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Hiroaki Hirata

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Hiroaki Hirata is a Japanese voice actor and narrator.  His best known roles are Sanji in One Piece, Sha Gojyo in Saiyuki, Kotetsu Kaburagi in Tiger & Bunny, and most recently, Beryl Gardinant in From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman, among many others. 

In Video Games, he voices Lindow Amamiya in God Eater, Rackam in Granblue Fantasy, and Vergil in Devil May Cry.  He also does dubbing for movies.  He is well known as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean series, Gellert Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts series, among others.  Hirata often dubs Johnny Depp’s roles. 

In 2011. Hirata won the 11th Tokyo Anime Award for Best Voice Actor for Kotetsu Kaburagi in Tiger & Bunny.  Hirata also won the Best Actor Award at the 6th Seiyu Awards.

How can I get this guest's autograph?
 
Hiroaki Hirata will have scheduled autograph sessions. The times can be found in our Guidebook app.
Hiroaki Hirata will ONLY sign shikashi boards, Animazement branded paper, or your conbook.
 
All autographs will be dated and personalized.
 
Autograph sessions are first come first served. Guests will sign for as many attendees as they are able to get through within the one hour time frame. Please be courteous of other attendees and have your items ready when in line. No additional autographs will be signed beyond the 1 hour allotted time frame, even if you are already in line.
 
For more information on autograph sessions please CLICK HERE.

Location

Raleigh Convention Center
500 S Salisbury St.
Raleigh, NC 27601

Dates

May 22 – 24, 2026

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