is a Japanese voice actor and singer who won the 4th and 9th Seiyu Awards for best lead actor for his role as Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler, Jotaro Kujo in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Shukuro Tsukishima in Bleach, as well as "Best Personalities" at the 9th Seiyu Awards. Other notable roles include , Seishū Handa in Barakamon, Silver the Hedgehog in Sonic the Hedgehog, Drole in The Seven Deadly Sins, Shizuo Heiwajima in Durarara!!, Jyushimatsu in Osomatsu-san, Shintarō Midorima in Kuroko's Basketball, Subaru Asahina in Brothers Conflict, Hades Aidoneus in Kamigami no Asobi, Killer T Cell in Cells at Work! and Ushiromiya Battler in Umineko When They Cry and Nobuyuki Sanada in Samurai Warriors 4 and Warriors Orochi 4, and Jing Yuan in Honkai: Star Rail. Ono was also featured in The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match as Nameless and the announcer of the game. He hosts radio show Dear Girl: Stories along with voice actor Hiroshi Kamiya.
Biography
Ono graduated from Kōchi High School, Nihon University College of Art (Department of Broadcasting), and Aoni Coaching School Sunday Class. At university, he initially studied TV show production, but failed to succeed in directing a large group of people. Later, he switched to radio program production, and during the creation of a radio drama, became a performer due to a shortage of staff, which led him to pursue voice acting. In 2007, he started his music career under his own name with the mini-album Hinemosu. Since 2008, he has been performing at the "Original Entertainment Paradise" held at the end of every year as one of the hosts and the leader. The other hosts are Showtaro Morikubo, Kenichi Suzumura, and Takuma Terashima.
In 2008, he won the 2nd Seiyu Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and won the 4th award in 2010. In 2011, he won the Grand Prix at the 33rd Animage Anime Grand Prix in the voice acting category.
In 2015, Ono won the 9th Seiyu Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Personality, the BEST COMFORT RADIO Healing Radio Award for the TV anime Barakamons web radio Radikamon, which he was a personality for at the 1st Aniradi Awards, and the Voice Actor Award at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2015, Anime of the Year Category.
In February 2016, Ono left Mausu Promotion, to which he belonged for many years, and started his freelance career.
Filmography
Animated series
Original net animation (ONA) Monster Strike (2016), Haruma Kagutsuchi Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet (2016), Junker Levius (2019), Hugo Stratas Beyblade Burst Dynamite Battle (2021), Rashad Goodman Pokémon Evolutions (2021), Dande (Leon) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (2021–22), Jotaro Kujo, Jotaro Kujo Look-alike Gaiken Shijō Shugi (2022), Takahito Saitama
Original video animation (OVA)2003 Mizuiro, Kenji's father2004 Top wo Nerae!2, Crew A, Operator B, Governor Memories Off 3.5 To the Distant Memories, Ishū Sagisawa Memories Off 3.5 The Moment of Wishing, Ishū Sagisawa2005 Case Closed: The Target is Kogoro Mouri!! The Detective Boys' Secret Investigation, Masaya Murakami Majokko Tsukune-chan, Tony Ojisan, Kuma2006 Baldr Force EXE Resolution, Yosuke Kashiwagi Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer, Sven Cal Bayan2008 Mahou Sensei Negima ~Shiroki Tsubasa Ala Alba~, Albireo Imma My Bride Is a Mermaid, Kai Mikawa Zombie-Loan, Shuuji Tsugumi2009 Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, Mamoru Akasaka Minami-ke Betsubara, Hosaka Mahou Sensei Negima ~Mou Hitotsu no Sekai~, Albireo Imma Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, Cancer Manigoldo2010 Kuroshitsuji: Ciel In Wonderland Part 1, Sebastian Michaelis Kuroshitsuji: Welcome To The Phantomhives, Sebastian Michaelis Yozakura Quartet ~Hoshi no Umi~, Kyōsuke Kishi2011 Kuroshitsuji: Ciel In Wonderland Part 2, Sebastian Michaelis Kuroshitsuji: His Butler, Performer, Sebastian Michaelis Kuroshitsuji: The Making Of Kuroshitsuji II, Sebastian Michaelis VitaminX Addiction, Hajime Kusanagi2012 A Channel, Satou Sensei Minami-ke Omatase, Hosaka Rinne no Lagrange: Kamogawa Days, Dizelmine Fin E Ld Si2013 Minami-ke Natsu Yasumi, Hosaka Yozakura Quartet ~Hana no Uta~, Kyōsuke Kishi2014 Attack on Titan: No Regrets, Erwin Smith Kuroshitsuji: Book of Murder, Sebastian Michaelis Magi: Adventure of Sinbad, Sinbad Noragami, Daikoku Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches OVA, Ushio Igarashi Uta no Prince-sama Maji LOVE Revolutions (Season 3), Sumeragi Kira (HE★VENS)