In the Japanese version of My Hero Academia, Katsuki Bakugo is voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto. In the English dub, the character is voiced by Clifford Chapin. Okamoto is the original Japanese performer behind Bakugo’s explosive aggression, raw competitiveness, and gradual emotional depth across the TV anime and films.
Japanese Voice Actor: Nobuhiko Okamoto
Date of Birth
October 24, 1986. Okamoto’s official agency profile and Kiramune artist page both list that birth date.
About Nobuhiko
Nobuhiko Okamoto is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with Raccoon Dog. His official profile also notes that he previously trained through the Pro-Fit voice acting school, and his artist page highlights his parallel music activity through Kiramune.
Hometown
Okamoto is from Tokyo, Japan. His official agency profile lists his birthplace as Tokyo.
Career Highlights
Okamoto has one of the most recognizable résumés among modern male seiyuu. In addition to Katsuki Bakugo in My Hero Academia, his official profile lists major roles such as Rin Okumura in Blue Exorcist, Yū Nishinoya in Haikyu!!, Genya Shinazugawa in Demon Slayer, Himmel in Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Accelerator in the Toaru franchise, Karma Akabane in Assassination Classroom, Khun Aguero Agnes in Tower of God, and Garfiel Tinsel in Re:Zero. He also won Best New Actor at the 3rd Seiyu Awards and Best Supporting Actor at the 5th Seiyu Awards.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented credits visible on Okamoto’s official Raccoon Dog profile as of March 24, 2026. Because agency pages typically foreground representative and current credits rather than every single role from an entire career, this should be read as a source-documented current filmography, not a claim that no other verified credits exist.
TV anime (documented credits from the official profile, ordered as presented by the agency):
Blue Exorcist — Rin Okumura; My Hero Academia — Katsuki Bakugo; Haikyu!! — Yū Nishinoya; Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Genya Shinazugawa; Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End — Himmel; Dead Account — Aori Enjō; A Tale of the Secret Saint / listed upcoming titles including Your Forma — Forkin; The Unaware Atelier Master — Golnova; Everyday Host — Senichi; SAKAMOTO DAYS — Natsuki Seba; Rurouni Kenshin -Meiji Kenkaku Romantan- Kyoto Disturbance — Sawagejō Chō; Promise of Wizard — Shino; I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History — Kenwood Curtis; Quality Assurance in Another World — Suzuki; FAIRY TAIL: 100 Years Quest — Ignia; The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord’s Army Was a Human — Beyo; ONE PIECE — S-Bear / young Bartholomew Kuma; WIND BREAKER — Ren Kaji; Pseudo Harem — Eiji Kitahama; The Strongest Tank’s Labyrinth Raids — Marius; Viral Hit — Toru Kaneko; Ishura — Hidow the Clamp; Undead Unluck — Top; Opus.COLORs — Taiki Yura; The Dangers in My Heart — Shō Adachi; I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World — Ryō Igarashi; Pop Team Epic Season 2 — Popuko; Raven of the Inner Palace — Tan Kai; My Stepmom’s Daughter Is My Ex — Kogure Kawanami; Tokyo Mew Mew New — Quiche; Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie — Shū Inuzuka; The Heike Story — Taira no Sukemori; Black Clover — Liebe; Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist — Tanuki; WAVE!! — Rindō Fuke; Burning Kabaddi — Masato Ōjō; Mashiro no Oto — Kaito Yaguchi; Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai — Nova; KICK&SLIDE — Fenitan; Ore, Tsushima — Cha; Horimiya — Kakeru Sengoku; Tower of God — Khun Aguero Agnes; Sorcerous Stabber Orphen — Swin; Re:Zero — Garfiel Tinsel; Pokémon — Gladion; A Certain Scientific Accelerator — Accelerator; If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord — Dale Reki; Angels of Death — Zack; Cells at Work! — Dendritic Cell; JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind — Ghiaccio; Welcome to the Ballroom — Kiyoharu Hyōdō; March Comes in Like a Lion — Harunobu Nikaidō; Assassination Classroom — Karma Akabane; Food Wars! — Ryō Kurokiba; TIGER & BUNNY — Ivan Karelin / Origami Cyclone; Bakuman — Eiji Niizuma; Metal Fight Beyblade Zero G — Zero Kurogane; Persona: Trinity Soul — Shin Kanzato.
Anime films (documented credits from the official profile):
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle Chapter 1 — Genya Shinazugawa; KING OF PRISM -Your Endless Call- Minna Kirameke! Prism☆Tours — Wataru; Toi-san Wants to Live in Youth: Baka to Smartphone to Romance to — Numaoka Kiriya; Break of Dawn — Ginnosuke Tadokoro; Patema Inverted — Age; Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle — Yū Nishinoya; My Hero Academia THE MOVIE series — Katsuki Bakugo.
Games (documented credits from the official profile):
Hakuōki Ibun Berenzinsky no Majo — Rafael; Handsome Laundering -the mystic lover- — Tomoe Kūga; BYAKKO: Shishin Butai Enrenki — Saburō Okamoto; Natsuzora no Monologue: Another Memory — Kaede Watamori; Sengoku A LIVE — Toyotomi Hideyoshi; Granblue Fantasy — Lamorak; Ride Kamens — Jigen Gamō / Kamen Rider Jigen; Utakata no Uchronia — Tobari; Unicorn Overlord — Adel; Like a Dragon 8 — Zhao Tianyou; Matsurika no Kei — Fei; Yo-kai Watch Puni Puni — Haruchiyo Sanzu; D.C.5 Future Link — Yūto Mukaijima; Final Fantasy Brave Exvius — Rain; Brown Dust — Nartas; Fate/Grand Order — Assassin of Shinjuku; Disney Twisted-Wonderland — Floyd Leech; Like a Dragon 7 — Zhao Tianyou; The DioField Chronicle — Andrias Rhondarson; Ketsugō Danshi — Kazuna Shiusui; Hoshinari Echoes — Maya Aoki; Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time 7 — Yamato Sasaki; Bungo and Alchemist — Jun’ichirō Tanizaki; Alderamin on the Sky game adaptation — Ikta Solork; AKIBA’S BEAT — Yamato Hongō.
Dubbing / live-action / other documented credits from the official profile:
Bates Motel — Norman Bates; The Good Doctor — Shaun Murphy; Leonardo — Stefano; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince — Marcus Belby; Ms. Marvel — Kamran. Other listed work includes audio drama, narration, radio, and web programs such as Voice Actor to Yoasobi and Okamoto Nobuhiko no Oyatsu Time.
Critical Reception
Okamoto’s reputation is backed both by awards and by the sheer prominence of his recurring lead and co-lead roles. Winning Best New Actor at the 3rd Seiyu Awards and Best Supporting Actor at the 5th Seiyu Awards marked him early as one of the strongest performers of his generation. Those honors came well before My Hero Academia, which helps explain why Bakugo landed with a voice actor already known for intensity, volatility, and emotional range.
In My Hero Academia specifically, Okamoto’s performance has become closely identified with Bakugo’s evolution from abrasive rival to one of the series’ most emotionally layered characters. Official franchise coverage continues to spotlight him for major Bakugo material, including special programming tied to late-series episodes and the anime’s final-season promotion, reflecting how central his performance is to Bakugo’s popularity and to the franchise’s marketing. Sources: My Hero Academia official news on “Bakugo TV 2025” (https://heroaca.com/news/25399/); Raccoon Dog profile (https://www.raccoon-dog.co.jp/talent/m01-okamoto.html).
English Voice Actor: Clifford Chapin
Date of Birth
January 29, 1988. Public biography and filmography sources list Clifford Chapin’s birth date as January 29, 1988, in the United States.
About Clifford
Clifford Chapin is an American voice actor and director best known in anime dubbing for voicing Katsuki Bakugo in My Hero Academia. Public career summaries also identify him with roles such as Conny Springer in Attack on Titan and Hideyoshi “Hide” Nagachika in Tokyo Ghoul, alongside a substantial amount of ADR and dubbing work.
Hometown
A specific hometown does not appear to be publicly documented in the reliable sources I checked. The public biographical material I found lists only the USA as his birthplace rather than a city or hometown.
Career Highlights
Chapin’s signature role is the English voice of Katsuki Bakugo in My Hero Academia. Public cast listings for the series identify him as Bakugo’s English dub performer, and the same franchise pages also show his behind-the-scenes involvement as an assistant voice director on the show.
Outside My Hero Academia, the most consistently surfaced roles in current public sources include Conny Springer (Attack on Titan), Hideyoshi Nagachika (Tokyo Ghoul), Tomohito Sugino (Assassination Classroom), Ranta (Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash), Mahiru Shirota (Servamp), Kakeru Sengoku (Horimiya), and Jester Karture (Fate/strange Fake). Those sources also show that his career spans both acting and production-side dub work.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented credits visible in major public filmography sources as of March 24, 2026. Because the accessible sources here are not a complete studio ledger, this should be read as a source-documented filmography summary rather than a guaranteed every-credit master list.
Anime television / streaming series (documented roles visible in the checked sources):
Ping Pong: The Animation — Shūji Nekota; Free! – Eternal Summer — Takuya Uozumi; Gangsta. — Mikhail; Prison School — Shingo Wakamoto; WIXOSS series — Ayumu Kominato; Noragami Aragoto — Kōto Fujisaki; Heavy Object — Charles; Assassination Classroom — Tomohito Sugino; Snow White with the Red Hair — Mihaya; Lord Marksman and Vanadis — Zion Thenardier; Prince of Stride: Alternative — Hozumi Kohinata; Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash — Ranta; Fairy Tail Zero — Yuri Dreyar; Tokyo ESP — Masaki Shindō; Dimension W — Lwai-Aura-Tibesti; Black Butler: Book of Circus — Charles Grey; Garo: Crimson Moon — Raikō; And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? — Yuyun; Puzzle & Dragons X — Tiger; Servamp — Mahiru Shirota; Cheer Boys!! — Gen Hasegawa; My Hero Academia — Katsuki Bakugo; Attack on Titan — Conny Springer; Tokyo Ghoul — Hideyoshi “Hide” Nagachika; Horimiya — Kakeru Sengoku; Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Disturbance — Arai Shakkū / Gi’ichi; Fate/strange Fake — Jester Karture. These are the roles most clearly surfaced in the accessible public voice-actor databases I checked.
Anime films (documented franchise-linked roles):
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes — Katsuki Bakugo; My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising — Katsuki Bakugo; My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission — Katsuki Bakugo; My Hero Academia: You’re Next — Katsuki Bakugo. Public franchise and voice-cast sources consistently connect Chapin to Bakugo across the ongoing My Hero Academia anime production.
Video games / other screen credits (documented):
IMDb currently highlights Chapin for credits including Spider-Man 2 (2023), Zenless Zone Zero (2024), and My Hero Academia (2016), showing that his screen-credited work extends beyond anime TV dubbing. Because the search-accessible IMDb snippets are limited, I’m keeping this section conservative rather than over-claiming character names not fully exposed in the available source preview.
ADR / production work (documented):
Public filmography sources also list Chapin in production-side roles such as ADR Director on Daimidaler the Sound Robot, Divine Gate, and Planetarian, and ADR Script Writer on titles including Riddle Story of Devil and Kamisama Kiss Season 2.
Critical Reception
Chapin’s reputation is strongest in English-dub fandom around high-intensity characters, especially Bakugo. Public cast databases put Bakugo at the center of his career profile, and that reflects how strongly he is associated with the role among anime viewers.
He has also received awards attention within dub-focused circles. IMDb’s awards page shows that Chapin has been nominated for voice-acting awards, which indicates recognition from industry-adjacent and fan-voted dubbing communities, even if those are not the same as mainstream television awards.
Recent coverage tied to My Hero Academia’s climax also portrays his Bakugo work as unusually demanding and central to major emotional scenes in the English dub, reinforcing the view that his performance is one of the anchors of the series’ dub identity. That framing comes from entertainment press coverage rather than a formal review aggregator, so it is best read as reported reception rather than universal consensus.
Social Media
I’m omitting this section because I could not confirm a verified official handle-plus-direct-profile URL from a reliable primary source in this pass.
