Eric Vale

Christopher Eric Johnson Jr. (born April 28, 1974), better known by the stage name 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. He is known for voicing adult Trunks in the Dragon Ball series, Aph America and Canada from Axis power Hetalia, Ferid Bathory in the Seraph of the End series, Yuki Sohma in Fruits Basket series, Tenko "Tomura Shigaraki" Shimura in My Hero Academia, Sanji in One Piece, Loke in Fairy Tail and Phoenix Wright from Ace Attorney.

Eric Vale
Vale at Animate Miami in 2014
Born	Christopher Eric Johnson Jr. April 28, 1974 Grand Prairie, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Voice actor, ADR director, script writer
Years active	1999–present
Agent	Mary Collins[1]
Children	2[2]
Website	www.therealericvale.com

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Crew role, notes	Source[3]
1999	Dragon Ball series	Trunks, World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer, Dr. Flappe	Funimation dub
2001	Yu Yu Hakusho	Sakyo, Rando, Kokoda Hatanaka
2002	Fruits Basket	Yuki Soma	also 2019 reboot	[4]
2004	Fullmetal Alchemist	Solf J. Kimblee
2005	Desert Punk	Kanta Mizuno		[5]
2005	Gunslinger Girl series	Jean Croce
2005	Initial D series	Koichiro Iketani	Funimation dub	[6]
2007	B't X	Teppei Takamiya	Illumitoon dub	[7]
2007–present	One Piece	Sanji	Funimation dub	[8]
2007	School Rumble series	Oji Karasuma		[9]
2008	Hetalia: Axis Powers series	America, Canada	Funimation dub	[10]
2009	Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple	Hermit	Season 2 only	[11]
2009	D.Gray-man	Arystar Krory III	also Hallow	[12]
2009	Nabari no Ou	Tobari Durandal Kumohira		[13]
2009	Spice and Wolf	Weiz		[14]
2010	Soul Eater	Justin Law
2010	Casshern Sins	Casshern		[15]
2011	Dance in the Vampire Bund	Akira Kaburagi Regendorf	Credited as Alpha Lagrange	[16]
2011	Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood	Solf J. Kimblee
2011–2019	Fairy Tail	Loke		[17]
2012	Deadman Wonderland	Tsunenaga Tamaki		[18]
2012	Is This a Zombie?	King of the Night		[19]
2013	We Without Wings	Hariu Kurodo		[20]
2013	Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero	Akatsuki Ousawa		[21]
2013	Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing	Victor		[22]
2013	Maken-ki! Battling Venus series	Akaya Kodai		[23]
2014	Ghost in the Shell: Arise	Tsumugi		[24]
2014	Jormungand series	Kasper Hekmatyar		[25]
2014	Robotics;Notes	Ko Kimijima		[26]
2014	Tokyo Ghoul	Nishiki Nishio	also season 2 and :re	[27]
2014	Attack on Titan	Luke Cis	season 1	[28]
2014	Sengoku Basara: Judge End	Keiji Maeda		[29]
2015	Death Parade	Takashi	Eps. 1-2	[30]
2015	Gangsta	Barry Abbott	Eps. 1, 4	[31]
2015	Noragami series	Kazuma		[32]
2015	Ping Pong: The Animation	Egami		[33]
2015	Prison School	Takehito "Gakuto" Morokuzu		[34]
2015	Seraph of the End	Ferid Bathory		[35]
2015	Yona of the Dawn	Sinha		[36]
2016	Aquarion Logos	Hayato Kujo		[37]
2016	Brothers Conflict	Iori Asahina		[38]
2016	Chaos Dragon	Qisha Tianling		[39]
2016	Dimension W	Albert Schuman		[40]
2016	First Love Monster	Kanade Takahashi		[41]
2016	My Hero Academia	Tenko "Tomura Shigaraki" Shimura		[42]
2016	Snow White with the Red Hair	Izana Wisteria		[43]
2016	Terror in Resonance	Kato		[44]
2016	Joker Game	Jiro Gamo		[45]
2016	Trickster	Kogoro Akechi		[46]
2016	Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace	Akechi		[47]
2016	The Vision of Escaflowne	Dryden Fassa	Funimation dub	[48]
2017	Knight's & Magic	Tsubasa Kurata		[49]
2017	Sakura Quest	Soichiro Koharu	Ep. 14	[50]
2017	Classroom of the Elite	Kakeru Ryuen		[51]
2017	A Sister's All You Need	Kenjiro Toki		[52]
2018	Ace Attorney	Phoenix Wright	anime adaptation	[53]
2018	Darling in the Franxx	Hachi		[54]
2018	Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens	Yamato		[55]
2018	Junji Ito Collection	Makoto Tokura	ep5B	[56]
2018	B't X	Teppei Takamiya	Anime Midstream dub	[57]
2018	How Not to Summon a Demon Lord	Takuma Sakamoto/Diablo		[58]
2018	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	Kurobe		[59]
2019	Radiant	Grim		[59]
2019	Black Clover	Fanzell Kruger	Funimation dub	[60]
2019	YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World	Takuya Arima		[61]
2019	Fire Force	Arthur Boyle		[62]
2020	Plunderer	Licht Bach		[63]

Films

List of dubbing performances in anime films

Year	Title	Role	Crew role, notes	Source
2012	Sengoku Basara: The Last Party	Keiji Maeda		[64]
2012	Mass Effect: Paragon Lost	Essex		[65]
2014	One Piece Film: Z	Sanji		[66]
2016	The Boy and the Beast	Kyuta		[67]
2017	One Piece Film: Gold	Sanji		[68][69]
2019	One Piece: Stampede	Sanji		[70]

Video games

List of dubbing performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Crew role, notes	Source
2002	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai	Future Trunks		[71]
2003	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2	Future Trunks, World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer		[71]
2004	Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors	Future Trunks		[71]
2004	Dragon Ball Z Budokai: 3	Future Trunks, World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer		[72]
2005	Dragon Ball Z: Sagas	Future Trunks		[71]
2005	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi	Future Trunks, World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer		[71]
2006	Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai	Future Trunks		[71]
2006	Super Dragon Ball Z	Future Trunks		[71]
2006	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2	Future Trunks		[71]
2007	Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road	Future Trunks, World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer		[71]
2007	Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3	Future Trunks		[71]
2008	One Piece: Unlimited Adventure	Sanji		[71]
2008	Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit	Future Trunks		[71]
2008	Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World	Future Trunks		[71]
2009	Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo	World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer		[71]
2009	Dragon Ball: Raging Blast	Future Trunks		[71]
2010	Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team	Future Trunks		[71]
2010	Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2	Future Trunks		[71]
2011	Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi	Future Trunks		[71]
2012	Borderlands 2	Boom, Will the Bandit, McNally		[72]
2012	Dragon Ball Z: For Kinect	Future Trunks		[71]
2014	Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z	Future Trunks		[72]
2015	Dragon Ball Xenoverse	Future Trunks		[71]
2016	Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2	Future Trunks		[72]
2018	Dragon Ball FighterZ	Future Trunks, World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer		[72]
2018	Dragon Ball Legends	Future Trunks, Trunks (adult)		[72]
2020	Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot	Future Trunks, World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer		[72]

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External links

• Official website
• Eric Vale at IMDb
• Eric Vale at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Eric Vale at the CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database
• Eric Vale convention appearances on AnimeCons.com