Laravel Validation 'starts_with' alpha - laravel

I am looking to use Laravel validation for user input fields, and all works well aside from one rule I'm looking to enforce: how to ensure a field starts with alpha (where it allows alpha_dash elsewhere). I tried the PHP 'regexp' version [A-Za-z] (shown in code snippet below) but to no avail. I also tried 'starts_with:alpha' also to no avail. I'm hoping to avoid regexp and the like and would rather wait for Laravel solution if there is no simple solution.
Thanks!
'username' => 'required|starts_with:[A-Za-z]|alpha_dash|max:20|unique:users,username',
'firstname' => 'required|starts_with:[A-Za-z]|alpha_dash|max:20',
'lastname' => 'required|starts_with:[A-Za-z]|alpha_dash|max:30',

Try this rule instead of alpha_dash & starts_with:
'required|min:2|max:30|regex:/^[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/'

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