Yasunori Matsumoto (born February 7, 1960) is one of the more 90's veteran voice actors. He's not pigeonholded, but he's mostly known for his mature, yet soothing voice which makes him the go-to for all those nice guys next door, and lovable dads. Of course, he is more than capable of hilarity, and yes, his sound when playing those whose suffering made us laugh was quite the delight to all; his motivation as a voice actor is so high that his adrenaline begins bursting!
Matsumoto is also a guy fit for Hotblooded principal heroes, which was proven with his break as Ryo Hibiki of Sonic Soldier Borgman. However, his journey on the hardcore heroes lane was surpassed by Nobuyuki Hiyama. note Therefore, he steered steadily into the lane of the Idiot Hero type; though he had portrayed this type through Yutaro Katori beforehand, he eventually solidified this characterization with Slayers' Gourry. Contemporarily speaking, Matsumoto can be found taking more narration cases for various non-anime-related Japanese TV shows.
He was married to fellow voice actress Junko Sakuma until her death in 2011.
And don't confuse him with Yasunori Masutani.
Are these roles done by Yasunori Matsumoto?
- Official dub voice for Adam Sandler:
- Charlie Fineman in Reign Over Me
- Daniel "Danny" Maccabee in Just Go with It
- Donny Berger in That's My Boy
- Dracula in Hotel Transylvania 2 (in-flight screenings)
- Shogo Ogi in Idol Densetsu Eriko
- Jack and Jill Sadelstein in Jack and Jill
- Lenny Feder in Grown Ups 2 (darrining Manabu Muraji)
- Alejandro Corner in Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (so Playing Against Type)
- Anubis in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Black Gaine / Black Might Gaine in The Brave Express Might Gaine
- Captain Underpants in the Japanese version of Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie and The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
- Chosa in Legend of Himiko
- Donatello D'Oria in Altair: A Record of Battles
- Double in Mega Man X4
- Eren Kruger in Attack on Titan
- Fighbird / Yutaro Katori in The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird
- Folka Albark in Super Robot Wars OGs and Super Robot Wars Original Generation Gaiden
- Frank Murphy in the Japanese dub of F is for Family
- Gai in Getter Robo Armageddon
- Gourman in Ultraman X
- Gourry Gabriev in Slayers (Another chance to work side by side with Megumi Hayashibara, which he did in Ferngully)
- Guy Cecil in Tales of the Abyss
- Hanazono in Yarudora series vol.1: Double Cast
- Hercules in the Kingdom Hearts series
- Hiroshi Nakano in Gravitation
- Jacky Bryant in the anime adaptation of Virtua Fighter
- Jean Havoc and Dorochet in Fullmetal Alchemist (2003)
- Juna in Futari wa Pretty Cure
- King Doughnuts in Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!
- Knight Gundam in SD Gundam Gaiden, Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3, and Super Robot Wars BX
- Koji Tonoo in Saya no Uta (Credited as Daijirou Kataoka)
- Kojiro Nanjo in Sk8 the Infinity
- Leaks in Lamento - beyond the void (Credited as Daijirou Kataoka)
- Lew Zealand in the Japanese dub of The Muppet Christmas Carol
- Magnum Ace in Shippu! Iron Leaguer and Super Robot Wars NEO
- Mister Cat in Princess Tutu
- Noal in Tekkaman Blade (Once more alongside Megumi Hayashibara)
- Rocky DeSantos in the Japanese dub of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
- Roddy McGranate in Bravely Default II
- Ryo Hibiki in Sonic Soldier Borgman
- Seta Noriyasu in Love Hina
- Shunji Kamishiro in Maburaho
- Takeshi Furuhata in Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor
- Toya in YuYu Hakusho
- Travant in Fire Emblem Heroes
- Tsubasa in Destiny of the Shrine Maiden
- Turbo in the Japanese dub of Turbo
- Wan Paul in Get Backers
- Wataru Akiyama in Initial D
- Westar in Fresh Pretty Cure!
- Yuki Tokugawa in E's Otherwise
- Yuri in Sakura Wars (2000)
- Yuzo Tomizawa in Case Closed
- Yūzō Yamamoto in Bungo to Alchemist
- Zak in the Japanese version of FernGully: The Last Rainforest
