Shintarō Asanuma

Shintarō Asanuma (浅沼 晋太郎, Asanuma Shintarō, born January 5, 1976) is a Japanese scriptwriter, director, actor, voice actor,^[1] narrator, copywriter and designer.^[2] He was affiliated with Office Osawa and currently attached under DANDELION.

Shintarō Asanuma
浅沼 晋太郎
Born	(1976-01-05) January 5, 1976 (age 47) Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Occupations	Scriptwriter director actor voice actor narrator copywriter designer
Years active	1999–present
Agent	DANDELION
Notable credit(s)	Ace of Diamond as Kuramochi Youichi Seitokai Yakuindomo as Takatoshi Tsuda The Tatami Galaxy as the Protagonist My First Girlfriend Is a Gal as Junichi Hashiba Tokyo Ghoul as Nishiki Nishio Xenoblade Chronicles as Shulk
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Biography

Filmography

Television animation

2003

• Origami Warriors – Fuma Hanazuki

2006

• Ouran High School Host Club – male student B (ep 24)
• xxxHOLiC – Student B (ep 24)
• Zegapain – Kyo Sogoru
• Kirarin Revolution – Subaru Tsukishima
• Mamotte! Lollipop – Will
• Kujibiki Unbalance – Mugio Rokuhara

2007

• Engage Planet Kiss Dum – Ueno (ep 9 and 10)
• Kamichama Karin – Kirio Karasuma
• Bokurano – Yosuke Kirie, Shinichi Kodaka (ep 4)
• Mushi-Uta – Daisuke Kusuriya
• Da Capo II – Yoshiyuki Sakurai
• Shakugan no Shana Second – Chairman (ep 12)
• Minami-ke – Sensei, Takeru-ojisan
• Genshiken 2 – Neko Kazamatsuri (ep 1)
• Ghost Hound – Michio Hoshino

2008

• Minami-ke: Okawari – Takeru-ojisan
• Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's – Crow Hogan
• Da Capo II Second Season – Yoshiyuki Sakurai
• Shugo Chara! – Shuji Hinamori (ep 35)
• Birdy the Mighty: Decode – Sudo Ryota
• Legends of the Dark King: A Fist of the North Star Story – young Juza (ep 7)
• Nodame Cantabile: Paris Arc – Frank
• Negibozu no Asataro – Kyuubee

2009

• Gintama – Parody Goku (ep 119)
• Minami-ke: Okaeri – Takeru
• Samurai Harem – Keita Torigaya
• Birdy the Mighty Decode:02 – Ryota Sudo, Valic
• Polyphonica Crimson S
• Guin Saga – István
• First Love Limited – Etsu Kusuda
• Sweet Blue Flowers – Yasushi Kawanoi
• Modern Magic Made Simple – Sōshirō Anehara
• Nyan Koi! – Junpei Kōsaka

2010

• Nodame Cantabile: Finale – Frank
• The Betrayal Knows My Name – Masamune Shinmei
• The Tatami Galaxy – Protagonist
• Okami-san and Her Seven Companions – Tarō Urashima
• Seitokai Yakuindomo – Takatoshi Tsuda
• Mazinkaizer SKL – Ken Kaidō

2011

• Dream Eater Merry – Chris Evergreen (ep 4-5)
• Beelzebub – Kazuya Yamamura
• Fractale – Sunda Granitz
• Sket Dance – Seiji Igarashi (ep 16-17, 20)
• Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi – Hoshino Kazuma
• Moshidora – Masayoshi Nikai
• Phi Brain: Puzzle of God – Kaito Daimon
• Haganai – Masaru Suzuki (ep 2)

2012

• Place to Place – Sakaki Inui
• Accel World – Takumu Mayuzumi (Taku)
• Beyblade: Shogun Steel – Blader Guy
• One Piece – Zeo
• Phi Brain: Puzzle of God 2nd Season – Kaito Daimon
• The Pet Girl of Sakurasou – Kazuki Fujisawa
• Blast of Tempest – Takumi Hayakawa

2013

• Cuticle Detective Inaba – Akiyoshi^[3]
• Ace of Diamond – Kuramochi Youichi
• Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren't They? – Sakamaki Izayoi
• Majestic Prince – Toshikazu Asagi^[4]
• Minami-ke: Tadaima – Sensei, Takeru-ojisan^[5]
• Psycho-Pass – Mitsuru Sasayama (ep 12)
• Ro-Kyu-Bu! – Ryūichi Suga
• Phi Brain: Puzzle of God 3rd Season – Kaito Daimon

2014

• Seitokai Yakuindomo* – Takatoshi Tsuda
• Hamatora – Nojima (ep 2)
• Z/X Ignition – Rindo
• No-Rin – Kosaku Hata
• Wake Up, Girls! – Kōhei Matsuda
• Daimidaler: Prince vs Penguin Empire – Dennis
• Nobunaga Concerto – Maeda Toshiie
• One Week Friends – Hajime Kujo
• Tokyo Ghoul – Nishiki Nishio^[6]
• Baby Steps – Hiromi Iwasa
• Akame ga Kill! – Susanoo
• Gundam Reconguista in G – Ringo Lon Giamanotta

2015

• Ace of Diamond 2nd Season – Kuramochi Youichi
• Assassination Classroom – Hiroto Maehara^[7]
• Baby Steps Season 2 – Hiromi Iwasa
• K: Return of Kings - Masaomi Dewa, Yujiro Benzai
• Chivalry of a Failed Knight – Nagi Arisuin
• Tokyo Ghoul √A – Nishiki Nishio
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V – Crow Hogan

2016

• Snow White with the Red Hair 2 – Itoya
• Assassination Classroom 2nd Season – Hiroto Maehara
• She and Her Cat: Everything Flows – Black Cat, I (narration)
• Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru- Nakigitsune (6 episodes)
• The Asterisk War 2nd Season – Verner (ep 4-5, 7-9)
• Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle – Lagried False (ep 2, 11-12)

2017

• My First Girlfriend Is a Gal - Junichi Hashiba^[8], EroJunichi (ep 1-3, 5, 8)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki no Souma: The Third Plate - Rentarou Kusunoki
• Scum's Wish – Atsuya Kirishima

2018

• Zoku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru – Nakigitsune (ep. 2, 4-7, 10)
• Violet Evergarden – Aiden Field (ep. 11)
• Cutie Honey Universe – Seiji Hayami^[9]
• Tsurune – Masaki Takigawa

2019

• Ace of Diamond Act II - Yōichi Kuramochi
• Carole & Tuesday – Mermaid Sisters^[10]
• Ensemble Stars! – Leo Tsukinaga
• Given – Ugetsu Murata^[11]

2020

• A3! Season Spring & Summer – Itaru Chigasaki
• Woodpecker Detective's Office – Takuboku Ishikawa^[12]
• Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle: Rhyme Anima – Samatoki Aohitsugi

2022

• Tatami Time Machine Blues – Protagonist^[13]
• Shine On! Bakumatsu Bad Boys! – Katsura Kogorou

2023

• The Legendary Hero Is Dead! – Diego Valentine^[14]
• Ao no Orchestra – Yō Hatori^[15]
• Migi to Dali – Shunpei Akiyama^[16]

TBA

• Mr. Villain's Day Off – Warumono-san^[17]

Original video animation (OVA)

• Shakugan no Shana S (2009) – Yukio Hamaguchi (ep 3-4)
• Birdy the Mighty Decode: The Cipher (2009) – Ryota Sudo
• Tokimeki Memorial 4 OVA (2009) – male student/game protagonist
• Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi (2011) – Hoshino Kazuma
• Seitokai Yakuindomo (2011–present) – Takatoshi Tsuda
• Black Butler: Book of Murder (2014) – Arthur Conan Doyle
• Cyborg 009 VS Devilman (2015) - Akira Fudo/Devilman

Theatrical animation

• The Garden of Sinners: Remaining Sense of Pain – Keita Minato
• Kowarekake no Orgel (2010) – Junpei
• Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time (2010) – Crow Hogan
• Cyborg 009 Vs. Devilman (2015) – Devilman / Akira Fudō^[18]
• Seitokai Yakuindomo: The Movie (2017) – Takatoshi Tsuda
• Fireworks (2017) – Junichi^[19]
• Seitokai Yakuindomo: The Movie 2 (2021) – Takatoshi Tsuda
• Tsurune the Movie: The First Shot (2022) – Masaki Takigawa^[20]

Live-Action Drama/Movies

• Ultraman Mebius (2006) - Jasyuline (Middle brother (Voice of Dai Matsumoto (Elder brother) und Haji (Youngest brother)) (ep 37)
• Ultra Zero Fight (2012) - Alien Bat Glacier^[21]
• Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger (2016) - Sanbaba (ep 36)
• Ultraman Geed (2017) - Alien Shadow Zena (eps 1, 4 - 5, 9 - 12, 14 - 18, 20 - ,)^[22]
• Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger (2021-2022) - Juran/Zenkai Juran (ep 1 - 49)
• Saber + Zenkaiger: Super Hero Senki (2021) - Juran/Zenkai Juran
• Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger vs Kiramager vs Senpaiger (2022) - Juran/Zenkai Juran

Video games

• Super Robot Wars UX – Ken Kaidou
• Xenoblade Chronicles – Shulk, Zanza
• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U – Shulk
• Street Fighter V - Alex
• Xenoblade Chronicles X – Custom Male Avatar
• Zegapain XOR – Kyo Sogoru
• Omega Quintet – Takt
• Tokyo Xanadu – Kou Tokisaka
• Ensemble Stars! – Leo Tsukinaga
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Shulk
• Touken Ranbu- Nakigitsune & his fox
• A3! - Chigasaki Itaru
• Akane-sasu Sekai de Kimi to Utau - Kibi no Makibi
• Dragalia Lost - Luca
• Mahotsukai no Yakusoku - Owen
• Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle: Rhyme Anima – Samatoki Aohitsugi
• Alchemy Stars - Regal
• Alchemy Stars - Luke
• Ikemen Prince - Gilbert Von Obsidian

Dubbing

• Aliens in the Attic – Tom Pearson (Carter Jenkins)^[23]
• All About Steve – Howard (DJ Qualls)
• The Banker – Matt Steiner (Nicholas Hoult)^[24]
• Cinderella – Prince Valiant (Gideon Turner)
• Clarice – Tomas Esquivel (Lucca De Oliveira)^[25]
• Constantine (2008 TV Asahi edition) – Chas Kramer (Shia LaBeouf)^[26]
• Dark Phoenix – Hank McCoy/Beast (Nicholas Hoult)^[27]
• The Darkest Hour – Sean (Emile Hirsch)
• Den Brother – Alex Pearson (Hutch Dano)
• Drake & Josh – Drake Parker (Drake Bell)
• Euphoria – Nate Jacobs (Jacob Elordi)^[28]
• Fright Night – Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin)^[29]
• Glee – Sebastian Smythe (Grant Gustin)
• Milk – Cleve Jones (Emile Hirsch)
• Mortuary – Jonathan Doyle (Dan Byrd)
• Mutant World – Geoff King (Jason Cermak)^[30]
• Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist – Nick Yidiaris (Michael Cera)^[31]
• The Other Side of Heaven – John H. Groberg (Christopher Gorham)
• Peter Rabbit – Thomas McGregor (Domhnall Gleeson)^[32]
• Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway – Thomas McGregor (Domhnall Gleeson)^[33]
• Scream 4 – Robbie Mercer (Erik Knudsen)
• X-Men: Apocalypse – Hank McCoy/Beast (Nicholas Hoult)^[34]
• X-Men: Days of Future Past – Hank McCoy/Beast (Nicholas Hoult)
• X-Men: First Class – Hank McCoy/Beast (Nicholas Hoult)^[35]
• Youth – Jimmy Tree (Paul Dano)^[36]
• Zeke and Luther – Ezekiel "Zeke" Falcone (Hutch Dano)

Music

Singles

• "Atchi de Kotchi de" (あっちでこっちで) (2012-04-18) (as Acchi⇔Kocchi with Rumi Ookubo, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Hitomi Nabatame & Kaori Fukuhara)
• "Boku tachi wa Ikiteiru" (僕たちは生きている) (2012-08-21) with Hiroki Aiba & Junya Ikeda

Anime songs

• Atchi Kotchi "Seishun Love la Boogie woogie!!" (青春ラブ･ラ･ブギウギ!!)^[37]
• Gen x Pei Gakuen Kassenroku "Nen-Nen Sai-Sai Day By Day!" (ネンネンサイサイDay By Day!) (with Yūki Kaji)
• Minami-ke "Down&Up! and Dowb↓"
• Ōkami-san "Ai wa Katsu" (愛は勝つ)
• Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru Sō Desu yo? "Unknown World"
• Diamond no Ace "GO MY WAY"
• Ensemble stars "Checkmate"
• Ensemble stars "Voice of Sword"
• Ensemble stars "Silent Oath"
• Ensemble stars "Fight for Judge"
• Ensemble stars "Article of Faith"
• Ensemble stars "Knights the Phantom Thief"
• Ensemble stars "Crush of Judgement"
• Ensemble stars "Grateful allegiance"
• Ensemble stars "Birthday of Music!"
• Ensemble stars "Promise Swords"
• Hypnosis Mic "G anthem of Y-CITY"
• Hypnosis Mic "Yokohama Walker” (with Wataru Komada and Shinichiro Kamio)
• Hypnosis Mic "WAR WAR WAR" (with Subaru Kimura, Haruki Ishiya, and Kōhei Amasaki)
• Hypnosis Mic "DEATH RESPECT" (with Wataru Komada, Shinichiro Kamio, Show Hayami, Kijima Ryuichi, and Kento Ito)
• Hypnosis Mic "Yokohama Walker (Triple Trippin' Remix)" (with Wataru Komada and Shinichiro Kamio)
• Hypnosis Mic "T.D.D. LEGEND" (with Subaru Kimura, Show Hayami, and Yuusuke Shirai)
• Hypnosis Mic "Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle-" (ヒプノシスマイク -Division Rap Battle-) (with Subaru Kimura, Haruki Ishiya, Kōhei Amasaki, Wataru Komada, Shinichiro Kamio, Show Hayami, Kijima Ryuichi, Kento Ito, Yuusuke Shirai, Soma Saito, Yukihiro Nozuyama)
• Hypnosis Mic "Hypnosis Mic -Division Batte Anthem" (ヒプノシスマイク -Division Battle Anthem-)(with Subaru Kimura, Haruki Ishiya, Kōhei Amasaki, Wataru Komada, Shinichiro Kamio, Show Hayami, Kijima Ryuichi, Kento Ito, Yuusuke Shirai, Soma Saito, Yukihiro Nozuyama)
• Hypnosis Mic "Hoodstar" (with Subaru Kimura, Haruki Ishiya, Kōhei Amasaki, Wataru Komada, Shinichiro Kamio, Show Hayami, Kijima Ryuichi, Kento Ito, Yuusuke Shirai, Soma Saito, Yukihiro Nozuyama)
• Hypnosis Mic "Shinogi (Dead Pools)” (シノギ (Dead Pools)) (with Wataru Komada and Shinichiro Kamio)
• Hypnosis Mic "RED ZONE(Don't test da Master)" (with Wataru Komada and Shinichiro Kamio)
• Hypnosis Mic "Bayside Suicide” (with Wataru Komada and Shinichiro Kamio)
• Hypnosis Mic "HUNTING CHARM” (with Wataru Komada and Shinichiro Kamio)
• Hypnosis Mic "Reason To Fight” (with Wataru Komada, Shinichiro Kamio, Shirai Yusuke, Soma Saito and Yukihiro Nozuyama)
• Hypnosis Mic "Double Trouble" (with Ryota Iwasaki)
• A3! "Home" (with Sakai Koudai, Shirai Yusuke, Kotaro Nishiyama, Masashi Igarashi)
• Ensemble stars "Little Romance"
• Ensemble stars "Mystic Fragrance"
• Ensemble stars "Castle of my Heart"

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External links

• Official blog (in Japanese)
• Official Agency Profile (in Japanese)
• Shintarō Asanuma at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database (in Japanese)
• Shintarō Asanuma at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database
• Shintarō Asanuma at Anime News Network's encyclopedia