Yūji Ueda

Not to be confused with Yōji Ueda.
For Japanese wrestler, see Umanosuke Ueda.
Yūji Ueda
Born (1967-06-15) June 15, 1967
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Occupation Voice actor, singer
Years active 1992-present
Notable credit(s) Pokémon as Brock
Love Hina as Keitarō Urashima
Rurouni Kenshin as Sagara Sanosuke
Martian Successor Nadesico as Akito Tenkawa
Shaman King as Horohoro
Detroit Metal City as Johannes Krauser II
Kill la Kill as Shirō Iori
Spouse(s) Omi Minami

Yūji Ueda (うえだ ゆうじ Ueda Yūji, born 上田 祐司, June 15, 1967) is a popular Japanese voice actor.[1] He is most known for the roles of Sagara Sanosuke (Rurouni Kenshin), Akito Tenkawa (Martian Successor Nadesico), Brock (Pokémon), Horohoro (Shaman King), Johannes Krauser II (Detroit Metal City), Keitarō Urashima (Love Hina) and Shirō Iori (Kill la Kill).

About

He was born in Fukuoka and has a number of notable roles to his name, including some as the main character, as in "Love Hina" and "Martian Successor Nadesico".

In July 2004, he left Arts Vision and officially made his name into an all-hiragana form. In April 2005, Ueda joined Office Osawa, and currently works for Osawa as of May 2015.

Ueda currently has 160 voice works credited to his name-to-date according to the Anime News Network and as of July 24, 2006. He's a versatile voice actor, voicing characters ranging from simpletons (Urashima Keitaro in Love Hina and Bantaro in the Jubei-chan series) to tough, even vicious men (Sagara Sanosuke in Rurouni Kenshin and Zolf J. Kimblee in Fullmetal Alchemist).

He appears in the Pokémon series, voicing Takeshi/Brock and also Jessie's Wobbuffet in the Japanese-language version of the anime. In addition to those role, he also voices Ash's Noctowl in both the Japanese- and English-language versions too.

Filmography

Television animation

1992
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2011
2013
2014
2015

OVA

Theater animation

Tokusatsu

Games

Drama CDs

Dubbing roles

Live-action

Animation

References

  1. ↑ "Ueda Yuuji". Hitoshi Doi. Retrieved January 22, 2010.

See also

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