Masaya Fukunishi Explained

Native Name:福西 勝也
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:24 February 1995
Occupation:Voice actor
Years Active:2015–present
Employer:Ken Production

is a Japanese voice actor from Nara Prefecture, affiliated with Ken Production.[1] He won the 2012 Best Anime Scenario Award at Seiyu Koshien and was part of the 3rd 2014. He starred as Ken Ryūgūji in Tokyo Revengers and Gege in Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger, succeeding Tatsuhisa Suzuki in these roles following the latter's career hiatus. In 2023, he was cast as Kafka Hibino, the titular protagonist of Kaiju No. 8.

Biography

Masaya Fukunishi, a native of Nara Prefecture, was born on 24 February 1995. While in elementary school, he decided to be a voice actor, and he as a teenager did some stage work.[1] In 2012, he won the Best Anime Scenario Award at Seiyu Koshien.[2] In 2014, he was selected in the Voice Actor Category at the 3rd .[3]

He was educated at School Duo.[4] After voicing a reporter in the 2015 ONA Isobe Isobē Monogatari, he began voicing anime characters in 2017, including in Case Closed, Made in Abyss, Banana Fish, Cells at Work!, , My Hero Academia, Attack on Titan, , Psycho-Pass 3, Haikyu!!, and Jujutsu Kaisen.[1]

After Tatsuhisa Suzuki went into a career hiatus following an extramarital affair scandal, Fukunishi replaced him as the voice of Gege in Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger starting with the 25th episode in August 2021. In 2022, he later replaced Suzuki as the voice of Ken Ryūgūji in Tokyo Revengers. In August 2023, it was announced that he would star as Kafka Hibino, the titular protagonist of Kaiju No. 8. He was a guest at Anime Expo 2024.[5]

Fukunishi speaks the Kansai dialect.[1]

Filmography

Animated television

!Year!Title!Role(s)!Ref
2017 Imperial Bodyguard B
2017 Animation x Paralympic Announcer
2017 Case Closed Yuzuru Kariba
2017 Dream Festival! 3C Student, weather forecaster
2017 Fox Spirit Matchmaker Shi Lanzhou
2017 Made in Abyss Spectator
2017 Seven Mortal Sins
2017 Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head Kidō Kyūkyū Keisatsu Passengers
2018 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams City-dweller E
2018 Baki the Grappler Driver
2018 Banana Fish Pursuer
2018 Basilisk Tsunagi
2018 Beatless Bystander A
2018 Cells at Work! Naive T Cell 6
2018 Devilman Crybaby Fighter pilot
2018 Double Decker! Doug & Kirill Police officer B
2018 Taira
2018 Happy Sugar Life Customer
2018 Gangster 2
2018 Karakuri Circus Kidnapper, high school boy
2018 Officer, radio operator
2018 Mr. Tonegawa Kansai blacksuit A
2018 My Hero Academia Seiba School applicant, Hassaikai member
2018 Pop Team Epic Shōgo
2018 Puzzle & Dragons Shopowner A
2018 SSSS.Gridman Onda
2019 Attack on Titan Scout
2019 Cardfight!! Vanguard Luck Bird
2019 Carole & Tuesday Ziggy
2019 Chihayafuru Shusaku Koishikawa
2019 Demon Lord, Retry! Carnival
2019 Dororo Samurai
2019 Shepherd
2019 Sakyō Tenka
2019 Levius Larry McMahon
2019 Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka Sentry
2019 Raiden
2019 Suiarohan
2019 Phantasy Star Online 2 Male customer
2019 Psycho-Pass 3 Heaven's Leap doctor
2019 The Rising of the Shield Hero Priest
2020 Akudama Drive Yakuza, police chief
2020 Arad Senki Clio
2020 Dorohedoro Undertaker
2020 Duel Masters King Dolgepain, General Truman, etc.
2020 Yōsuke Takafuji
2020 Haikyu!! Heisuke Riseki, Yūto Kosaku, etc.
2020 Jujutsu Kaisen Honda, etc
2020 Kaiketsu Zorori Leon
2020 Listeners Local junkyard worker
2020 Hacker
2020 My Roomie Is a Dino Pee-chan's Owner
2020 Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga Yoshimoto Samonji
2021 Blue Period Sumida [6]
2021 Shūzō Mononobe
2021 Doraemon Police officer
2021 I-Chu Spectator C
2021 LBX Girls Communicator, base resident
2021 Ryu [7]
2021 Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory Male Maid Cafe Customer
2021 Pokémon Bray Zenn
2021 Re-Main Baseball club member
2021 Shaman King Classmate
2021 SK8 the Infinity Kazu, Gallery
2021 The Irregular at Magic High School Test subject
2021 Wave!! High school teacher
2021 Zombie Land Saga Radio advertisement
2022 Dance Dance Danseur Soccer Club Member A
2022 The Heike Story Noble
2022 Tokyo Revengers Ken Ryūgūji [8]
2022 Urusei Yatsura Demon soldier
2023 I Shall Survive Using Potions! Carl, Kotori
2023 Oshi no Ko Fan
2023 The Saint's Magic Power Is Omnipotent Miner
2024 Kaiju No. 8 Kafka Hibino [9]

Original net animation

!Year!Title!Role(s)!Ref
2015 Isobe Isobē Monogatari Reporter A
2020 Researcher A
2023 Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Wallace Wells

Animated film

!Year!Title!Role(s)!Ref
2016
2017 Blade Runner Black Out 2022 Thug B
2018 Flavors of Youth Supervisor
2018 K: Seven Stories
2018 Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative Neo Zeon Pilot
2018
2019 Researcher B

Live-action television

!Year!Title!Role(s)!Ref
2021 Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Gege [10]

Video games

!Year!Title!Role(s)!Ref
2016 Granblue Fantasy
2017 Star Wars Battlefront II
2018 Attack on Titan 2
2018 Dragalia Lost
2018 Judgment
2018 King of Prism

Prism Rush! Live

Sakyō Tenka
2018 New Gundam Breaker
2018 Popen
2019 Raiden
2019 Pokémon Masters Zakuro
2020 Valorant Phoenix

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fukunishi Masaya 福西 勝也 . 2024-07-02 . Ken Production.
  2. Web site: アニメ!アニメ!. 若い才能がアニメ業界目指す 声優甲子園、最優秀賞を決定. 2022-08-07.
  3. Web site: ORICON NEWS. “中高生の声の祭典”最優秀賞は「アムロ」さん。「第二回全日本声優コンテスト『声優魂』」開催. 2022-08-07.
  4. Web site: スクールデュオ17期アッパークラス・舞台公演情報. スクールデュオ. 2016-07-21. 2020-01-21.
  5. News: Tai . Anita . 2024-06-05 . Anime Expo Hosts Voice Actors Masaya Fukunishi, Asami Seto, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Anime's Staff . en . . 2024-06-30.
  6. News: Pineda . Rafael Antonio . 2021-08-06 . The Blue Period. Anime Reveals More Cast & Staff, Key Visual . en . . 2024-06-30.
  7. News: Pineda . Rafael Antonio . 2021-03-08 . Megalobox 2: Nomad Unveils New Video, More Cast, April 4 Debut, Funimation Streaming . en . . 2024-06-30.
  8. News: Loo . Egan . 2022-06-18 . Tokyo Revengers Anime Replaces Tatsuhisa Suzuki With Masaya Fukunishi as Draken . en . . 2024-06-30.
  9. News: Loo . Egan . 2023-08-05 . Kaiju No. 8 Anime's 2nd English-Subtitled Teaser Unveils Cast, April 2024 Debut . en . . 2024-06-30.
  10. News: Loo . Egan . 2021-08-29 . Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger TV Series Replaces Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Gege's Voice . en . . 2024-06-30.