Eric Vale

Christopher Eric Johnson Jr. (born April 28, 1974), also known as Eric Vale, is an American voice actor, ADR director, script writer, and head writer at Funimation, who provided voices for a number of English versions of Japanese anime series.

Vale is also known for voicing the adult variations of Trunks in Dragon Ball series, Yuki Sohma in Fruits Basket, America and Canada in the Hetalia series, and Kanta in Desert Punk. Vale also has a major role in the Funimation dub of One Piece as Vinsmoke Sanji.

Anime

1999

• Dragon Ball series – Trunks, World Tournament Announcer, Chibi, Crepe, Taro Soramame (Funimation dub)

2001

• Blue Gender – Yuji Kaido

2002

• Fruits Basket – Yuki Sohma
• Yu Yu Hakusho – Sakyo, Rando, Shorin, Shuichi Hatanaka

2004

• Case Closed – Inspector Nicholas Santos, James Soto, Koby Erwin, Reynolds Yates, Ted Appenheimer, Tony Tsugi
• Fullmetal Alchemist – Solf J. Kimblee
• Kiddy Grade – Sinistra

2005

• Gunslinger Girl series – Jean Croce

2006

• Basilisk: The Kōga Ninja Scrolls – Jimushi Jubei
• Black Cat – Lacdoll
• Desert Punk – Kanta "Desert Punk" Mizuno
• Shin-Chan – Yoshirin (Funimation dub)
• Speed Grapher – Itabashi (Ep. 10)
• Trinity Blood – Meinz Alfred (Ep. 1)

2007

• B't X – Teppei Takamiya
• BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad – Ryusuke Minami
• Hell Girl – Yukio Ujiie (Ep. 19)
• One Piece – Vinsmoke Sanji (Funimation dub)
• School Rumble series – Oji Karasuma, Sekiyama, Goro
• SoltyRei – Larry Anderson
• Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle – Tōya

2008

• Aquarion – Sirius de Alisia
• Baldr Force EXE Resolution – Akira Nikaido
• Claymore – Sid
• Darker than Black – Nick Hillman (Eps. 11-12)
• Ghost Hunt – Osamu Yasuhara
• Jyu-Oh-Sei – Zagi
• Ouran High School Host Club – Toru Suzushima (Ep. 2)
• Sasami: Magical Girls Club – Tonobe

2009

• Baccano! – Huey Laforet
• Bamboo Blade – Hayami (Eps. 20-21)
• Big Windup! – Keisuke Umehara
• Blassreiter – Alvin Lutz
• D.Gray-man – Arystar Krory III
• Dragonaut: The Resonance – Ko Yonamine
• El Cazador de la Bruja – Miguel (Ep. 6)
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Solf J. Kimblee
• Heroic Age – Meleagros E Leisha Altria Oz Yunos
• Kaze no Stigma – Lai
• Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple – Natsu "Hermit" Tanimoto (Season 2)
• Nabari no Ou – Tobari Durandal Kumohira
• Romeo x Juliet – Francisco
• Save Me! Lollipop – Zero
• Sgt. Frog – Dance Master (Ep. 47), Sally Viper (Ep. 78)
• Spice and Wolf – Weiz
• Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry – Dickon Sidnok

2010

• Birdy the Mighty Decode:02 – Nataru Shinmyō
• Casshern Sins – Casshern
• Corpse Princess – Sadahiro Mibu
• Hetalia: Axis Powers – America, Canada
• Initial D series – Koichiro Iketani (Funimation dub)
• My Bride is a Mermaid – Kai Mikawa
• Sands of Destruction – Agan Madoru
• Sekirei series – Kakizaki
• Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings series – Maeda Keiji
• Soul Eater – Justin Law

2011

• Chrome Shelled Regios – Sharnid Elipton
• Dance in the Vampire Bund – Akira Kaburagi Regendorf (credited as Alpha Lagrange)
• Fairy Tail – Loke / Leo
• Heaven's Lost Property series – Eishiro Sugata
• Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom – Anton Claude
• Rosario + Vampire series – Tadashi Wanibuchi (Season 1, Ep. 3), Yeti (Mizore's Father, Season 2)
• To: Symbiotic Planet – Ion

2012

• B Gata H Kei: Yamada's First Time – Keiichi Kanejo
• Deadman Wonderland – Tsunenaga Tamaki
• Fractale – Dais
• Is This a Zombie? – King of the Night
• The Legend of the Legendary Heroes – Sion Astral
• Level E – Mohan=Ki=Et・Dogura
• Mass Effect: Paragon Lost – Essex
• Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt – Mr. Bombon (Announcer, Ep. 1B)
• Shakugan no Shana – Shiro/Merihim (Season 3)
• Shiki – Takatoshi Hirosawa
• Steins;Gate – Yukitaka Akiha (Faris's Father)

2013

• A Certain Scientific Railgun – Daigo (Eps. 18, 20)
• Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero – Akatsuki Ousawa
• Aquarion Evol – Shrade Elan, Sirius De Alisia
• Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts 2 – Fumihiro Fuse
• Future Diary – Kuro Amano (Yukiteru's Father)
• Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing – Victor
• Maken-ki! Battling Venus series – Akaya Kodai
• Michiko & Hatchin – Feliciano
• Toriko – Yuu
• We Without Wings – Kurodo Hairu
• Wolf Children – Tadatomo

2014

• Attack on Titan – Luke Cis
• Code:Breaker – Yukihina
• Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Tsumugi
• Jormungand series – Kasper Hekmatyar
• Laughing Under the Clouds – Sosei Abeno
• Psycho-Pass – Masatake Mido (Eps. 4-5)
• Robotics;Notes – Ko Kimijima
• Space Dandy – Prince (Ep. 7)

2015

• Assassination Classroom – Kensaku Ono
• Death Parade – Takashi (Eps. 1-2)
• Free! Eternal Summer – Kisumi Shigino
• Gangsta – Barry Abbott
• The Heroic Legend of Arslan – Guiscard
• Ninja Slayer From Animation – Fylgia (Ep. 25)
• Nobunagun – Harold S. Conway
• Noragami series – Kazuma
• Ping Pong: The Animation – Egami
• Prison School – Takehito "Gakuto" Morokuzu
• The Rolling Girls – Tomomori Moritomo
• Seraph of the End – Ferid Bathory
• Tokyo Ghoul series – Nishiki Nishio
• Tokyo Ravens – Fake Hishamaru
• Ultimate Otaku Teacher – Hell Gates
• World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman – Charles Saint-Germain
• Yona of the Dawn – Shin-ah

2016

• Aquarion Logos – Hayato Kūjō
• The Boy and the Beast – Kyuta
• Brothers Conflict – Iori Asahina
• Chaos Dragon – Qisha Tianling
• Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School: Despair Arc – Ultimate Impostor (Ep. 9)
• Dimension W – Albert Schuman
• First Love Monster – Kanade Takahashi
• Garo: The Animation – Count Albert Juste (Ep. 14)
• Gonna be the Twin-Tail!! – Foxgildy
• Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash – Renji (Ep. 12)
• Heavy Object – Prizewell City Slicker
• Joker Game – Jirō Gamō
• My Hero Academia – Tomura Shigaraki
• Overlord – Pandora's Actor
• Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace – Akechi
• Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement – Maeda Keiji
• Snow White with the Red Hair – Izana Wistalia
• Terror in Resonance – Kato
• Tokyo ESP – Jutaro Hiragi (Ep. 10)
• Trickster – Kogorō Akechi
• The Vision of Escaflowne – Dryden Fassa (Funimation dub)

2017

• ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. – Nino's Father (Ep. 8)

Video games

• Borderlands 2 – Boom, Gaige's Father, Will the Bandit, McNally
• Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley – Lou
• Dragon Ball series – Trunks
• Lux-Pain – Hibiki Kiryu
• One Piece: Unlimited Adventure – Sanji
• Tales of Xillia 2 – Rideaux

Live-action

• Rurouni Kenshin – Sagara Sanosuke
• Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno – Sagara Sanosuke
• Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends – Sagara Sanosuke

Voice Director

• Case Closed
• The Galaxy Railways
• Gunslinger Girl

Script

• Basilisk
• Black Blood Brothers
• Black Cat
• Blassreiter
• Burst Angel
• Case Closed
• Corpse Princess
• Desert Punk
• Dragon Ball (series)
• Dragonaut - The Resonance
• Gunslinger Girl
• Heaven's Lost Property
• Initial D (Funimation dub)
• Itsudatte My Santa!
• Lupin III
• Nabari no Ou
• Negima!
• One Piece
• One Piece Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta
• Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom
• Rumbling Hearts
• Shigurui: Death Frenzy
• Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning
• Strike Witches
• Suzuka
• Trigun: Badlands Rumble
• Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase
• Witchblade
• Yu Yu Hakusho

Head Writer

• Baccano!
• Black Blood Brothers
• Black Cat
• Blassreiter
• Case Closed
• Corpse Princess
• Desert Punk
• Dragonaut - The Resonance
• Glass Fleet
• Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino
• Heroic Age
• Initial D (Funimation dub)
• Itsudatte My Santa!
• Mamotte! Lollipop
• Master of Martial Hearts
• Nabari no Ou
• Negima!
• One Piece
• Ouran High School Host Club
• Peach Girl
• Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom
• Rumbling Hearts
• Sasami: Magical Girls Club
• Shigurui: Death Frenzy
• Spice and Wolf
• Strike Witches
• Suzuka
• Witchblade