Ricco Fajardo

Ricco Fajardo is an American voice actor who has provided voices for English versions of Japanese anime series and video games. Some of his roles include Taiju Oki in Dr. Stone, Itona Horibe in Assassination Classroom, Mirio Togata in My Hero Academia, Kotaro Tatsumi in Zombie Land Saga, Daryun in The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Tor Kokonoe in Absolute Duo, Leon Luis in Garo: The Animation, Kyousuke Munakata in Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy and Haruhiro in Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash.

Ricco Fajardo
Fajardo in 2022
Alma mater	University of California, Irvine (BA) Southern Methodist University (MFA)^[1]
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	2012–present

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2012	B Gata H Kei	Kota Akimoto	Debut role	^[2]
2012	Aria the Scarlet Ammo	Goki Muto		^[3]
2013	We Without Wings: Under the Innocent Sky	Shusuke Chitose		^[4]
2015	Assassination Classroom	Itona Horibe	Also Koro-sensei Q!	^[5]
2015	Unbreakable Machine-Doll	Magnus		^[6]
2015	Absolute Duo	Tor Kokonoe	First lead role	^[7]
2015	Show By Rock!! series	Kai	2 seasons	^[8]^[9]
2015	The Heroic Legend of Arslan series	Daryun	2 seasons	^[10]^[11]
2015	Dance with Devils	Mage Nanashiro		^[12]
2016	Prince of Stride: Alternative	Takeru Fujiwara		^[13]
2016	Lord Marksman and Vanadis	Ryurik		^[14]
2016	Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash	Haruhiro		^[15]
2016	Brothers Conflict	Kazuma Sasakura		^[16]
2016	Fairy Tail	Jackal		^[17]
2016	Garo: The Animation	Leon Luis		^[18]
2016	Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy	Kyosuke Munakata		^[19]
2016	Nanbaka	Mitsuru Hitokoe		^[20]
2016	Fight Ippatsu! Jūden-chan!!	Tentacle Monster		^[21]
2016	Alderamin on the Sky	Sarihaslag Remeon		^[22]
2016	All Out!!	Shinnosuke Hyosu		^[23]
2016	Castle Town Dandelion	Shu Sakurada		^[24]
2016	The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.	Takeru Shinoda		^[11]
2016	D.Gray-man	Bak Chang	Also Hallow	^[25]
2016–18	Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru series	Tsurumaru Kuninaga	2 seasons	^[26]^[27]
2017	Garo: Crimson Moon	Yasusuke		^[28]
2017	Fuka	Makoto Mikasa		^[29]
2017	Chaos;Child	Takuru Miyashiro		^[30]
2017	Saga of Tanya the Evil	Ihlen Schwarzkopf		^[31]
2017	Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas	Yuri		^[32]
2017	Kenka Bancho Otome: Girl Beats Boys	Yuta Mirako		^[33]
2017	Sakura Quest	Kosuke Midorikawa		^[34]
2017	Attack on Titan	Rashad	Ep. 8 Season 2	^[35]
2017	Code Geass: Akito the Exiled	Ryo Sayama		^[36]
2017	18if	Haruto Tsukishiro		^[37]
2017	Convenience Store Boy Friends	Towa Honda		^[38]
2017	Tsuredure Children	Takeru Goda		^[39]
2017	Restaurant to Another World	Shareef	Eps. 9, 12	^[39]
2017	Hundred	Hayato Kisaragi		^[40]
2017	D.Gray-man Hallow	Bak Chang		^[40]
2017	Recovery of an MMO Junkie	Kanbe		^[41]
2017	King's Game The Animation	Hideki Toyoda	Ep. 2	^[42]
2017	Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199	Daisuke Shima		^[43]
2017	Ai no Kusabi	Guy		^[44]
2017	Black Clover	Nozel Silva		^[45]
2018	Junji Ito Collection	Koichi	Eps. 1, 5	^[46]
2018	Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls	Hachiro Koga		^[47]
2018	Hakyu Hoshin Engi	Dotoku	2018 reboot	^[48]
2018	Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens	Irasawa		^[49]
2018	Darling in the FranXX	9'γ		^[50]
2018	Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi	Hatori		^[51]
2018	Dragon Ball Super	Watagash		^[52]
2018–present	My Hero Academia	Mirio Togata		^[53]
2018	Zombie Land Saga	Kotaro Tatsumi		^[54]
2018	Ace Attorney	Richard Wellington	Season 2
2018–present	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	Benimaru	2 Seasons
2019–present	Dr. Stone	Taiju Oki	2 Seasons
2019	Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest	Kouki Amanogawa
2019–2021	Fruits Basket	Hiroshi, Additional Voices		^[55]
2019–present	Radiant	Piodan
2019	Actors: Songs Connection	Keishi		^[56]
2020	Plunderer	Tokikaze Sakai
2020	The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited	Haru Katō		^[57]
2020	Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!	Shinichi Sakurai		^[58]
2020	By the Grace of the Gods	Jill		^[59]
2021	The Duke of Death and His Maid	Zain		^[60]
2021	Zombie Land Saga Revenge	Kotaro Tatsumi
2021	2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team	Misao Aoki		^[61]
2022	Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs	Julius		^[62]
2022	Heroines Run the Show	Ken		^[63]
2022	Shoot! Goal to the Future	Yoshiharu Kubo		^[64]
2022	The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	Benimaru, Yashichi		^[65]
2022	Blue Lock	Isagi		^[66]
2023	Tomo-chan Is a Girl!	Junichiro Kubota		^[67]

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2018–19	Red vs. Blue	Genkins	Seasons 16–17	^[68]

Film

List of voice performances in films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2012	Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike	Kansuke		^[69]
2017	Genocidal Organ	John Paul		^[70]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2014	Smite	Camazotz, Achilles		^[71]
2018	Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2	Fu		^[72]
2020	Paladins	Corvus, Mernos Jenos
2021	Tales of Luminaria	Maxime Hasselmans		^[73]
2023	Fire Emblem Engage	Pandreo		^[74]

References

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13. "Austin Tindle, Ricco Fajardo, Natalie Hoover Star in Prince of Stride English Broadcast Dub". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
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29. "Funimation Reveals English Dub Cast for Fuuka Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
30. "Funimation Reveals English Dub Cast For Chaos;Child Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
31. "Funimation Reveals English Dub Cast For Saga of Tanya the Evil Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
32. "Funimation Reveals English Dub Cast for Chain Chronicle Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
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40. "FUNimation reveals the Cast for Hundred, Taboo Tattoo & D. Gray Man Season Three!". www.funimation.com. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
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43. "NEW ANNOUNCEMENT! Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Dub Cast!". www.funimation.com. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
44. "Ai no Kusabi OVA's English Dub Reveals More Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
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    Tamaki Amajiki - Aaron Dismuke
    Nejire Hado - Lindsey Seidel
    Mirio Togata - Ricco Fajardo". @funimation. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
54. "This Season's Sleeper Hit Gets A Great English Cast – ZOMBIE LAND SAGA". Funimation. October 25, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
55. "If you watched ep 3 of #FruitsBasket this weekend, you caught the first appearances of @mikaelajokrantz as Momiji 🐰and @TiaToony as Kagura 🐗! Also welcome @ReadyKafka & @RiccoFajardo as classmates Yusuke and Hiroshi 🙌🏽! @FUNimation @fruitsbasket_en". Twitter. March 11, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
56. "Sound Cadence Studios Provides Dub for Funimation's Stream of Actors: Songs Connections Anime". Anime News Network. November 25, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
57. "The Millionaire Detective - Balance: Unlimited Dub Cast Revealed". Funimation. September 2, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
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60. "Funimation Reveals English Dub Cast for The Duke of Death and His Maid Anime". Anime News Network. September 13, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
61. "Funimation Streams 2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team Anime's English Dub". Anime News Network. November 3, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
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65. "The Slime Diaries Anime Gets English Dub". Anime News Network. July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
66. "Blue Lock Anime Reveals English Dub's Cast, October 22 Premiere". Anime News Network. October 21, 2022. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
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72. Fajardo, Ricco (February 26, 2018). "Hey, check me out on DBZ Xenoverse 2 as Fu!". @RiccoFajardo. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
73. Colopl. Tales of Luminaria. Bandai Namco Entertainment. Scene: Opening credits, 19:09 in, Cast.
74. "Ricco Fajardo (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved February 4, 2023.

External links

• Ricco Fajardo at IMDb
• Ricco Fajardo at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Ricco Fajardo on Twitter