John Michael Tatum is an American voice actor, ADR director and script writer who provides voices for a number of English versions of Japanese anime series and video games.
Biography In 2005, Tatum ran into Funimation ADR director Christopher Bevins, who cast him as Rikichi in Samurai 7. Tatum has been cast in several notable roles, including Kyoya Ootori in Ouran High School Host Club, Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler, Tomoe in Kamisama Kiss, France in Hetalia: Axis Powers, Erwin Smith in Attack on Titan, Okabe Rintaro in Steins;Gate, Eneru in One Piece, Tenya Iida in My Hero Academia and Rei Ryuugazaki in Free! – Eternal Summer.
From January 2010 to January 2014, he hosted That Anime Show podcasts with friend and co-worker Terri Doty and ADR Engineer Stephen Hoff.
At the Florida Supercon 2015 panel, when he was asked what was his inspiration to go into voice acting, Tatum said that when he was young he had a speech impediment and his speech coach had him get involved in theater. As he was reciting and memorizing scripts, they noticed that his stuttering started to gradually disappear. He then got into drama and theater acting, and that voice acting is great in that it enables him to play more characters than on camera.
In 2017, Tatum was cast for the English voice of Hideki Akasaka in Shin Godzilla.
Since October 2018, he and Jamie Marchi co-host the ghost story podcast Ghoul Intentions.
Personal life Tatum is openly gay. During a panel at Ichibancon 2014, he had said that he came out to his family during his college years, with his father having already known about his sexuality for some time. On October 16, 2018, he became engaged to his long-time partner and fellow voice actor Brandon McInnis in Paris. He resides in Los Angeles, California as of 2020.
Filmography Anime +List of voice performances in anime Year Title Role Crew role, notes Source Samurai 7 Rikichi CA –2006 Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Seishiro Sakurazuka Speed Grapher Katsuya Shirogane CA xxxHolic Shizuka Dōmeki D.Gray-man Komui Lee Trinity Blood Süleyman Rumbling Hearts Kisho Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Jim Walsh Mushi-Shi Taku School Rumble Hiroyoshi Aso Glass Fleet Various Rosario + Vampire Issa Shuzen List of Rosario + Vampire characters#Issa Shuzen Dragon Ball Z Spice Remastered Funimation dub Shuffle! Masanori Takizawa, Yamaguchi CA Sasami: Magical Girls Club Amitav One Piece Eneru Funimation dub Ouran High School Host Club Kyoya Ootori Assistant ADR Director Baccano! Isaac Dian Shigurui Seigen Irako Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom Raymond McGuire Romeo x Juliet William de Farnase ADR Director Sgt. Frog Dororo Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle: Spring Thunder Seishiro Sakurazuka –present Spice and Wolf Kraft Lawrence Also in Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf CA Soul Eater Giriko Rin ~ Daughters of Mnemosyne Ihika Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Scar Replacing Dameon Clarke Dragon Ball Z Kai Zarbon, Guide, Musuka, Upa, Bora CA Shiki Seishirou Kirishiki Hetalia: Axis Powers France Eden of the East Kazuomi Hirasawa Corpse Princess Keisei Tagami ADR Director Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl Tobias Tweet Birdy the Mighty: Decode Tuto 2010–2011 Initial D Ryosuke Takahashi Funimation dub Chrome Shelled Regios Gorneo Luckens Hero Tales Shokaku Dance in the Vampire Bund Alphonse Medici Borgiani As John Knell Rideback Ryunosuke Kataoka Chaos;Head Kouzou –2025 Black Butler Sebastian Michaelis .hack//Quantum Smith Shangri-La Shogo Steins;Gate Rintaro Okabe ADR Script Deadman Wonderland Nagi Kengamine Resume Fairy Tail Acnologia, Simon Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Portschach, Sam Toriko Jelly Boy Future Diary Masumi Nishijima Lead Writer Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing Geeth, Rakesh Space Dandy Dr. Gel Karneval Tsukitachi Date A Live series Kyōhei Kannazuki Code:Breaker Masaomi Heike A Certain Scientific Railgun S Haruki Aritomi –2015 Kamisama Kiss series Tomoe 2014–2019, 2023 Attack on Titan Erwin Smith ADR Script (seasons 1–2) Assassination Classroom Shiro ADR Script Tokyo Ghoul series Shuu Tsukiyama Assistant ADR Director Yurikuma Arashi Life Sexy Tokyo Ravens Jin Ohtomo D-Frag! Ataru Kawahara, Young Ataru Blood Blockade Battlefront Steven A. Starphase Nobunagun St. Germain Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club series Rei Ryugazaki ADR Script Dance with Devils Nesta CA Daimidaler the Sound Robot Kazuo Matayoshi Michiko & Hatchin Gino Costa Episode: "The Chocolate Girl in Love" Danganronpa: The Animation Jin Kirigiri ADR WriterAlso The End of Hope Peak's High School Prince of Stride: Alternative Yūjirō Dan Divine Gate Arthur Dimension W Loser Brothers Conflict Masaomi Asahina Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On Cryo 91 Days Tetsta Lagusa Ep. 1ADR Script Writer Joker Game Jean Victoire Trickster Ryo Inoue Nanbaka Kiji Mitsuba Show By Rock# Orion Drifters Butch Cassidy Chaos Dragon Black Dragon Yuri on Ice Michele Crispino –2025 My Hero Academia Tenya Iida Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru series Souza Samonji ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. Warbler Ep. 4 Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas Burckhardt Code: Realize − Guardian of Rebirth Arsène Lupin Love Tyrant Maou Alice & Zoroku Sawaki Ep. 1 KADO - The Right Answer Narrator Sakura Quest Noge Code Geass: Akito the Exiled Ioan Malcal Samurai Warriors Nobuyuki Sanada 18if Katsumi Kanzaki Restaurant to Another World Heinrich Seeleman –2026 Saga of Tanya the Evil Erich Von Rerugen –present Black Clover Fuegoleon Vermillion Pop Team Epic Pipimi Ep. 5b Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Paul von Oberstein Steins;Gate 0 Rintaro Okabe Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits Tannosuke Chio's School Road Businessman on Bridge Dragon Ball Super Tupper, Za Priccio Dragon Ball Super episode 101 credits Dr. STONE Magma African Office Worker Caracal Isekai Quartet Erich Von Rerugen Wise Man's Grandchild Oliver Schtrom/Oliveira von Schtradius Actors: Songs Connection Odawara Radiant Lord de Gulis A Certain Scientific Railgun T Anti-Skill Officer Ep. 11 Plunderer Freidkam Von Lightning Episode: "Rain" Kuroko's Basketball Katsunori Harazawa Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle Great Red Siberian Wonder Egg Priority Drool Full Dive ADR Script Writer Fruits Basket Katsuya Honda 2019 reboot Dragon Goes House-Hunting Godfrey Magatsu Wahrheit Zuerst Radboud Moriarty the Patriot Mycroft Holmes Vinland Saga Willibald Netflix dub The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement Demon King Zeldris Cells at Work! M Cell King's Raid: Successors of the Will Dominix Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan Amon also President (Ep. 9) and Sayuri Requiem of the Rose King Duke of York The Case Study of Vanitas Jean-Jacques Chastel Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout Tsukasa Jinguuji Given Ugetsu Murata RWBY: Ice Queendom Klein Sieben 2023–2025 Record Of Ragnarok Hades Seasons 2–3 2024 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Kasugai Crow of Kagaya Ubuyashiki Episode: "To Defeat Muzan Kibutsuji" Ranma ½ Soun Tendo 2024 remake Solo Leveling Borgon Radiru Disney Twisted-Wonderland Dire Crowley MF Ghost Ryosuke Takahashi Sequel series to Initial D
Animation + List of voice performances in animation Year Title Role Crew role, notes Source 2016–2017; 2020–present RWBY Klein Sieben Volumes 4, 8 2018; 2021 RWBY Chibi Season 3–4 2025 The Mighty Nein Various voices Far-Fetched Quinn
Films + List of voice performances in direct-to-video, feature and television films Year Title Role Crew role, notes Source2006Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage KingdomAide Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Ryoji Kaji Summer Wars Wabisuke Jinnouchi –12 Eden of the East films Kazuomi Hirasawa Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker Regalyan D'Marcall ResumeMass Effect: Paragon LostADR Script Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom Damon Resume Shakugan no Shana: The Movie Friagne The Empire of Corpses Frederick Burnaby Rurouni Kenshin trilogy Kanryū Takeda Live-action dub 2017Steins;Gate: The Movie − Load Region of Déjà VuRintaro Okabe Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry Acnologia Shin Godzilla Hideki Akasaka Funimation dub My Hero Academia: Two Heroes Tenya Iida Limited theatrical release My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising Tenya Iida Fruits Basket: Prelude Katsuya Honda Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part Two Klein Sieben Direct-to-Video The Rose of Versailles General Jarjayes
Video games + List of voice performances in video games Year Title Role Crew role, Notes Source –present Dragon Ball series Zarbon, Mira, Upa, Bora Zarbon from 2010–2011 Borderlands 2 Hodunk Bandit, Sir Hammerlock Tales of Xillia 2 Julius Will Kresnik Smite Hercules, Stargazer Anubis, Lord Slashington the III Fenrir Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! Sir Hammerlock, Lost Legion Infantry No. 4, Powersuit Pro Paladins Fernando 2016Killing Floor 2Mr. Foster Borderlands 3 Sir Hammerlock Tales of Luminaria August Wallenstein Genshin Impact Pantalone Pokémon Masters EX Emmet Fire Emblem Engage Louis Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Moran Starfield Henry Filburn, Marcel Duris Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless Joe Doe Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Cid Highwind 2025Rune Factory: Guardians of AzumaKuramaDate Everything!Mitchell LinnDeadpool VRGolden Age Deadpool2026Code Vein IIProtagonist2027Final Fantasy VII RevelationCid Highwind
References
J. Michael Tatum and Terri Doty on ANN Cast
External links
J. Michael Tatum at CrystalAcids Voice Actor Database