Shuta Morishima

is a Japanese voice actor and keyboardist affiliated with Hibiki. He is known for voicing Shin Nitta in ''Cardfight!! Vanguard'', Mitsunori Ishida in '' Ishida & Asakura'', Bat in '' DD Fist of the North Star'', Baku Omori in '' Future Card Buddyfight'', Ares in '' Langrisser Re:Incarnation Tensei'', Takeshi in '' Ao Oni: The Animation'', Masato Rikuō in '' Future Card Buddyfight Ace'', Pearce Valentine Shōtani in '' Try Knights'', Rio Kikyō in ''From Argonavis'', Masanori Iseki in ''Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress'', Ushiwaka in '' Bikkuri-Men'', and Sōtarō Shinozaki in '' Tasūketsu''.

Biography

Morishima, a native of Toyosaka, Niigata, was born on 13 August 1983; he is an only child. He was educated at the Niigata University of International and Information Studies, graduating from the 2005 Komiyama Laboratory seminar.

During his third year at a company where he worked as a programmer, Morishima decided to go to a voice acting training school, thinking that "when eretire or die ewill regret not doing what elove . He had been inspired to go into voice acting by ''The Prince of Tennis'', watching every episode on rented home media releases while staying up all night for five days. He was part of the fifth graduating class.

He starred as Shin Nitta in the first season of ''Cardfight!! Vanguard'', which aired from 2011 until 2012, and he reprised this role in the stage adaptations ''Cardfight!! Vanguard: Virtual Stage'' (2016) and ''Cardfight!! Vanguard: Virtual Stage: Link Joker'' (2017) and in the 2018 anime ''Cardfight!! Vanguard Prime''. He later starred as Masanori Iseki in ''Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress'' and its sequel ''Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ''. He was part of Bushi 7, a tie-in unit who sang "V-Road", the theme song of '' Cardfight!! Vanguard: Legion Mate''.

In addition to ''Cardfight!! Vanguard'', Morishima has also appeared in other Bushiroad media. In September 2013, it was announced that he would star as Tsukiyomi in the film adaptation of Bushiroad's '' Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road'' franchise. He starred as Baku Omori in '' Future Card Buddyfight'' and as Masato Rikuō in the 2018 sequel '' Future Card Buddyfight Ace''. In May 2018, Morishima joined Bushiroad's ''From Argonavis'' project, and later became the keyboardist of tie-in band Argonavis, playing Rio Kikyō. He was a guest at the 2017 Vanguard & Buddyfight Grand Festival at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center and at CharaExpo USA 2018 at the Anaheim Convention Center.

In 2013, he starred as Mitsunori Ishida in '' Ishida & Asakura'' and Bat in '' DD Fist of the North Star''. He later starred as Takeshi in '' Ao Oni: The Animation'', Pearce Valentine Shōtani in '' Try Knights'', Ushiwaka in '' Bikkuri-Men'', and Sōtarō Shinozaki in '' Tasūketsu''. In video games, he also voiced Ares, the protagonist of the video game '' Langrisser Re:Incarnation Tensei''.

Morishima has a pet cat.

Filmography

Anime series

Anime films

Original net animation

Video games

Stage productions

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morishima, Shuta

1983 births
Living people
Japanese male stage actors
Japanese male video game actors
Japanese male voice actors
Japanese male pop singers
21st-century Japanese male actors
21st-century Japanese singers
21st-century Japanese male singers
Singers from Niigata (city)
Male voice actors from Niigata Prefecture
Singers from Niigata Prefecture
Japanese rock keyboardists
Anime singers
Bushiroad