Subaru Kimura

Subaru Kimura is a German-Japanese actor, voice actor, rapper and narrator. Born Subaru Samuel Bartsch in Germany to a German father and Japanese mother, he was raised partly in Germany and later in Japan. His background and fluency in German became part of his public profile, but his career has been centered mainly in Japanese entertainment, especially anime, dubbing, tokusatsu and music.

Kimura entered performing at a young age and appeared in stage and television work before gaining national attention as a voice actor. In 2005, while still a junior high school student, he became the voice of Takeshi "Gian" Goda in the long-running Doraemon anime series, succeeding Kazuya Tatekabe. The role made him closely associated with one of Japan's most recognizable children's franchises and established him early as a prominent voice performer.

His anime career expanded through a wide range of supporting and lead roles. He voiced Kanba Takakura in Penguindrum, Satori Tendō in Haikyu!!, Aoi Todo in Jujutsu Kaisen, Ichiro Yamada in Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle, Haruki Hayashida in Tokyo Revengers and other roles across action, comedy, sports and music-themed series. In tokusatsu, he voiced Vice and Kamen Rider Vice in Kamen Rider Revice and appeared in related films and specials. In 2025 he succeeded Kazuki Yao as the voice of Franky in One Piece, adding another major long-running franchise to his credits.

Kimura is also active as a rapper and performer, most visibly through music projects tied to voice acting, including Hypnosis Mic. His work spans television anime, theatrical animation, live-action drama, narration, stage and game-related projects. The breadth of his roles, from children's television to late-night anime and multimedia music franchises, has made him one of the more recognizable Japanese male voice actors of his generation.