is a Japanese voice actor who started acting at age 8 and is sometimes mistaken for fellow voice actor
Daisuke Hirakawa, as their names only differ by one character when written in kanji. Despite his wide range of voice casting, he is usually cast as young, kind heroes as Mikage in
07-Ghost, Fay D. Flourite in , Jellal Fernandes and his counterpart Mystogan from
Fairy Tail, and Keita Ibuki in
Black God, but he is also cast as cold anti-heroes or villains such Ulquiorra Cifer in
Bleach, Hisoka in
Hunter × Hunter, Kei Kurono in
Gantz, Eustass Kid in
One Piece and Toutaku Chuuei in
Ikki Tousen.