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'', and Melt Narushima in ''

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''.

Biography

Seiji Maeda, a native of

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, was born on 1 July 1993, the son of a football coach. He played football in elementary school and tennis in junior high and high school. He was inspired to go into voice acting by "Neon Genesis Evangelion", later recalling in an interview with '' Da Vinci'' that he was "interested in experiencing something that ecouldn't in isown life alone and in being able to play someone other than imself. He was educated at , where his mentor was , Afterwards he moved to Tokyo and attended a training school in the metropolis, followed by a vocational school where he learned

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. Maeda had been considering early retirement if he "couldn't make a living from acting by the time ewas about 25" when he passed the audition for his agency Hibiki, where the narrator was

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. In May 2018, he joined

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's ''

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'' project, and later became the bass player of tie-in band Argonavis, playing Wataru Matoba. He was a guest at CharaExpo USA 2018 at the Anaheim Convention Center. He starred as Tatsuya Tachibana in '' Cardfight!! Vanguard: Shinemon'' and Samuel Fredson in ''

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will+Dress''. In 2018, Maeda starred as Shō Yamabuki in '' Iroduku: The World in Colors''. In 2019, he starred as Tomomi Hōryū in '' Try Knights''. He voices Melt Narushima in ''

''. Maeda speaks the . His special skills include tennis, swordsmanship, and scooping Super Balls.

Filmography

Animated television

Original net animation

Video games

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maeda, Seiji 1993 births Living people Japanese male video game actors Male voice actors from Osaka Prefecture Musicians from Osaka Prefecture 21st-century Japanese male actors Bushiroad 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese male singers Japanese male bass guitarists 21st-century Japanese bass guitarists