Matt Shipman

Matt Shipman (born August 19, 1992) is an American voice actor. He started voice acting professionally in 2015 and was cast in his first lead role with Gear in World War Blue in 2016. Since 2016, some of his larger roles include Kazuya Kujo in Gosick, Hiro in Darling in the Franxx, Chrome in Dr. Stone, and Reki Kyan in SK8 the Infinity.

Matt Shipman
Born	August 19, 1992
Nationality	American
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	2015–present
Notable credits	World War Blue as Gear Gosick as Kazuya Kujo Darling in the Franxx as Hiro Dr. Stone as Chrome SK8 the Infinity as Reki Kyan
Spouse	Brittany Lauda ​ (m. 2018)​
A vocal sample of Matt Shipman

Biography

Matt Shipman was born on August 19, 1992.^[1] He started voice acting professionally in 2015 with additional voices for Holy Knight.^[2] One year later, he was cast in his first lead role, Gear from World War Blue.^[3] In 2018, Shipman married voice actress Brittany Lauda.^[4] In August 2021, Shipman and Jan Ochoa began co-hosting "Armed and Rangerous", a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers recap podcast produced for Giant Bomb.^[5]

Along with Lauda, Shipman co-owns audio production company Kocha Sound.^[6]

Filmography

Anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2015	Holy Knight	Additional voices		[2]
	Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V	Shay Obsidian		[7]
2016	Juden Chan	Paita	ADR Co-Director	[8]
	Rio: Rainbow Gate!	King	ADR Co-Director	[9]
	My Wife is the Student Council President	Hayato Izumi		[10]
	World War Blue	Gear	ADR Co-Director	[3]
2017	Gosick	Kazuya Kujo		[11]
	Gamers!	Masaya		[12]
	Classroom of the Elite	Hideo Sotomura		[13]
	King's Game The Animation	Teruaki Nagata		[14]
	Ai no Kusabi	Norris		[15]
	Juni Taisen: Zodiac War	Takeyasu Tsumita/Serpent		[16]
2018	Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits	Byakuya		[17]
	Zoku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru	Higekiri		[18]
	Junji Ito Collection	Hiroshi Sakaguchi		[19]
	Legend of the Galactic Heroes	Julian Mintz		[20]
	Darling in the Franxx	Hiro		[21]
	My Hero Academia	Sen Kaibara, Inasa Yoarashi, Mr. Brave		[22][23][24]
	Attack on Titan	Floch Forster		[18]
	Angels Of Death	Additional Voices	Assistant voice director	[25]
2019	Boogiepop and Others	Keiji Takeda, Additional Voices	6 episodes	[26]
	Wise Man's Grandchild	Tony Freyd		[17]
	Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life	Ōsuke Kiryū		[18]
	Nichijou	Katashina		[27]
	Dr. Stone	Chrome		[28]
	Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest	Hajime Nagumo		[18]
	Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit	Seiji "Rookie" Nanatsuki		[18]
2020	A Certain Scientific Railgun T	Gunha Sogīta		[29]
	Run with the Wind	Hirakawa		[30]
	Super HxEros	Retto Enjō		[31]
	Akudama Drive	Cutthroat	ADR Co-Director	[32]
2021	SK8 the Infinity	Reki Kyan		[33]
	Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki	Takei		[34]
	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	Shōgo Taguchi, Razen (Shogo's body)		[35]
	Kemono Jihen	Mihai		[36]
	Moriarty the Patriot	Lucian Atwood, El		[37][18]
	The World Ends with You: The Animation	Sota		[18]
	Kuroko's Basketball	Kotaro Hayama		[38]
	2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team	Kazuma Hokao		[39]
	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean	Male prisoners killed by Foo Fighters		[18]
	Deep Insanity: The Lost Child	Larry		[40]
2022	Kakegurui Twin	Haruto Kibashira		[18]
	Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer	Hangetsu Shinonome		[41]
	Blue Lock	Rin Itoshi		[42]
	Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury	Martin Upmont		[18]
	Haikyu!!	Junji Kuroishi, Taro Onagawa		[43]
2023	Sugar Apple Fairy Tale	Jonas Anders		[44]
	Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku	Toma		[45]
	Heavenly Delusion	Additional voices		[46]
	The Ancient Magus' Bride	Isak		[47]
2024	A Journey Through Another World	Takumi Kayano		[48]
	Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!	Tsubasa Shiki	12 Episodes	[49]
	Solo Leveling	Sukmin		[50]
	Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy	Izumo Ikusabe		[51]
	Vampire Dormitory	Takara		[52]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2017	One Piece Film: Gold	Sergeant Straight		[18]
2019	One Piece: Stampede	Cavendish		[18]
2022	Shin Ultraman	Kagami	English dub	[53]

Live action

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2023	Ultraman Z	Ultraman Z	English dub	[54]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2019	YIIK: A Postmodern RPG	Roy Guarder
2020	Project Wingman	General Morgan Elizabeth "Wild Boar", Captain Kelleher "Ronin Actual"		[55]
2021	Genshin Impact	Kujou Kamaji		[56]
2022	Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness	Main Character	"Deep in Abyss" mode	[57]
TBA	Muv-Luv: Project Mikhail	Surface Pilot 1, Surface Pilot 4		[18]
	Yandere Simulator	Osana's Stalker

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work/Recipient	Result	Ref
2022	Crunchyroll Anime Awards	Best VA Performance (EN)	Reki Kyan (SK8 the Infinity)	Nominated	[58]

References

1. Shipman, Matt [@MattShipmanVO] (August 19, 2014). "My phone just auto corrected my misspelled "horb" as "jorb." Jorb is what I meant to say. This is the best birthday present" (Tweet). Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Twitter.
2. Loveridge, Lynzee (February 16, 2015). "Media Blasters Casts Michele Knotz, Melanie Ehrlich, More in Holy Knight OVA". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
3. Yuan, Kevin (November 19, 2016). "Media Blasters Reveals English Dub Cast for World War Blue Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
4. Lauda, Brittany [@BrittanyLaudaVO] (December 23, 2018). "Since we are in NY for the holidays, our families wanted to celebrate Matt and I getting married (it's been over half a year lol). My cousin made this amazing cake, with custom toppers based on Nashira's drawing of Ichigo and Hiro!" (Tweet). Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Twitter.
5. Ochoa, Jan [@_janjerome] (August 3, 2021). "It is my pleasure to announce another new GB show: ARMED AND RANGEROUS! My good friend @MattShipmanVO and I will be rewatching,reliving, and recapping the very first season of MMPR! Premiering tomorrow on http://giantbomb.com at 9am PDT!" (Tweet). Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Twitter.
6. "Omni Fandom Expo Special Guest Announcement" (Press release). Orlando, Florida: Omni Fandom Expo. January 16, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2023 – via Anime News Network.
7. Shipman, Matt [@MattShipmanVO] (March 20, 2018). "Yo, Facebook just told me that three years ago today was when I announced I was playing Shay in Arc-V. It... actually feels longer than that. A lot of stuff happened over three years! For fun, here's the first picture I ever saved of him on my phone" (Tweet). Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Twitter.
8. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 5, 2016). "Media Blasters Announces Full Juden-chan Anime Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
9. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (August 20, 2016). "Media Blasters Reveals Full English Dub Cast for Rio - Rainbow Gate! Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
10. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (August 20, 2016). "Media Blasters to Release Yosuga no Sora, My Wife is the Student Council President Anime on Blu-ray Disc". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
11. Ressler, Karen (February 16, 2017). "Funimation Announces Gosick English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
12. Ressler, Karen (July 25, 2017). "Funimation Announces Simuldub Casts for A Centaur's Life, Hina Logic, Gamers!, Convenience Store Boy Friends". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
13. Pineda, Rafael (July 31, 2017). "Funimation Reveals Classroom of the Elite Anime's English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
14. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 21, 2017). "Funimation Reveals English Dub Casts for King's Game, Konohana Kitan Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
15. Ressler, Karen (November 22, 2017). "Ai no Kusabe English Dub Clip Shows Riki, Katze". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
16. Martin, Theron (January 22, 2019). "Review: Jūni Taisen: Zodiac War BD/DVD". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
17. "Anime Boston 2020 Announces its Fourth Round of North American Guests" (Press release). Boston: Anime Boston. January 14, 2020. Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Anime News Network.
18. "Matt Shipman (visual voices guide)". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
19. Shipman, Matt [@MattShipmanVO] (February 25, 2018). "Hey, I'm Hiroshi in this week's Junji Ito Collection ep! Next door neighbors can be pretty creepy... Thanks for having me play a rational horror character @MikeMcFarlandVA!" (Tweet). Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Twitter.
20. Ressler, Karen (April 23, 2017). "Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Anime's English Dub Cast Revealed". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
21. Ressler, Karen (February 1, 2018). "Darling in the Franxx English Dub Stars Tia Ballard, Matt Shipman". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
22. Shipman, Matt [@MattShipmanVO] (April 21, 2018). "Yo, I'm playing Sen Kaibara in My Hero Academia season 3! Class 1-B REPRESENT. Ep 41 is up now, go check it out." (Tweet). Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Twitter.
23. Shipman, Matt [@MattShipmanVO] (August 4, 2018). "PLUS ULTRAAAA! I VOICE INASA YOARASHI IN MY HERO ACADEMIA! HE NEVER STOPS SHOUTING, SO NEITHER WILL I! THANKS TO @ccarrollbeard FOR HAVING ME! GO WATCH IT ON @FUNimation NOWWWW!" (Tweet). Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Twitter.
24. Shipman, Matt [@MattShipmanVO] (November 30, 2019). "Hey, did I mention I'm Mr Brave in MHA season 4? Cus I am! Now all I want is a filler episode where Inasa, Sen and Mr Brave all team up for some reason. GIVE ME THAT CHALLENGE" (Tweet). Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Twitter.
25. https://twitter.com/BrittanyLaudaVO/status/1054825769262735360. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
26. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 28, 2019). "Funimation Reveals English Dub Cast, Staff for 4 Winter Simuldub Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
27. Sherman, Jennifer (June 7, 2019). "Funimation Reveals Nichijou Anime's Full English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
28. Friedman, Nicholas (September 4, 2020). "Funimation Enters the Stone Wars With Dr. STONE Season 2 This January". Funimation. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
29. Shipman, Matt [@MattShipmanVO] (January 24, 2020). "I'm Gunha Sogiita, level 5 esper, in A Certain Scientific Railgun T! I'm also writing all the scripts! It's been wild catching up on the raildex world for what feels like a season 7. Thanks for having me @VAJerryJewell!" (Tweet). Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Twitter.
30. Mateo, Alex (April 29, 2020). "Sentai Filmworks Announces Run With the Wind Anime's English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
31. Mateo, Alex (September 4, 2020). "Funimation Reveals SUPER HXEROS Anime's English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
32. Pineda, Rafael (December 3, 2020). "Funimation Reveals Akudama Drive Anime's English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
33. Mateo, Alex (February 5, 2021). "Funimation Announces Sk8 the Infinity Anime's English Dub, Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
34. Mateo, Alex (March 12, 2021). "Funimation Streams Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki Anime's English Dub". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
35. Shipman, Matt [@MattShipmanVO] (March 24, 2021). "Catch me in today's That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime ep as Shogo Taguchi! He's different than my usual type, looking forward to his journey. Thanks @CliffordChapin for having me join this absolutely ENORMOUS cast! #slife" (Tweet). Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Twitter.
36. "Kemono Jihen". Kocha Sound. May 24, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
37. Mateo, Alex (August 13, 2021). "Funimation Announces Moriarty the Patriot Anime's English Dub, Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
38. Shipman, Matt [@MattShipmanVO] (September 18, 2021). "The dub of Kuroko's Basketball S3 is out on Netflix and I play Kotaro Hayama! Huge thanks to @mummynyan and @BangZoom for having me, and @khoidaooo and @JalenKCassell for directin'. This was the first sports anime I ever watched, it's crazy to be a part of it so many years later!" (Tweet). Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Twitter.
39. Mateo, Alex (November 3, 2021). "Funimation Streams 2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team Anime's English Dub". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
40. Mateo, Alex (December 13, 2021). "Funimation Streams English Dub for Deep Insanity: The Lost Child Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
41. Shipman, Matt [@MattShipmanVO] (September 2, 2022). "Add one to the Matt and Cliff play brothers counter ✔️" (Tweet). Retrieved March 31, 2023 – via Twitter.
42. Dempsey, Liam (October 21, 2022). "BLUELOCK English Dub Reveals Cast & Crew, Release Date [UPDATED]". Crunchyroll. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
43. Shipman, Matt. "I'm Junji Kuroishi and Taro Onagawa in #Haikyu!! To the Top! Kuroishi's the second libero I've played, which I'm all for since Nishinoya's been my favorite in this show for years, haha. Thanks for having me @KyleColby & @SentaiFilmworks !". Twitter.
44. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 20, 2023). "Crunchyroll Debuts Buddy Daddies, Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Dubs on Friday". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
45. Mateo, Alex (April 13, 2023). "Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku Anime Reveals English Dub Cast, Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
46. Angelle, Felecia [@FeleciaAngelle] (May 13, 2023). "Episodes 3 & 4 of #TengokuDaimakyo (Heavenly Delusion) are up now on Hulu in the US! Haruki @MKatwood Robin @ericvale Doc @Seitz_Unseen Ran @CristinaVee Ken @Harrison_Xu Episodic/Additional Voices: @MickWingert @zekealton @KaggyFilms @MattShipmanVO @JohnOmohundro" (Tweet). Retrieved May 21, 2023 – via Twitter.
47. Shipman, Matt. "Hey I'm Isak (not Isaac, but Isak) in Magus Bride S2! Looking forward to exploring his character with @Bowling4anime and @MannyAragon_! Check it out tomorrow!". Twitter.
48. Dempsey, Liam (July 5, 2024). "A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring English Dub Reveals Same-Day Release, Cast & Crew". Crunchyroll. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
49. www.crunchyroll.com https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/announcements/2024/1/21/hokkaido-gals-are-super-adorable-anime-english-dub-cast-and-crew-release-date. Retrieved January 22, 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
50. Shipman, Matt. "Hey that's me as resident goof of the group, Sukmin in Solo Leveling this week! I'd get a better picture but I can't screenshot the CR app anymore 😭 Thanks @caitlinsvoice for giving me the fun guy! 😝". Twitter.
51. Shipman, Matt. "Hey hey that's me as Izumo Ikusabe in Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy S2! Shout outs to @VAJerryJewell for having me! 🌔". Twitter.
52. Dempsey, Liam (April 21, 2024). "Vampire Dormitory English Dub Reveals Cast and Crew, Release Date". Crunchyroll. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
53. "Shin Ultraman (live-action movie)". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 24, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
54. Shipman, Matt [@MattShipmanVO] (April 2, 2023). "I ask that you chant my name! Ultraman Z! I'm SO excited to be playing the titular Ultraman Z (pronounced Zett!). My childhood dream of being a toku hero has come true. Thank you so much @SirRawly @tsuburayaprod @TsuburayaGlobal @okratron5000 for this incredible opportunity!" (Tweet). Retrieved April 2, 2023 – via Twitter.
55. Shipman, Matt [@MattShipmanVO] (December 3, 2020). "Hey, any of you play Project Wingman from @RB_Dev2? I know you have, it was like the second top game on Steam the other day! Haha. I'm Ronin Actual and Wild Boar! Check it out if you haven't already!" (Tweet). Retrieved November 22, 2022 – via Twitter.
56. Shipman, Matt [@MattShipmanVO] (September 1, 2021). "I'm Kujou Kamaji in Genshin Impact, the bravest little NPC you ever did see! I've technically played him since the last patch, but he didn't have much to say until now, haha" (Tweet). Retrieved December 9, 2021 – via Twitter.
57. Pineda, Rafael (June 1, 2022). "Made in Abyss 3D Action RPG Reveals More Cast, September 2 Release". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
58. Goslin, Austen (February 9, 2022). "Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1 wins top prize at Crunchyroll's Anime Awards". Polygon. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

External links

• Matt Shipman at Anime News Network's encyclopedia