Yūki Masuda
Japanese actor
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Yūki Masuda (増田 裕生, Masuda Yūki; born September 12, 1979) is a Japanese actor and voice artist from the Tokyo Metropolitan area.
- Actor
- voice actor
Yūki Masuda | |
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増田 裕生 | |
| Born | September 12, 1979 Tokyo, Japan |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
Career
Voice acting
Masuda’s breakthrough came with voice director Takayuki Hamana’s 2004 television adaptation of The Prince of Tennis. Cast as Masaharu Niō, a doubles specialist who “reads ten moves ahead,” he quickly became a fan favourite and has reprised the character in original-video animations, feature films and stage recordings.[1][2]
Parallel to his anime work he joined the Sonic games, debuting in Sonic Heroes (2003). A 2024 casting survey by specialist outlet Siliconera lists Masuda among the returning Japanese leads for Sonic x Shadow Generations, underscoring Espio’s importance to the current franchise canon.[3]
Other notable roles covered in the trade press include Ferb Fletcher in the Japanese dub of Phineas and Ferb, for which he supplied promotional comments during the Disney/Marvel crossover campaign.[4]
Live-action and stage
Masuda’s highest-profile screen role remains Hiroshi Kuronaga, “Boy 9” of Class 3-B, in Kinji Fukasaku’s dystopian thriller Battle Royale (2000). The Arrow Video archival booklet names him in the principal cast list for both the original theatrical cut and the director’s edition.[5]
On stage he has featured in several 2.5-dimensional musicals, among them the second Prince of Tennis live series, where reviewers singled out his chemistry with co-star Eiyū Tsuda for sustaining the franchise’s comedic “trick play” routines.[2]
Filmography
Anime
- 1992
- The Little Twins (Tafuru)[6]
- 2003
- 2004
- The Prince of Tennis (Masaharu Niou)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (Daichi Misawa)
- 2005
- Idaten Jump (Masa)
- Ginga Legend Weed (Kyōshirō)
- 2006
- Eyeshield 21 (Riku Kaitani)
- Kekkaishi (Yoshiro Takemitsu)
- Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry (Colin)
- Tokko (Ajiro)
- Musashi Gundoh (Kirigakure Saizō)
- Red Garden (Luke)
- 2007
- 2008
- Kure-nai (Tadashi Kunō)
- True Tears (Jun Isurugi)
- Persona: Trinity Soul (Watanabe)
- 2010
- Angel Beats! (Fujimaki)
- Katekyo Hitman Reborn (G)
- Night Raid 1931 (Kiyoshi Mitani)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (Breo)
- 2011
- Kamisama Dolls (Fujima, Torimasa)
- 2012
- The New Prince of Tennis (Masaharu Niou[7])
Original video animation
- The Prince of Tennis series (Masaharu Niō)
- Red Garden: Dead Girls (Luke)
Film animation
- Only Yesterday (Shuji Hirota)
Video games
- Angel Beats! 1st Beat (Fujimaki)
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War (Charles VII of France)[6]
- Sonic the Hedgehog series
- Sonic Heroes (Espio the Chameleon)[6]
- Shadow the Hedgehog (Espio the Chameleon)
- Sonic Heroes (Espio the Chameleon)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Espio the Chameleon)
- Sonic Colors (Espio the Chameleon)[6]
- Sonic Generations (Espio the Chameleon)[6]
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Espio the Chameleon)
- Sonic Forces (Espio the Chameleon)[6]
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Espio the Chameleon)
- Sonic at the Olympic Games (Espio the Chameleon)
- The Prince of Tennis series (Masaharu Niou)
- Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 2 (Daichi Misawa)[6]
- Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 3 (Daichi Misawa)[6]
- Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 6 (Breo)[6]
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Tag Force Special (Daichi Misawa)[6]
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links (Daichi Misawa)[6]
Dubbing
- City of God (Bené (Phellipe Haagensen))[8]
- One Tree Hill (Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray))[9]
- Shameless (Lip Gallagher (Jeremy Allen White))[10]
- Untraceable (Owen Reilly (Joseph Cross))[11]
Live-action
- Battle Royale (Hiroshi Kuronaga)
