is a Japanese–Australian voice actress and idol. She debuted in 2016, acted as Warspite, a game character from

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Personal life

Shu Uchida was born in Japan and lived in Sydney,

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, Australia from the age of 2(in 1998) to 18(in 2014). At that time, she watched Bleach,

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, and so on. She was impressed by

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, the voice actor of

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, and wanted to be a

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. Inspired by

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, she skipped university to pursue her dream as a voice actress and moved back to Japan alone in 2014. As a graduate of Pro-Fit voice actor school, she is first affiliated with , a subsidiary of Pro-Fit. On September 30, 2020, she left LINK PLAN with

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, her friend at the same agency. The next day, October 1, she announced to be affiliated with a new artist management department "CaliCom" from StrayCats. She likes reading, cooking, making sweets, and collecting makeup. She possesses a profound affection for animals, with a particular fondness for the

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. In the past, she cared for a

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named Rira, and presently, she is nurturing a

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named Papiko. She is proficient in English and got a 990 full score upon her first attempt on

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. As she has some

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speaking characters, which is different to her native Australian English, she studied hard on the English pronunciation. On February 1, 2021, she started her YouTube channel "ShuTube". The content of the channel is mainly about the culture in Japan and Australia. On October 1, 2022, CaliCom contract period was expired on September 30 and then she transferred to Just Pro. Her motto is "Open the door, it may lead you to someplace never expected."

Works

Television animation

Film animation

Game

Drama CD

* ''YomeKura'' (2017, Leia August) * ''Maid in dream ~Princess and Maid's sweet life~'' (2021, シーナ・プブレリウム)

Digital comic

* (2019, Miharu Aifune) * Series 4 (2021, Mia Taylor)

Radio

* ''Lumina Charis's Lumi curriculum!''（2017–2020, ） * Radio "The Expression Amrilato" ~Yuri Yuri Juliamo~（2017, ※）

Web shows

* ''Shu Uchida's It's Shu Time'' (2019–2020, Niconico Live,

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) * Let's have a talk in Shu Uchida's Café?（2021 - , Niconico Live）

TV

* (2019 - 2021, ) - Assistant

Narration

* ''Megalith IT Alliance'' (December, 2016– ) * C3 AFA Singapore 2018 * (April 21, 2019)

Podcast

* ''

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'' Season 2 #58 * '' ProZD + Pals'' Episode 52

Other

* Boku Otter (designer) * English Learning App "Rei's English Words" (2021-, English Part)

Notes

References

External links

Shu Uchida Official site

Official Profile (Just Pro)
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Uchida, Shu 1996 births Living people Actresses from Sydney Japanese expatriates in Australia Japanese YouTubers English-language YouTube channels Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses Nijigasaki High School Idol Club members