Joshua Seth

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Joshua Seth
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Occupation(s) Voice actor, comedian, author, motivational speaker
Years active1988–present
AgentKey Artist Group
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Website https://JoshuaSeth.com

Joshua Seth is an American voice actor, comedian, motivational speaker, and author.

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Biography

Seth was born in Kent, Ohio, and graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. [1] [2] As a child, Seth attended several experimental programs at Kent State University where he was admitted at the age of eight. Later, he attended Hampshire College and the New York University's film school Tisch School of the Arts where he trained as a performing artist. He has voiced many popular anime characters, including Taichi "Tai" Kamiya in Digimon Adventure series. He was the announcer of "Kids WB's Aftertoons Show" block and "Saturdays: Unleashed" block.

He retired from voice acting in 2006 to focus on his other works.

From 2006 to 2020, Seth toured the world as a mentalist and magician. He has won awards from Hollywoodʼs Magic Castle, appeared in five of his own TV specials in Japan and South Korea and performed at over 2,000 events in over 30 countries.

Between 2016 and 2018, he came out of voice acting retirement to star in all of the Digimon Adventure tri. movies, recorded in Hollywood, CA. [3] He then reprised his role in Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna in 2020.

He returned to non Digimon voice acting (having retired from voice acting, with the exception of Digimon) in December 2022 with the role of Kaneda in The Prince of Tennis . [4]

Seth is also motivational speaker and the author of a book on peak performance called Finding Focus In A Changing World.

He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida. [5]

Filmography

Animated series English dubbing

Animated films English dubbing

Animations

Films

Video games

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  4. [@joshuaseth ROLE ANNOUNCEMENT I’m the English voice of Kaneda in PRINCE OF TENNIS on #Crunchyroll! This show marks my return to voice acting after a very long break, so thanks to @SoundCadence @MikeHaimoto and @itsmorphytime for getting me back in the game ]
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