Wataru Hatano

Wataru Hatano

Known for
Acting
Born
March 13, 1982 (age 44)
Birthplace
Asahi, Higashichikuma, Nagano, Japan

Biography

Wataru Hatano is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with 81 Produce. At the 2nd Seiyu Awards in 2008, Hatano won the Best Male Rookie Award for his roles as Sam Houston in Toward the Terra and Tenshi Yuri in Saint Beast: Kouin Jojishi Tenshitan. Other major roles voiced include Gajeel in Fairy Tail and Yūto Ayase in Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu. In video games, he voices Josuke Higashikata in the CyberConnect2 developed JoJo's Bizarre Adventure games, and Rufus in the Street Fighter franchise. On April 2, 2018 he announced his marriage with fellow voice actress Mai Hashimoto.

Known For

Filmography

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Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Storm Breaks poster

Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Storm Breaks

Movie · as Chikara Doumeki (voice)

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Gugumi-chan

Gugumi-chan

TV · as Father (voice) · 1 ep

2026
To You in the Beyond poster

To You in the Beyond

Movie · as Shōji Aiba (voice)

2026
BLACK TORCH poster

BLACK TORCH

TV · as Monjumaru (voice) · 12 eps

2025
Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback poster

Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback

Movie · as Atsunobu Hayashi (voice)

2025
IDOLiSH7 First BEAT! Movie Edition Part 1 poster

IDOLiSH7 First BEAT! Movie Edition Part 1

Movie · as Gaku Yaotome (voice)

2025
IDOLiSH7 First BEAT! Movie Edition Part 2 poster

IDOLiSH7 First BEAT! Movie Edition Part 2

Movie · as Gaku Yaotome (voice)

2025
Be Forever Yamato Rebel 3199: Part 4: Light Blue Maiden (Sasha) poster

Be Forever Yamato Rebel 3199: Part 4: Light Blue Maiden (Sasha)

Movie

2025
I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons poster

I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons

TV · as Nadir (voice) · 12 eps

2025
The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei: He Just Solves All the Mysteries poster

The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei: He Just Solves All the Mysteries

TV · as Takeshi "Take-bō" Kōta (voice) · 12 eps

2025
Harmony of Mille-Feuille poster

Harmony of Mille-Feuille

TV · as Male Light Music Club Member (voice) · 1 ep

2025
Tougen Anki poster

Tougen Anki

TV · as Akari Hirunuma (voice) · 1 ep

2024
Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199: Part 1: Dark Invasion poster

Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199: Part 1: Dark Invasion

Movie · as Bando Heiji (voice)

2024
Star Blazers [Space Battleship Yamato] 2205: The New Voyage poster

Star Blazers [Space Battleship Yamato] 2205: The New Voyage

TV · as Bandou Heiji · 8 eps

2024
I Parry Everything poster

I Parry Everything

TV · as Sain (voice) · 12 eps

2024
Vampire Dormitory poster

Vampire Dormitory

TV · as Komori (voice) · 12 eps

2024
Egumi Legacy poster

Egumi Legacy

TV · as God Eyes / Wild Feces (voice) · 12 eps

2024
FAIRY TAIL 100 YEARS QUEST poster

FAIRY TAIL 100 YEARS QUEST

TV · as Gajeel (voice), Gazeel (voice) · 13 eps

2024
Uzumaki poster

Uzumaki

TV · as Okada (voice) · 4 eps

2024
Fate/strange Fake poster

Fate/strange Fake

TV · as Orlando Reeve (voice) · 13 eps

2024
The Demon Prince of Momochi House poster

The Demon Prince of Momochi House

TV · as Takamura Nachi (voice) · 12 eps

2024
Duel Masters LOST poster

Duel Masters LOST

TV · 12 eps

2023
Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn- poster

Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn-

Movie · as Orlando Reeve (voice)

2023
IDOLiSH7 7th Anniversary Event "ONLY ONCE, ONLY 7TH" poster

IDOLiSH7 7th Anniversary Event "ONLY ONCE, ONLY 7TH"

Movie · as Gaku Yaotome

2023
The Legendary Hero Is Dead! poster

The Legendary Hero Is Dead!

TV · as Belarco (voice) · 12 eps

2023
Horimiya: The Missing Pieces poster

Horimiya: The Missing Pieces

TV · as Masamune Sasaki (voice) · 1 ep

2023
My Daemon poster

My Daemon

TV · as Kouya Kokonoe (voice) · 13 eps

2023
Rurouni Kenshin poster

Rurouni Kenshin

TV · as Anji Yukyuzan (voice) · 7 eps

2022
Bubble poster

Bubble

Movie · as Osawa (voice)

2022
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Intrigue 1 poster

Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Intrigue 1

Movie · as Ulrich Kessler

2022
Orient poster

Orient

TV · as Hideo Kosameda (voice) · 24 eps

2022
The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting poster

The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting

TV · as Rei Hojo (voice) · 12 eps

2022
宇宙戦艦ヤマト2205 新たなる旅立ち 後章 -STASHA- poster

宇宙戦艦ヤマト2205 新たなる旅立ち 後章 -STASHA-

TV · as Bandou Heiji (voice) · 4 eps

2022
Bibliophile Princess poster

Bibliophile Princess

TV · as Theodore Warren Ashelard (voice) · 12 eps

2022
Reincarnated as a Sword poster

Reincarnated as a Sword

TV · as Klimt (voice) · 24 eps

2022
Mamekichi Mameko – The Daily Life of a NEET poster

Mamekichi Mameko – The Daily Life of a NEET

TV · as Poniki / Simba (voice) · 48 eps

2022
Housing Complex C poster

Housing Complex C

TV · as Seichi Koshide (voice) · 4 eps

2021
DAKAICHI - I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year - the Movie: Spain Arc poster

DAKAICHI - I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year - the Movie: Spain Arc

Movie · as Kiyotaka Arisu (voice)

2021
Space Battleship Yamato 2205: The New Voyage - Prior Chapter: Take Off poster

Space Battleship Yamato 2205: The New Voyage - Prior Chapter: Take Off

Movie · as Bandou Heiji

2021
Shadows House poster

Shadows House

TV · as Edward (voice) · 18 eps

2021
Muteking the Dancing Hero poster

Muteking the Dancing Hero

TV · as George (voice) · 12 eps

2021
The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window poster

The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window

TV · as Rihito Hiyakawa (voice) · 12 eps

2021
Super Crooks poster

Super Crooks

TV · as the Praetorian (voice) · 13 eps

2021
Taisho Otome Fairy Tale poster

Taisho Otome Fairy Tale

TV · as Tamasuke Manabe (voice) · 3 eps

2021
宇宙戦艦ヤマト2205 新たなる旅立ち 前章 -TAKE OFF- poster

宇宙戦艦ヤマト2205 新たなる旅立ち 前章 -TAKE OFF-

TV · as Bandou Heiji (voice) · 4 eps

2021
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation poster

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

TV · as Timothy (voice) · 2 eps

2021
Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! poster

Bungo Stray Dogs Wan!

TV · as Motojirō Kajii (voice) · 12 eps

2020
Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather poster

Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather

Movie · as Chikara Doumeki (voice)

2020
Marudase Kintarou poster

Marudase Kintarou

Movie · as Inukai (voice)

2020
JUJUTSU KAISEN poster

JUJUTSU KAISEN

TV · as Haruta Shigemo (voice) · 6 eps

2020
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon poster

Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

TV · as Meidomaru (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! poster

Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!

TV · as Hamada (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Uchitama?! Have You Seen My Tama? poster

Uchitama?! Have You Seen My Tama?

TV · as Gon Noda (voice) · 28 eps

2020
The Misfit of Demon King Academy poster

The Misfit of Demon King Academy

TV · as Spirit King (voice), Shin Reglia (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Moriarty the Patriot poster

Moriarty the Patriot

TV · as Burton (voice) · 1 ep

2019
A3! SECOND Blooming FESTIVAL poster

A3! SECOND Blooming FESTIVAL

Movie

2019
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba poster

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

2019
Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! poster

Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!

TV · as Nano-chan (voice) · 12 eps

2019
Mysteria Friends poster

Mysteria Friends

TV · as Owen · 10 eps

2019
Amazing Stranger poster

Amazing Stranger

TV · as Haruto Bouida (voice) · 12 eps

2018
The Laws of the Universe: The Age of Reimei poster

The Laws of the Universe: The Age of Reimei

Movie · as Eisuke (voice)

2018
IDOLiSH7 Vibrato poster

IDOLiSH7 Vibrato

TV · as Gaku Yaotome (voice) · 2 eps

2018
Magical Girl Ore poster

Magical Girl Ore

TV · as (voice) · 12 eps

2018
Captain Tsubasa poster

Captain Tsubasa

TV · as Hikaru Matsuyama (voice) · 1 ep

2018
Fate/Extra Last Encore poster

Fate/Extra Last Encore

TV · as Julius B. Harway (voice) · 13 eps

2018
DAKAICHI -I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year- poster

DAKAICHI -I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year-

TV · as Kiyotaka Arisu (voice) · 13 eps

2018
My Sweet Tyrant poster

My Sweet Tyrant

TV · as Kubomura Takumi · 25 eps

2018
Killing Bites poster

Killing Bites

TV · as Yuuya Nomoto (voice) · 12 eps

2018
Sanrio Boys poster

Sanrio Boys

TV · 12 eps

2018
Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation poster

Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation

TV · as Paige Krauss (voice) · 24 eps

2018
Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san poster

Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san

TV · 12 eps

2018
Bakumatsu poster

Bakumatsu

TV · as 吉田松阴(配音) · 24 eps

2018
Caramel Honey poster

Caramel Honey

TV · as Yuusei Horiguchi · 30 eps

2018
Pop Team Epic poster

Pop Team Epic

TV · 12 eps

2017
Kuroko's Basketball the Movie: Last Game poster

Kuroko's Basketball the Movie: Last Game

Movie · as Reo Mibuchi (voice)

2017
Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry poster

Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry

Movie · as Gajeel Redfox (voice)

2017
Dance with Devils: Fortuna poster

Dance with Devils: Fortuna

Movie · as Lindo Tachibana

2017
Sakura Quest poster

Sakura Quest

TV · as Katsumi Kumano (voice) · 6 eps

2017
Fox Spirit Matchmaker poster

Fox Spirit Matchmaker

TV · as Haku Gauche · 24 eps

2017
The Laughing Salesman NEW poster

The Laughing Salesman NEW

TV · as Junichi Naoki(Story4) · 12 eps

2017
ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. poster

ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.

TV · as Gurus (voice) · 4 eps

2017
Escha Chron poster

Escha Chron

TV · as Hayata Kasai (voice) · 2 eps

2017
Never Give Up! Magical Girl Kurumi poster

Never Give Up! Magical Girl Kurumi

TV · as Isamu Takahashi · 75 eps

2017
7O3X Fastest Finger First poster

7O3X Fastest Finger First

TV · as Yosuke Ashiya (voice) · 9 eps

2016
My Hero Academia poster

My Hero Academia

TV · as Hitoshi Shinso (voice) · 8 eps

2016
Hundred poster

Hundred

TV · as Fritz Granz (voice) · 12 eps

2016
KONOSUBA - God's blessing on this wonderful world! poster

KONOSUBA - God's blessing on this wonderful world!

TV · as Keith (voice) · 4 eps

2016
D.Gray-man Hallow poster

D.Gray-man Hallow

TV · as Bak Chan (voice) · 13 eps

2016
Magic-Kyun! Renaissance poster

Magic-Kyun! Renaissance

TV · as 庵條 瑠衣 · 13 eps

2016
The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi poster

The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi

TV · as Ryo Sakaguchi (voice) · 12 eps

2016
ReLIFE poster

ReLIFE

TV · as Koushi Usa (voice) · 2 eps

2016
Mob Psycho 100 poster

Mob Psycho 100

TV · as Taro (voice) · 2 eps

2016
Bungo Stray Dogs poster

Bungo Stray Dogs

TV · as Motojirou Kajii · 60 eps

2016
Ninja Girl & Samurai Master poster

Ninja Girl & Samurai Master

TV · as Nobunaga Oda · 78 eps

2016
Magi: Adventure of Sinbad poster

Magi: Adventure of Sinbad

TV · as Spartos Leoxses (voice) · 13 eps

2015
Fw:ハマトラ poster

Fw:ハマトラ

Movie

2015
The Laws of the Universe - Part 0 poster

The Laws of the Universe - Part 0

Movie · as Eisuke (voice)

2015
World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman poster

World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman

TV · as Sir Edward Lambert (voice) · 12 eps

2015
One-Punch Man poster

One-Punch Man

TV · as Metal Bat (voice) · 12 eps

2015
Dance with Devils poster

Dance with Devils

TV · as Lindo Tachibana · 12 eps

2015
The Heroic Legend of Arslan poster

The Heroic Legend of Arslan

TV · as Jaswant (voice) · 33 eps

2015
Actually, I Am... poster

Actually, I Am...

TV · as Sakurada (voice) · 13 eps

2014
Engaged to the Unidentified poster

Engaged to the Unidentified

TV · as Hakuya Mitsumine (voice) · 12 eps

2014
Hamatora poster

Hamatora

TV · as Murasaki · 24 eps

2014
Baby Steps poster

Baby Steps

TV · as Hiroshi Araya (voice) · 50 eps

2014
No-Rin poster

No-Rin

TV · as Kei Kamatori (voice) · 12 eps

2014
Momokyun Sword poster

Momokyun Sword

TV · as Inugami (voice) · 12 eps

2013
Unlimited Psychic Squad poster

Unlimited Psychic Squad

TV · as You Fujiura (voice), Yo Fujiura (voice) · 12 eps

2013
Valvrave the Liberator poster

Valvrave the Liberator

TV · as Kibukawa Takumi (voice) · 24 eps

2013
声優戦隊ボイストーム7 poster

声優戦隊ボイストーム7

TV · as (voice) · 11 eps

2013
Ace of the Diamond poster

Ace of the Diamond

TV · as Tooru Masuko (voice) · 126 eps

2012
Fairy Tail: Phoenix Priestess poster

Fairy Tail: Phoenix Priestess

Movie · as Gajeel Redfox (voice)

2012
Chitose Get You!! poster

Chitose Get You!!

TV · as Hiroshi Kashiwabara, Chitose-Dad · 26 eps

2012
Listen to Me, Girls. I'm Your Father! poster

Listen to Me, Girls. I'm Your Father!

TV · as Yuta Segawa (voice) · 12 eps

2012
B-Daman Fireblast poster

B-Daman Fireblast

TV · 52 eps

2012
Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos poster

Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos

TV · as Yoichi Takehiko · 12 eps

2011
The Voice Makes a Miracle poster

The Voice Makes a Miracle

Movie

2011
Academy 3 - Splendid Pleasure poster

Academy 3 - Splendid Pleasure

TV · as Chiba Kagetora (voice) · 2 eps

2011
THE iDOLM@STER poster

THE iDOLM@STER

TV · as Host Sports Event (voice) · 1 ep

2011
Battle Spirits: Heroes poster

Battle Spirits: Heroes

TV · as Arata Yakushiji (voice) · 50 eps

2011
A Bridge to the Starry Skies poster

A Bridge to the Starry Skies

TV · as Daigo Minamikokubaru (voice) · 12 eps

2010
Sex Pistols poster

Sex Pistols

Movie · as Shiro Fujiwara

2010
Love Pistols poster

Love Pistols

TV · as (voice) · 2 eps

2009
Tailenders poster

Tailenders

Movie · as Shiro Tomoe (voice)

2009
07-Ghost poster

07-Ghost

TV · as Haruse · 25 eps

2009
Whispered Words poster

Whispered Words

TV · as Norio Kazama (voice) · 13 eps

2009
Fairy Tail poster

Fairy Tail

TV · as Gajeel Redfox (voice) · 328 eps

2009
From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke poster

From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke

TV · as Toru Sanada (voice), Aono (voice) · 5 eps

2008
Kirepapa. poster

Kirepapa.

Movie · as Takatsukasa, Chidori (voice)

2008
Kite Liberator poster

Kite Liberator

Movie · as Real Estate Salesclerk (voice)

2008
Our Home's Fox Deity poster

Our Home's Fox Deity

TV · as Gyokuyou Tenko (voice) · 24 eps

2008
The Hill Dyed Rose Madder poster

The Hill Dyed Rose Madder

TV · as Jun'ichi Nagase · 12 eps

2008
Monochrome Factor poster

Monochrome Factor

TV · as Shuichi Wagatsuma · 24 eps

2008
Blassreiter poster

Blassreiter

TV · as Igor · 24 eps

2008
Kirepapa. poster

Kirepapa.

TV · as Takatsukasa Chidori · 2 eps

2008
Blade of the Immortal poster

Blade of the Immortal

TV · as Makoto (voice) · 13 eps

2007
Takumi-kun Series: And the Spring Breeze Whispers poster

Takumi-kun Series: And the Spring Breeze Whispers

Movie · as Yoshizawa Michio

2007
Kiss Dum: Engage Planet poster

Kiss Dum: Engage Planet

TV · as Vice captain · 26 eps

2007
Toward the Terra poster

Toward the Terra

TV · 24 eps

2007
No Mone poster

No Mone

TV · as Misao Kuba · 1 ep

2007
No Money poster

No Money

TV · as Kuba Misao · 4 eps

2007
Mushi-Uta poster

Mushi-Uta

TV · 12 eps

2006
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams poster

Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams

Movie · as Roberto Frois (voice)

2006
Ouran High School Host Club poster

Ouran High School Host Club

TV · as Ritsu Kasanoda, Ritsu Kasanoda (voice)

2006
Magical Pokaan poster

Magical Pokaan

TV · as Tan · 12 eps

2006
Angel's Feather poster

Angel's Feather

TV · as Nakajou Yuuto (voice) · 2 eps

2005
Basilisk poster

Basilisk

TV · as Chikuma Koshiro (voice) · 24 eps

2005
Twin Princess of Wonder Planet poster

Twin Princess of Wonder Planet

TV · as Truth · 103 eps

2005
Animal Lane poster

Animal Lane

TV · as Papa / Sayuki / Maguro Pillow (voice) · 102 eps

2005
Aria poster

Aria

TV · as Himeya Staff Member B (voice), Atsushi (voice) · 1 ep

2005
MÄR: Märchen Awakens Romance poster

MÄR: Märchen Awakens Romance

TV · as Hamelin · 102 eps

2004
Fantastic Children poster

Fantastic Children

TV · as Soran (voice) · 26 eps

2004
Bleach poster

Bleach

TV · as Hidetomo Kajomaru (voice) · 2 eps

2003
The Galaxy Railways poster

The Galaxy Railways

TV · as Edwin Silver (voice) · 52 eps

2003
Yumeria poster

Yumeria

TV · 12 eps

1971
Kamen Rider poster

Kamen Rider

TV · as Yeti Megiddo (voice) · 2 eps