Hisoka’s Voice Actor in Hunter x Hunter: Daisuke Namikawa & Keith Silverstein

In the 2011 Hunter × Hunter anime, Hisoka is voiced by Daisuke Namikawa in Japanese and Keith Silverstein in the English dub. In the earlier 1999 adaptation, Hisoka was voiced by Hiroki Takahashi in Japanese. Because most searchers asking this question today usually mean the 2011 series, the profile below focuses on Daisuke Namikawa, Hisoka’s Japanese voice actor in the 2011 adaptation.

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Japanese Voice Actor: Daisuke Namikawa

Date of Birth

April 2, 1976. Stay Luck’s official talent profile lists Daisuke Namikawa’s birthday as April 2, 1976.

About Daisuke

Daisuke Namikawa is one of the best-known male seiyuu of his generation, with a career spanning anime, dubbing, narration, live-action work, and music. In Hunter × Hunter (2011), he voices Hisoka, and Nippon TV’s official cast page names him directly in that role.

Namikawa’s performance style makes him a particularly strong match for Hisoka. His official Stay Luck profile shows an unusually wide range of roles, from cool leads and antiheroes to eccentric or unsettling antagonists. That versatility helps explain why his Hisoka performance feels both playful and threatening at the same time. This point about fit is an inference based on his documented role range.

He is also a longtime industry figure beyond Hunter × Hunter, with major credits in LUPIN the Third, BLACK LAGOON, BLEACH, Haikyu!!, Violet Evergarden, Fate/Zero, and Pokémon. Stay Luck’s current profile also reflects how active he remains across anime and dubbing work.

Hometown

Tokyo, Japan. Stay Luck lists Tokyo as Namikawa’s place of origin.

Career Highlights

Namikawa’s official profile highlights a long list of major anime roles. Among the most recognizable are Hisoka in Hunter × Hunter, Goemon Ishikawa XIII in the LUPIN the Third series, Rock in BLACK LAGOON, Ulquiorra in BLEACH, Toru Oikawa in Haikyu!!, Waver Velvet / Lord El-Melloi II in the Fate franchise, and Gilbert Bougainvillea in Violet Evergarden.

He has also been formally recognized by the industry. The official Seiyu Awards archive lists Namikawa as a Best Supporting Actor winner at the 4th Seiyu Awards, which supports his reputation as a high-profile, critically recognized performer rather than only a fan favorite.

Full Current Filmography

The list below reflects documented credits visible on Stay Luck’s official profile at the time of writing. Because agency pages are selective rather than fully archival, this is a source-limited documented filmography and may not be exhaustive.

Anime

• LUPIN the Third series — Goemon Ishikawa XIII
• Baban Baban Ban Vampire — Ranmaru Mori
• Classic★Stars — Aoi Miharagi
• Blue Exorcist: Yosuga-hen / The Blue Night Saga — young Shirō
• SAKAMOTO DAYS — Slur
• Haikyu!! — Tōru Oikawa
• Pokémon — Quaxly, Quaxwell, Lucius, and others
• Gendai Goyaku — Akito Reio
• Orb: On the Movements of the Earth — Piast (young/adult)
• BECK — Koyuki
• BNA — Pinga
• BLACK LAGOON — Rock
• BLEACH — Ulquiorra
• BLUE DRAGON — Jiro
• BORUTO: Naruto Next Generations — Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki
• B-PROJECT — Shūji Daikoku
• DOUBLE DECKER! Doug & Kirill — Bamboo Man
• EDENS ZERO — Justice
• Fate/Apocrypha — Lord El-Melloi II
• Fate/strange Fake — Lord El-Melloi II
• Fate/Zero — Waver Velvet
• GANTZ — Kei Kurono
• Hunter × Hunter — Hisoka
• K — Yashiro Isana
• MAJOR — Joe Gibson Jr.
• MF Ghost — Daigo Ōishi
• NieR:Automata Ver1.1a — Adam
• ReLIFE — Nobunaga Asaji
• Re:Zero — Archi
• SCARLET NEXUS — Kagero Donne
• The God of High School — Park Mujin
• ZETMAN — Jin Kanzaki
• Arslan Senki series — Narsus
• Violet Evergarden — Gilbert Bougainvillea
• Ushio & Tora — Hyō
• Utawarerumono — Benawi
• The Royal Tutor — Ludwig
• Ore Monogatari!! — Hayato Oda
• Onihei — Hasegawa Heizo / Heizo’s credited role listing on profile

Dubbing / Foreign-Language Voice Work

Stay Luck’s profile also documents extensive dubbing work, including recurring Japanese voices for several live-action actors and franchises:

• Hayden Christensen — Star Wars series, Jumper, Takers, and other titles
• Leonardo DiCaprio — Romeo + Juliet, Inception, Blood Diamond, and others
• Elijah Wood — The Lord of the Rings series and multiple other films
• Tony Jaa — Ong-Bak titles and related action films
• Justin Timberlake — In Time, Friends with Benefits, The Social Network, and others
• John Cho — Searching, Star Trek titles, and others

Film / Stage / Other Screen Work

• Wonderful World — acted in and directed the film, as listed on Stay Luck’s profile
• Various stage productions including VOICARION and theatrical works listed on the official profile
• TV narration including A-Studio+ and other current and past programs listed by Stay Luck

Critical Reception

Namikawa’s standing in the industry is supported by official recognition as well as the scale of his ongoing credits. The Seiyu Awards archive confirms his Best Supporting Actor win at the 4th Seiyu Awards, and his current Stay Luck profile shows that he continues to land major roles across high-profile anime and dubbing projects.

That combination helps explain why his Hisoka performance is so often singled out by fans. Hisoka requires charm, menace, unpredictability, and theatrical control, and Namikawa’s documented body of work shows he has exactly the kind of range that supports that performance. The point about why the casting works is an inference from his verified role history rather than a quoted review.

Useful source links:
Nippon TV Hunter × Hunter cast page (https://www.ntv.co.jp/hunterhunter/caststaff/index.html)
Stay Luck official profile (https://stay-luck.com/talent/namikawa-daisuke/)
Seiyu Awards archive (https://www.seiyuawards.jp/winning/winning_04/index.php)

Social Media

X: @namidai0402 (https://twitter.com/namidai0402)

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