Eric Vale

Eric Vale
Vale in 2021
Born	Christopher Eric Johnson Grand Prairie, Texas, USA [1]
Occupations	Voice actor director writer producer
Years active	1999–present
Agent	Mary Collins [2]
Spouse	Alese Watson ​ (m. 2003)​ [3]
Children	2 [4]
Website	www.therealericvale.com

Eric Vale (born Christopher Eric Johnson) ^[5] is an American voice actor featured in numerous English versions of Japanese anime series. Some of these include Yuki Soma from Fruits Basket , Sanji from One Piece , Tomura Shigaraki from My Hero Academia , Matthew Williams (Canada) and Alfred F. Jones (America) from Hetalia: Axis Powers , and Future Trunks from Dragon Ball Z .

Career

He is known for voicing Koichiro Iketani in the Initial D series, Trunks in the Dragon Ball series, Sanji in One Piece , Kogoro Akechi in Trickster , Keisuke Umehara in Big Windup! , Huey Laforet in Baccano! , Tobari Durandal Kumohira in Nabari no Ou , Jean Croce in Gunslinger Girl series, Kisumi Shigino in Free! series, Kakeru Ryuen in Classroom of the Elite , Solf J. Kimblee in Fullmetal Alchemist , Kazuma in Noragami series, Tsunenaga Tamaki in Deadman Wonderland , Qisha Tianling in Chaos Dragon , Akechi in Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace , Casshern in Casshern Sins , Hayato Kujo in Aquarion Logos , America and Canada in the Hetalia: Axis Powers series, Ferid Bathory in the Seraph of the End series, Yuki Soma in Fruits Basket series, Tenko "Tomura Shigaraki" Shimura in My Hero Academia , Loke in Fairy Tail and Phoenix Wright from Ace Attorney .

Personal life

Vale's daughter is on the autism spectrum. ^[6]

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Crew role, notes	Source [7]
1999–present	Dragon Ball series	Future Trunks, Adult Present Trunks, World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer, Dr. Flappe	Funimation dub
2001	YuYu Hakusho	Sakyo, Rando, Kokoda Hatanaka
2002	Fruits Basket	Yuki Soma	also 2019 reboot	[8]
2003	Blue Gender	Yuji Kaido
2004	Fullmetal Alchemist	Solf J. Kimblee
2005	Desert Punk	Kanta Mizuno		[9]
2005	Gunslinger Girl series	Jean Croce
2006	Mamotte! Lollipop	Zero	Funimation dub	[10]
2007	B't X	Teppei Takamiya	Illumitoon dub	[11]
2007–present	One Piece	Sanji, World Tournament Announcer (Ep. 590)	Funimation dub	[12]
2007	School Rumble series	Oji Karasuma		[13]
2008	Hetalia: Axis Powers series	America, Canada	Funimation dub	[14]
2009	Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple	Hermit	Season 2 only	[15]
2009	D.Gray-man	Arystar Krory III	also Hallow	[16]
2009	Nabari no Ou	Tobari Durandal Kumohira		[17]
2009	Spice and Wolf	Weiz		[18]
2010	Initial D	Koichiro Iketani	Funimation dub	[19]
2010	Soul Eater	Justin Law
2010	Casshern Sins	Casshern		[20]
2011	Dance in the Vampire Bund	Akira Kaburagi Regendorf	Credited as Alpha Lagrange	[21]
2011	Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood	Solf J. Kimblee
2011–2019	Fairy Tail	Loke		[22]
2012	Deadman Wonderland	Tsunenaga Tamaki		[23]
2012	Is This a Zombie?	King of the Night		[24]
2013	We Without Wings	Hariu Kurodo		[25]
2013	Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero	Akatsuki Ousawa		[26]
2013	Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing	Victor		[27]
2013	Maken-ki! Battling Venus series	Akaya Kodai		[28]
2014	Ghost in the Shell: Arise	Tsumugi		[29]
2014	Jormungand series	Kasper Hekmatyar		[30]
2014	Robotics;Notes	Ko Kimijima		[31]
2014–2018	Tokyo Ghoul	Nishiki Nishio		[32]
2014	Attack on Titan	Luke Cis	season 1	[33]
2014	Sengoku Basara: Judge End	Keiji Maeda		[34]
2015	Death Parade	Takashi	Eps. 1-2	[35]
2015	Gangsta	Barry Abbott	Eps. 1, 4	[36]
2015	Noragami	Kazuma		[37]
2015	Ping Pong: The Animation	Egami		[38]
2015	Prison School	Takehito "Gakuto" Morokuzu		[39]
2015	Seraph of the End	Ferid Bathory		[40]
2015	Yona of the Dawn	Sinha		[41]
2016	Aquarion Logos	Hayato Kujo		[42]
2016	Brothers Conflict	Iori Asahina		[43]
2016	Chaos Dragon	Qisha Tianling		[44]
2016	Dimension W	Albert Schuman		[45]
2016	First Love Monster	Kanade Takahashi		[46]
2016–present	My Hero Academia	Tomura Shigaraki		[4]
2016	Snow White with the Red Hair	Izana Wisteria		[47]
2016	Terror in Resonance	Kato		[48]
2016	Joker Game	Jiro Gamo		[49]
2016	Trickster	Kogoro Akechi		[50]
2016	Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace	Akechi		[51]
2016	The Vision of Escaflowne	Dryden Fassa	Funimation dub	[52]
2016, 2022	Overlord	Pandora's Actor		[5]
2017	Knight's & Magic	Tsubasa Kurata		[53]
2017	Sakura Quest	Soichiro Koharu	Episode: "The Queen, Convicted"	[54]
2017–present	Classroom of the Elite	Kakeru Ryuen		[55]
2017	A Sister's All You Need	Kenjiro Toki		[56]
2018–2019	Ace Attorney	Phoenix Wright	anime adaptation	[57]
2018	Darling in the Franxx	Hachi		[58]
2018	Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens	Yamato		[59]
2018	Junji Ito Collection	Makoto Tokura	Ep. 5B	[60]
2018	B't X	Teppei Takamiya	Anime Midstream dub	[61]
2018–2021	How Not to Summon a Demon Lord	Takuma Sakamoto/Diablo		[62]
2018–2019	Black Clover	Fanzell Kruger		[63]
2018–present	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	Kurobe		[64]
2018–2020	Radiant	Grim		[64]
2019	Boogiepop and Others	Kentarou Habara	5 episodes	[64]
2019	YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World	Takuya Arima		[65]
2019–present	Fire Force	Arthur Boyle		[66]
2020	Plunderer	Licht Bach		[67]
2021	Moriarty the Patriot	Marquis Glover		[5]
2021	Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan	Tekito Derekida		[68]
2021	The World Ends With You: The Animation	Eiji Oji		[5]
2022	Kakegurui	Ibara Obami	Sentai Filmworks dub	[69]
2022	Aoashi	Tatsuya Fukuda		[70]
2022	Spy × Family	Zachry Feiss	Episode: "Will They Pass or Fail"	[5]
2022	Shinobi no Ittoki	Kidou Minobe		[71]
2023	Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury	Nuno		[72]
2023	Tengoku Daimakyo	Robin		[73]
2023	My Home Hero	Yoshitatsu		[74]
2023–present	Shangri-La Frontier	Rakuro/Sunraku		[75]
2024	Banished from the Hero's Party	Godwin	Season 2	[76]
2024	Metallic Rouge	Gene Junghardt		[5]
2024–present	Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf	Weiz		[5]
2024–2025	Go! Go! Loser Ranger!	Eigen Urabe		[5]
2025	Wind Breaker	Kongo	Season 2	[77]

Films

List of dubbing performances in anime films

Year	Title	Role	Crew role, notes	Source
2009	One Piece Film: Strong World	Sanji		[78]
2012	Sengoku Basara: The Last Party	Keiji Maeda		[79]
2012	Mass Effect: Paragon Lost	Essex		[80]
2014	One Piece Film: Z	Sanji		[81]
2016	The Boy and the Beast	Kyuta		[82]
2017	One Piece Film: Gold	Sanji		[83] [84]
2019	One Piece: Stampede	Sanji		[85]
2022	Fruits Basket: Prelude	Yuki Soma		[5]
2022	Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero	Trunks		[86]
2022	One Piece Film: Red	Sanji		[87]

Video games

List of dubbing performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Crew role, notes	Source
2002	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai	Future Trunks		[88]
2003	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2	Future Trunks, World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer		[88]
2004	Seven Samurai 20XX	Additional voices		[89]
2004	Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors	Future Trunks		[88]
2004	Dragon Ball Z Budokai: 3	Future Trunks, World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer		[90]
2005	Dragon Ball Z: Sagas	Future Trunks		[88]
2005	Spikeout: Battle Street	Additional voices		[91]
2005	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi	Future Trunks, World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer		[88]
2006	Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai	Future Trunks		[88]
2006	Super Dragon Ball Z	Future Trunks		[88]
2006	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2	Future Trunks		[88]
2007	Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road	Future Trunks, World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer		[88]
2007	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3	Future Trunks		[88]
2008	One Piece: Unlimited Adventure	Sanji		[88]
2008	Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit	Future Trunks		[88]
2008	Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World	Future Trunks		[88]
2009	Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo	World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer		[88]
2009	Dragon Ball: Raging Blast	Future Trunks		[88]
2010	Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team	Future Trunks		[88]
2010	Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2	Future Trunks		[88]
2011	Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi	Future Trunks		[88]
2012	Borderlands 2	Boom, Will the Bandit, McNally		[90]
2012	Dragon Ball Z: For Kinect	Future Trunks		[88]
2014	Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z	Future Trunks		[90]
2015	Dragon Ball Xenoverse	Future Trunks		[88]
2016	Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2	Future Trunks		[90]
2018	Dragon Ball FighterZ	Future Trunks, World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer		[90]
2018	Dragon Ball Legends	Future Trunks, Trunks (adult)		[90]
2020	Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot	Future Trunks, World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer		[90]
2020	My Hero One's Justice 2	Tomura Shigaraki		[5]
2021	Tales of Luminaria	Hugo Simon		[92]

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External links

• Official website
• Eric Vale at IMDb
• Eric Vale at Anime News Network 's encyclopedia
• Eric Vale at the CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database
• Eric Vale convention appearances on AnimeCons.com