is a Japanese
voice actor
Voice acting is the art of Acting, performing a character or providing information to an audience with one's voice. Performers are often called voice actors/actresses in addition to other names. Examples of voice work include animation, animated, ...
and narrator.
Career
After attending Tokyo Announce Gakuin Performing Arts College and Mausu Promotion Actor Training Center, he joined
Mausu Promotion. He is currently a freelancer.
Among his many roles, he voiced Shichika Yasuri in ''
Katanagatari'', Kuranosuke Shiraishi 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 ...
'', Reiner Braun in ''
Attack on Titan
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to a ...
'', Kojou Akatsuki in ''
Strike the Blood
, also often abbreviated in Japanese as , is a Japanese light novel series by Gakuto Mikumo with illustrations by Manyako, with 22 main volumes published between May 2011 and August 2020. A manga adaptation began serialization in Ju ...
'', IV in ''
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
, stylized as Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, is a Japanese manga and anime series and the third spin-off of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, after the preceding ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's''. The manga began serialization in Shueisha's ''V Jump'' magazine from Decem ...
'', Saburō Katō in ''
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199'', Junpei Hyūga in ''
Kuroko's Basketball'', Sentarō Kawabuchi in ''
Kids on the Slope'', Haruhiro in ''
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
is a Japanese light novel series written by Ao Jūmonji and illustrated by Eiri Shirai. The story follows a group of people who suddenly find themselves in a fantasy world with no memories from before their arrival, and chronicles their str ...
'', Daryun in ''
The Heroic Legend of Arslan'', Orga Itsuka in ''
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans'', Akari Hizamaru in ''
Terra Formars'', Doppo Kunikida in ''
Bungo Stray Dogs
, also abbreviated as ''B-S-D'', is a Japanese manga series written by Kafka Asagiri and illustrated by Sango Harukawa, which has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Seinen manga, manga magazine ''Young Ace'' since 2012. Each cha ...
'', Asahi Azumane in ''
Haikyuu!!'', Fumikage Tokoyami in ''
My Hero Academia
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 2014 to August 2024, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. Set in a wor ...
'', Nagare Akiba in ''
Ushio and Tora'', John H. Watson in ''
The Empire of Corpses'', Aren Kuboyasu in ''
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.'', Genjirō Tanigaki in ''
Golden Kamuy'',
Joe in ''
Megalobox'', Houjou Shūsaku in ''
In This Corner of the World'', Ausukai Jin in ''
Boogiepop and Others'', Kanata Hoshijima in ''
Astra Lost in Space'', Shin in ''
Dorohedoro'', Belial in ''
Granblue Fantasy'', Welt Yang in ''
Honkai Impact 3rd'' and ''
Honkai: Star Rail'' and, Watanabe in ''
Punishing: Gray Raven ''.
On 10 March 2025, Hosoya announced on Twitter that he had married someone outside the entertainment industry.
Hosoya won the awards at the
8th Seiyu Awards and
10th Seiyu Awards for best supporting actor. On April 23, 2017, he went for a treatment for his throat. He resumed his career on August 4, 2017.
Filmography
Anime series
Original video animation
Original net animation
Anime films
Video games
Audio drama
Vomic
Narration
Voice over & TVCM
Recitation & Theater
Radio drama
Tokusatsu
Live action
Dubbing
Live-action
Animation
Radio & Variety
Discography
Character song
Max Boys
;Single
;Album
Accolades
References
External links
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Yoshimasa Hosoya at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database
Yoshimasa Hosoyaat Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database
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1982 births
Living people
Japanese male video game actors
Japanese male voice actors
Male voice actors from Hiroshima
Male voice actors from Hiroshima Prefecture
Mausu Promotion voice actors
People from Onomichi, Hiroshima
Seiyu Award winners
21st-century Japanese male actors
21st-century Japanese singers
21st-century Japanese male singers