Wataru Hatano
Born: 1982-03-13 in Asahi, Higashichikuma, Nagano, Japan
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback as Atsunobu Hayashi (voice)
- U Takes Terra as Chiave (Voice)
- I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons as Nadir (voice)
- The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei: He Just Solves All the Mysteries as Takeshi "Take-bō" Kōta (voice)
- Harmony of Mille-Feuille as Male Light Music Club Member (voice)
- IDOLiSH7 First BEAT! Movie Edition Part 2 as Gaku Yaotome (voice)
- Be Forever Yamato Rebel 3199: Part 4: Light Blue Maiden (Sasha)
- IDOLiSH7 First BEAT! Movie Edition Part 1 as Gaku Yaotome (voice)
2024
- FAIRY TAIL 100 YEARS QUEST as Gajeel (voice)
- Fate/strange Fake as Orlando Reeve (voice)
- Vampire Dormitory as Komori (voice)
- I Parry Everything as Sain (voice)
- The Demon Prince of Momochi House as Takamura Nachi (voice)
- Uzumaki as Okada (voice)
- Egumi Legacy as God Eyes / Wild Feces (voice)
- Duel Masters LOST
- Star Blazers [Space Battleship Yamato] 2205: The New Voyage as Bandou Heiji
- Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199: Part 1: Dark Invasion as Bando Heiji (voice)
2023
- Rurouni Kenshin as Anji Yukyuzan (voice)
- Horimiya: The Missing Pieces as Masamune Sasaki (voice)
- My Daemon as Kouya Kokonoe (voice)
- The Legendary Hero Is Dead! as Belarco (voice)
- Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn- as Orlando Reeve (voice)
- IDOLiSH7 7th Anniversary Event "ONLY ONCE, ONLY 7TH" as Gaku Yaotome
2022
- Bibliophile Princess as Theodore Warren Ashelard (voice)
- Reincarnated as a Sword as Klimt (voice)
- Orient as Hideo Kosameda (voice)
- The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting as Rei Hojo (voice)
- Housing Complex C as Seichi Koshide (voice)
- Bubble as Osawa (voice)
- Mamekichi Mameko – The Daily Life of a NEET as Poniki / Simba (voice)
- 宇宙戦艦ヤマト2205 新たなる旅立ち 後章 -STASHA- as Bandou Heiji (voice)
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Intrigue 1 as Ulrich Kessler
2021
- Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation as Timothy (voice)
- Shadows House as Edward (voice)
- Super Crooks as the Praetorian (voice)
- Taisho Otome Fairy Tale as Tamasuke Manabe (voice)
- Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! as Motojirō Kajii (voice)
- Muteking the Dancing Hero as George (voice)
- The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window as Rihito Hiyakawa (voice)
- DAKAICHI - I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year - the Movie: Spain Arc as Kiyotaka Arisu (voice)
- 宇宙戦艦ヤマト2205 新たなる旅立ち 前章 -TAKE OFF- as Bandou Heiji (voice)
- Space Battleship Yamato 2205: The New Voyage - Prior Chapter: Take Off as Bandou Heiji
2020
- JUJUTSU KAISEN as Haruta Shigemo (voice)
- The Misfit of Demon King Academy as Spirit King (voice)
- Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon as Meidomaru (voice)
- Moriarty the Patriot as Burton (voice)
- Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! as Hamada (voice)
- Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather as Chikara Doumeki (voice)
- Uchitama?! Have You Seen My Tama? as Gon Noda (voice)
- Marudase Kintarou as Inukai (voice)
2019
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba as (voice)
- Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! as Nano-chan (voice)
- Amazing Stranger as Haruto Bouida (voice)
- Mysteria Friends as Owen
- A3! SECOND Blooming FESTIVAL
2018
- Captain Tsubasa as Hikaru Matsuyama (voice)
- Pop Team Epic
- DAKAICHI -I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year- as Kiyotaka Arisu (voice)
- Fate/Extra Last Encore as Julius B. Harway (voice)
- Sanrio Boys
- Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation as Paige Krauss (voice)
- Killing Bites as Yuuya Nomoto (voice)
- Bakumatsu as 吉田松阴（配音）
- IDOLiSH7 Vibrato as Gaku Yaotome (voice)
- Magical Girl Ore as (voice)
- Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san
- My Sweet Tyrant as Kubomura Takumi
- The Laws of the Universe: The Age of Reimei as Eisuke (voice)
- Caramel Honey as Yuusei Horiguchi
2017
- Sakura Quest as Katsumi Kumano (voice)
- ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. as Gurus (voice)
- 7O3X Fastest Finger First as Yosuke Ashiya (voice)
- Never Give Up! Magical Girl Kurumi as Isamu Takahashi
- The Laughing Salesman NEW as Junichi Naoki(Story4)
- Kuroko's Basketball the Movie: Last Game as Reo Mibuchi (voice)
- Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry as Gajeel Redfox (voice)
- Escha Chron as Hayata Kasai (voice)
- Fox Spirit Matchmaker as Haku Gauche
- Dance with Devils: Fortuna as Lindo Tachibana
2016
- Mob Psycho 100 as Taro (voice)
- Bungo Stray Dogs as Motojirou Kajii
- KONOSUBA - God's blessing on this wonderful world! as Keith (voice)
- My Hero Academia as Hitoshi Shinso (voice)
- Yuri!!! on Ice ... (Theme Song Performance)
- ReLIFE as Koushi Usa (voice)
- D.Gray-man Hallow as Bak Chan (voice)
- Magi: Adventure of Sinbad as Spartos Leoxses (voice)
- Ninja Girl & Samurai Master as Nobunaga Oda
- Hundred as Fritz Granz (voice)
- Magic-Kyun! Renaissance as 庵條 瑠衣
- The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi as Ryo Sakaguchi (voice)
2015
- One-Punch Man as Metal Bat (voice)
- The Heroic Legend of Arslan as Jaswant (voice)
- World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman as Sir Edward Lambert (voice)
- Actually, I Am... as Sakurada (voice)
- Dance with Devils as Lindo Tachibana
- The Laws of the Universe - Part 0 as Eisuke (voice)
- Fw：ハマトラ
2014
- Baby Steps as Hiroshi Araya (voice)
- Momokyun Sword as Inugami (voice)
- Engaged to the Unidentified as Hakuya Mitsumine (voice)
- No-Rin as Kei Kamatori (voice)
- Hamatora as Murasaki
2013
- Ace of the Diamond as Tooru Masuko (voice)
- Valvrave the Liberator as Kibukawa Takumi (voice)
- Unlimited Psychic Squad as You Fujiura (voice)
- 声優戦隊ボイストーム7 as (voice)
2012
- Nyaruko: Crawling with Love! as Yoichi Takehiko
- Listen to Me, Girls. I'm Your Father! as Yuta Segawa (voice)
- Our Home's Fox Deity as Gyokuyou Tenko (voice)
- B-Daman Fireblast
- Fairy Tail: Phoenix Priestess as Gajeel Redfox (voice)
- Chitose Get You!! as Hiroshi Kashiwabara
2011
- THE iDOLM@STER as Host Sports Event (voice)
- A Bridge to the Starry Skies as Daigo Minamikokubaru (voice)
- Battle Spirits: Heroes as Arata Yakushiji (voice)
- The Voice Makes a Miracle
- Gakuen 3: Karei Naru Etsujoku as Chiba Kagetora (voice)
2010
- Love Pistols as (voice)
- Sex Pistols as Shiro Fujiwara
2009
- From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke as Toru Sanada (voice)
- Fairy Tail as Gajeel Redfox (voice)
- 07-Ghost as Haruse
- Whispered Words as Norio Kazama (voice)
- Tailenders as Shiro Tomoe (voice)
2008
- Blassreiter as Igor
- Blade of the Immortal as Makoto (voice)
- The Hill Dyed Rose Madder as Jun'ichi Nagase
- Monochrome Factor as Shuichi Wagatsuma
- Kirepapa. as Takatsukasa Chidori
- Kirepapa. as Takatsukasa, Chidori (voice)
2007
- Kiss Dum: Engage Planet as Vice captain
- Toward the Terra
- No Money as Kuba Misao
- No Mone as Misao Kuba
- Mushi-Uta
- Takumi-kun Series: And the Spring Breeze Whispers as Yoshizawa Michio
2006
- Ouran High School Host Club as Ritsu Kasanoda
- Angel's Feather as Nakajou Yuuto (voice)
- Magical Pokaan as Tan
- Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams as Roberto Frois (voice)
2005
- Aria as Himeya Staff Member B (voice)
- MÄR: Märchen Awakens Romance as Hamelin
- Basilisk as Chikuma Koshiro (voice)
- Animal Lane as Papa / Sayuki / Maguro Pillow (voice)
- Twin Princess of Wonder Planet as Truth
2004
- Bleach as Hidetomo Kajomaru (voice)
- Fantastic Children as Soran (voice)
2003
- The Galaxy Railways as Edwin Silver (voice)
- Yumeria
1971
- Kamen Rider as Yeti Megiddo (voice)