Hiro Shimono

Hiro Shimono provides the Japanese voice for the grown-up version of Kozuki Momonosuke in the One Piece anime, stepping into the role once the character is shown as an adult. Momonosuke is the young heir to the Kozuki family and a key figure in the Wano Country arc, and casting a separate actor for a character's older incarnation is a common practice on the show. The part is one entry among a resume built largely on lead roles in action and comedy series.

Born April 21, 1980, Shimono has spent his career as a voice actor and recording artist with the I'm Enterprise agency, working steadily since the early 2000s. He's the Japanese voice behind Dabi in My Hero Academia and Nacht Faust in Black Clover, plays Rindou Haitani over in Tokyo Revengers, and voices Connie Springer for Attack on Titan. His catalog reaches back further too, covering leads like Keima Katsuragi from The World God Only Knows and the demon-slaying Zenitsu Agatsuma, a role that became one of the era's most recognized.