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affiliated with

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. Originally a child actor, he starred as Kiyoshi Satō in ''

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''. Since then, he has starred as Win Kirifuda in ''

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Win'' (2022-2024) and Tenshi Dei in '' Kawagoe Boys Sing'' (2023-2024), and he won the Seiyu Award for Best Rookie Actor at the

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Biography

Shotaro Uzawa, a native of Chiba Prefecture, was born on 22 January 1997. He originally work as a child actor for the children's theatre troupe , and he appeared in several television commercials and as a Japanese-language dub actor for foreign works. He voiced Dajh Katzroy in the 2009 video game ''

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''. Uzawa was cast in his first major anime role as Kiyoshi Satō in the 2010 film ''

''; he later credited anime sound director with giving him the role. In 2010, he won the 1st Bowler Project Jury Special Award. In April 2018, he joined

and began working as a voice actor. In December 2020, Uzawa appeared as Ushimitsu in the stage play ''With by Idol Time PriPara'', performed at Zepp DiverCity. Since 2022, he has starred as Police Braver in ''Tomica Heroes Jobraver''. In August 2022, it was announced he would star as Win Kirifuda, the main character in ''

Win''. He starred as Tenshi Dei in the 2023-2024 anime '' Kawagoe Boys Sing''. In 2025, he won the Seiyu Award for Best Rookie Actor at the

Filmography

Television animation

Animated film

Video games

Original net animation

Stage

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Uzawa, Shotaro Living people 21st-century Japanese male actors Japanese male child actors Japanese male stage actors Japanese male voice actors Male actors from Chiba Prefecture 81 Produce voice actors Seiyu Award winners