Kirk Thornton

Kirk Thornton (born May 13, 1956 in Portland, Oregon) is an American voice actor, comedian, singer, ADR director and script writer. Some of his notable voice acting roles include Jin in Samurai Champloo, Kisame Hoshigaki in Naruto, Gabumon in Digimon Adventure, Ryoutarou Tsuboi/Klein in Sword Art Online, Tanjuro Kamado in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Shiro Fujimoto and Satan in Blue Exorcist, the current English-language voice of Shadow the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, and Yuujiro Hanma in the Baki the Grappler series as of the 2018 Netflix series.

In early February 1989, he also appeared as a contestant on the game show Classic Concentration.

Fanon information
In the future, he becomes the next English Voice Actor of Rafiki (replacing the late Robert Guillaume) in the Lion King series.

Roles on Idea Wiki

 * Psonic X Touhou - Unzan
 * Tekken 7 - Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Future Mortal Kombat games, Untitled NetherRealm Studios-developed Baki the Grappler Fighting Game (although this Game would possibly be published and distributed by a partnership of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and SEGA, together) - Yuujiro "The Ogre" Hanma, Additional Voices
 * MultiVersus - Adam Warlock, Yuujiro Hanma, Shadow the Hedgehog, Silber, Orbot, Himself as one of the Game's Voiceover Announcers/Commentators
 * Warner Bros. vs. Sonic Universe - Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Disney vs. Sonic Universe - Shadow the Hedgehog, Adam Warlock, Additional Voices
 * Untitled Kingdom Hearts Video Game (crossover between Disney, SEGA/Atlus, Capcom and Square-Enix, with a big number of Guest Characters and elements from the likes of SNK Playmore/SNK Corporation and Bandai-Namco Entertainment included) - Shadow the Hedgehog, Orbot, Adam Warlock, Silber, In-Universe Voiceover Male News Reporter, In-Universe Male Announcer/Commentator Voice, Additional Voices
 * Future King of Fighters Titles - Silber, Additional Voices
 * Capcom vs. SNK 3 - Silber, Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Sonic Boom - Orbot, Shadow the Hedgehog, Various Others
 * The Simpsons (Full English Dub Cast) - Principal Seymour Skinner
 * Saint Seiya (Full English Dub Cast) - Aquarius Camus
 * Jimmy Neutron (Studiopolis / Bang Zoom! / Funimation Redub) - Evil Jimmy
 * Fairy Tail (Full English Dub Cast) - Narrator, Yomazu, Wally Buchanan, Vidaldus Taka
 * The LEGO Movie (Viz Media / Funimation Redub) - Octan Robots
 * The LEGO Batman Movie 2017 (Bang Zoom! / Funimation Redub) - Agent Smith
 * The Powerpuff Girls (Bang Zoom! / Funimation Redub) - Butch
 * Kingdom Hearts vs. Sword Art Online - Ryoutarou Tsuboi
 * Sword Art Online games English dub - Klein
 * Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Anime DLCs - Klein (Sword Art Online pack/Assist Trophy)
 * Jump Force new DLC - Klein
 * Shinzo (2015 Anime) - Katris
 * Future The Lion King installments - Rafiki (succeeding the late Robert Guillaume, and Khary Payton), Additional Voices, Narrator

Known for

 * Kisame Hoshigaki from Naruto
 * Ryoutarou Tsuboi/Klein from Sword Art Online
 * Yamashiro from Perfect Blue
 * Adam Warlock from The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
 * Beyal from Monsuno
 * Tanjuro Kamado from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
 * Kinshiro Morooka from the Persona series
 * Kaname Ohgi from Code Geass
 * Jin from Samurai Champaloo
 * Shiro Fujimoto and Satan from Blue Exorcist
 * Jade Curtiss from Tales of the Abyss
 * Saix from Kingdom Hearts
 * Yuujiro Hanma from Baki
 * Shadow the Hedgehog (2010-present) and Orbot from Sonic the Hedgehog