Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, born on September seventeenth, nineteen eighty-six, is a prominent Japanese voice actor and singer hailing from Hokkaido. He is affiliated with the talent agency I'm Enterprise and has made a significant impact in the world of anime and video games.

His career has been marked by notable achievements, including being honored at the sixth Seiyu Awards in two thousand twelve for Best New Actor and receiving the award for Best Lead Actor at the tenth Seiyu Awards in two thousand sixteen. Matsuoka is widely recognized for his versatile voice, bringing to life beloved characters such as Kirito from Sword Art Online and Inosuke Hashibira from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.

In addition to these iconic roles, he has voiced Fūtarō Uesugi in The Quintessential Quintuplets, Sora in No Game No Life, and Sōma Yukihira in Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma. His extensive portfolio also includes characters like Bell Cranel from Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, and Vash the Stampede in the recent reboot of Trigun, Trigun Stampede.

As of June seventeenth, two thousand nineteen, Matsuoka holds the Guinness World Record for the most unique sound bites provided by a voice actor in a mobile game, surpassing ten thousand words in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Memoria Freese. His contributions to the industry continue to resonate with fans around the world.