Jay Hickman

Jay began his career in anime in the 1990s and has appeared in more than 200 titles with studios including ADV Films, Funimation, Sentai Filmworks, Switchblade Pictures, Okratron 5000, and others. His notable credits over the past two decades are Kaoru Hanayama in Baki The Grappler, Dragon Shiryu in Saint Seiya, the fishmen Chuu and Hammond in One Piece, Prince Mytho in Princess Tutu, Modeus in Devil May Cry, Crusty in Log Horizon, Kagetane Hiruko in Black Bullet and Chief Kurama in Elfen Lied, among many others.

Jay’s voice has also been featured in live action series and films such as Dark Water, Synesthesia, Conduct Zero, The Fuccons, Touching Wild Horses and Gamera – Attack of Legion, as well as in the video games Unlimited Saga, Labyrinth of Galleria and Made in Abyss: Binary Star. Jay had his Toonami debut playing Dr. Stylish in Akame ga KILL!, followed by Shiro Kuramori in Parasyte – the maxim, Joichiro Yukihira in Food Wars!, Taneo Tokuda in My Hero Academia, Zongquan Bai in Shenmue the Animation, some bad guys in Ninja Kamui, and most recently, Kobayashi and Dr. Wong in LAZARUS!

Jay is still active in anime and can also be heard as co-host of the podcast “Bottom of the Barrel,” alongside anime luminaries John Swasey and Kyle Jones.