Yūji Ueda

Yūji Ueda
うえだ ゆうじ
Born (1967-06-15) June 15, 1967 (age 59)
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Other nameYu-Chan
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • singer
Years active1992–present
AgentPomaRancz
SpouseOmi Minami

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
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2024

OVA

Theatrical animation

Tokusatsu

Games

Drama CDs

Dubbing roles

Live-action

Animation

See also

References

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