Wataru Hatano

Wataru Hatano (born March 13th, 1982) is a Japanese singer and voice actor who provided voices in the Japanese version of Thomas and Friends. He is best known for voicing Spud from "American Dragon: Jake Long", Yūto Ayase from "Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu", Lutz from "Jormungand", Jean Kujo from Virtua Fighter, Rufus from the "Street Fighter" series, and Sam Houston from "Toward the Terra".

Voices

 * Harold (ninth season onwards)
 * Luke
 * Winston

Trivia

 * Both he and Tesshō Genda played G1 Optimus Prime.

Major awards and nominations

 * Won - Best Male Rookie Award at the 2nd annual Seiyuu Awards, "Toward the Terra", 2008