Masaki Terasoma is a Japanese stage and voice actor signed to Mausu Promotion, familiar to Naruto viewers as the voice of the immortal Akatsuki member Hidan.
In Naruto, Terasoma voices Hidan, a foul-mouthed member of the Akatsuki paired with the treasure-obsessed Kakuzu. A devotee of the Jashin cult, Hidan is functionally immortal and fights with a ritual that mirrors any wound he inflicts on himself onto a victim whose blood he has taken, a curse he turns on Asuma Sarutobi.
Terasoma's most prominent role is Hidan, a member of the Akatsuki in the Naruto anime. It is the credit for which he is most familiar to Naruto viewers.
Terasoma voices Hidan, a foul-mouthed Akatsuki member paired with the treasure-obsessed Kakuzu. A devotee of the Jashin cult, Hidan is functionally immortal and fights with a ritual that mirrors any wound he inflicts on himself onto a victim whose blood he has taken, a curse he turns on Asuma Sarutobi.
Terasoma is signed to the Japanese talent agency Mausu Promotion, one part of a long career spanning stage and voice acting.
Alongside his anime roles, Terasoma is active in video game voice work and in the Japanese dubbing of foreign films and television.
Born in 1962, Terasoma has worked as both a stage and voice actor since the mid-1980s.
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