Daisuke Ono

Daisuke Ono is one of the most heavily booked voice actors in Japan, with hundreds of credits behind him. Born in Sakawa, Kochi in 1978, he won best lead actor at both the 4th and the 9th Seiyu Awards, for work including Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler, Jotaro Kujo in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Shukuro Tsukishima in Bleach, and took the Best Personalities prize at the 9th.

The instrument is a low, unhurried baritone that produces authority without any apparent effort, and the roles that made him famous all exploit the same thing: a man who never needs to raise his voice because he has already decided. Erwin Smith in Attack on Titan, commanding people toward things they will not survive. Jotaro Kujo, who communicates mainly in refusals. Sebastian Michaelis, whose politeness is a threat delivered at a bow.

The range shows up in the comedy, which is where a lot of English-language viewers miss him entirely. Fafnir in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid is the same voice used for flat, misanthropic deadpan. Killer T Cell in Cells at Work! is it stretched into cartoon rage. Shizuo Heiwajima in Durarara!!, Jyushimatsu in Osomatsu-san, Shintaro Midorima in Kuroko's Basketball, Itsuki Koizumi in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Daikoku in Noragami, Nightwing in Batman Ninja.

Outside the booth he co-hosts the long-running radio show Dear Girl Stories with fellow voice actor Hiroshi Kamiya, which has its own devoted audience quite separate from the anime.