Joshua Seth Freedman is an American voice actor,

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, motivational speaker, and

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Biography

Seth was born in Kent, Ohio to Barbara Freedman (née Zapiler), a therapist. After graduating from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1987, he went to New York University Tisch School of the Arts and received his BFA in 1991. As a child, Seth attended several experimental programs at

Kent State University Kent State University (KSU) is a Public university, public research university in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio located in Kent State University at Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Kent State ...

where he was admitted at the age of eight. Later, he attended

Hampshire College Hampshire College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was opened in 1970 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges ...

and the

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

's film school Tisch School of the Arts where he trained as a performing artist. He has voiced many popular

anime is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...

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. 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 is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 1999 to March 2008, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. Viz Media licensed t ...

''. Seth is also motivational speaker and the

of a book on peak performance called ''Finding Focus In A Changing World''. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Filmography

Animated series English dubbing

* '' Arc the Lad'' - Elk * '' The Big O'' - Cop * '' The Black Angel'' - Kosugi's Guard * '' Cowboy Bebop'' - McIntyre * '' Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier'' - Joe Shimamura/Cyborg 009 * '' Daigunder'' - Ryugu * '' Digimon Adventure'' - Taichi "Tai" Kamiya, Motimon, Tentomon (ep.1), Pabumon, Pumpkinmon * ''

Digimon Adventure 02 , originally released as ''Digimon: Digital Monsters Season 2'' in English-speaking territories, is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. It is the sequel to ''Digimon Adventure (1999 TV series), Digimon Adventure'', ...

'' - Taichi "Tai" Kamiya. Motimon, Tai's son * ''

Digimon Tamers is a Japanese anime television series and the third television series in the ''Digimon'' franchise, produced by Toei Animation. The series takes place in a new setting separate from the preceding series, '' Digimon Adventure'' and ''Digimon ...

'' - Kumbhiramon * ''

Digimon Frontier is the fourth anime television series in the ''Digimon'' franchise, produced by Toei Animation. Unlike the previous series, the main characters can merge with ancient spirits known as the "Legendary Warriors" to become Digimon themselves. T ...

'' - Wizardmon, Teppei, Yutaka Himi * ''

Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure is a Japanese anime series animated by AIC and created by Masaki Kajishima, best known for the '' Tenchi Muyo!'' franchise. It was originally broadcast on Wowow from April to July 1999 and was licensed in the US by Pioneer LDC, later k ...

'' - Kazuki Yotsuga * '' Duel Masters'' - Shobu Kirifuda (Season One) * '' Eagle Riders'' - Additional Voices * '' éX-Driver'' - Souichi Sugano * '' Flint the Time Detective'' - Unita, Additional Voices * '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' - Omba (Ep. 9 & 11) * '' Giant Robo'' - Daisaku Kusama * '' Honeybee Hutch'' - Hutch * '' IGPX'' - Takeshi Noa (micro-series only) * '' Last Exile'' - Dio Eraclea * '' Little Women'' - Theodore "Laurie" Laurence * ''

Macross Plus is a four-episode anime Original video animation, OVA and theatrical movie in the ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Macross'' series. It was the first sequel to the original ''Macross'' television series that took place in the official ...

'' - Additional Voices * '' Moldiver'' - Nozomu Ozora * '' Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective'' - Schoolboy * '' Orguss'' - Additional Voices * '' Pilot Candidate'' - Zero Enna * ''

Pokémon is a Japanese media franchise consisting of List of Pokémon video games, video games, Pokémon (TV series), animated series and List of Pokémon films, films, Pokémon Trading Card Game, a trading card game, and other related media. The fran ...

'' - Kids WB Announcer * '' The Return of Dogtanian'' - Philippe * ''

Rurouni Kenshin is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins in 1878, the 11th year of the Meiji era in Japan, and follows a former assassin of the Bakumatsu, known as Hitokiri Battosai. After his work against ...

'' - Eiji Mishima * '' Saint Tail'' - Asuka Jr. * '' Samurai Girl Real Bout High School'' - Daisaku Kamiya * '' Simsala Grimm'' - Doc Croc (Saban dub) * '' Speed Racer X'' - Sparky * '' Tenchi in Tokyo'' - Additional Voices * ''

'' - Kenada * '' Tokyo Pig'' - Spencer Weinberg-Takahama * '' Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' - Carl * '' Trigun'' - Young Knives * '' The Twelve Kingdoms'' - Ikuya Asano * '' Urda'' - Alan * '' Vampire Princess Miyu'' - Helmsman, Young Maki, Yang * '' Wolf's Rain'' - Hige * '' X'' - Additional Voices * '' Yukikaze'' - Ito * ''

Zatch Bell! ''Zatch Bell!'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Raiku. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen manga, manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' between January 2001 and December 2007, ...

'' - Maruss * '' Zenki'' - Akira, Goki

Animated films English dubbing

* ''DNA Sights 999.9'' - Tetsuro Daiba * '' Digimon: The Movie'' - Taichi "Tai" Kamiya * '' Akira'' - Tetsuo Shima (Pioneer dub) * ''

Cardcaptor Sakura , abbreviated as ''CCS'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga group Clamp. Serialized monthly in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine '' Nakayoshi'' from the June 1996 to August 2000 issues, it was also published in ...

: The Sealed Card'', ''Leave It to Kero'' (short) - Takashi Yamazaki * '' Mobile Suit Gundam F91'' - Arthur Jung * '' Digimon Adventure tri.'' - Taichi "Tai" Kamiya, Motimon * '' Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna'' - Taichi "Tai" Kamiya * '' Digimon Adventure'' (standalone dub) - Taichi "Tai" Kamiya * '' Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!'' (standalone dub) - Taichi "Tai" Kamiya * '' Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! / Transcendent Evolution! The Golden Digimentals'' (standalone dub) - Taichi "Tai" Kamiya

Animations

* '' All Grown Up!'' - Yu-Got * '' The Batman'' - Kids WB Announcer * '' Jin Jin and the Panda Patrol'' - Additional Voices * '' The Little Polar Bear'' - Lemming #1 * '' Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist'' - Additional Voices * '' Totally Spies!'' - Arnold * '' Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!'' - Additional Voices

Films

* '' 50 First Dates'' - Painter (uncredited) * '' Gorgeous'' - Additional Voices * '' Racing Stripes'' - Additional Voices * '' The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' - Prisoner

Video games

* '' Ape Escape: On the Loose'' - Jake (US English version) * '' Digimon Rumble Arena'' - Taichi "Tai" Kamiya (English version) * '' JumpStart'' - Pierre, C.J. * '' JumpStart Advanced 1st Grade'' - Jimmy Bumples * '' Stonekeep'' - Grug, Ice Sharga Guard, Tiny Sharga * '' Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose'' - chaos, Hermann (English version) * '' Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra'' - chaos (English version)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Seth, Joshua Living people American magicians American male voice actors Hampshire College alumni Kent State University alumni Tisch School of the Arts alumni People from Kent, Ohio Year of birth missing (living people) Comedians from Ohio Theodore Roosevelt High School (Kent, Ohio) alumni