Hiroyuki Yoshino

Hiroyuki Yoshino (吉野 裕行, Yoshino Hiroyuki, born February 6, 1974) is a Japanese voice actor and singer. Known as Sakiware Chopsticks, Koji Kitayama, and Shun Kazama, he has lent his voice to numerous iconic roles. Among notable leading roles, he played Yoshimori Sumimura in Kekkaishi, Hibiki Tokai in Vandread, Yuji Kagura in Tona-Gura!, Takumi Nishijō in Chaos;Head, Yusuke 'Bossun' Fujisaki in Sket Dance, Meow in Space Dandy, Favaro in Rage of Bahamut: Genesis, and Galina in Yatterman Night. His supporting roles include Bernard Firestar in Divergence Eve, Chrome in Cluster Edge, Debito in La storia della Arcana Famiglia, Natsuki Minami in Minami-ke, Allelujah Haptism in Mobile Suit Gundam, and more. He voiced Yuto Kido in Inazuma Eleven, Rin Hirakoba in The Prince of Tennis, Kenichi Saruyama in To Love Ru, Hajime Iwaizumi in Haikyuu!!, Hizashi Yamada in My Hero Academia and Yasutomo Arakita in Yowamushi Pedal. His voice acting career spans several genres and mediums, including animation, film, live-action, video games, and drama recordings. In August 2021, news surfaced that Yoshino tested positive for COVID-19. He has released several singles and mini-albums under the label Kiramune, further establishing his talent as a singer.