is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Early Wing. Some roles he played include Haruna Wakazato in The Idolmaster SideM, Yamato Nikaidō in Idolish7, and Combat Agent 6 in Combatants Will Be Dispatched!.
Early life Yusuke Shirai was born in Saku, Nagano on January 18, 1986. His parents house was an art supply store, and his grandfather was a painter. Shirai's brother, who had been watching anime since he was young, went to Tokyo to enter vocational school to become a voice actor. Due to that, Shirai decided to become a voice actor and entered vocational school himself.
Career After graduating from vocational school, he entered a narrator training center, but later left. At one point he wanted to be an actor instead, but later decided he would rather become a voice actor. After that, he entered a training center run by 81 Produce. However, he left the school after one year and entered the Amusement Media Academy. Right before graduation, he was approached by Early Wing to became affiliated with them. He later decided to become affiliated with them. In 2015, he was interviewed in the first issue of Cast Voice, a magazine focusing on male voice actors.
In 2019, Shirai, along with the rest of the cast for Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle, won the singing award at the 13th Seiyu Awards. In March 2020, he started a YouTube channel.
Personal life Outside of voice acting, he has been a fan of Liverpool F.C. ever since he watched the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final.
In October 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19, but was asymptomatic.
Filmography Television animation 2011
Future Diary as Student
2012
La storia della Arcana Famiglia as Renato
2013
Karneval as Fake Squirry Silver Spoon as Ryo Nishikura il sole penetra le illusioni ~ Day Break Illusion as Shūji Kishida From the New World as Kashimura Ace of Diamond as Akio Magi: The Kingdom of Magic as Townsperson Meganebu! as Makoto Senba, Student Little Busters! Refrain as Student B
2014
Witch Craft Works as Obama The World is Still Beautiful as Minor Rani Theus Magical Warfare as Schoolboy, Trailer's Magician
2015 Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! as Iō Naruko Ganbare-bu Next! as Masahiro Yanagida Diabolik Lovers, More Blood as Lucks Durarara!!×2 Ten as Heaven Slave
2016 Rainy Cocoa in Hawaii as Shank Osman Divine Gate as Percival Rilu Rilu Fairilu: Yousei no Door as Fairilurea Handa-kun as Kei Hanada Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! Love! as Iō Naruko Nananin no Ayakashi as Shirō
2017 Nana Maru San Batsu as Ryōta Mukai Hitorijime My Hero as Yusei Yukiya The Idolmaster SideM as Haruna Wakazato My Matchmaking Partner Is a Student, An Aggressive Troublemaker as Shūji Kuga (TV version)
2018 Idolish7 as Yamato Nikaidō Dame×Prince Anime Caravan as Mihart Doreiku The Animation as Takio Minato Gurazeni as Yukio Ohno The Thousand Noble Musketeers as Hall Xuan Yuan Sword Luminary as Meng Ji Jingai-san no Yome as Tetsukasa Tsuchikiyose Space Battleship Tiramisu Zwei as Romeo Alpha
2019 Meiji Tokyo Renka as Eiichi Shibusawa Papa Datte, Shitai as Ryohei Yui Ao-chan Can't Study! as Masaki Uehara Stand My Heroes: Piece of Truth as Takaomi Hiyama Z/X Code Reunion as Nephrite
2020 Uchitama?! Have you seen my Tama? as Tora Kiso A3! as Masumi Usui Show By Rock!! Mashumairesh!! as Sojun Idolish7: Second Beat! as Yamato Nikaidō The Titan's Bride as Beri Berinal Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle: Rhyme Anima as Ramuda Amemura
2021 I-Chu as Takamichi Sanzenin WAVE!! Surfing Yappe!! as Yūta Matsukaze Combatants Will Be Dispatched! as Combat Agent 6 My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X as Ian Stuart Idolish7: Third Beat! as Yamato Nikaidō
2022 Sasaki and Miyano as Shūmei Sasaki Salaryman's Club as Chiaki Takimoto Tokyo Mew Mew New as Keiichirō Akasaka Shine On! Bakumatsu Bad Boys! as Katamori Matsudaira VazzRock the Animation as Futaba
2023 Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari, Fukie A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life, Kazamine Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle: Rhyme Anima+, Ramuda Amemura Zenryoku Usagi, Business
2024 Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Yuta Rokkaku Delusional Monthly Magazine, Saburō Vampire Dormitory, Takara Kagurazaka A Journey Through Another World, Takumi Kayano Tasūketsu, Seraphiel Blue Lock Season 2, Miroku Darai
2025 Tasokare Hotel, Masaki Osoto Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, Diablo
2026 Magical Sisters LuluttoLilly, Mucchi
Anime films 2023 Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation as Shūmei Sasaki My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie as Ian Stuart
2025 Cute High Earth Defense Club ETERNAL LOVE! as Iō Naruko
OVA 2017 Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! Love! Love! as Iō Naruko
2022 Sasaki and Miyano as Shūmei Sasaki
Video games 2015 I-Chu as Takamichi Sanzenin Idolish7 as Yamato Nikaido The Idolmaster SideM as Haruna Wakazato Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz as Yukiya Conrad Moero Crystal as Zenox Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! GAME! as Iō Naruko 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams as Dayang
2016 Valkyrie Anatomia: The Origin as Sadamitsu London Detective Mysteria as William H. Watson Summon Night 6 as Kiel Stand My Heroes as Takaomi Hiyama
2017 Akashic Re:cords as Kogoro Akechi A3! as Masumi Usui Rage of Bahamut as Apollo Granblue Fantasy as Mordred
2018 Food Fantasy as Huangshan Maofeng Tea, Green Curry
2019 Grimms Notes as The Ugly Duckling
2020 The King of Fighters for Girls as Jhun Hoon Dragalia Lost as Wise Savior Laufey Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle as Ramuda Amemura Bungo and Alchemist as Shimada Seijirou
2021 Arknights as Jaye Last Period as Ruse
2022 Nu:Carnival as Garu/Karu
2024 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth as Billy
2025 Wuthering Waves as Cristoforo
Drama CD Re-Kan! as Yamada Sasaki and Miyano as Shūmei Sasaki Lovesick Ellie as Aoba Ore no Buka ga Eroi Mousou wo Yamete Kurenai as Sayama Kaoru
Dubbing The Lazarus Project as George (Paapa Essiedu)
References
External links
Official Agency Profile