Blake Shepard is an American voice actor who works on anime series. He has provided voices for a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series and films; notable credits include Ikki from Amnesia, Yuzuru Otonashi from Angel Beats!, Soma Yukihira from Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Arata Wataya from Chihayafuru, Tanaka from Tanaka-kun is Always Listless, Birthday from Hamatora, Agito Wanijima from Air Gear, Godo Kusanagi from Campione!, Taro Sado from MM!, Kei Takishima from S · A: Special A, Kyosuke Natsume from the Little Busters! series, Futoshi from Darling in the Franxx, Akiyuki Takehara from Xam'd: Lost Memories, Dragon Shiryū from Saint Seiya, and Hiro Hiyorimi from Princess Resurrection. Outside of voice acting, Shepard is the lead singer and guitarist in a band called Electric Attitude.
Career In 2017, Shepard voiced Arata Wataya, who is Chihaya's childhood friend that inspired her to play competitive karuta in Sentai Filmworks' English dub of the Chihayafuru anime series. The first season of the series was released on home video in September 2017.
Dubbing roles Anime + List of dubbing performances in animeYearTitleRoleNotesSource2005GilgameshTatsuya Madoka, Terumichi MadokaPress2007Air GearAkito/Agito Wanijima2011Angel Beats!Yuzuru Otonashi2012Princess ResurrectionHiro Hiyorimi2012Campione!Godou Kusanagi2012Trails in the Sky OVAJoshua2013La Storia Della Arcana FamigliaLiberta2013Special AKei Takishima2013Little Busters!Kyosuke Natsumealso season 2, EX2013AnotherIkuo Takabayashi2014From the New WorldMamoru Ito2014AmnesiaIkki2014Diabolik LoversLaito Sakamakialso season 22014–presentHaikyuu!!Hisashi Kinoshita2015Brynhildr in the DarknessRyota Murakami2015Dog and ScissorsKazuhito Harumi2016NanbakaLiang2016Tanaka-kun is Always Listless Tanaka2016ReLifeKazuomi Ōga Chihayafuru Arata Wataya 2017Chivalry of a Failed KnightShizuya Kirihara2017–2023Food Wars!Soma Yukihira2018Darling in the FranxxFutoshi2019Knights of the Zodiac: Saint SeiyaDragon Shiryū2019Saint SeiyaDragon ShiryūNetflix dub2020The Pet Girl of SakurasouRyūnosuke Akasaka2022My Isekai LifeBrow Slime2022Blue LockKira2023Farming Life in Another WorldHiraku Machio2023Love FlopsYoshio2024HelckChef Ajikaba2025Loner Life in Another WorldNerd A 2025Rock Is a Lady's ModestyItsuki
References
External links
Blake Shepard at the CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database