Yūji Ueda
Japanese actor, voice actor and singer
Yūji Ueda (うえだ ゆうじ, Ueda Yūji; born June 15, 1967) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer from Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. He is best known for voicing the roles of Sagara Sanosuke in Rurouni Kenshin, Akito Tenkawa in Martian Successor Nadesico, Valerino in the 1992 series of Calimero, Takeshi/Brock and Sonansu/Wobbuffet in Pokémon, Horohoro in Shaman King, Johannes Krauser II in Detroit Metal City, Kōhei Oguri in Zipang, Keitarō Urashima in Love Hina, Shiro Iori in Kill la Kill, and Yousuke Fuuma in Wedding Peach.
Biography
Yūji Ueda was born in Fukuoka as 上田祐司 (same pronunciation). In July 2004, he left Arts Vision and officially made his name into an all-hiragana form. In April 2005, Ueda joined Office Osawa.
Yūji is frequently called "Yū-chan" by veteran voice actresses; usually co-voice actresses from Pokémon.
He is married to voice actress Omi Minami. In March 2012, Ueda and Minami both left Osawa, and launched a new agency called PomaRancz.
Filmography
Television animation
1992
Calimero – Valerino
1994
Blue Seed – Yoshiki Yaegashi
Tokimeki Memorial – Yoshio Saotome
1995
Bonobono – Yama-Ō
Fushigi Yūgi – Amiboshi, Suboshi
Wedding Peach – Yousuke Fuuma
1996
The Vision of Escaflowne – Reeden
Martian Successor Nadesico – Akito Tenkawa
Rurouni Kenshin – Sagara Sanosuke
Violinist of Hameln – Hamel
Chouja Reideen - Masato Tsubaki
1997
BØY – Kiyoshirō Okamoto
Pokémon – Takeshi (Brock), Barri-chan (Mimey), Zippo
Don't Leave Me Alone, Daisy – Kuma
1998
Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! – Hitoshi Matsu
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 – Daly Wong
Case Closed – Shigehisa Noguchi
Di Gi Charat – Abarenbō
Digimon Adventure – Numemon
Eat-Man '98 – Larry
Fancy Lala – Yoshio
Flint the Time Detective – Dino Fishman
Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoiyo!
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