Eric Vale

Christopher Eric Johnson, better known as Eric Vale, 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, Canada and 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.

Filmography Anime + List of voice performances in anime Year Title Role Crew role, notes Source 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 2003 Blue Gender Yuji Kaido 2004 Fullmetal Alchemist Solf J. Kimblee 2005 Desert Punk Kanta Mizuno 2005 Gunslinger Girl series Jean Croce 2006 Mamotte! Lollipop Zero Funimation dub 2007 B't X Teppei Takamiya Illumitoon dub 2007–present One Piece Sanji, World Tournament Announcer (Ep. 590) Funimation dub 2007 School Rumble series Oji Karasuma 2008 Hetalia: Axis Powers series America, Canada Funimation dub 2008BlassreiterAlvin "Al" Lutz 2009 Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple Hermit Season 2 only 2009 D.Gray-man Arystar Krory III also Hallow 2009 Nabari no Ou Tobari Durandal Kumohira 2009 Spice and Wolf Weiz 2010 Initial D Koichiro Iketani Funimation dub 2010 Soul Eater Justin Law 2010 Casshern Sins Casshern 2011 Dance in the Vampire Bund Akira Kaburagi Regendorf Credited as Alpha Lagrange 2011 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Solf J. Kimblee 2011–2019 Fairy Tail Loke 2012 Deadman Wonderland Tsunenaga Tamaki 2012 Is This a Zombie? King of the Night 2013 We Without Wings Hariu Kurodo 2013 Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero Akatsuki Ousawa 2013 Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing Victor 2013 Maken-ki! Battling Venus series Akaya Kodai 2014 Ghost in the Shell: Arise Tsumugi 2014 Jormungand series Kasper Hekmatyar 2014 Robotics;Notes Ko Kimijima 2014–2018 Tokyo Ghoul Nishiki Nishio 2014 Attack on Titan Luke Cis season 1 2014 Sengoku Basara: Judge End Keiji Maeda 2015 Assassination Classroom Kensaku Ono Funimation Dub Eps. 1, 3, 6, 7 2015 Death Parade Takashi Eps. 1-2 Gangsta Barry Abbott Eps. 1, 4 2015 Noragami Kazuma 2015 Ping Pong: The Animation Egami 2015 Prison School Takehito "Gakuto" Morokuzu 2015 Seraph of the End Ferid Bathory 2015 Yona of the Dawn Sinha 2016 Aquarion Logos Hayato Kujo 2016 Brothers Conflict Iori Asahina 2016 Chaos Dragon Qisha Tianling 2016 Dimension W Albert Schuman 2016 First Love Monster Kanade Takahashi 2016–2025 My Hero Academia Tomura Shigaraki 2016 Terror in Resonance Kato Joker Game Jiro Gamo 2016 Trickster Kogoro Akechi Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace Akechi 2016 The Vision of Escaflowne Dryden Fassa Funimation dub , 2022OverlordPandora's Actor Sakura Quest Soichiro Koharu Episode: "The Queen, Convicted" –present Classroom of the Elite Kakeru Ryuen A Sister's All You Need Kenjiro Toki –2019 Ace Attorney Phoenix Wright anime adaptation Darling in the Franxx Hachi Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens Yamato 2018 Junji Ito Collection Makoto Tokura Ep. 5B 2018 B't X Teppei Takamiya Anime Midstream dub 2018–2021 How Not to Summon a Demon Lord Takuma Sakamoto/Diablo –2019 Black Clover Fanzell Kruger –present That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Kurobe –2020 Radiant Grim –present Fire Force Arthur Boyle Plunderer Licht Bach 2021 Moriarty the Patriot Marquis Glover 2021 The World Ends With You: The Animation Eiji Oji Aoashi Tatsuya Fukuda Spy × Family Zachry Feiss Episode: "Will They Pass or Fail" Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Nuno Tengoku Daimakyo Robin My Home Hero Yoshitatsu –present Shangri-La Frontier Rakuro/Sunraku Banished from the Hero's Party Godwin Season 2 Metallic Rouge Gene Junghardt 2025 To Be Hero X Vortex 2026 Daemons of the Shadow Realm Hayato Shingo Eps. 12-13

Films +List of dubbing performances in anime films Year Title Role Crew role, notes Source 2009 One Piece Film: Strong World Sanji 2010 Hetalia: Axis Powers - Paint It, White! America 2012 Sengoku Basara: The Last Party Keiji Maeda Mass Effect: Paragon Lost Essex 2014 One Piece Film: Z Sanji 2016 The Boy and the Beast Kyuta One Piece Film: Gold Sanji One Piece: Stampede Sanji 2022 Fruits Basket: Prelude Yuki Soma One Piece Film: Red Sanji

Video games + List of dubbing performances in video games Year Title Role Crew role, notes Source Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Future Trunks Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 Future Trunks, World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors Future Trunks Dragon Ball Z: Sagas Future Trunks Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi Future Trunks, World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer