In the Japanese version of My Hero Academia, Shoto Todoroki is voiced by Yuki Kaji. In the English dub, the character is voiced by David Matranga. Kaji is the original Japanese performer behind Todoroki’s restrained tone, emotional distance, and gradual character growth across the TV anime, OVAs, films, and related projects.
Japanese Voice Actor: Yuki Kaji
Date of Birth
September 3, 1985. Kaji’s official VIMS profile lists his birthday as September 3, and public biography sources give the full date as September 3, 1985.
About Yuki
Yuki Kaji is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and singer affiliated with VIMS. His official agency profile presents him as a long-running performer across anime, dubbing, games, narration, radio, web projects, and artist activities, which matches his reputation as one of the most prominent male seiyuu of his generation.
Hometown
Kaji’s official VIMS profile lists his birthplace as Tokyo, Japan. Some fan-maintained databases mention that he later grew up in Saitama, but his agency profile specifically documents Tokyo as his place of origin, so that is the most reliable public hometown reference here.
Career Highlights
Kaji’s official filmography and public profiles show a career built around major lead and co-lead roles. Beyond Shoto Todoroki in My Hero Academia, he is widely known for Eren Yeager in Attack on Titan, Meliodas in The Seven Deadly Sins, Kenma Kozume in Haikyu!!, Osamu Mikumo in World Trigger, Hyunkel in Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, Sabito in Demon Slayer, and Nishikata in Teasing Master Takagi-san. Official Seiyu Awards records also show that he won Best Rookie Actor at the 3rd Seiyu Awards and Best Actor in a Leading Role at both the 7th and 8th Seiyu Awards.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented credits visible on Kaji’s official VIMS profile as of March 24, 2026. Because agency profiles typically emphasize substantial and representative 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 and streaming series (documented on the official VIMS profile, ordered from the profile’s current listing):
Attack on Titan — Eren Yeager; My Hero Academia — Shoto Todoroki; Haikyu!! — Kenma Kozume; Akuma-kun — Akuma-kun / Ichiro Umoregi; MIX — Toma Tachibana; The Seven Deadly Sins — Meliodas; Ishura — Soujiro the Willow-Sword; Blue Box — Kazuma Matsuoka; Go! Go! Loser Ranger! — Kyosuke Wakaba; SYNDUALITY Noir — Weissheit; Blue Exorcist — Konekomaru Miwa; Shinkalion: Change the World — Reiji Kube; Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc — Warsman; Oblivion Battery — Taro Yamada; Tonari no Yokai-san — Oishi Buchio; Mashle — Rayne Ames; Undead Unluck — Rip; The Fable — Yuki Kawai; Ranking of Kings — Daida; Bungo Stray Dogs — Saigiku Jouno; Urusei Yatsura (2022) — Tobimaro Mizunokoji; Teasing Master Takagi-san — Nishikata; World Trigger — Osamu Mikumo; Berserk — Judeau; Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai — Hyunkel; Love All Play — Akira Uchida; Heike Monogatari — Minamoto no Yoshitsune; Megaton Musashi — Takumi Kaneda; Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These — Julian Mintz; Mashiro no Oto — Takaomi Kaji; Back Arrow — Back Arrow; BEASTARS — Pina; Ahiru no Sora — Sora Kurumatani; Psycho-Pass 3 — Arata Shindo; Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Sabito; Ensemble Stars! — Mao Isara.
Dubbing (documented on the official VIMS profile):
Kaji’s VIMS page also lists extensive dubbing work under its separate dubbing section, showing that his career is not limited to original Japanese animation. The page documents foreign-film and overseas-series voice work alongside his anime credits, though the anime side is the most visible part of his public profile.
Games (documented on the official VIMS profile):
Kaji’s official profile includes a long game section, confirming substantial work in video games as well as anime. Because the page is very extensive and presented as a running agency résumé rather than a clean year-by-year database, the most search-relevant point here is that his game work is broad and officially documented, not incidental.
Narration, TV, radio, web, artist, and stage work (documented on the official VIMS profile):
VIMS also lists narration credits, television appearances, radio, voice drama, web projects, artist releases, readings, and stage performances. That wider list reinforces Kaji’s status as a multi-platform performer rather than only an anime specialist.
Critical Reception
Kaji’s critical and industry reception is unusually strong for a seiyuu of his era. Official awards records confirm that he won Best Rookie Actor at the 3rd Seiyu Awards and then took Best Actor in a Leading Role at both the 7th and 8th Seiyu Awards, which marked him as one of the standout leading male voice actors in Japan.
For My Hero Academia specifically, recent interview coverage shows how closely Kaji’s performance is tied to Shoto’s evolving personality. In a 2024 interview, Kaji reflected that Todoroki began as “a mysterious character” but gradually revealed sensitivity and emotional nuance as the story unfolded, and he noted that his vocal range for Shoto expanded over time. That aligns with how fans and official coverage tend to discuss Todoroki: not as a flat stoic rival, but as a character whose emotional thaw is one of the series’ most important long-form arcs. Source: My Hero Academia Star Yuki Kaji Admits He Can Sympathize With Shoto Todoroki (https://comicbook.com/anime/news/my-hero-academia-star-yuki-kaji-interview-shoto-todoroki-origins/).
Social Media
YouTube: 梶裕貴 (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx2XAGS0FoG9S6r0bhNo2UA)
English Voice Actor: David Matranga
Date of Birth
April 20. Public voice-actor databases list David Matranga’s birthday as April 20 and identify him as being from Houston, Texas, USA. I did not find a reliable primary source in this pass that publicly confirmed his birth year, so I’m leaving the year unstated here.
About David
David Matranga is an American voice actor best known in anime dubbing for voicing Shoto Todoroki in My Hero Academia. Public career summaries also identify him with major roles such as Tomoya Okazaki in Clannad, Hideki Hinata in Angel Beats!, Bertholdt Hoover in Attack on Titan, Takumi Usui in Maid Sama!, and Teru Minamoto in Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun.
Hometown
Houston, Texas, USA. IMDb and Behind The Voice Actors both identify Houston as Matranga’s birthplace.
Career Highlights
Matranga’s most search-relevant role for My Hero Academia fans is Shoto Todoroki, the English dub voice he has carried across the TV series and franchise-related projects. Behind The Voice Actors also lists Todoroki among the roles he is most known for overall.
Beyond Todoroki, the roles most consistently surfaced in current public databases include Tomoya Okazaki (Clannad), Hideki Hinata (Angel Beats!), Bertholdt Hoover (Attack on Titan), Takumi Usui (Maid Sama!), Genjo Sanzo (Saiyuki), and Teru Minamoto (Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun). Public sources also list game work such as Ken Masters in Street Fighter 6 and Zelkov in Fire Emblem Engage.
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 public databases rather than a studio-issued complete résumé, this should be read as a source-documented filmography summary rather than a guaranteed every-credit master list.
Anime television / streaming series (documented major roles):
My Hero Academia — Shoto Todoroki / Todoroki; Clannad — Tomoya Okazaki; Angel Beats! — Hideki Hinata; Attack on Titan — Bertholdt Hoover; Maid Sama! — Takumi Usui; Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun — Teru Minamoto; Saiyuki — Genjo Sanzo; Sorcerous Stabber Orphen — Orphen; Fairy Tail — God Serena; Dr. Stone — Rei Suwa; Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury — documented among his recent TV/anime credits in public databases; Recovery of an MMO Junkie — documented among his credits in public databases; Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life — documented among his credits in public databases; After School Dice Club — documented among his credits in public databases.
Anime films / specials (documented franchise-linked roles):
My Hero Academia franchise films — Shoto Todoroki; Genocidal Organ — listed among Matranga’s documented film/anime credits in public voice-actor databases; One Piece: Stampede and One Piece TV specials such as Adventure of Nebulandia and 3D2Y are also surfaced in current public role listings, though the accessible snippets here do not expose every character name.
Video games (documented roles):
My Hero One’s Justice 2 — Shoto Todoroki; Fire Emblem Heroes — Knoll; Fire Emblem Engage — Zelkov; Street Fighter 6 — Ken Masters; Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven — Noel; Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves — Ken Masters; Live A Live — Pike, Pancho, Captain Square.
Other screen work:
IMDb identifies Matranga with screen credits including My Hero Academia (2016), Attack on Titan (2013), and Dropa (2019).
Critical Reception
Matranga’s public reception is strongest around long-running, emotionally intense dub protagonists and rivals. Behind The Voice Actors places Shoto Todoroki at the top of the roles he is most known for, which is a strong indicator of how closely fans associate him with the character.
He has also received awards recognition within dub-focused circles. IMDb’s awards page shows a Behind the Voice Actors Anime Dub Award win in 2013 for Best Male Supporting Vocal Performance in an Anime Movie/Special for Wolf Children, along with additional nominations. That is not the same as a mainstream television acting award, but it does show meaningful recognition within English-dub fandom and industry-adjacent communities.
For My Hero Academia specifically, the clearest public signal is role centrality rather than a large body of formal reviews: current databases consistently foreground Todoroki as one of Matranga’s defining performances, which reflects sustained fan recognition of his English portrayal.
Social Media
X: @DavidMatranga1 (http://x.com/DavidMatranga1)
