#Bakugo voice actor in english series#

Katsuki begins the series as an intelligent student with aspirations of being the world's greatest hero, but had an arrogant, violent and crude personality. Chapin prefers voice acting the more calmer and emotional scenes with the character, even making the character accidentally sound too vulnerable at times. Katsuki's English voice actor, Clifford Chapin, has commented that he often has to end recording sessions early due to his voice getting worn out from all the screaming the character does. Horikoshi had not expected Katsuki to become a popular character, so he was surprised to see the character rank well in the popularity polls. After the series' anime adaptation premiered, Horikoshi began writing the character with Nobuhiko Okamoto's voice in mind. Horikoshi originally intended to keep Katsuki with the nasty and unlikable personality, though later decided to give him development so people wouldn't hate him. Instead, he decided to make the character nasty and unlikeable. In the first draft of the series, Katsuki was a genius with a nice personality, though Horikoshi scrapped this idea because it was too boring. The character has also consistently ranked in the series' popularity polls, most commonly he placed first. The voice performances in both Japanese and English dub also received praise. Katsuki has received positive reviews from critics, with many praising his character development throughout the series and his relationship with Izuku.

Katsuki later becomes one of the only people who knows the true nature of Izuku's Quirk. After Katsuki is kidnapped by the League of Villains, All Might loses his Quirk in the process of saving him, which made him blame himself for All Might's retirement, though All Might later reassures him it was not his fault. High School and Katsuki lost to Izuku in training, he began to see him differently. Overuse of the Quirk can potentially break his forearms.Īs a child, Katsuki often bullied his former childhood friend, the Quirkless Izuku Midoriya. His Quirk is Explosion ( 爆破), which allows him to make explosions from his hands by detonating the nitroglycerin-like substance he sweats throughout the series, he learns various different ways to apply this. Katsuki Bakugo ( Japanese: 爆豪勝己, Hepburn: Bakugō Katsuki ), also known by his nickname Kacchan ( かっちゃん, Katchan) and his hero name Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight ( 大・爆・殺・神ダイナマイト, Daibaku Kisshin Dainamaito), is a superhero and one of the main protagonists of the manga series My Hero Academia, created by Kōhei Horikoshi.

Bakugo voice actor in english