Orion Pitts (born March 18, 1980) is an American voice actor who provides voices for English versions of Japanese anime series. He is known for his anime roles as Hyakunosuke Ogata from Golden Kamuy, Rintaro Kira from Kenka Bancho Otome: Girl Beats Boys, Akira from Afterlost, Daisuke Hiyama from Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest, Taichi Nanao from A3!, Jun Sazanami from Ensemble Stars!, and Ranta from Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash.[1] He also voiced Aram from Chain Chronicle, Chihiro Kamina from Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King and Nozomu Nanashima from Kiss Him, Not Me.[2]

Orion Pitts
Born
Orion Ryan Pitts

(1980-03-18) March 18, 1980 (age 44)
Other namesRyan Pitts
EducationNewman Smith High School
OccupationVoice actor
Years active1998–present

Biography

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He started voicing in 1998 and is associated with Funimation.

Filmography

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Anime

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List of dubbing performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source
1999 One Piece Saldeath / Billy
2000 Initial D Sakamoto
2001 YuYu Hakusho Shu
2002 Kiddy Grade Teenager kid
2003 The Galaxy Railways Hijackar
2004 AM Driver Shin Pius
School Rumble Takeichi Fuyuki
2005 Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Ryuuou
Mushishi Taku
Black Cat Emilio Lowe [3]
2006 School Rumble: 2nd Semester Takeichi Fuyuki
Jyu-Oh-Sei Assassin [4]
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle 2nd Season Ryuuou
2007 Peach Girl Kairi Okayasu
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Togo English dub
SoltyRei Andy Anderson
Hell Girl Koukichi
Witchblade Doctor [5]
Ragnarok the Animation Rai
Suzuka Kazuki Tsuda [6]
2008 School Rumble: 3rd Semester Takeichi Fuyuki
Corpse Princess Nakamura [7]
Ghost Hunt Sakauchi Tomoaki
2009 Birdy the Mighty: Decode 2 Yuuichi Kagami
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple Yoshi Tanaka [8]
Blassreiter Leo
Big Windup! Takehiko Aoki
2010 Cat Planet Cuties Satoshi Fukuhara Funimation Dub
Sekirei Season 2 Ashikabi [9]
The Legend of the Legendary Heroes Moe Velariore
2011 Baka and Test Student, Teacher
2012 Hyouka Tayama Kazuya
2013 Attack on Titan Keiji Funimation Dub
2014 Tokyo Ghoul Shuu
Noragami Hashimoto
Tokyo ESP Segawa
2015 Concrete Revolutio Molly [10]
Kamisama Kiss 2nd Season Year God
Dragon Ball Super Arak
Aria the Scarlet Ammo AA Boy student, Banker robber
Assassination Classroom Taisei Yoshida [11][12]
The Rolling Girls Noboru [13]
World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman Takenaka
2016 All Out!! Masaru Ebumi Funimation Dub [14]
Izetta: The Last Witch Thomas
Assassination Classroom Season 2 Taisei Yoshida
Chaos Dragon Swallow Cratsvalley [15][16]
Trickster Hide
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash Ranta [17]
Kiss Him, Not Me Nozomu Nanashima / Shion [18][19]
2017 Chain Chronicle Aram, Olzada [20]
Attack on Titan Season 2 Keiji Funimation Dub
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Koji Saeki
In Another World with My Smartphone Masakage Yamagata [21]
Black Clover Goht English dub
Nanbaka 2nd Season Daisen Kokoriki
Classroom of the Elite Yahiko Totsuka
Blood Blockade Battlefront Deldro Brody & Dog Hummer [22][23]
King's Game The Animation Toshifumi Sakakibara [24][25]
Sakura Quest Kinoshita
Kenka Bancho Otome: Girl Beats Boys Rintaro Kira [26]
Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor Rito Librio [27]
Tsugumomo Kotetsu [28]
ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. Koruri [29]
2018 Dances with the Dragons Maslow Gossum
Golden Kamuy Hyakunosuke Ogata
Tokyo Ghoul:re Season 1 Yoshiki Okura
High School DxD Hero Connla English dub
Hoshin Engi Season 2 Nentou Doujin
Chio's School Road Kohai / Biker
Black Clover Season 2 Goth / Vetto (Young) English dub
Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits Akatsuki [30]
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches Kentaro Tsubaki [31][32]
My Hero Academia Season 3 Yosetsu Awase
Legend of the Galactic Heroes Olivier Poplan
Golden Kamuy Season 2 Hyakunosuke Ogata
Attack on Titan Season 3 Keiji Funimation Dub
A Certain Magical Index Copilot English version
Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King Chihiro Kamina [33]
2019 Ensemble Stars! Jun Sazanami [34]
Mix Fumimura
Afterlost Akira [35]
Endro! Desuyochan B
My Hero Academia Season 4 Yosetsu Awase
Stars Align Takeru Tanaka English dub [36]
The Morose Mononokean Season 2 Norito Saga
Boogiepop and Others Shinjirō Ano [37][38]
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Daisuke Hiyama [39][40]
The Ones Within Kenya Kudō English dub
Wise Man's Grandchild Mark Bean [41]
2020 Infinite Dendrogram Mohawk X
Golden Kamuy Season 3 Hyakunosuke Ogata
2021 A3! Taichi Nanao [42][43]
My Hero Academia Season 5 Yosetsu Awase
2022 Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 2 Daisuke Hiyama [44]
Tomodachi Game Hyakutarō Onigawara
Golden Kamuy Season 4 Hyakunosuke Ogata
2023 In Another World With My Smartphone 2 Yamagata Masakage
Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts Lanteveldt [45]
Frieren Kraft [46]
2024 Classroom of the Elite Season 3 Yahiko Totsuka
Wind Breaker Kyōtarō Sugishita [47]
2024 Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Nebaru [48]

Film

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List of voice performances in films
Year Title Role Notes Source
2007 One Piece: Episode of Alabasta - The Desert Princess and the Pirates Duck D / Villagers
2011 Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos Student Additional voices
2015 The Empire of Corpses Teenager / Child
2016 Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas - Movie 1 Aram
Assassination Classroom The Movie: 365 Days' Time Taisei Yoshida
2017 Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas - Movie 2 Aram, Olzada
Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas - Movie 3 Aram, Olzada
2018 Attack on Titan Movie 3: The Roar of Awakening Keiji English dub
2022 Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Die Neue These - Gekitotsu Olivier Poplan
2022 One Piece Film: Red Eboshi English dub

Web series

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Year Title Role Notes Source
2011 Hetalia: Axis Powers Students
2016 Koro Sensei Quest Taisei Yoshida
2017 Nanbaka Daisen Kokoriki English version

Video games

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List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
2020 Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Z-fighter / Time traveller PlayStation 4

References

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