Kirk Thornton

Kirk Thornton (born May 13, 1956 in Portland, Oregon) is an American voice actor, comedian, singer, ADR director and script writer. His notable voice 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 in Blue Exorcist, the current voice of Shadow the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, and Yuujiro Hanma from the Baki the Grappler series as of the ongoing 2018 Netflix series in addition to it's succeeding Seasons. In the future, he becomes the next English Voice Actor of Rafiki (replacing and succeeding the late Robert Guillaume) from The Lion King.

Voices

 * Psonic X Touhou - Unzan
 * Kingdom Hearts series - Saïx/Ïsa, Adam Warlock
 * Sonic the Hedgehog Video Game Series - Orbot (2010-present), Master Zik (2013-present), Shadow the Hedgehog (2010-present), Additional Voices
 * Tekken 7 - Shadow the Hedgehog
 * TBD
 * Future Mortal Kombat games (if it's really possible enough to happen in the future), Untitled NetherRealm Studios-developed Baki the Grappler Fighting Game that is done in the style of the recent Mortal Kombat Games (albeit with some changes and tweaks to make the game feel different and fresh compared to NetherRealm's other games themselves) - Yuujiro "The Ogre" Hanma, Additional Voices
 * Warner Bros. vs. Sonic Universe - Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Disney vs. Sonic Universe - 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
 * Tales of Asteria: Grand Voyage - Jade Curtiss
 * 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)
 * Shinzo (2015 Anime) - Katris
 * Future The Lion King installments - Rafiki (succeeding after the late Robert Guillaume in some of his appearances), Additional Voices, Narrator

Known for

 * Kisame Hoshigaki from Naruto
 * Ryoutarou Tsuboi/Klein from Sword Art Online
 * Shiro Fujimoto from Blue Exorcist
 * Jade Curtiss from Tales of the Abyss
 * Yuujiro Hanma from Baki
 * Shadow the Hedgehog from Sonic the Hedgehog