is a

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and singer affiliated with

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and Lantis. He is best known for voicing Teru Tendo in ''

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'', Issei Kuga in ''TsukiPro'', and Tomoki Takashima in '' Young Disease Outburst Boy''.

Biography

Shugo Nakamura, the youngest of four sons, was born on 28 July 1988 in

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, and moved to

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after graduating high school. He became interested in music as a junior high school student, and he was a vocalist and guitarist for a local band. Although he intended to be a musician there, he decided to pursue an acting career after watching a stage performance, and he was subsequently educated at R&A Voice Actors Academy. In 2015, he was cast as Teru Tendo in the ''SideM'' installment of ''

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'' franchise, and subsequently appeared in both its anime television adaptation and the ''Wakeatte Mini!'' spinoff. His nickname came from the idea of a listener to SideM's radio show, ''315 Pro Night''. In 2016, Nakamura appeared as Issei Kuga in Quell, one of four musical groups in Tsukino Talent Production's ''TsukiPro'' idol anime. His character's tie-in single, ''SQ QUELL Kachōfūgetsu "Hana"-hen'', was released on 23 March 2018, and it charted at #41 on the

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on 2 April. In July 2019, Nakamura was cast as Tomoki Takashima in '' Young Disease Outburst Boy'', the anime adaptation of the

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song of the same name. The ending song of the anime, ''Here Comes The Sun'', was Nakamura's first single; it was released on 30 October 2019, and it charted at #11 on the Oricon Singles Chart on 11 November. On 16 February 2020, Nakamura's second single, ''Colorful'', was announced to be released on 11 March 2020. Nakamura was one of four male voice actors who won the Best New Actor Award at the

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in 2019. Nakamura ranked in second place at the 2017-2018 Newtype Anime Awards.

Filmography

Anime series

;2016 * '' Magi: Adventure of Sinbad'' as Knight * ''Fastening Days 2'' as Delivery Boy ;2017 * ''

'' as Teru Tendo * ''TsukiPro the Animation'' as Issei Kuga ;2018 * ''

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'' as Newcomer ;2019 * '' Young Disease Outburst Boy'' as Tomoki Takashima ;2020 * ''

Warlords of Sigrdrifa is an anime television series produced by Aniplex and A-1 Pictures. It aired from October to December 2020. Two light novel series, titled ''Warlords of Sigrdrifa Rusalka'' and ''Senyoku no Sigrdrifa Sakura'', were published by Kadokawa Sho ...

'' as Sou Ikeme ;2022 * ''Game World Reincarnation'' as Spica Diafell (on-air version) * ''

Blue Lock is a Japanese manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' since August 2018, with its chapters collected in 22 ''tankōbon'' volumes as of Dece ...

'' as Gin Gagamaru * ''

Eternal Boys is an original Japanese anime television series animated by Liden Films, directed by migimi and written by Kimiko Ueno, with the original concept credited to the real-life Manpuku Geinō Production. The series aired from October 2022 to March ...

'' as Kento Takanashi ;2023 * '' The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague'' as Katori-kun * '' Technoroid Overmind'' as Zin * ''

Opus Colors ''Opus Colors'' (stylized as ''Opus.COLORs'') is an upcoming original Japanese anime television series created by Rin Hinata, animated by C-Station and produced by NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. It is directed by Shunsuke Tada and written b ...

'' as Yuichi Shido

Anime films

;2022 * '' Toku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~'' as Chatannakiri * ''

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'' as Ryota Miyagi

Video games

;2015 * ''

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'' as Chatannakiri

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