Eric Vale
Appearance
Eric Vale | |
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![]() Eric Vale at Anime Expo 2013 | |
Born | Eric Christopher Johnson April 28, 1974 |
Other names | Eric Johnson Alpha Lagrange |
Occupation(s) | Voice Actor ADR Director Script Writer Head Writer |
Years active | 1999-present |
Agent | Mary Collins Agency |
Spouse | Alese Johnson |
Children | 2 |
Eric Christopher Johnson (born April 28, 1974) also known as Eric Vale, is an American voice actor, ADR director, script writer, and head writer at Funimation, who provided voices for a number of English versions of Japanese anime series and video games.
Vale is also known for voicing the adult variations of Trunks in Dragon Ball series, Yuki Sohma in Fruits Basket, America and Canada in Hetalia: Axis Powers, World Series, and Beautiful World, and Kanta in Desert Punk. Vale also has a major role in the Funimation dub of One Piece as Sanji.
Filmography
Anime roles
1999
- Dragon Ball series – Trunks, World Tournament Announcer
2001
2002
- Fruits Basket – Yuki Sohma
- Yu Yu Hakusho – Sakyo, Rando, Shorin
2004
- Case Closed – Inspector Santos
- Fullmetal Alchemist series – Solf J. Kimblee
- Kiddy Grade – Sinistra
2005
- Gunslinger Girl – Jean
2006
- Basilisk: The Kōga Ninja Scrolls – Jimushi Jubei
- Black Cat – Lacdoll
- Desert Punk – Kanta "Desert Punk" Mizuno
- Shin-Chan – Yoshirin
- Speed Grapher – Itabashi (Ep. 10)
- Trinity Blood – Meinz Alfred (Ep. 1)
2007
- B't X – Teppei Takamiya
- BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad – Ryusuke Minami
- Hell Girl – Yukio Ujiie (Ep. 19)
- One Piece – Sanji
- School Rumble – Oji Karasuma
- SoltyRei – Larry Anderson
- Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle – Tōya
2008
- Aquarion – Sirius de Alisia
- Baldr Force EXE Resolution – Akira
- Claymore – Sid
- Darker than Black – Nick Hillman (Eps. 11–12)
- Ghost Hunt – Osamu Yasuhara
- Jyu Oh Sei – Zagi
- One Piece Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta – Sanji
- Ouran High School Host Club – Tohru Suzushima (Ep. 2)
- Sasami: Magical Girls Club – Tonobe
2009
- Baccano! – Huey Laforet
- Big Windup! – Keisuke Umehara
- Blassreiter – Alvin Lutz
- D.Gray-man – Arystar Krory III
- Dragonaut: The Resonance – Ko Yonamine
- El Cazador de la Bruja – Miguel (Ep. 6)
- Heroic Age – Meleagros
- Initial D – Koichiro Iketani (Funimation dub)
- Kaze no Stigma – Lai, Shinji Yuki (Ep. 1)
- Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple – Natsu "Hermit" Tanimoto (Season 2)
- Nabari no Ou – Tobari Durandal Kumohira
- Romeo x Juliet – Francisco
- Save Me! Lollipop – Zero
- Sgt. Frog – Dance Master (Ep. 47), Sally Viper (Ep. 78)
- Spice and Wolf – Weiz
- Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry – Dickon Sidnok
2010
- Birdy the Mighty Decode:02 – Nataru Shinmyō
- Casshern Sins – Casshern
- Corpse Princess – Sadahiro Mibu
- Hetalia: Axis Powers – America, Canada
- My Bride is a Mermaid – Kai Mikawa
- Sands of Destruction – Agan Madoru
- Sekirei – Kakizaki
- Sengoku Basara series – Maeda Keiji
- Soul Eater – Justin Law
2011
- Chrome Shelled Regios – Sharnid Elipton
- Dance in the Vampire Bund – Akira Kaburagi Regendorf (credited as Alpha Lagrange)
- Fairy Tail – Loke / Leo
- Heaven's Lost Property – Eishiro Sugata
- Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom – Anton Claude
- Rosario + Vampire series – Tadashi Wanibuchi (Season 1, Ep. 3), Yeti (Mizore's Father, Season 2)
2012
- Yamada’s First Time: B Gata H Kei – Keiichi Kanejo
- Deadman Wonderland – Tsunenaga Tamaki
- Fractale – Dais
- Is This a Zombie? – King of the Night
- Mass Effect: Paragon Lost – Essex
- The Legend of the Legendary Heroes – Sion Astral
- Ōkami–san and Her Seven Companions – Red Shirt Onigashima Thug (Ep. 2), Guy at the pool (Ep. 9)
- Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt – News Announcer (Ep. 1B)
- Shakugan no Shana – Shiro / Merihim (Season 3)
- Steins;Gate – Yukitaka Akiha (Faris's Father)
2013
- A Certain Scientific Railgun – Daigo (Eps. 18, 20)
- Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero – Akatsuki Ousawa
- Aquarion Evol – Shrade Elan
- Baka and Test 2 – Mr. Fuse
- Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess – Loke / Leo
- Future Diary – Kuro Amano (Yukiteru's Father)
- Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing – Victor
- Michiko and Hatchin – Feliciano (TV Actor)
- One Piece Film: Strong World – Sanji
- Toriko – Yuu
- We Without Wings – Kurodo Hairu
2014
- Attack on Titan – Cis
- Code:Breaker – Yukihina
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Tsumugi
- Jormungand series – Kasper Hekmatyar
- Laughing Under the Clouds – Sousei Abeno
- One Piece Film: Z – Sanji
- Robotics;Notes – Kou Kimijima
- Space Dandy – Prince (Ep. 7)
2015
- Death Parade - Takashi (Eps. 1-2)[1]
Video game roles
- Borderlands 2 – Boom, Will the Bandit
- Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley – Lou, Museum Security Guards
- Dragon Ball series – Trunks
- Lux-Pain – Hibiki Kiryu
- One Piece: Unlimited Adventure – Sanji
- Tales of Xillia 2 - Rideaux
ADR Staff Credits
Voice Director
Script
- Basilisk
- Black Blood Brothers
- Black Cat
- Blassreiter
- Burst Angel
- Case Closed
- Corpse Princess
- Desert Punk
- Dragon Ball (series)
- Dragonaut - The Resonance
- Gunslinger Girl
- Heaven's Lost Property
- Initial D (Funimation dub)
- Itsudatte My Santa!
- Lupin III
- Nabari no Ou
- Negima!
- One Piece
- One Piece Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta
- Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom
- Rumbling Hearts
- Shigurui: Death Frenzy
- Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning
- Strike Witches
- Suzuka
- Trigun: Badlands Rumble
- Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase
- Witchblade
- Yu Yu Hakusho
Head Writer
- Baccano!
- Black Blood Brothers
- Black Cat
- Blassreiter
- Case Closed
- Corpse Princess
- Desert Punk
- Dragonaut - The Resonance
- Glass Fleet
- Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino
- Heroic Age
- Initial D (Funimation dub)
- Itsudatte My Santa!
- Mamotte! Lollipop
- Master of Martial Hearts
- Nabari no Ou
- Negima!
- One Piece
- Ouran High School Host Club
- Peach Girl
- Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom
- Rumbling Hearts
- Sasami: Magical Girls Club
- Shigurui: Death Frenzy
- Spice and Wolf
- Strike Witches
- Suzuka
- Witchblade
External links
- Official website
- Eric Vale at IMDb
- Eric Vale at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Eric Vale at MySpace
- Eric Vale at the CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database
- Eric Vale convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
- ^ "Funimation Announces Death Parade English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved 17 February 2015.