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Justin Briner
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Briner at GalaxyCon Austin in 2023
Born
Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater University of North Texas
Occupation Voice actor
Years active 2012–present

Justin Briner is an American voice actor. He has provided voices for English-language versions of anime films and television series. He is best known for his role as Izuku "Deku" Midoriya in My Hero Academia.

Briner has also voiced Mikaela Hyakuya in Seraph of the End, Maki Katsuragi in Stars Align, Qwenthur Barbotage in Heavy Object, Alfonso San Valiante in Garo: The Animation, Luck Voltia in Black Clover, Kensuke Hanasaki in Trickster, Ichi in the game Cibele, Shō Kusakabe from Fire Force and Hanako/Amane Yugi from Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun.

Biography

Justin Briner was born and raised in Maryland. He has a younger sister, Hayley Briner. He attended the University of North Texas and studied theater prior to finding voice acting work. In 2015, he starred as the voice of Mikaela Hyakuya, one of the two main teenage orphans who turns into a vampire in the anime series Seraph of the End, which was released through Funimation's broadcast dub service. He voiced Elam, a boy who serves Arslan's main party member Narsus, in The Heroic Legend of Arslan. He voiced main protagonist Qwenthur Barbotage in the mech-themed anime show Heavy Object. A reviewer wrote on Anime UK News that she was impressed with the quality of the dub and that Briner and fellow voice actor Micah Solusod "have a lot to do with how instantly likably the characters come across, which helps carry the whole show".

In video games, Briner voiced Ichi, the love interest of the main character, in Cibele, an indie video game about developing an online relationship. Cibele won a Nuovo Award at 2016 Independent Games Festival, and made Briner's name known in mainstream news.

In My Hero Academia, Briner voiced the lead character Izuku Midoriya, a middle school student who was not born with superhero powers but lives in a superhero-based world, and is recruited to enroll in a school for superheroes. Alex Osborn of IGN described his performance as excellent and standout, while Tom Speelman of Polygon noted that he and his Japanese counterpart "nail the optimistic nerdiness and heroic attitude" with Briner "channeling a bit of Morty Smith for good measure". The series has run for seven seasons, with Briner and fellow voice actor Christopher Sabat doing panels and interviews at anime conventions including Anime Expo and San Diego Comic-Con regarding their work on the show.

Briner has continued to voice lead and main characters in other anime shows. He voiced Alfonso San Valiante the crown prince in the first Garo: The Animation series, which Robert Prentice of Three If By Space described the English cast "a great lineup", in particular highlighting Briner. In 2016, voiced Lance in the anime adaptation of Puzzle & Dragons X, and Nasu no Yoichi in the alternate history anime Drifters. In the prison comedy Nanbaka, his vocal performance was described as "more awestruck and childlike" than that of the original Japanese counterpart. Anne Laurenroth of Anime News Network found Briner's portrayal of Kensuke Hanasaki in Trickster helped prevent his pre-backstory character from getting overly annoying. Briner has also been involved in the production side as the head writer on the ADR script for Rio: Rainbow Gate.

In 2017, he voiced lead characters Haruki Mishima in Convenience Store Boy Friends, Tazuna Takatsuki in Hand Shakers, and Ernesti "Eru" Echavalier in Knight's & Magic. In the same year, he landed the lead role of Justice "Seigi" Akatsuka in Taboo Tattoo.

Filmography

Anime

List of English dubbing performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source
2015 Yona of the Dawn Teu
2015 D-Frag! Kawabata Ep. 6
2015 Seraph of the End Mikaela Hyakuya 2 seasons
2015–16 The Heroic Legend of Arslan Elam
2015 Gangsta. Wallace "Worick" Arcangelo (Young)
2015 Heavy Object Qwenthur Barbotage
2015 Ninja Slayer From Animation Kohai Ep. 18
2015 Ultimate Otaku Teacher Maekawa Ep. 3
2015 Snow White with the Red Hair Shuka Ep. 5 [100]
2016 Prince of Stride: Alternative Reiji Suwa
2016 Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash Manato
2016 Dimension W Salva-Enna-Tibesti (Young) Ep. 8
2016 Garo: The Animation Alfonso San Valiante
2016 My Hero Academia Izuku Midoriya Lead role
2016 Puzzle & Dragons X Lance
2016 Handa-kun Hasegawa
2016 Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School series Ryota Mitarai
2016 Show by Rock!! # Arashi
2016 Chaos Dragon Hakuei
2016 Alderamin on the Sky Iriq Bauza Eps. 1–2
2016 Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace Hashiba
2016 91 Days Frate Vanetti Tweet
2016 All Out!! Sumiaki Iwashimizu
2016 Cheer Boys!! Ryuzo Sakuma
2016 Divine Gate Breunor
2016 Drifters Nasu no Yoichi
2016 Hetalia The World Twinkle Ladonia
2016 Nanbaka Nico
2016 Rio: Rainbow Gate! Head Writer
Assistant ADR Director
Production Assistant
2016 Kiss Him, Not Me Hayato Shinomiya
2016 The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Sawakita
2016 Tōken Ranbu: Hanamaru Hirano Toshiro
2016 Trickster Kensuke Hanasaki
2016 Yuri on Ice Emil Nekola
2017 Masamune-kun's Revenge Kojuro Shuri
2017 Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas Clauss
2017 Dragon Ball Super Kid Vegeta, Kuru Ep. 6
Funimation dub
2017 Sakura Quest Taiga Hayama
2017 Space Patrol Luluco Alpha Omega Nova
2017 ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. Magie
2017 Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor Rainer Layer
2017 Classroom of the Elite Kiyotaka Ayanokoji
2017 Code: Realize − Guardian of Rebirth Finis
2017 Convenience Store Boy Friends Haruki Mishima
2017 Garo: Crimson Moon Minamoto no Yorinobu
2017 Gosick Theodore Ep. 8
2017 Hand Shakers Tazuna Takatsuki
2017 Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Toru Hoshina
2017 King's Game The Animation Ryo Sugisawa
2017 Knight's & Magic Ernesti "Eru" Echavalier
2017 Saiyuki Reload Blast Tamuro
2017 Black Clover Luck Voltia
2017 Taboo Tattoo Justice Akatsuka Script
2018 Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Yukito Tsukishiro / Yue
2018 Hakyu Hoshin Engi Nataku
2018 Pop Team Epic Popuko Ep. 1a
2018 Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody Ichiro Suzuki / Sato Pendragon
2018 Garo: Vanishing Line Alan Ep. 18
2018 Darling in the Franxx 9'α
2018 Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens Siva
2018 Junji Ito Collection Hironobu Ōtsuka Ep12
2018 Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi Sasuke
2018 Dances with the Dragons Beldritt Eps. 4–5
2018 Overlord III Kuunel Ep. 2
2018 Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King Kotetsu Dōmyōji
2018 Double Decker! Doug & Kirill Apple Bieber
2018 Hinomaru Sumo Shun Kariya
2019 Meiji Tokyo Renka Rentarō Taki Ep. 7
2019 YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World Masakatsu Yūki
2019 Sarazanmai Enta Jinai
2019 Fairy Tail Zeref Dragneel, Eve Tearm Temporary replacement for Joel McDonald
2019 The Ones Within Akatsuki Iride
2019 Attack on Titan Grisha Yeager (Young)
2019 Dr. Stone Ginro
2019 Stars Align Maki Katsuragi
2019 Case File nº221: Kabukicho James Moriarty
2019 Ensemble Stars! Tsumugi Aoba
2019 Fire Force Shō Kusakabe
2019 Actors: Songs Connection Minori
2020 Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Hanako / Amane Yugi
2020 Listeners Echo Rec
2021 Ikebukuro West Gate Park Mitsuki Fujimoto
2021 Ranking of Kings Daida
2022 Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs Brad
2022 Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer Zan Amal Ep. 9
2023 The Legendary Hero Is Dead! Sion Breydan
2023 The Great Cleric Luciel
2024 Solo Leveling Yoo Jin-ho
2024 Natsume's Book of Friends Katsumi Shibata
2024 Blue Lock Season 2 Yo Hiori

Films

List of voice performances in films
Year Title Role Notes Source
2017 Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic Edward Midford English dub
2018 My Hero Academia: Two Heroes Izuku Midoriya English dub
2020 My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising Izuku Midoriya English dub
2020 Umibe no Étranger Mio Chibana English dub
2021 My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission Izuku Midoriya English dub
2024 My Hero Academia: You're Next Izuku Midoriya English dub

Web series

List of voice performances in web series
Year Title Role Notes Source
2011 [Homestuck] The Sufferer's Final Sermon The Sufferer A Homestuck fan animation
2015 DragonBall Z Abridged MOVIE: Super Android 13 Teen Gohan (Uncredited) A TeamFourStar abridged film
2015 Final Fantasy VII: Machinabridged Cloud Strife A TeamFourStar abridged series
2018 Death Battle Pit

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
2012 Dust: An Elysian Tail Moska
2014 DreadOut Yayan
2015 Cibele Ichi
2017 Akiba's Beat Taro Megane English dub
2017 Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs Theo, additional voices
2018 Dragon Ball FighterZ Announcer English dub
2018 Octopath Traveler Additional voices English dub
2019 Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Uub/Majuub English dub; Ultra Pack 2
2019 Borderlands 3 Dalton, Edgren, Failurebot, Thunk
2020 Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot World Martial Arts Tournament Announcer English dub; Hub World Only
2020 My Hero One's Justice 2 Izuku Midoriya English dub
2023 Fire Emblem Engage Clanne English dub
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