Yūki Masuda


Yūki Masuda is a Japanese actor and voice artist from the Tokyo Metropolitan area.
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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.
Parallel to his anime work he joined the Sonic games, debuting in Sonic Heroes. 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.
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.

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. The Arrow Video archival booklet names him in the principal cast list for both the original theatrical cut and the director’s edition.
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.

Filmography

Anime

;1992The Little Twins
;2003Sonic X
;2004The Prince of Tennis Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
;2005Idaten Jump Ginga Legend Weed
;2006Eyeshield 21 Kekkaishi Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry Tokko Musashi Gundoh Red Garden
;2007Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
;2008Kure-nai True Tears Persona: Trinity Soul
;2010Angel Beats! Katekyo Hitman Reborn Night Raid 1931 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
;2011Kamisama Dolls
;2012

Original video animation

The Prince of Tennis series

Film animation

Video games

Angel Beats! 1st Beat Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War Sonic the Hedgehog series

Dubbing

City of God One Tree Hill Shameless

Live-action