Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach is voiced by Masakazu Morita in the original Japanese version. In the English dub, the character is voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch. Morita is the voice most closely associated with Ichigo across the main Bleach anime, films, and later franchise entries, and public role databases continue to list him as Ichigo’s primary Japanese performer.
Japanese Voice Actor: Masakazu Morita
Date of Birth
October 21, 1972. Masakazu Morita’s official Stay-Luck profile lists his birthday as 10月21日, and public filmography sources identify his birth year as 1972.
About Masakazu
Masakazu Morita is a Japanese voice actor, actor, and singer currently represented by Stay-Luck. His official profile lists Tokyo as his place of origin and notes personal details including hobbies and special skills, while public filmography summaries identify him with major roles such as Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach, Tidus in Final Fantasy X, Whis in Dragon Ball Super, Marco in One Piece, and Shin in Kingdom.
For anime fans, Ichigo remains one of Morita’s defining roles. Official Bleach-related publicity in 2025 still referred to him directly as the TV anime voice of Ichigo Kurosaki, which shows how central the part remains to his public identity even decades after the original series began.
Hometown
Morita’s official Stay-Luck profile lists his place of origin as Tokyo, Japan. Public sources more specifically describe him as being from Sumida, Tokyo, but the agency page itself uses the broader Tokyo designation, so that is the safest primary wording here.
Career Highlights
The most important credit for this query is Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach. Behind The Voice Actors lists Morita as Ichigo’s Japanese voice across the 2004 TV series, the Bleach movies, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, and several games, showing long-running continuity in the role.
Outside Bleach, Morita is also widely known for Tidus in the Final Fantasy X line, Whis in the Dragon Ball franchise, Maeda Keiji in Sengoku Basara, Marco the Phoenix in One Piece, Shin / Li Xin in Kingdom, and Thoma in Genshin Impact. Public role databases consistently place those among his signature performances.
His career recognition also includes the Best Rookie Actor prize at the 1st Seiyu Awards, an award public biographies connect to his early breakout period as Ichigo.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented public credits verified from Masakazu Morita’s official agency profile plus major public role databases available as of March 20, 2026. Because no single public source gives a complete official credit-by-credit master list across anime, games, dubbing, singing, and stage work, this should be treated as a source-based documented filmography rather than a guaranteed exhaustive master list of every role.
Anime and Anime Films
2004–2012 — Bleach — Ichigo Kurosaki / Hollow Ichigo. Public franchise role databases list Morita as Ichigo’s Japanese voice in the main TV series and related entries.
2004–2005 — Ring ni Kakero 1 — Ryūji Takane. Public biographies identify this as one of Morita’s early lead roles.
2005 onward — Saint Seiya: Hades Chapter and related entries — Pegasus Seiya. Public biographies describe this as a notable lead role he took over after auditioning for the character.
2009 — Eden of the East — Ryō Yūki. Listed among his notable anime roles in public summaries.
2012 — Bleach: Hell Verse — Ichigo Kurosaki.
2022–2024 — Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War — Ichigo Kurosaki. IMDb’s cast listing and franchise role databases both continue to credit Morita as Ichigo in the revival series.
Video Games
2001 onward — Final Fantasy X and related titles — Tidus. Public summaries consistently list Tidus among Morita’s best-known game roles.
2010s onward — Sengoku Basara series — Maeda Keiji. Public role summaries list this as one of his defining game and anime-franchise performances.
2010s onward — The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series — Lechter Arundel. Public summaries document the role among his major game credits.
2020s onward — Genshin Impact — Thoma. Public role summaries list Thoma among Morita’s notable recent game performances.
2025 — Bleach: Rebirth of Souls — Ichigo Kurosaki. Behind The Voice Actors lists Morita as Ichigo in the 2025 game.
Other Anime / Franchise Roles
One Piece — Marco the Phoenix. Public biographies identify Marco as one of Morita’s best-known long-running roles.
Dragon Ball Super — Whis. Public filmography summaries consistently list Whis among his signature performances.
Kingdom — Shin / Li Xin. Public summaries identify this as another major lead role in his career.
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny — Auel Neider. Listed among his public notable credits.
Pokémon — Pod. Listed in public role summaries.
Dubbing and Other Media
Public biographies also state that Morita has served as the official Japanese dubbing voice of Zac Efron, and his official agency profile notes an active career extending from Aoni Production to freelance work and then Stay-Luck in 2025. His profile also lists an official audio sample and a verified X account, which supports that he remains active in the industry.
Critical Reception
The clearest formal recognition tied to Morita’s performance career is his Best Rookie Actor win at the 1st Seiyu Awards, which public biographies directly associate with the period in which Bleach established him as a breakout voice actor.
For Ichigo specifically, the strongest available public evidence is long-term franchise continuity and role prominence rather than a single mainstream critical essay focused only on his acting. Morita has remained Ichigo’s Japanese voice from the original TV anime through films, games, and Thousand-Year Blood War, which strongly suggests the performance is regarded as definitive within the franchise. That conclusion is an inference from the casting continuity and official Bleach-related publicity, not a direct quoted review.
Social Media
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English Voice Actor: Johnny Yong Bosch
Date of Birth
January 6, 1976. Public industry-facing sources list Johnny Yong Bosch’s birth date as January 6, 1976, and his birthplace as Kansas City, Missouri, USA. IMDb’s public biography also says he was raised in Garland, Texas.
About Johnny
Johnny Yong Bosch is an American actor, voice actor, musician, producer, director, and motion-capture performer. His official website describes him as a multi-hyphenate creative with more than 25 years in entertainment and 300+ credits, with major work in anime and games including Bleach, Akira, Naruto, Dragon Ball, Devil May Cry, and Star Wars: The Old Republic.
For Bleach, Bosch is the English dub voice most strongly associated with Ichigo Kurosaki. Behind The Voice Actors lists him as Ichigo in the 2006 TV series, multiple Bleach films, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, and franchise games, showing long-running continuity in the role.
Hometown
The most consistently documented birthplace is Kansas City, Missouri, while IMDb’s public biography states that Bosch was raised in Garland, Texas. I did not find a primary-source personal page using a single official “hometown” label, so “Kansas City-born, raised in Garland” is the safest wording.
Career Highlights
For this query, Bosch’s key credit is Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach. Behind The Voice Actors lists him as Ichigo’s English voice across the main TV anime, several movies, Thousand-Year Blood War, and related games, which makes him the definitive English voice for the character for most dub viewers.
Outside Bleach, Bosch’s official and industry-facing profiles repeatedly highlight roles such as Vash the Stampede in Trigun, Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass, Nero in the Devil May Cry games, Yu Narukami / Tohru Adachi in Persona 4, Jonathan Joestar in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, and Adam Park in Power Rangers. Those are the roles most consistently associated with his public career.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented public credits verified from Johnny Yong Bosch’s official website, Behind The Voice Actors, IMDb, and major public filmography summaries available as of March 20, 2026. Because Bosch has hundreds of credits across anime, games, live action, motion capture, music, and directing, this is best read as a source-based documented filmography rather than a guaranteed exhaustive master list of every appearance.
Anime and Anime Films
1990s — Akira — Shotaro Kaneda. Bosch’s official site lists Akira among his notable anime voiceover work.
2001 onward — Trigun franchise — Vash the Stampede. Public career summaries identify Vash as one of his signature roles.
2004–2012 — Bleach — Ichigo Kurosaki / Hollow Ichigo / Inner Hollow. IMDb and Behind The Voice Actors both document Bosch as Ichigo in the English dub.
2008 onward — Code Geass — Lelouch Lamperouge. Behind The Voice Actors lists Lelouch among Bosch’s most recognized performances.
2011 onward — Blue Exorcist series — Yukio Okumura. Public filmography summaries list Yukio among Bosch’s major anime roles.
2011 — Persona 4: The Animation — Yu Narukami / Tohru Adachi. Public filmography summaries document both roles.
2013 — Pokémon Origins — Brock. Public filmography summaries list Bosch in the dub cast.
2013 — Free! franchise — Makoto Tachibana. Public filmography summaries list him in the English cast across multiple entries.
2013 — Fate/Zero — Ryunosuke Uryu. Public filmography summaries list the role.
2013 onward — K — Saruhiko Fushimi. Public summaries document this as a notable anime role.
2014 — Blood Lad — Braz D. Blood. Public summaries list Bosch in the dub lead role.
2014 — Doraemon — Noby / Nobita. Public summaries list this among his family-animation dub roles.
2014 — Toradora! — Yusaku Kitamura. Public summaries document the role.
2014–2015 — Knights of Sidonia — Nagate Tanikaze. Public summaries document Bosch as the English lead.
2015 onward — JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure — Jonathan Joestar. Public summaries and Bosch’s official site both list the role.
2015–2019 — Sailor Moon / Sailor Moon Crystal — Artemis. Public summaries document Bosch in the Viz dub.
2015–2017 — Yo-kai Watch — Nathan “Nate” Adams, Hovernyan. Public summaries list these as recurring roles.
2016 — Ajin: Demi-Human — Kei Nagai. Public summaries document Bosch in the lead dub role.
2016 — Danganronpa 3 — Hajime Hinata / Izuru Kamukura. Public summaries list both roles.
2016 — Your Name — Bosch’s official site highlights work in anime franchises broadly, but the retrieved sources for this turn were stronger on Bleach than on a role-specific Your Name page for him, so I am not adding a character credit here.
2016 — Cyborg 009 VS Devilman — Joe Shimamura / Cyborg 009. Public summaries document the role.
2017 onward — Black Clover — Zora Ideale. Public summaries and Bosch’s official site both list the role.
2019 onward — Demon Slayer — Giyu Tomioka. Public summaries list Giyu among Bosch’s major recent anime roles.
2022–2024 — Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War — Ichigo Kurosaki. Behind The Voice Actors specifically identifies Bosch as Ichigo in the sequel series.
2023 — Trigun Stampede — Vash the Stampede. Public summaries note Bosch’s return to one of his best-known roles.
Video Games
2006 onward — .hack//G.U. — Kuhn. Bosch’s official site lists the role among his game credits.
2006 — Tales of the Abyss — Guy Cecil. Bosch’s official site lists the role among his game credits.
2008 onward — Devil May Cry franchise — Nero. Bosch’s official site specifically lists Devil May Cry 4 and 5, including motion capture.
2008 — Disgaea 3 — Almaz. Listed on Bosch’s official site.
2008 — Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World — Emil Castagnier. Listed on Bosch’s official site.
2008 onward — Persona 4 line — Yu Narukami / Tohru Adachi. Bosch’s official site and public summaries both list these as major recurring game roles.
2009 onward — Dissidia Final Fantasy line — Firion. Bosch’s official site lists the role among his game credits.
2010 — Transformers: War for Cybertron — Bumblebee. Listed on Bosch’s official site.
2010 onward — Sengoku Basara — Yukimura Sanada. Listed on Bosch’s official site.
2011 onward — Marvel vs. Capcom line — Zero. Bosch’s official site lists Zero among his major game roles.
2011 onward — Star Wars: The Old Republic — Torian Cadera. Bosch’s official site lists the role.
2011 onward — Street Fighter IV line — Yang. Bosch’s official site lists Yang among his game credits.
2014 onward — Mortal Kombat X — Kung Jin. Public summaries list this as a major game role.
2018 — Super Smash Bros. Ultimate — Zero. Public summaries list Bosch as the voice of Zero in the game.
2019 — Devil May Cry 5 — Nero. Bosch’s official site specifically lists this credit.
Live Action / On-Camera
1994 onward — Power Rangers franchise — Adam Park. Bosch’s official site identifies this as the role that launched his screen career and notes appearances across multiple seasons and films.
2020 — Ark Exitus — Bosch’s official site says he produced and directed the film, underscoring that his career extends beyond acting.
Music and Other Work
Bosch’s official website also documents a substantial music career through Eyeshine and Where Giants Fall, along with producing, recording, mixing, and composing work. That makes his professional profile broader than voice acting alone.
Critical Reception
Johnny Yong Bosch’s reputation in English-dub fandom is unusually strong because he is repeatedly identified with marquee lead roles across multiple eras: Ichigo Kurosaki, Vash the Stampede, and Lelouch Lamperouge are the three roles most prominently highlighted on Behind The Voice Actors. That does not function like a newspaper review, but it is strong evidence of sustained audience association and industry recognition.
For Ichigo specifically, the most persuasive public evidence is Bosch’s long franchise continuity. Behind The Voice Actors lists him as Ichigo across the original TV series, films, Thousand-Year Blood War, and game entries, which strongly supports the view that his performance is the definitive English interpretation of the character. That is an inference from the casting record rather than a direct critical quote.
Social Media
I found Johnny Yong Bosch’s official site with a dedicated social-media page, but the retrieved search results did not expose exact verified handles in a way I could confirm confidently for the required handle-plus-direct-link format. I’m omitting the section rather than risking an inaccurate listing.
