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
2026
- To You in the Beyond as Shōji Aiba (voice)
2025
- 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)
- Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback as Atsunobu Hayashi (voice)
- I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons as Nadir (voice)
- U Takes Terra as Chiave (Voice)
- IDOLiSH7 First BEAT! Movie Edition Part 2 as Gaku Yaotome (voice)
- IDOLiSH7 First BEAT! Movie Edition Part 1 as Gaku Yaotome (voice)
- Be Forever Yamato Rebel 3199: Part 4: Light Blue Maiden (Sasha)
2024
- FAIRY TAIL 100 YEARS QUEST as Gajeel (voice)
- The Demon Prince of Momochi House as Takamura Nachi (voice)
- Fate/strange Fake as Orlando Reeve (voice)
- Vampire Dormitory as Komori (voice)
- I Parry Everything as Sain (voice)
- Uzumaki as Okada (voice)
- Duel Masters LOST
- Egumi Legacy as God Eyes / Wild Feces (voice)
- 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
- Reincarnated as a Sword as Klimt (voice)
- Bibliophile Princess as Theodore Warren Ashelard (voice)
- Orient as Hideo Kosameda (voice)
- The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting as Rei Hojo (voice)
- Mamekichi Mameko – The Daily Life of a NEET as Poniki / Simba (voice)
- Housing Complex C as Seichi Koshide (voice)
- Bubble as Osawa (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)
- Taisho Otome Fairy Tale as Tamasuke Manabe (voice)
- Super Crooks as the Praetorian (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)
- Uchitama?! Have You Seen My Tama? as Gon Noda (voice)
- Twittering Birds Never Fly: The Clouds Gather as Chikara Doumeki (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)
- Mysteria Friends as Owen
- Amazing Stranger as Haruto Bouida (voice)
- A3! SECOND Blooming FESTIVAL
2018
- Captain Tsubasa as Hikaru Matsuyama (voice)
- Pop Team Epic
- Bakumatsu as 吉田松阴（配音）
- Fate/Extra Last Encore as Julius B. Harway (voice)
- Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation as Paige Krauss (voice)
- DAKAICHI -I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year- as Kiyotaka Arisu (voice)
- Killing Bites as Yuuya Nomoto (voice)
- Sanrio Boys
- Magical Girl Ore as (voice)
- Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san
- My Sweet Tyrant as Kubomura Takumi
- IDOLiSH7 Vibrato as Gaku Yaotome (voice)
- Caramel Honey as Yuusei Horiguchi
- The Laws of the Universe: The Age of Reimei as Eisuke (voice)
2017
- Sakura Quest as Katsumi Kumano (voice)
- Never Give Up! Magical Girl Kurumi as Isamu Takahashi
- ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. as Gurus (voice)
- 7O3X Fastest Finger First as Yosuke Ashiya (voice)
- The Laughing Salesman NEW as Junichi Naoki(Story4)
- Kuroko's Basketball the Movie: Last Game as Reo Mibuchi (voice)
- Fox Spirit Matchmaker as Haku Gauche
- Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry as Gajeel Redfox (voice)
- Escha Chron as Hayata Kasai (voice)
- 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)
- Ninja Girl & Samurai Master as Nobunaga Oda
- Hundred as Fritz Granz (voice)
- D.Gray-man Hallow as Bak Chan (voice)
- Magi: Adventure of Sinbad as Spartos Leoxses (voice)
- The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi as Ryo Sakaguchi (voice)
- Magic-Kyun! Renaissance as 庵條 瑠衣
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)
- Hamatora as Murasaki
- Momokyun Sword as Inugami (voice)
- Engaged to the Unidentified as Hakuya Mitsumine (voice)
- No-Rin as Kei Kamatori (voice)
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
- Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos as Yoichi Takehiko
- Our Home's Fox Deity as Gyokuyou Tenko (voice)
- Listen to Me, Girls. I'm Your Father! as Yuta Segawa (voice)
- B-Daman Fireblast
- Chitose Get You!! as Hiroshi Kashiwabara
- Fairy Tail: Phoenix Priestess as Gajeel Redfox (voice)
2011
- THE iDOLM@STER as Host Sports Event (voice)
- Battle Spirits: Heroes as Arata Yakushiji (voice)
- A Bridge to the Starry Skies as Daigo Minamikokubaru (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
- Fairy Tail as Gajeel Redfox (voice)
- From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke as Toru Sanada (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)
- Monochrome Factor as Shuichi Wagatsuma
- The Hill Dyed Rose Madder as Jun'ichi Nagase
- 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
- Mushi-Uta
- No Mone as Misao Kuba
- Takumi-kun Series: And the Spring Breeze Whispers as Yoshizawa Michio
2006
- Ouran High School Host Club as Ritsu Kasanoda
- Magical Pokaan as Tan
- Angel's Feather as Nakajou Yuuto (voice)
- 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)
- Twin Princess of Wonder Planet as Truth
- Animal Lane as Papa / Sayuki / Maguro Pillow (voice)
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)