Paul Castro Jr.

Paul Castro Jr. is an American voice actor, known for his work on video games and English dubs of anime.

Early life and career

Initially attending college at Monmouth University, Castro tried a variety of majors before ending up in an intro to acting class. Without any other background or experience in acting, he took a chance and applied to transfer to New York University and went on to study 3 years at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts Meisner Studio. After graduating, he spent several years working in New York City. Castro moved to Los Angeles, California in 2020 to pursue an acting career. He was inspired by his love of being part of the creative process, in addition to voice over, anime, video games.

Castro was cast in his first lead role as Rindo Kanade in Neo: The World Ends with You, as an unknown actor. Having grown up playing The World Ends with You and watching Dragon Ball Z, Castro said he cried upon being cast as Rindo and experienced imposter syndrome when cast as mini Vegeta in Dragon Ball Daima.

Accolades and personal life

Castro produced, directed, wrote and starred in the short film Aeris with his partner, Aly Miller. At the 2018 Garden State Film Festival, Aeris won Best Narrative Short Film. Alongside Miller, Castro also produced the documentary Madonna and the Breakfast Club.

At the 10th Crunchyroll Anime Awards in 2026, Castro was nominated in the category of Best Voice Artist Performance (English) for his work as Hikaru in The Summer Hikaru Died.

Filmography

Animated series

Film

Video games

Live action dubbing

External links

• atAnime News Network's encyclopedia
• atIMDb