Daisuke Hirakawa
Daisuke Hirakawa (平川 大輔, Hirakawa Daisuke) is a Japanese voice actor who voices Noriaki Kakyoin in the second season of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation, Stardust Crusaders.
He is also well known for his roles as Makoto Ito in School Days, Enmu in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Rei Ryugazaki in Free! and as Rufus Albarea in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel. He is also the voice of Orlando Bloom and Tom Hiddleston in Japanese dubs.
Biography
Daisuke Hirakawa was born in 1973 in Niigata Prefecture. He graduated from the Katsuta Voice Actor Academy's 11th term. In debut role was in the film Seven Years in Tibet. Hirakawa was mostly acting in dubbing live-action roles until he debuted as a anime voice actor in Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo as Franz D'Epinay. Since then, the roles he plays vary from young boys to adolescents, with a focus on adult male roles.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Roles
| Title | Media | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Stardust Crusaders | Anime | 2014 |
| Stardust Shooters | Video Game | 2014 |
| ORAORAdio | Radio | 2014 |
| Eyes of Heaven | Video Game | 2015 |
| Diamond Records | Video Game | 2017 |
| JoJo's Pitter-Patter Pop! | Video Game | 2019 |
| Last Survivor | Video Game | 2019 |
| All-Star Battle R | Video Game | 2022 |
| Puzzle & Dragons | Video Game | 2022 |
| Monster Strike | Video Game | 2023 |
| Title | Media | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Stardust Crusaders | Anime | 2014 |
Gallery
Signature
Hirakawa from "Walk Like Crusaders" Pamphlet
Hirakawa with his character's tarot
Hirakawa with cherries
Hirakawa & Daisuke Ono on ORAORAdio
Cast of Stardust Crusaders Battle in Egypt Premiere
Daisuke Hirakawa & the Stardust Crusaders (#38)
Cast at the "Last Crusaders" Event
Cast at the "Last Crusaders" Event #2
Hirakawa wearing Kakyoin shirt
Cast reenacting gambling scene at "The Last Crusaders" event
Hirakawa with Shades
Animage May 2014, Interview with Daisuke & Daisuke Ono
Prince Animage Autumn 2014. Interview with Fuminori Komatsu #1
Prince Animage, Autumn 2014. Interview with Fuminori Komatsu #2
Illustration given to Hirakawa by Araki
Videos
Trivia
- Hirakawa has said that he likes "everything" about Kakyoin, including his strengths and flaws. When voicing the character, the aspect he struggled the most with was the unique expressions and phrasings found throughout the series, including the famous "Rerorero" line.[2]
