Born October 27, 1962, Junichi Kanemaru is a Japanese voice actor who is best known for his roles of the titular character of Sonic the Hedgehog and Hayato Kazami in Future GPX Cyber Formula. He is known for using English lines in most of his roles, which comes in line with his side-job as an English teacher. He is also a singer and composer.
Notable roles by Junichi Kanemaru:
- Chameleon Imagin in Kamen Rider Den-O
- The English narrator in the Cleaning Up the Storage previews, in Hetalia: Axis Powers
- Ginta Suou in Marmalade Boy
- Harley in Pokémon: The Series
- Hayato Kazami in the Future GPX Cyber Formula franchise
- Ichirou Katsumi in Slam Dunk
- Ik-Su in Yona of the Dawn
- Inoue in Otaku no Video
- Kiyohiko "Piyohiko" Saketome in Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar (hilariously enough, he avoids being The Danza due to the title character, Jaguar Junichi being voiced by someone else)
- Michel Kasugano in Yes! Pretty Cure 5
- Okometsubu Fujiyama in Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoiyo!! Masaru-san
- Peter Hamill in Glass Mask (2005 edition)
- Raizou Fuwa in Nintama Rantarou
- Ryo Akiyama in Digimon Tamers
- Shun Nitta in Captain Tsubasa
- Shuuichi Shirato in Hell Teacher Nube
- Sonic the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise
- Swiper the Fox in the Japanese dub of Dora the Explorer
- Zazu in Magic Knight Rayearth
Some tropes:
- Creator's Favorite Episode: Kanemaru considers
the episode "The Meteor" as his favorite from Sonic Toon.
