Personal Info
Birth date
1958-03-10 (67 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also known as
家中 宏
Hiroshi Yanaka
Biography
Hiroshi Yanaka (家中 宏, Yanaka Hiroshi, March 10, 1958) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator born in Tokyo. He is affiliated with Apte Pro. He was formerly affiliated with Seinenza Theater Company. His wife is fellow voice actress Miho Yoshida (吉田 美保, Yoshida Miho).
Filmography
KochiKame
7.9
Overview:
Ryotsu Kankichi, or Ryo-san for short, is an unconventional cop working at the local police station who loves money. Together with famous celebrities like Nakagawa and Reiko, his strict boss Police Chief Ohara, and other wildly unique characters, he gets everyone caught up in all sorts of hijinks!Hunter x Hunter
8.66
Overview:
To fulfill his dreams of becoming a legendary Hunter like his dad, a young boy must pass a rigorous examination and find his missing father.D.Gray-man
8.1
Overview:
Darkness is moving in, and young exorcist Allen Walker is humanity’s greatest hope against the wicked forces conspiring to bring civilization to its knees. Akuma – cruel spirits born of tragedy and lost souls – lurk in every shadow, willing and eager to do the bidding of their leader, the dread Millennium Earl. With an eye cursed to see evil in its truest form and blessed with an arm to slay soul-devouring demons, Allen stands ready to confront the gathering evil. Should he fail, Innocence will be lost forever. The war to decide the fate of mankind has begun – and the carnage will be endless.The Apothecary Diaries
8.658
Overview:
Maomao lived a peaceful life with her apothecary father. Until one day, she's sold as a lowly servant to the emperor's palace. But she wasn't meant for a compliant life among royalty. So when imperial heirs fall ill, she decides to step in and find a cure! This catches the eye of Jinshi, a handsome palace official who promotes her. Now, she's making a name for herself solving medical mysteries!Gatchaman Crowds
6.7
Overview:
Tachikawa, Japan, is a "second metropolis" of Tokyo, protected by the Gatchaman, warriors who fight in special reinforced suits powered by the manifestation of their spiritual powers called NOTE. When the energetic and cheerful Hajime Ichinose becomes their newest member, the Gatchaman must deal with Berg Katze, an enigmatic alien creature bent on destroying Earth just like it did with several other planets in the past.Haikyu!!
8.617
Overview:
Inspired by a small-statured pro volleyball player, Shouyou Hinata creates a volleyball team in his last year of middle school. Unfortunately the team is matched up against the "King of the Court" Tobio Kageyama's team in their first tournament and inevitably lose. After the crushing defeat, Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama. After entering high school, Hinata joins the volleyball team only to find that Tobio has also joined.SPY x FAMILY
8.551
Overview:
A spy, an assassin and a telepath come together to pose as a family, each for their own reasons, while hiding their true identities from each other.Tamako Market
7.3
Overview:
Tamako is just a normal young girl whose family has been making mochi for generations. As her birthday approaches, she happens to meet a talking bird who claims to be a royal court attendant looking for a bride for his master. After the encounter, Dera the bird decides to stay around her and becomes a part of Tamako's life and the neighborhood that she lives in.Kamen Rider
6.4
Overview:
Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters..hack
6.9
Overview:
.hack follows several young players as they navigate the vast, mysterious MMORPG known as “The World” – a place, it turns out, that is sometimes impossible to leave.Stitch!
7.833
Overview:
Stitch! is the anime adaptation of the animated feature film Lilo & Stitch and the successor for the Lilo & Stitch series by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It takes place after leroy and stitch and debuted in Japan on October 2008. The show features a Japanese girl named Yuna in place of Lilo, and is set on a fictional island in the Ryukyus off the shore of Okinawa instead of Hawaii. The island is called Izayoi. A second anime season, called Stitch! ~The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure! began airing in Japan on October 13, 2009. A third yet different series from the first two season anime, entitled Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ aired on TV Asahi on July 6, 2010. The first season began airing under the English language on the Australian Disney Channel on 4 December 2009, and went to also air in English later on Disney Channel Asia December 19, 2009. The first season premiered on Disney Channel Latin America on May 2, 2010, in Latin Spanish dub. The Second season premiered on Disney Channel Latin America on June 6, 2011. The Third Season premiered on Disney Channel Latin America on August 20, 2012.Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
8.477
Overview:
In a dystopia riddled with corruption and cybernetic implants, a talented but reckless street kid strives to become a mercenary outlaw — an edgerunner.Monster
8.522
Overview:
Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.In/Spectre
7.8
Overview:
Kotoko Iwanaga became the god of wisdom to the supernatural beings and spends her days solving problems for them. However, the boy who she fell head over heels for, Kuro Sakuragawa, is someone that is feared by all supernatural creatures. The two of them face various mysterious incidents involving the supernatural in this love x romance x mystery series. Where will these fantastical incidents lead them and what will happen with Kotoko’s crush?Kiba
7.5
Overview:
Kiba, a fantasy anime by Madhouse and Aniplex, began broadcasting on TV Tokyo on April 5, 2006. The series is directed by Hiroshi Kōjina with Upper Deck Japan, a trading card game company, as the main sponsor. The anime has been licensed by Upper Deck USA and produced by ADV Films for North American distribution. The series is more violent than other trading-card-game-tie-in animations with many characters being killed. According to an interview with the March 2006 issue of Animage, Hiroshi Kamishina, the show's director, noted that the show "absolutely will not have any plot elements that curry favor to children". The producers of the show has also commented that Kiba will not be the type of show to put "human drama" on the back burner while concentrating on promotional tie-ins. While Upper Deck owns the rights to the series, ADV Films is the distributor and their production studio Amusement Park Media is producing the dub. Kiba aired on Toonami Jetstream from July 14, 2008 to January 21, 2009 and is now showing on The Anime Network's Video on Demand service.Moriarty the Patriot
8.419
Overview:
In the late 19th century, the British Empire nobility reigns while its working class suffers at their hands. Sympathetic to their plight, William James Moriarty wants to topple it all. Frustrated by the systemic inequity, Moriarty strategizes to fix the entire nation. Not even consulting detective Sherlock Holmes can stand in his way. It’s time for crime to revolutionize the world!Lazarus
9.1
Overview:
In 2052, a Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist develops a drug called Hapuna — a cure-all that has the unexpected side-effect of causing death three years later. In response to this threat, a special force of agents—nicknamed "Lazarus"— is assembled to take on the malevolent Skinner.SHIROBAKO
8
Overview:
In a school in northeastern Japan, five friends in the animation club, Aoi, Ema, Shizuka, Misa, and Midori swear to complete a new anime called "Shinbutsu Konkou SHICHIFUKUJIN" with some donuts. Since then, day after day, the five spend all of their time on anime production. The awe of going from rough sketches to animation, and the awkward acting in the after-recording session... The final product was finished at the cultural fair six months later. After they graduated they still pursued animation and swore on some donuts that they would make another anime together.Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
8.3
Overview:
High-school student Amate Yuzuriha lives peacefully in a space colony floating in outer space. But when she meets a war refugee named Nyaan, Amate is drawn into the illegal mobile suit dueling sport known as Clan Battle.Free!
8.2
Overview:
The story revolves around Haruka Nanase, a boy who has always loved to be immersed in water, and to swim in it. Before graduating from elementary school, he participated in a swimming tournament along with his fellow swimming club members, Makoto Tachibana, Nagisa Hazuki, and Rin Matsuoka. After achieving victory, each of the boys went their separate ways. Time passed, and in the middle of their uneventful high school lives Rin appears and challenges Haruka to a match, showing Haruka his overwhelming power. Not wanting it to end like this, Haruka, gathers together Makoto and Nagisa once again and brings a new member named Rei Ryugazaki to create the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club in order to defeat Rin.Gate
7.4
Overview:
Off-duty Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) officer and otaku, Youji Itami, is on his way to attend a doujin convention in Ginza, Tokyo when a mysterious portal in the shape of a large gate suddenly appears. From this gate, supernatural creatures and warriors clad in medieval armor emerge, charging through the city, killing and destroying everything in their path. With swift actions, Youji saves as many lives as he can while the rest of the JSDF direct their efforts towards stopping the invasion. Three months after the attack, Youji has been tasked with leading a special recon team, as part of a JSDF task force, that will be sent to the world beyond the gate—now being referred to as the "Special Region." They must travel into this unknown world in order to learn more about what they are dealing with and attempt to befriend the locals in hopes of creating peaceful ties with the ruling empire.My Happy Marriage
8.376
Overview:
Miyo's abusive family deems her worthless – but together with her powerful husband-to-be, her true self and hidden powers slowly begin to shine.PLUTO
7.892
Overview:
When the world's seven most advanced robots and their human allies are murdered one by one, Inspector Gesicht soon discovers that he's also in danger.Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
8.349
Overview:
Kobayashi lives alone in an apartment, until one day, Tohru appeared and they ended up living together. Tooru looks down on humans as inferior and foolish, but having been saved by Kobayashi-san, she does everything she can to repay the debt and help her with various things, although not everything goes according to plan. A mythical everyday life comedy about a hard working office lady living with a dragon girl.That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
8.5
Overview:
37-year-old corporate worker Mikami Satoru is stabbed by a random killer, and is reborn to an alternate world. But he turns out to be reborn a slime! Thrown into this new world with the name Rimuru Tempest, he begins his quest to create a world that’s welcoming to all races. Broken free from ordinary, stale past life, his fresh adventure in a fantasy world as a slime monster with unique abilities begins.Nobunaga the Fool
6
Overview:
Many years ago the world was divided into two stars, the Eastern and the Western, that were connected by a bond known as the Dragon Pulse. On the Western Star, Jeanne D’Arc is shunned as a heretic for her visions of a champion who will save the planets that have become embroiled in war. Now the fate of two worlds hangs in the balance as, at the order of King Arthur, Jeanne travels from the West to the East with Leonardo Da’Vinci at her side, in search of their long awaited savior- Nobunaga!Mission: Yozakura Family
7.583
Overview:
Taiyo Asano has been on his own ever since his parents died and the only one who seems to care for him is his childhood friend and classmate, Mutsumi Yozakura. But Mutsumi has a secret—she is the head of a family of spies! And on top of that, her brother Kyoichiro is dangerously protective of her! To stop Kyoichiro from killing him, Taiyo and Mutsumi must take the ultimate leap—marriage! Because in the Yozakura family, family cannot kill family.Terra Formars
7.3
Overview:
Twenty years ago, Shokichi Komachi was part of the Bugs 2 mission to Mars that discovered Terra Formars, human-cockroach hybrids that resulted from a terraforming accident. Shokichi was one of only two survivors. Now, the AE virus that came from Mars is raging wildly on earth. Shokichi boards the spacecraft Annex 1 to go back to Mars to find a sample in order to create a vaccine. They will face an unanticipated accident, a multinational conspiracy, and even more advanced Terra Formars.Kaiji
8.1
Overview:
Kaiji Itou is a good-for-nothing loiterer who spends his days drinking beer and stealing hubcaps—that is, until he ends up being tricked by his former co-worker. Unable to suddenly repay his friend's huge debt all by himself, Kaiji is offered a shady deal to participate in an illegal underground gamble on a cruise ship. This turns out to be nothing more than the beginning of his new life of hell—thrown headlong into a life-threatening roller coaster of mind games, cheating, and deceit.Key the Metal Idol
5.8
Overview:
Tokiko Mima, nicknamed "Key," is a 17-year-old girl living in the Japanese countryside who, despite her human-like appearance, is a robot. When Key's grandfather Dr. Murao Mima passes away, he leaves her a dying message, telling her that she can become a real girl if she is able to make thirty thousand friends. Thus, Key moves from the quiet Mamio Valley to the busy streets of Tokyo, where she soon runs into her childhood friend Sakura Kuriyagawa. Key quickly becomes enamored with idol singer Miho Utsuse and wonders if becoming a singer will allow her to make the amount of friends needed for her to become human. But Miho carries a ominous secret: she is connected to Jinsaku Ajou, an old rival of Dr. Mima trying to make new a breakthrough in robotic weaponry. As Key works to become a real girl, Ajou sets a dangerous plan into action, and it turns out there's much more to Key than meets the eye.Acting
2025Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (3 Episodes) as Ward (voice)
2025Lazarus (1 Episode) as Committee Member (voice)
2025Once Upon a Witch's Death (1 Episode) as Hendy (voice)
2024I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History (13 Episodes) as Will (voice)
2024Zegapain: STA as Chris Avenir (voice)
2024Mission: Yozakura Family (2 Episodes) as Deputy Prime Minister (voice)
2024An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride (5 Episodes) as Clavel (voice)
2024Metallic Rouge (5 Episodes) as Puppetmaster (voice)
2023PLUTO (5 Episodes) as Hoffman (voice)
2023The Apothecary Diaries (19 Episodes) as Luomen (voice)
2023The Concierge as Sea Mink (Father) (voice)
2023My Happy Marriage (7 Episodes) as Shinichi Saimori (voice)
2022Legend of Mana -The Teardrop Crystal- (12 Episodes) as Rev. Nouvelle (voice)
2022Bibliophile Princess (1 Episode) as Earl Casull (voice)
2022Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (3 Episodes) as Douglas (voice)
2022SPY x FAMILY (1 Episode) as Walter Evans (voice)
2022Tomodachi Game (2 Episodes) as Yutaka Mikasa (voice)
2022Deaimon: Recipe for Happiness (1 Episode) as Kadonaga (voice)
2021Super Crooks (13 Episodes) as Christopher Matts (voice)
2021The Faraway Paladin (2 Episodes) as Aurvangr (voice)
2021The aquatope on white sand (24 Episodes) as Kukuru's Grandfather (voice)
2021MARS RED (13 Episodes) as Sōnosuke Nakajima (voice)
2021Kemono Jihen (1 Episode) as Elder (voice)
2020Moriarty the Patriot (1 Episode) as Glover (voice)
2020Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW (1 Episode) as Yasunori Ryuuguu (voice)
2020BNA (12 Episodes) as Jem Horner (voice)
2020In/Spectre (3 Episodes) as Goichi Otonashi (voice)
2019Lupin the Third: Prison of the Past as Doc Heinz (voice)
2019Vinland Saga (8 Episodes) as Pater (voice)
2018That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (3 Episodes) as Edmaris (voice)
2018Lupin the Third: Is Lupin Still Burning? as Pycal (voice)
2018The Piano Forest (3 Episodes) as Kotaro Shiba (voice)
2017Free!: Take Your Marks as Gorou Sasabe (voice)
2017Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2 Episodes) as Managing Director (voice)
2016Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars (13 Episodes) as Jonathan Marshall (voice)
2016Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan as Tsuchidama (voice)
2016Dimension W (2 Episodes) as Tullio Fognini (voice)
2015Gate (4 Episodes) as Kouichirou Hazama (voice)
2014SHIROBAKO (1 Episode) as Saburo Morimiya / Pete (voice)
2014Terra Formars (13 Episodes) as Ko Honda
2014Terra Formars: Bugs-2 2599 (2 Episodes) as Kou Honda
2014Lupin the Third: Jigen's Gravestone as Embassy Staff (voice)
2014Tamako Love Story as Nobuhiko Tokiwa (voice)
2014Haikyu!! (6 Episodes) as Fuki Hibarida (voice)
2014Nobunaga the Fool (24 Episodes) as Oda Nobuhide
2013Gatchaman Crowds (4 Episodes) as Shushō Sugayama (voice)
2013Free! (37 Episodes) as Gorou Sasabe (voice)
2013Tamako Market (7 Episodes) as Nobuhiko Tokiwa (voice)
2013Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman (12 Episodes) as Sanosuke Kitagiri (voice)
2012Battle Spirits: Sword Eyes (29 Episodes) as Gordy Dain (voice)
2012The Mystical Laws as General (voice)
2012After School Midnighters as Michael (voice)
2012Stitch and the Planet of Sand as Unknown
2011Hunter x Hunter (3 Episodes) as Nickes (voice)
2010Junod as Marcel Junod (voice)
2010Tensou Sentai Goseiger (2 Episodes) as Ro-O-Za-Ri of the Hydrapan Headder (voice)
2009Beyond the Heavens (26 Episodes) as Cao Song
2008Stitch! (63 Episodes) as Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel
2008Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Trilogy Special Edition as Death Imagin (voice)
2008Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel as Psycho Mantis (voice)
2008Psychic Squad (51 Episodes) as Unknown
2007Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Stage as Gaoh II
2007Kaiji (11 Episodes) as Ishida (voice)
2006Kanon (1 Episode) as Sayuri's father (voice)
2006D.Gray-man (51 Episodes) as Deesha Barry (voice)
2006Submarine 707 Revolution as Hayato Nango
2006Gargoyle of Yoshinaga House (13 Episodes) as Hamilton (voice)
2006Kiba (51, 51 Episode) as Dumas (voice), Carter (voice)
2004Monster (3 Episodes) as Dr. Eizen (voice)
2004Yugo The Negotiator (13 Episodes) as Ral
2003Chrono Crusade (24 Episodes) as Viscount Lerajie
2003Gunslinger Girl (6 Episodes) as Lorenzo Pieri (voice)
2003Cromartie High School (26 Episodes) as Akio Takejo (voice)
2003Avenger (13 Episodes) as Volk
2003Submarine 707R (2 Episodes) as Hayato Nango (voice)
2002Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (26 Episodes) as Fukami (voice)
2002Saikano (1, 2 Episode) as Soldier C (voice), Soldier B (voice)
2002.hack (21 Episodes) as Sora (voice)
2001Mazinkaiser (8 Episodes) as Tetsuya Tsurugi (voice)
2000Ah! My Goddess: The Movie as Celestin (voice)
1997Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots as Tsunan Tsukioka
1997Tokio Private Police (2 Episodes) as Manager Shibata
1996KochiKame (344 Episodes) as Hayato Honda (voice)
1995Ghost in the Shell as Coroner (voice)
1995Romeo and the Black Brothers (3 Episodes) as Leo (voice)
1994Wild 7: Biker Knights as Kuromatsu
1994Wild 7 (2 Episodes) as Kuromatsu
1994Key the Metal Idol (15 Episodes) as Tomoyo Wakagi (voice)
1986Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos (47 Episodes) as Tough Trailer
1971Kamen Rider (2, 2 Episode) as Arch Orphnoch (voice), Death Imagin (voice)