Samuel Drake

Samuel Drake’s Path Through Anime Dubbing and Interactive Media

Born May 23, 1995, Samuel Drake built his career from the ground up in Los Angeles, working with Sound Cadence Studios to establish himself across anime dubbing, video games, and film localization. His body of work touches multiple genres – from romantic comedies to psychological horror to high-stakes sports anime – demonstrating the kind of range that keeps a working voice actor in continuous demand. Represented by Dean Panaro Talent, Drake operates out of a professional home studio and handles both character work and narrative writing, having also served as an adaptive writer on Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero (2024).

Anime Dubbing Credits – Sports, Comedy, and Horror

Some of Drake’s most character-specific anime work arrived in 2021 and 2022, a period when Sound Cadence Studios released a cluster of English dubs that put him in front of new audiences. In Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!, he played Soichiro Kamui, a role in a self-aware comedic series that leaned into absurdist humor. On the more grounded side, The Prince of Tennis II gave him Rin Hirakoba, a competitive player with a sharp edge. Tribe Nine brought him Fuchu Sonoda across a full series run, while appearances in Mieruko-chan, Dragon Goes House-Hunting, and Taisho Otome Fairy Tale filled out a year of consistent dubbing work. He also voiced Jinpei Matsuda in the theatrical film Case Closed: The Bride of Halloween, adding detective franchise credits to his resume.

Honkai: Star Rail and the HoYoverse Connection

Landing multiple roles in Honkai: Star Rail (2023) marked a significant step into high-profile gacha game territory. Drake voiced Boss Du, Dr. Dig, and Kyle inside HoYoverse’s acclaimed space fantasy RPG – a title with a massive global player base and ongoing content updates that keep cast members active for years. The multi-character booking reflects the confidence casting directors place in actors who can differentiate distinct personas within the same session. His earlier game work includes Caspian in Paladins: Champions of the Realm (2016) and multiple roles across Final Fantasy Brave Exvius: War of the Visions (2019), along with additional voices in FANTASIAN: Neo Dimension (2024) and character work in V Rising (2024) as Cyril the Cursed Smith.

Writing Alongside Performance – A Dual Creative Role

Beyond the booth, Drake’s credit as adaptive writer on Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero signals a career trajectory that extends past performance into the craft of localization writing itself. Adapting dialogue for one of the best-selling fighting game franchises requires an understanding of how Japanese phrasing transfers into natural English while preserving character intent – a skill set that makes him a valuable collaborator at the script level as well as in front of the microphone. This dual role puts him in a comparatively small group of voice actors who actively shape the language of the productions they work on.