José de Jesús Barrero Andrade, born in 1957, was a famous Mexican voice actor who was most famous as his role as Seiya from Saint Seiya. He had actually been into anime dubs ever from The Eighties, with his break-out role being none other than Koji from Mazinger Z; though he also played Live-Action roles quite frequently, like Luke Skywalker in the redub of the Star Wars movies. He was pretty much considered as a borderline Living Legend among Mexican dubbing fans.
Sadly, Barrero passed away in 2016 after struggling for years with cancer.
Several of his relatives are also voice actors: his ex-wife Patricia Palestino, his daughter Yectli Barrero Palestino, his sisters Elsie and Banny, his nephews José Gilberto Vilchis (who possesses a similar voice) and Víctor Covarrubias (plus Covarrubias own sons, Victor Jr. and Santiago).
Anime Dub Roles[]
- Captain Tsubasa Road to 2002 as Tom Misaki/Taro Misaki
- Digimon Tamers as Impmon
- Digimon Frontier as Kouichi Kimura
- Dragon Ball as Yamcha and Puar (until early in DB, with Ricardo Mendoza taking over as Yamcha)
- Eyeshield 21 as Yoichi Hiruma
- Gintama as Gintoki Sakata
- Gundam Wing as Doktor J and Dekim Barton.
- Hana no Ko Lunlun as Cellin aka Serge Flora
- Hell Teacher Nube as Meisuke "Nuubee" Nueno
- Initial D as Bunta Fujiwara
- Kotetsu Jeeg as Hiroshi Shiba
- Mazinger Z as Koji Kabuto
- Naruto as Deidara.
- Robotech: Rick Hunter (first generation / Macross), Scott Bernard (third generation / Mospeada)
- Sailor Moon as Motoki Furuhata (Andrew).
- Saint Seiya as Seiya and Black Pegasus (including the original series and movies, the DVD dub of the Hades saga, and Saint Seiya Omega)
- Slam Dunk: Kiminobu Kogure
- Street Fighter II the Animated Movie as Ryu.
- Voltron as Keith from Lion Voltron / GoLion (two episodes only, he was normally voiced by Gabriel Cobayassi) and Sparks from Vehicle Voltron / Dairugger XV
- Yu-Gi-Oh! GX as Zane Truesdale/Ryo Marufuji
Film Dub Roles[]
- Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) in The Bourne Series
- Flik in A Bug's Life
- Vince Larkin (John Cusack) in Con Air
- Emperor Kuzco in The Emperor's New Groove
- Banzai in The Lion King
- Garret in Quest for Camelot
- Rex in Toy Story
- The Gingerbread Man in Shrek
- Luke Skywalker in the second Star Wars dub (replacing Salvador Nájar)
Live Action TV Dub Roles[]
- Arrow: Malcolm Merlyn
- Jason aka the Mighty Morphin Red Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (except for Zeo, where he was darrin'ed by Alfonso Obregón Inclán)
Western Animation Dub Roles []
- Peter Griffin in Family Guy (season 3 only)
- Vincent/Vinnie in the first Biker Mice From Mars series
- Perry the Platypus in Phineas and Ferb