)

Dubbing

Other voices

• Star Tours – The Adventures Continue (Boba Fett)

References

External links

• Official profile
• Masashi Hirose at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database
• Masashi Hirose at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database
• Masashi Hirose at IMDb