Natsuki Hanae (花江 夏樹) was born on June 26, 1991 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and his distinctly boyish voice means that he is usually cast as young, softspoken, and/or innocent boys. He first came into prominence with his role as Wien in Tari Tari, but is perhaps best known as Ken Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul and Tanjiro Kamado from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. He was formerly known as the Nico Nico Douga singer "Hanagoe" before getting into the voice acting business.
Also, he's noted
to be a huge League of Legends gamer, as he played this game long before he was cast as Veigar and Ziggs. Time will tell if he decides develop a professional League of Legends career in the LCS.
He has quite the popular Youtube channel, amassing 1.5 million subscribers and counting. He often posts Let's Play videos, with many of them featuring fellow voice actors as well. On top of that, he has a popular segment called the "Game Of Darkness", featuring fellow voice actors Kensho Ono and Takuya Eguchi, where board and card games get taken up to eleven and their voice acting skills get pushed to the limit. Expect things to get weird.
In more personal news, he announced on a radio show in August 2016 that he got married to someone outside of the industry. In September 2020, he announced on his Twitter that he became a father to twin baby girls.
It should be noted that "Hanae" is a Stage Name. His real surname has not been disclosed by his agency.
Has a Twitter account where he jokingly describes himself as a cat bot, which may or may not be true.
Notable Roles
- 9S in NieR: Automata
- Akito Sera in Collar × Malice
- Alm in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
- Andromeda Shun in Saint Seiya Awakening
- Appare Sorano in Appare-Ranman!
- Asahi Kuromine in My Monster Secret
- Asuta Jimon in World Conquest Zvezda Plot
- Atsuhiro "Wien" Maeda in Tari Tari
- Beam aka the Shark Fiend in Chainsaw Man
- Biscuit Griffon in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
- Benkei Kuruma from Getter Robo Devolution in Super Robot Wars 30
- Boy in Nier Replicant ver. 1.22
- Cait Sith in Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure The Movie
- Caostel Conto in The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess
- Cell War in Mashle: Magic and Muscles
- Chad in Fire Emblem Heroes
- Chakuro in Children of the Whales
- Changyu in Punishing: Gray Raven
- Christoph Aurel Arland in Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland
- Cuphead (Tru Valentino) in the Japanese dub of The Cuphead Show!
- Devon in the Japanese dub of Turning Red
- Duke of Death in The Duke of Death and His Black Maid
- Eddie Edei in Life Lessons with Uramichi-Oniisan
- Eiichi Misumi in Gamers! (2015)
- Eita Sasaki in Loving Yamada at Lv999!
- Elam in The Heroic Legend of Arslan
- Elan Ceres in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
- Eternity in Street Fighter 6
- Falco Grice in Attack on Titan
- Future Warrior (Male Character Voice 02) in Dragon Ball Xenoverse
- Fuuma Kotaro in Fate/Grand Order
- Gakuto Sougetsu in Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS
- Geo in Granblue Fantasy
- Gremmy Thoumeaux in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (debuted in Bleach: Brave Souls)
- Grusha in Pokémon Masters
- Hajime Kokonoi in Tokyo Revengers
- Hakushū Kitahara in Bungo to Alchemist
- Haruichi Kominato in Ace of the Diamond
- Hideyoshi Toyotomi in Sengoku Night Blood
- Higekiri in Touken Ranbu
- Hijiri Koganei in Romantic Killer
- Hikari Sakishima in Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea
- Hiroshi Odokawa in Odd Taxi
- Hiyori Tomoe in Ensemble Stars!
- Hokuto Shijima in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V
- Homunculus/Sieg in Fate/Apocrypha and Fate/Grand Order
- Ix Neve in Tales Of The Rays
- Ikki Niko in Blue Lock
- Ikuto Tsumura in Smile Down the Runway
- Inaho Kaizuka in Aldnoah.Zero
- Jaco the Galactic Patrolman in Dragon Ball
- Jonah Clemence in Ikemen Revolution
- Julian Ainsworth in Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 3rei!!
- Kakka Arthur in Million Arthur
- Kakuto Momonashi in Jack Jeanne
- Karl La Hire/Kal-el Albus in The Pilot's Love Song
- Ken Kaneki in Tokyo Ghoul
- Ken Takakura/Okarun in Dandadan
- Kiichirou Ukai in Reynatis
- Kiri Haimura in The Severing Crime Edge
- Kotaro Enomoto in Confession Executive Committee
- Kourai Hoshiumi in Haikyuu!!
- Kousei Arima in Your Lie in April
- Kyouji Shinkawa in Sword Art Online II
- Lavi in D.Gray-Man Hallow (replacing Kenichi Suzumura)
- Logi Crowley in Alchemist Code
- Maedomari in Charlotte
- Maki Katsuragi in Stars Align
- Makoto and Ōka in 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams
- Manabu Sogetsu in Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!
- Masamune Makabe in Masamune-kun's Revenge
- Medicine Pocket in Reverse: 1999
- Meiga Itogami in Strike the Blood
- Mighty in Another Eden
- Mikoto Kayano in MILGRAM
- Milo Nekoyanagi in Sabikui Bisco
- Minamoto no Yoshitsune in Nioh 2
- Mythos in Active Raid
- Nie Huaisang in the Japanese dubs of the Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi animated adaptation and the live-action adaptation The Untamed
- Ninmenju and Tanjirō Kamado in Onmyoji
- Noah in I-Chu
- Okuiri Hiro in Inazuma Eleven: Ares
- The Protagonist in Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Qwenthur Barbotage in Heavy Object
- Ray Cephart in Band Yarouze!
- Reinhard in Rune Factory 5
- Reita Toritsuka in The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
- Revel in Platinum End
- Riddle Rosehearts in Twisted Wonderland
- Rill Boismortier in Black Clover
- Rokuro Enmadou in Twin Star Exorcists
- Rou Hayakawa in Sing "Yesterday" for Me
- Ryuu Natsume in Paradox Live
- Ryuuji in Shounen Maid
- Shen Xiang in Undead Unluck
- Shiki Tademaru in Kemono Jihen
- Shinichi Kanou in Outbreak Company
- Shinpei Ajiro in Summertime Rendering
- Shouma Ameku in Daimidaler the Sound Robot
- Shuichi Kagaya in Gleipnir
- Shuuji Narukami in DAYS
- Souma in Interviews with Monster Girls
- Susukichi in NEO: The World Ends with You
- Sylas in Dragalia Lost
- Taichi Yagami in Digimon Adventure tri.
- Taiyou Mitsuboshi in Happy Sugar Life
- Takeshi Toyama in Re-Main
- Takumi Aldini in Food Wars!
- Tanjiro Kamado in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
- Vanitas in The Case Study of Vanitas
- Veigar, Ziggs and Heimerdinger in League of Legends
- The Wolf in TAISHO x ALICE
- Yan in the Japanese dub of Arena of Valor
- Yoshimune Tokugawa in Akanesasu Sekai de Kimi to Utau
- Yota Narukami in The Day I Became a God
- Yu Kamoda & Ryou Izumino in Prince of Stride
- Yuna D. Kaito in Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card
- Yuto Akama in Mikagura School Suite
- Yuuta Ashuu (Thrive) in B-Project
- Yuuta Hoshitani in High School Star Musical
Tropes asscociated to Natsuki Hanae:
- Star-Making Role: Made his big break in Tokyo Ghoul and later solidified in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.
