In the Japanese version of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Stark is voiced by Chiaki Kobayashi. In the English dub, Stark is voiced by Jordan Dash Cruz. Kobayashi’s performance gives Stark his mix of comic panic, emotional sincerity, and sudden heroic force, which is a big part of why the character lands so well in the original Japanese cast.
Japanese Voice Actor: Chiaki Kobayashi
Date of Birth
June 4, 1994. Office Osawa, Kobayashi’s agency, publicly lists his birthday as June 4, and major public reference sources identify his birth year as 1994.
About Chiaki
Chiaki Kobayashi is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Office Osawa. He is one of the most prominent younger male seiyuu of his generation, with major roles including Makoto Edamura in Great Pretender, Langa Hasegawa in SK8 the Infinity, Yūichi Katagiri in Tomodachi Game, Gabimaru in Hell’s Paradise, Mash Burnedead in MASHLE, and Stark in Frieren. He also won the Best New Actor award at the 15th Seiyu Awards, an early industry sign of how quickly his profile was rising.
Hometown
Office Osawa lists Kobayashi as being from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. No more specific hometown is publicly documented in the official agency profile I found.
Career Highlights
Stark is one of Kobayashi’s most search-relevant recent roles, but it fits into a broader run of high-visibility performances. His best-known credits include Makoto Edamura in Great Pretender, Hiroto Kuga in Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE, Langa Hasegawa in SK8 the Infinity, Louis James Moriarty in Moriarty the Patriot, Yūichi Katagiri in Tomodachi Game, Himuro in The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague, Gabimaru in Hell’s Paradise, Mash Burnedead in MASHLE, and Stark in Frieren. Office Osawa’s official profile and multiple public reference databases all place these roles near the center of his career identity.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented credits verifiable from Office Osawa’s official profile and currently available public reference databases as of March 25, 2026. Because agency pages and public databases do not always match exactly, this should be treated as a source-backed documented filmography rather than a guaranteed exhaustive list of every appearance.
TV anime
2018: Butlers: Chitose Momotose Monogatari (Kyōichi Chano); Wise Man’s Grandchild (Tony Freyd).
2019: Boogiepop and Others (Keiji Takeda); King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars (Ushio Takahashi); Vinland Saga (Young Askeladd); Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y – N to no Sōgū (Ryūsuke Kyubi / Ninetale); Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE (Hiroto Kuga).
2020: Great Pretender (Makoto Edamura); Moriarty the Patriot (Louis James Moriarty).
2021: SK8 the Infinity (Langa Hasegawa); Sonny Boy (Asakaze); The Saint’s Magic Power Is Omnipotent (Prince Ten’yū).
2022: Arknights: Prelude to Dawn (Guard); Fanfare of Adolescence (Kōta Maki); Tomodachi Game (Yūichi Katagiri); Shoot! Goal to the Future (Hideto Tsuji); My Isekai Life (Yūji); Play It Cool, Guys (Hayate Ichikura); I’m the Villainess, So I’m Taming the Final Boss (Kyle Elford); Eternal Boys (Sōki Azuma); Requiem of the Rose King (John Grey, episode 2); Lupin the 3rd Part 6 (Allen, episode 22); VazzRock the Animation (Shouto Takenaka).
2023: The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague (Himuro); Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill (Kaito); Too Cute Crisis (Kaoru Mamizuka); Hell’s Paradise (Gabimaru); MASHLE: Magic and Muscles (Mash Burnedead); Ragna Crimson (Ragna); Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Stark); Helck (Bowen); KamiErabi GOD.app (Kyō); Overtake! (Ryō Kagayama); The Saint’s Magic Power Is Omnipotent Season 2 (Ten’yū); Horimiya: The Missing Pieces (Shimoda, episode 7); Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World (Claude); The Fire Hunter (Shōzō).
2024: A Condition Called Love (Hananoi / Saki Hananoi); Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (Kiyoshi Adachi); Blue Box (Kyō Kasahara); Wind Breaker (Kota Sako); Mission: Yozakura Family (Aonuma); Metallic Rouge (Noid 262); Tower of God Season 2 (Po Bidau Gustang); Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! (Mitsuki Ayano); Pokémon Horizons: The Series (Grusha); Blue Lock -Episode Nagi- (Ranze Kurona); Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (Young Bazz-B).
2025: The Summer Hikaru Died (Yoshiki Tsujinaka); The Shiunji Family Children (Shion Shiunji); Sakamoto Days (Apart); Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Animation (Deuce Spade); Moonrise (Jack Shadow); Princession Orchestra (Calist / Calisto).
2026: Akane-banashi (Koguma Arakawa); Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!! (Okuto Nakamura); Dark Moon: The Blood Altar (Noa); Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord (Dee); High School! Kimengumi (Jin Daima).
Original video animation / films
2020: ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. – Regards (Parrot).
2021: Summer Ghost (Tomoya Sugisaki).
Video games
2019: Fate/Grand Order (Bartholomew Roberts); DanKira!!! (Rentarō Atago); For Whom the Alchemist Exists / Tagatame (Nimul).
2020: Disney: Twisted-Wonderland (Deuce Spade).
2021: Cookie Run: Kingdom (Sparkling Cookie); Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel: Dawn of the Battle Royale!! (Rinnosuke Nanahoshi).
2022: Harvestella (Protagonist); River City Girls 2 (Riki).
2023: Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis (Matt Winsord); Elrentaros Wanderings (Brad).
2024: Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (Rudy); Solo Leveling: ARISE (Stark); Wuthering Waves (Xiangli Yao); REYNATIS (Marin Kirizumi).
2025: Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond (Stark); Tribe Nine (Yō Kuronaka); Olympia Soiree Catharsis (Hairi); Utakata no Uchronia -trail- (Yashiro).
2026: Nioh 3 (Okita Sōji).
Radio / other documented credits
Office Osawa also lists Kobayashi’s radio work, including “Chiaki Kobayashi no Blue Monologue” on Bunka Hōsō Chō! A&G+, along with narration, TV promo voiceover, and foreign-language dubbing work such as Jeremy in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Steve Armstrong in Voltes V Legacy, Keith Grant in ALERT, and Dawn in Foundation.
Critical Reception
Kobayashi’s clearest formal industry recognition is his Best New Actor win at the 15th Seiyu Awards. That award matters because it came early in a run where he was already building momentum through roles like Great Pretender and SK8 the Infinity, and it helped mark him as one of the notable breakout male voice actors of his cohort.
For Frieren specifically, Stark is consistently identified in cast coverage as one of the core additions to the central party, and Kobayashi is routinely named alongside Atsumi Tanezaki and Kana Ichinose in discussion of the series’ main vocal trio. That recurring positioning in cast announcements and later season coverage is a strong indicator of how central his performance is to the franchise’s public presentation.
Useful source links:
Office Osawa profile (https://osawa-inc.co.jp/men/kobayashichiaki/)
15th Seiyu Awards winners page (https://www.seiyuawards.jp/winning/winning_15/index.php)
WebNewtype interview after Seiyu Award win (https://webnewtype.com/report/cast/1024623.html)
Behind The Voice Actors Stark listing (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Frieren-Beyond-Journeys-End/Stark/)
English Voice Actor: Jordan Dash Cruz
Date of Birth
June 18, 1990. Public reference sources list Jordan Dash Cruz’s birth date as June 18, 1990.
About Jordan
Jordan Dash Cruz is an American voice actor and actor best known in anime and game dubbing for roles including Stark in Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Leon Fou Bartfort in Trapped in a Dating Sim, Temenos Mistral in Octopath Traveler II, and Aoshi Tokimitsu in Blue Lock. His official site says he has worked in theater since 2004 and in voice-over since 2013.
Hometown
Cruz’s official site says he is originally from Tampa, Florida, and is currently based in Lewisville, Texas.
Career Highlights
For Frieren, Cruz is the English dub voice of Stark, and public cast listings consistently identify him as the character’s English performer. That role has become one of his most visible anime credits, especially because Stark is one of the show’s three central party members.
Outside Frieren, Cruz is publicly recognized for roles such as Leon Fou Bartfort in Trapped in a Dating Sim, Temenos Mistral in Octopath Traveler II, Aoshi Tokimitsu in Blue Lock, and Yamada Asaemon Senta in Hell’s Paradise. Behind The Voice Actors currently highlights Stark, Leon, and Temenos among the roles he is best known for.
Full Current Filmography
The list below reflects documented publicly accessible credits verifiable from major reference sources as of March 25, 2026. Because dub credit databases do not always match perfectly across platforms, this should be treated as a source-backed documented filmography and may not be exhaustive.
Anime / TV animation
2014: Attack on Titan (additional dub roles).
2017: Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (dub cast); Black Clover (dub cast); Dies Irae (dub cast).
2018: A Certain Magical Index III (dub cast); Free! Dive to the Future (dub cast); How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord (dub cast); Tokyo Ghoul:re (dub cast).
2019: Dr. STONE (dub cast); Fire Force (dub cast); Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life (dub cast); One Piece: Episode of Sabo (dub cast).
2022: BLUELOCK (Aoshi Tokimitsu); Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs (Leon Fou Bartfort).
2023: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Stark); Hell’s Paradise (Yamada Asaemon Senta); Heaven Official’s Blessing (Qi Rong); Sugar Apple Fairy Tale (Elliot Collins); Horimiya: The Missing Pieces (Ichiro Watabe); Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts (Hyena Tribe A).
2024: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Stark, continuing dub release); Classroom of the Elite (Akito Miyake); Heaven Official’s Blessing (Qi Rong, continuing dub release); Dragon Ball Daima (Master Roshi (Mini)); Nina the Starry Bride (additional voices); The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil (assistant director, production credit rather than voice role).
2025: Wind Breaker (Taiga Tsugeura); The Beginning After the End (Elijah Knight); I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time (Heitz); Onmyo Kaiten Re:Birth Verse (Abe no Seimei).
Animated films / specials
2019: One Piece: Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers’ Bond – The Miraculous Reunion and the Inherited Will (dub cast).
Video games
2023: Octopath Traveler II (Temenos Mistral); Tale of Food (Suckling Pig, Roast Crab in Orange, Hazel Grouse Soup).
2024: Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game (voice role listed, character not specified in search result).
2026: Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter (Nyanus) — listed as upcoming in public credits.
Other documented screen / audio credits
IMDb also lists Cruz in the in-production game High Times as Adam Lachance, though that credit is still marked as in production.
Critical Reception
Cruz’s public critical profile is still developing, but the clearest signal of his current standing is how often he is now associated with headline roles in newer dubs. Behind The Voice Actors identifies Stark, Leon Fou Bartfort, and Temenos Mistral as his best-known performances, which suggests those are the roles most tied to his name in current public-facing voice-acting coverage.
For Frieren specifically, recent interview coverage has treated Cruz as one of the English dub’s three core leads alongside Mallorie Rodak and Jill Harris. That matters because Stark is not a side character in the dub’s presentation; he is consistently framed as part of the main trio, which raises the visibility of Cruz’s performance considerably.
Useful source links:
Behind The Voice Actors profile (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Jordan-Dash-Cruz/)
Stark role listing on Behind The Voice Actors (https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Frieren-Beyond-Journeys-End/Stark/)
Official website (https://www.jdcvoices.com/)
About page on official website (https://www.jdcvoices.com/about)
IMDb profile (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9002396/)
Social Media
I did not include a Social Media section because I could not verify exact official handles and direct profile URLs from reliable public sources with enough confidence to meet the required formatting standard.
