Kensho Ono

Kensho Ono (小野 賢章, born October 5, 1989, in Fukuoka) is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and singer. He debuted as a child actor at the age of four, and later appeared as Young Simba in the Shiki Theatre Company musical "The Lion King". From age 12, he spent about a decade as the Japanese dub voice of Harry Potter in the Harry Potter film series. He has identified that role as a turning point in his move into voice acting. Another major turning point in his career came with his role as Tetsuya Kuroko in "Kuroko no Basket". He is also known for playing Riku Nanase in "Idolish7", Ryuunosuke Akutagawa in "Bungo Stray Dogs", Giorno Giovanna in "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure", Slaine Troyard in "Aldnoah.Zero", Yuya Sakaki in "Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V", Hakuryu Ren in "Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic", and Mikaela Hyakuya in "Seraph of the End". He was also the Japanese dub voice of Miles Morales in "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" and "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse". Recent anime work mentioned in current coverage includes Daemons of the Shadow Realm, Undead Unluck Winter Arc, where he voices Terror, and Captivated, by You. Ono began his music career on Lantis in 2014. His debut single, "FANTASTIC TUNE", was used as the ending theme of "Kuroko no Basket", and he later performed "ZERO" for the same series. His anime song work also includes "Heavy Rotation (ヘビーローテーション)", the ending theme of "Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken". In 2018 he released his first full album, "Take the TOP", and in 2022 he received the Best Lead Actor Award at the 16th Seiyu Awards.