A three-decade veteran of Japanese voice work, Hiroki Takahashi built his name playing high-profile characters such as Hisoka from Hunter x Hunter, Katsuya Jonouchi from the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, and tennis captain Eiji Kikumaru in Prince of Tennis. He also sings and performs on screen, and he is part of the Japanese cast assembled for Spy x Family, the spy comedy from Wit Studio and CloverWorks.
Takahashi is part of the Japanese voice cast recruited for Spy x Family, the espionage comedy that Tatsuya Endo's manga inspired and that Wit Studio and CloverWorks brought to screen. Productions of this scale lean on industry veterans to round out the wide roster of agents, handlers, and civilians surrounding the Forger family. His three decades of range across shonen action and ensemble comedy made him a natural addition to that supporting cast.
Across a career that began in the mid-1990s, Takahashi built a reputation playing intense antagonists and comic sidekicks in equal measure, from the trickster Hisoka in the original Hunter x Hunter to card duelist Katsuya Jonouchi in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise and tennis star Eiji Kikumaru in Prince of Tennis. He also voiced Tobias in the Pokemon anime and Kenji Harima in School Rumble, and took on Takato Saijo for the boys-love series Dakaichi. Outside anime, he has lent his voice to Ryu for the long-running Street Fighter video game franchise, and continues to work as a live-action actor and singer alongside his voice career.
Hiroki Takahashi built his name playing high-profile anime characters such as Hisoka in Hunter x Hunter, Katsuya Jonouchi across the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, and tennis captain Eiji Kikumaru in Prince of Tennis. His three-decade career spans intense antagonists and comic sidekicks in equal measure.
Takahashi is part of the Japanese voice cast assembled for Spy x Family, lending his range to the wide roster of agents, handlers, and civilians surrounding the Forger family rather than a single headline part. Productions of this scale, brought to screen by Wit Studio and CloverWorks, often lean on industry veterans like him to round out that supporting ensemble.
Takahashi voiced Tobias in the Pokemon anime, Kenji Harima in School Rumble, and Takato Saijo in the boys-love series Dakaichi. His filmography spans decades of anime beyond his signature shonen and sports roles.
Outside anime, Hiroki Takahashi lends his voice to Ryu in the long-running Street Fighter video game franchise. He continues to work as a live-action actor and singer alongside his voice acting career.
Hiroki Takahashi's career began in the mid-1990s and continues today, spanning roughly three decades of Japanese voice work. Over that span he built a reputation for range across shonen action and ensemble comedy.

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