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Kirk Thornton
Kirk Thornton (born 13 May 1956) is an American voice actor who is the new voice of Shadow the Hedgehog , his first role as Shadow is the Xbox 360 game Sonic Free Riders Orbot and voiced Master Zik in Sonic Lost World . His most well known roles are Hotohori in Fushigi Yugi and Jin in Samurai Champloo . He also voices Don Patch and Hydrate in Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo , Gabumon and other voices in Digimon , as well as Saïx and his whole counterpart Isa in the Kingdom Hearts series and Kisame Hoshigaki in Naruto and its sequel, Naruto: Shippuden . He is also somewhat known for portraying the character Harry Mason in Silent Hill: Shattered Memories . Rough, grouchy men in anime and video games are also voiced well by him, such as Jubei from Blazblue and Xiahou Dun in Dynasty Warriors 4 and onward. He also voiced Kevin Ryman from Resident Evil Outbreak but he was uncredited. A recent role of his is in Square Enix's Bravely Default , as Barras Lehr.
As well as voicing Orbot and Shadow in Sonic Boom Leroy the Turtle and T.W. Barker .
Reception Reactions to Thornton's performance as Shadow were generally mixed. While some fans have praised his performance for keeping Shadow's dark personality and sounding like his Kingdom Hearts character Saïx (though his tone seems more similar to Kisame Hoshigaki from Naruto in terms of an "older" and "sinister" type of voice but appears to be less rough and smooth, which is another one of Thornton's roles), others have criticized it for sounding "too old" and heavily criticized the way he stretches the end of his sentences as Shadow. However, Thornton's voice of Orbot was more positively received.[citation needed
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Team Heroes Sonic (Super Sonic ) | Tails | Knuckles
Team Babylon Jet | Wave | Storm
Team Dark Shadow | Rouge | E-10000B
Team Rose Amy | Cream | Vector
Misc.
Blaze | Eggman | E-10000G | Silver | Metal Sonic | Xbox Live Avatar
Non-playable characters
Cheese | E-10000 A | E-10000 C | E-10000 N | E-10000 O | E-10000 S | E-10000 P | E-10000 Y | Omochao
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Dolphin Resort | Rocky Ridge | Frozen Forest | Metropolis Speedway | Magma Rift | Forgotten Tomb | Final Factory | Metal City
Moves/Techniques
Air Ride | Attacks | Grinding | Kick Dash | Super Sonic Boost | Trick Action
Gimmicks and obstacles
Barricade | Bobsled | Car | Catapult | Dash Ring | Grind Rail | Minecart
Items
General
Air | Item Box (Air , Bowling Strike , Free Throw , Octo-Boost , Octo-Ink , Question , Ring Can , Rings , Special Item , Soda Rocket , Target Torpedo , Tee Shot ) | Ring
Gear Parts Air Plus | Air Ride Skill | Air Saver | Big Air | Cornering UP | Durability UP | Extra Air | Grind Skill | Invisible | Item Lock: Air | Item Lock: Rings | Max Speed UP | Music Change 1 | Music Change 2 | Power Skill | Rapid Dash | Rapid Stream | Ring Eater | Start Speed UP | Trick Boost
Extreme Gear Angel • Devil | Auto-Slider | Avatar-F | Avatar-M | Beginner | Black Shot | Blue Star | Chaos Emeralds | E-Gear | E-Rider | Explosion | Fastest | Flame Lance | Fortress | Gambler | Hang-On | Hard-Boiled | High Booster | Legend | Metal Star | Omnitempus | Pink Rose | Potential | Professional | Psychic Wave | Red Rock | Reserve Tank | Smile | Steel | Super Hang-On | Temptation | The Crazy | Turbo Star | Type-J | Type-S | Type-W | Wanted | Yellow Tail
English voice actors
Roger Craig Smith (Sonic ) | Mike Pollock (Eggman ) | Kate Higgins (Tails , Wave ) | Travis Willingham (Knuckles , Storm ) | Mike Mycheck (Jet ) | Kirk Thornton (Shadow ) | Karen Strassman (Rouge ) | Wally Wingert (E-10000B , E-10000G ) | Cindy Robinson (Amy ) | Michelle Ruff (Cream ) | Keith Silverstein (Vector ) | Quinton Flynn (Silver ) | Laura Bailey (Blaze , Omochao )
Japanese voice actors
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) | Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) | Daisuke Kishio (Jet ) | Chie Nakamura (Wave ) | Kenji Nomura (Storm ) | Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) | Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Sayaka Aoki (Cream ) | Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao ) | Kenta Miyake (Vector ) | Daisuke Ono (Silver ) | Nao Takamori (Blaze )
Music
Songs
"Free " | "Theme of Dolphin Resort " | "Theme of Rocky Ridge " | "Theme of Metropolis Speedway "
Albums
Break Free: Sonic Free Riders Original Soundtrack
Other
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Playable characters Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Mii * · Virtual Hedgehog
Non-playable characters Cubot · Eggman · Metal Sonic ^ · Orbot · Tails · Yacker
Wisps White · Cyan · Yellow · Orange · Blue · Green · Pink · Purple · Jade ^
Areas Tropical Resort · Sweet Mountain · Starlight Carnival · Planet Wisp · Aquarium Park · Asteroid Coaster · Terminal Velocity · Game Land (1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 )
Enemies Big Chaser · Buzzer · Chopper · Crabmeat · Egg Chaser · Egg Pawn · Jawz · Larva · Mole · Moto Bug · Sandworm · Spinner (Metal , Thunder ) · Spiny · Sprinkler
Bosses Rotatatron · Captain Jelly · Frigate Orcan · Refreshinator · Admiral Jelly · Asteroid Coaster sub-boss · Frigate Skullian · Nega-Wisp Armor
Moves/techniques Air Boost · Assist · Boost · Crouch · Double Jump · Drift · Ghost Attack ^ · Grind Step · Grinding · Homing Attack · Hop · Jump Dash · Kick boost · Ring Dash · Slide · Skydiving · Spin Dash · Spin Jump · Stomp · Super Sonic Boost · Trick Action · Wall Jump
Color Powers Blue Cube · Cyan Laser · Final Color Blaster · Green Hover · Jade Ghost ^ · Orange Rocket · Pink Spikes · Purple Frenzy · Yellow Drill
Gimmicks and obstacles Accelerator Gun · Amber block · Balloon · Billiard Ball · Bomb · Bottomless pit · Dash Panel · Dash Rail · Dash Ring · Dropping platform · Egg Spring · Fan · Floating turret · Fountain · Ghost Anchor ^ · Grind Rail · Hint Ring · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Mobile spring · Movable box · Moving Crate · Optical cable · Prism · Pulley · Rainbow Ring · Red School · Sea Monster · Slot machine · Spike Trap · Spring · Spring Pole · Star Post · Switch · Trick Jump Panel · Underground pipe · Wide spring · Zip Line
Items 1-Up * · 100 Count Ring ^ · Air bubble · Blue Block · Blue Ring · Chaos Emerald · Container (Chroma Cube , Steel , Unbreakable , Wooden ) · Egg Medal · Goal Ring · Meteorite · Park Token ^ · Prison Capsule · Ring · Special Ring · Super Ring · Tails Save ^ · Wisp Capsule
Voice actors English Roger Craig Smith (Sonic , Wisp announcer) · Mike Pollock (Eggman ) · Kate Higgins (Tails ) · Kirk Thornton (Orbot ) · Wally Wingert (Cubot )
Japanese Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) · Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot ) · Wataru Takagi (Cubot ) · Utako Yoshino (Yacker ) · Fumihiko Tachiki (Wisp announcer)
Music Songs "Reach for the Stars " · "Speak with Your Heart "
Albums Vivid Sound X Hybrid Colors: Sonic Colors Original Soundtrack · Sonic Colors: Ultimate Original Soundtrack "Re-Colors" · SONIC COLORS ULTIMATE 2XLP VINYL SOUNDTRACK
Other Auto Running · Boost Gauge · The Bucket O'Sushi · Corkscrew · Customize ^ · Earth · Egg Gun · Egg Planet Park · Egg Shuttle · Egg Spear · Eggman's Ultra-Accelerating Space Elevator · Eggman Enterprises · Hyper-go-on · Life · Loop · Miles Electric · Mind Control Ray · Moon · Nega-Wisp · Options Satellite (Music ^) · Rank · Real-Time Interaction · Sonic Colors: BradyGames Official Strategy Guide · Sonic Colors: Rise of the Wisps Part 1 , Part 2 , Complete ) · Sonic Colors Comics The whisper of invasion Egg Planet Park · Totem pole · Tractor beam generator · Water · Wisp Gauge
Playable characters Modern and Classic Sonic (Modern and Classic Super Sonic ) · Shadow *
Non-playable characters Amy · Animals (Flicky , Picky , Pecky , Cucky ) · Babylon Rogues (Jet , Storm , Wave ) Bark · Bean · Big · Biolizard * · Black Doom * · Blaze · Chao (Cheese ) · Chip · Cream · Cubot · Dark Gaia · Doom's Eye * · Modern and Classic Eggman · Emerl · Fang · Knuckles · Mighty · Mephiles · Metal Sonic · Omega · Omochao · Orbot · Perfect Chaos · Ray · Rouge · Silver · Modern and Classic Tails · Team Chaotix (Charmy , Espio , Vector ) · Tikal · Time Eater · Wisp (Yacker )
Wisps Orange · Pink
Stages Green Hill · Chemical Plant · Sky Sanctuary · Speed Highway · City Escape · Seaside Hill · Crisis City · Rooftop Run · Planet Wisp · Casino Night
Challenge Acts Doppelganger Race! · The Buzz Bombers' Revenge! · Knuckles: Horde of Enemies · Swingset Circus · High Speed Challenge · Look Out Below! · Tails: Way Past Fast · Jump Rush · 300% Boost Gauge Challenge · Tails: Toxic Skies · Which Switch is Which? · Aqua Shield Challenge · Invincibility Challenge · One Ring Challenge · Amy: Taking the Leap Together! · Grappling with Grabbers · Underwater Ring Machine · Eggrobo Rush · Aerial Paradise · Ring Time Challenge · Amy: Topsy Turvy · Knuckles: Buried Treasure · 200% Boost Gauge Challenge · Balloon Bonanza · High-Speed Hijinks (Modern) · Cream: Chao Hunt · Hot Pursuit (Classic) · High Speed Challenge 2 · Resisting Arrest · Overdrift · Hot Pursuit (Modern) · Drill Baby Drill · Espio: Master of Camouflage · Lord of the Board · Thunder Shield Challenge · Rouge: The Bombardier · Rite of Spring · Cream: Helping Hand · Dash Ring 1-2-3 (Modern) · Topsy-Turvy · High-Speed Hijinks 2 · Rescue the Animals! · Espio: Way of the Ninja · High-Speed Hijinks (Classic) · Underwater Challenge · Rouge: The Temptress · Trick Island · Surf, Sea, and Sand · Terror From the Deep · Goal Post Juggle · Vector: Through the Storm · Flame Shield Challenge · Ring Time Challenge 2 · Power Stomp Challenge · Switcheroo · Blaze: Piercing the Flames · Four-way Cannon Cavalcade · High-Rise Balloon Climb · Dash Ring 1-2-3 (Classic) · Charmy: Don't Bug Me! · One Ring Challenge 2 · Barrel Ring Bonus · Rooftop Rail Grind · Endless Boost · Vector: Pick Up the Beat · With Your Powers Combined · Goal Post Juggle 2 · Chase After Blaze · Rescue the Animals 2! · Cart Challenge · Charmy: High in the Sky · Action Master · Orange Rocket, Blast Off!
Enemies Aero-Cannon · Buzz Bomber · Buzzer · Chopper · Cop Speeder · Crabmeat · Egg Chaser · Egg Fighter · Egg Fighter: Sword · Egg Launcher (H) · Egg Launcher (H+V) · Egg Launcher (V) · Egg Pawn · Eggrobo (Unnamed Eggrobo variant ) · Giant Chopper · Grabber · Gun Beetle · Gun Hunter · Iblis's Minions (Iblis Biter , Iblis Taker , Iblis Worm ) · Mono Beetle · Moto Bug · Sandworm · Spinner · Spiny · Sprinkler · Thunder Spinner
Bosses Rival bosses Metal Sonic · Shadow · Silver
Era bosses Biolizard * · Death Egg Robot · Perfect Chaos · Egg Dragoon · Time Eater
Moves/ Playable characters Air Boost · Atomic Spin · Boost · Bound Jump · Cartwheel · Chaos Control * · Chaos Snap * · Chaos Spear * · Crouch · Double Jump · Drift · Freestyle Tricks · Grind Step · Grinding · Homing Attack · Hop · Insta-Shield · Jump Dash · Kick boost · Lightspeed Dash · Mid-Air Dash · Quick Step · Slide · Skydiving · Spin · Spin Dash · Spin Jump · Stomp · Super Sonic Boost · Super Sonic Missile · Wall Jump ·
Non-playable characters Dig · Drill Attack · Fire Beam · Flying · Heart Effect · Ice Wave · Meteor Smash · Ninja Arts: Camouflage · Propeller Flying · Psychic Knife · Psychokinesis · Restraint Trap · Ring Spark Field · Sun Burst · Teleport Dash · V. Maximum Overdrive Attack · Warping arm attack · Whirlwind
Color Powers Orange Rocket · Pink Spikes
Skills Aqua Shield · Flame Shield · Thunder Shield · Twin Spin Attack · Invincible Start · Shield · Power Sneakers · Long Spin Dash · Treasure Scanner · Homing Attack · Hercules Muscles · Breath Holder · Boardmaster · Ring Time · Blast Off · Speed Up · Direct Jump · Power Stomp · Quick Slide · Acceleration · Smasher Bonus · Ring Energy Bonus · Boost Gauge Up · Serial Homing · Auto-Gauge · Gauge Rebooter · Trick Mastery · Endless Boost · Power Brake · Sure-Footed · Safety Net · Last Chance · 10-Second Rings · Athleticism · Time Break · Super Sonic · Sega Genesis Controller
Gimmicks and obstacles Balloon · Barrel · Big Balloon · Blue blob · Bomb · Bonus Bell · Bottomless pit · Bumper · Cannon · Capsule · Car · Cart · Cloud · Crusher · Dash Panel · Dash Rail · Dash Ring · Dimensional Bomb · Egg Spring · Explosion Trap · Fan · Flipper · Four-way Cannon · Gear Platform · Goal Plate · Gondola · GUN Military Truck · Hanging Bell · Heart bomb · Helicopter · High-speed warp tube · Horizontal Bar · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Kao · Laser field · Meteorite · Movable box · Pole Elevator · Propeller Spring · Pulley · Rainbow Ring · Rocket · Route Signal · Saw · Seesaw · Sling Shot · Slot machine · Spike Trap · Spikes · Spinning Top · Spinning Platform · Spotlight · Spring · Spring Catapult · Spring Pole · Star Post · Switch · Trick Jump Panel · Wall Jump Block · Warp Point · Wide spring · Zip Line
Items Air bubble · Boss Gate · Boss Gate Key · Buoy · Chaos Emerald · Container (Case , Spike Block , Steel Container , Unbreakable Container , Wooden Container ) · Energy Core · Goal Ring · Information Pod · Item Box (1-Up , Aqua Shield , Flame Shield , Invincible , Power Sneakers , Skateboard , Super Ring , Thunder Shield ) · Medal · Mega Mack · Musical note · Red Star Ring · Ring · Snowboard · Time Bonus · Wisp Capsule
Voice actors English Roger Craig Smith (Modern Sonic , Wisp announcer) · Mike Pollock (Modern and Classic Eggman ) · Kate Higgins (Modern and Classic Tails ) · Travis Willingham (Knuckles ) · Cindy Robinson (Amy ) · Kirk Thornton (Shadow ) · Quinton Flynn (Silver ) · Laura Bailey (Blaze , Omochao ) · Karen Strassman (Rouge ) · Michelle Ruff (Cream ) · Keith Silverstein (Vector ) · Troy Baker (Espio ) · Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Charmy )
Japanese Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Modern Sonic ) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Modern and Classic Eggman ) · Ryō Hirohashi (Modern Tails ) · Takuto Yoshinaga (Classic Tails ) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) · Taeko Kawata (Amy ) · Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) · Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) · Daisuke Ono (Silver ) · Nao Takamori (Blaze ) · Sayaka Aoki (Cream ) · Kenta Miyake (Vector ) · Yūki Masuda (Espio ) · Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy ) · Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao ) · Fumihiko Tachiki (Wisp announcer)
Music Songs "Sonic Boom " · "You're My Hero " · "Super Sonic Racing " · "Open Your Heart " · "It Doesn't Matter " · "Escape from the City " · "For True Story " · "E.G.G.M.A.N. " · "Sonic Heroes " · "What I'm Made of... " · "Right There, Ride On " · "Vela Nova " · "I Am... All of Me " · "All Hail Shadow " · "His World " · "Dreams of an Absolution " · "Seven Rings In Hand " · "Let the Speed Mend It " · "A New Venture " · "Race to Win " · "Un-Gravitify " · "Endless Possibility " · "Knight of the Wind " · "Free " · "Reach for the Stars " ·
Albums 20 Years of Sonic Music · Blue Blur: Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack · History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack White Edition
Other Boost Gauge · Chao in Space · Collection Room · Combo · Corkscrew · Death Egg · Death Egg Robot · Egg Dragoon · Egg Gun · Egg Mobile · Egg Spear · Lair of the Time Eater · Life · Loop · Miles Electric · Orca · Perfect Bonus · Rank · Sonic's birthday · Sonic Generations: BradyGames Official Strategy Guide · Sonic Generations (manga) · Sonic Generations of Skate · Statue Room · Time Hole · Tornado-1 · Totem pole · Tunnel · Water · White Space
Playable characters Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Virtual Hedgehog *
Non-playable characters Amy · Animals (Cucky , Flicky , Pecky , Picky , Pocky , Ricky , Rocky ) · Clawz · Cubot · Deadly Six (Master Zik , Zavok (Giant Zavok ), Zazz , Zeena , Zomom , Zor ) · Eggman · Gillwing · Gulpo · Jackle · Knuckles · Link · Nightopian · Nights · Omochao · Orbot · Puffy · Reala · Tails · Wizeman · Yacker * · Yoshi *
Wisps Black · Crimson · Cyan · Gray * · Green · Indigo · Magenta · Orange · White * · Yellow
Levels Worlds Windy Hill · Desert Ruins · Tropical Coast · Frozen Factory · Silent Forest · Sky Road · Lava Mountain · Hidden World
Misc. Circus * · The Legend of Zelda Zone * · Nightmare Zone · Yoshi's Island Zone *
Enemies Badniks Antlion · Anton · Antlion Mother · Aquis · Balkiry · Ball Hog (Gold , Hell ) · Batbrain · Big Dragonfly · Blowfish Transporter (BFB ) · Blaster · Bomb · Burrobot · Butterdroid · Buzz Bomber · Caterkiller (Big ) · Chopper (Bone ) · Clucker (Foot ) · Cluckoid · Coconuts · Crabmeat (Missile ) · Crawl · Crawlton · Dragonfly · Dung Beetle · Egg Pawn · Galaga Bee · Gohla · Grabber · Gustav Turtle · Jaws · Laser Grabber · Madmole · Manbou · Manta · Moto Bug · Mushmeanie · Nebula · Newtron · Octus · Orbinaut (Uni Uni , Unidasu ) · Penguinator · Sandworm · Slicer · Snale Blaster · Spiker · Spikes · Sprinkler · Tarantula · Turtloids · Utsubo
Misc. Baku Baku · Boo · Boom Boo · Cactus Ball · Deku Scrub · Keese · Piranha Plant * · Sandworm · Sheep · Shy Guy * · Stalchild · Yeti
Bosses Zazz (Puffy ) · Zomom · Master Zik (Gulpo ) · Zeena (Clawz ) · Zor (Jackle ) · Zavok (Gillwing ) · Deadly Six · Giant Zavok · Eggrobo
Moves/ General Bound Jump · Charged Dash · Dash · Double Jump · Duck · Flying Kick · Focused Homing Attack · Grinding · Ring Dash · Skydiving · Spin Dash · Spin Jump · Super Sonic Boost
Parkour Hang · Side Step · Vault · Vault Dash · Wall Climb · Wall Jump · Wall Run · Wall Spin Dash
Color Powers Black Bomb · Crimson Eagle · Cyan Laser · Gray Quake * · Green Hover · Indigo Asteroid · Magenta Rhythm · Orange Rocket · Yellow Drill
Gimmicks and obstacles Balloon · Billiard Ball · Bumper · Cannon · Capsule · Cloud · Coconut · Conveyor Belt · Dash Panel · Dash Rail · Drop Target · Fireball · Flipper · Grind Rail · High-speed warp tube · Hint Ring · Iron ball · Lighting switch · Metal nut · Minecart · Musical note · Prism · Seesaw * · Sling Shot · Slot machine · Spring · Spring Catapult · Star Post · Surprise Crocodile · Triangle Bumper · Truffle Cannon · Windmill
Items General 1-Up · Apple · Asteroid Ring · Blue Chip · Bound bell · Cage · Casino Token · Chaos Emerald · Invincible · Item Box (Floating , Warp , Super Ring ) · Number Ring · Power Sneakers · Red Star Ring · Ring · Ring (Nights ) · Shield · Thunder Shield
RC Vehicles Helicopter · Fighter Jet · Stealth Jet · Hovercraft · Balloon · UFO · Omochao
Voice actors English Roger Craig Smith (Sonic ) · Mike Pollock (Eggman ) · Kate Higgins (Tails ) · Travis Willingham (Knuckles , Zavok ) · Cindy Robinson (Amy ) · Kirk Thornton (Orbot , Master Zik ) · Wally Wingert (Cubot ) · Liam O'Brien (Zazz ) · Patrick Seitz (Zomom ) · Stephanie Sheh (Zeena ) · Sam Riegel (Zor )
Japanese Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) · Taeko Kawata (Amy ) · Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot ) · Wataru Takagi (Cubot ) · Jōji Nakata (Zavok ) · Yutaka Aoyama (Zazz ) · Yumi Tōma (Zeena ) · Makoto Terada (Master Zik ) · Chafūrin (Zomom ) · Yūki Tai (Zor )
Music Sonic Lost World Bonus Soundtrack (Special Selection) · Sonic Lost World: Wonder World EP · Without Boundaries: Sonic Lost World Original Soundtrack
Other Auto Running · Cacophonic Conch · Egg Mobile · Extractor · Life · Life (energy) · Loop · Lost Hex · Mech Dragon · Miles Electric · Mission · Moon Mech · Rank · Secret Bonus · Sonic the Hedgehog Halloween ComicFest 2013 · Time Attack · Tornado · Totem pole · Water · Wisp Away * · Wisp Gauge · Zeti
