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Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (松岡 禎丞, Matsuoka Yoshitsugu, born September 17, 1986) is a Japanese voice actor from Hokkaido affiliated with the talent agency I'm Enterprise.[2] Honored at the 6th Seiyu Awards for Best New Actor in 2012 and the 10th Seiyu Awards for Best Lead Actor in 2016, he is best known for being the voice of Kirito from Sword Art Online, Inosuke Hashibira from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Fūtarō Uesugi from The Quintessential Quintuplets, Sora from No Game No Life, Sōma Yukihira in Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Bell Cranel from Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Hajime Aoyagi from Yowamushi Pedal, Betelgeuse Romanée-Conti from Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World, Xiao from Genshin Impact, Mechamaru Ultimate from Jujutsu Kaisen, Helios from the 2021 reboot of the Sailor Moon series, Sailor Moon Eternal, Vash the Stampede from the 2023 reboot of the Trigun series, Trigun Stampede, and Daniel Harper from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom. As of June 17, 2019, he is the current official Guinness World Record holder for the most unique sound bites provided by a voice actor, exceeding 10,000 words in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: MEMORIA FREESE.[3]
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka | |
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松岡 禎丞 | |
 Matsuoka in 2022 | |
| Born | September 17, 1986 |
| Occupation | Voice actor |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Agent | I'm Enterprise |
| Notable work |
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| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] |
At the age of 15, Matsuoka was inspired by Akira Ishida's performance as Kaworu Nagisa in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, which Matsuoka watched at the recommendation of a friend, and first learned about the voice acting profession.
While aspiring to become an auto mechanic in his senior year of high school, he searched for a voice actor school in Hokkaido, but went to Tokyo after receiving advice that it would be difficult to succeed without going to a school in the capital. After graduating from Yoyogi Animation Gakuin while working as a newspaper scholarship student, he joined the Japan Narration Actors Institute. After auditioning in 2009, Matsuoka became a member of I'm Enterprise agency. In the same year, he made his debut as AKX20000 in Eden of the East.
In 2011, he starred in the role of Narumi Fujishima in Heaven's Memo Pad for the first time, and won the Best Rookie Actors at the 6th Seiyu Awards in 2012.[4]
In 2012, he started voicing Kirito in Sword Art Online, and continues to reprise the role as of 2023.
At the 1st Aniradi Awards on March 21, 2015, he along with fellow radio personality Ai Kayano in "No Radio No Life; Gamer Brothers will start doing radio." won the "RADIO OF THE YEAR Best Radio Award" and the "BEST RETURN HOPE RADIO Revival Hope Radio Award."[5]
On March 12, 2016, he won the Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 10th Seiyu Awards.[6]
On June 17, 2019, he appeared on YouTube channel "Danmachi FES 2019-TV Anime Danmachi II and Dan Memo 2nd Anniversary Is It Wrong to Have an Event Together? Special-Public Live Broadcast !!" where Guinness World Record certified him for the most unique sound bites provided by a voice actor, exceeding 10,000 words in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: MEMORIA FREESE.[7]
On October 2, 2021, as a collaboration project between the Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night film and the Yomiuri Giants, he appeared in the Giants game with Hiroki Yasumoto, and became a pitcher for the opening ceremony. Matsuoka continued to collaborate during the match with a cap shuffle game with Yasumoto to liven up the venue.[8]
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