# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wataru-hatano
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:59:24.161Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wataru-hatano"
name: "Wataru Hatano"
slug: "wataru-hatano"
description: "Wataru Hatano  is a Japanese voice actor, singer, actor, narrator, radio MC and comedian affiliated with 81 Produce. At the 2nd Seiyu Awards in 2008, Hatano won the Best Male Rookie Award for his roles as Sam Houston in Toward the Terra and Tenshi Yuri in Saint Beast: Kouin Jojishi Tenshitan. Other major roles voiced include Sōjin Tokita in Sen no Hatō, Tsukisome no Kōki, Haruta Shigemo in Jujutsu Kaisen, Gajeel Redfox in Fairy Tail, Metal Bat in One Punch Man and Yūto Ayase in Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu. In video games, he voices Josuke Higashikata in the CyberConnect2 developed JoJo's Bizarre Adventure games, and Rufus in the Street Fighter franchise. On April 2, 2018, he announced his marriage with fellow voice actress Mai Hashimoto."
tagline: "Japanese voice actor and singer"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/i1meHlOXLP2ubJZkmyGJONrxikQ.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1982-03-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.03092
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/hatano_official"
    handle:    "hatano_official"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1906130/"
    handle:    "nm1906130"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/01vVQFcDbtkS4TbHyttdoT"
    handle:    "01vVQFcDbtkS4TbHyttdoT"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://haoto.main.jp/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "واتارو هاتانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "واتارو هاتانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wataru_Hatano"
    title: "Wataru Hatano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wataru_Hatano"
    title: "Wataru Hatano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wataru_Hatano"
    title: "Wataru Hatano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BE%BD%E5%A4%9A%E9%87%8E%E6%B8%89"
    title: "羽多野渉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%98%ED%83%80%EB%85%B8_%EC%99%80%ED%83%80%EB%A3%A8"
    title: "하타노 와타루"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83"
    title: "Хатано, Ватару"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B8_%E0%B8%AE%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B0"
    title: "วาตารุ ฮาตาโนะ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BE%BD%E5%A4%9A%E9%87%8E%E6%B6%89"
    title: "羽多野涉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BE%BD%E5%A4%9A%E9%87%8E%E6%B6%89"
    title: "羽多野涉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/836e0537-58d0-4bdd-9be4-de54df7de7f4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1153870"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/221772"
    title: "Wataru Hatano"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump