Ben Hiura

Ben Hiura is a Japanese stage performer and voice artist tied to the Seinenza Theater Company, best known for redubbing Hollywood actors into Japanese. He also lent his voice to the One Piece anime.

The specific character Hiura portrayed in the Toei Animation-produced Japanese broadcast of One Piece has not been documented in available records. The credit sits alongside decades of screen work redubbing Western film stars for Japanese television audiences.

Hiura has regularly read over English-language performances by stars such as Joe Pesci, John Malkovich, Richard Dreyfuss, and Bruce Willis. That redubbing work made him one of Japan's familiar dubbing voices.

Hiura was born Tsutomu Hiura in January 1943. He later became known professionally as Ben Hiura.

Hiura trained on stage with the Seinenza Theater Company. That theatrical grounding preceded his decades of screen and dubbing work.