Yusuke Shirai
白井 悠介
Shirai in 2020
Born	(1986-01-18)January 18, 1986 (age 39) Saku, Nagano, Japan
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	2011–present
Agent	Early Wing
Spouse	Mariru Harada ​ (m. 2020)​ [1]
Children	1
Awards	Singing Award at the13th Seiyu Awards
YouTube information
Channel	Shiraimu Channel
Years active	2020–present
Genre	Let's Play
Subscribers	304k[2]
Total views	53.6 million[2]
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers
Last updated: 4 Sept, 2024

Yusuke Shirai (Japanese:白井 悠介,Hepburn:Shirai Yūsuke, born January 18, 1986) is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Early Wing. Some roles he played include Haruna Wakazato inThe Idolmaster SideM, Yamato Nikaidō inIdolish7, and Combat Agent 6 inCombatants Will Be Dispatched!.

Yusuke Shirai was born inSaku, Nagano on January 18, 1986.^[3][4][5] His parents house was an art supply store, and his grandfather was a painter.^[6] Shirai's brother, who had been watching anime since he was young, went to Tokyo to entervocational school to become a voice actor. Due to that, Shirai decided to become a voice actor and entered vocational school himself.^[7][5]

After graduating from vocational school, he entered a narrator training center, but later left.^[7] At one point he wanted to be an actor instead, but later decided he would rather become a voice actor. After that, he entered a training center run by 81 Produce.^[7] However, he left the school after one year and entered the Amusement Media Academy.^[7] Right before graduation, he was approached by Early Wing to became affiliated with them.^[7] He later decided to become affiliated with them.^[8] In 2015, he was interviewed in the first issue ofCast Voice, a magazine focusing on male voice actors.^[9]

In 2019, Shirai, along with the rest of the cast forHypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle, won the singing award at the13th Seiyu Awards.^[10] In March 2020, he started aYouTube channel.^[11]

Outside of voice acting, he has been a fan ofLiverpool F.C. ever since he watched the2005 UEFA Champions League Final.^[12]

In October 2020, he tested positive forCOVID-19, but was asymptomatic.^[13]

2011

• Future Diary as Student^[8]

2012

• La storia della Arcana Famiglia as Renato^[8]

2013

• Karneval as Fake Squirry^[14]
• Silver Spoon as Ryo Nishikura^[8]
• il sole penetra le illusioni ~ Day Break Illusion as Shūji Kishida^[8]
• From the New World as Kashimura^[8]
• Ace of Diamond as Akio^[8]
• Magi: The Kingdom of Magic as Townsperson^[8]
• Meganebu! as Makoto Senba, Student^[8]
• Little Busters! Refrain as Student B^[8]

2014

• Witch Craft Works as Obama^[8]
• The World is Still Beautiful as Minor Rani Theus^[8]
• Magical Warfare as Schoolboy, Trailer's Magician^[8]

2015

• Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! as Iō Naruko^[15]
• Ganbare-bu Next! as Masahiro Yanagida^[16]
• Diabolik Lovers, More Blood as Lucks^[14]
• Durarara!!×2 Ten as Heaven Slave^[8]

2016

• Rainy Cocoa in Hawaii as Shank Osman^[17]
• Divine Gate as Percival^[14]
• Rilu Rilu Fairilu: Yousei no Door as Fairilurea^[14]
• Handa-kun as Kei Hanada^[14]
• Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! Love! as Iō Naruko^[18]
• Nananin no Ayakashi as Shirō^[19]

2017

• Nana Maru San Batsu as Ryōta Mukai^[20]
• Hitorijime My Hero as Yusei Yukiya^[21]
• The Idolmaster SideM as Haruna Wakazato^[14]
• My Matchmaking Partner is a Student, An Aggressive Troublemaker as Shūji Kuga (TV version)^[22]

2018

• Idolish7 as Yamato Nikaidō^[14]
• Dame×Prince Anime Caravan as Mihart^[23]
• Doreiku The Animation as Takio Minato^[24]
• Gurazeni as Yukio Ohno^[8]
• The Thousand Noble Musketeers as Hall^[25]
• Xuan Yuan Sword Luminary as Meng Ji^[26]
• Jingai-san no Yome as Tetsukasa Tsuchikiyose^[27]
• Space Battleship Tiramisu Zwei as Romeo Alpha^[14]

2019

• Meiji Tokyo Renka as Eiichi Shibusawa^[28]
• Papa Datte, Shitai as Ryohei Yui^[29]
• Ao-chan Can't Study! as Masaki Uehara^[14]
• Stand My Heroes: Piece of Truth as Takaomi Hiyama^[13]
• Z/X Code Reunion as Nephrite^[30]

2020

• Uchitama?! Have you seen my Tama? as Tora Kiso^[14]
• A3! as Masumi Usui^[14]
• Show By Rock!! Mashumairesh!! as Sojun^[31]
• Idolish7: Second Beat! as Yamato Nikaidō^[14]
• The Titan's Bride as Beri Berinal^[32]
• Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle: Rhyme Anima as Ramuda Amemura^[33][8]

2021

• I-Chu as Takamichi Sanzenin^[34]
• WAVE!! Surfing Yappe!! as Yūta Matsukaze^[35]
• Combatants Will Be Dispatched! as Combat Agent 6^[36]
• My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X as Ian Stuart^[37]
• Idolish7: Third Beat! as Yamato Nikaidō^[14]

2022

• Sasaki and Miyano as Shūmei Sasaki^[38]
• Salaryman's Club as Chiaki Takimoto^[39]
• Tokyo Mew Mew New as Keiichirō Akasaka^[40]
• Shine On! Bakumatsu Bad Boys! as Katamori Matsudaira^[41]
• VazzRock the Animation as Futaba^[42]

2023

• Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari, Fukie^[43]
• A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life, Kazamine^[44]
• Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle: Rhyme Anima+, Ramuda Amemura^[45]
• Zenryoku Usagi, Business^[46]

2024

• Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, Yuta Rokkaku^[47]
• Delusional Monthly Magazine, Saburō^[48]
• Vampire Dormitory, Takara Kagurazaka^[49]
• A Journey Through Another World, Takumi Kayano^[50]
• Tasūketsu, Seraphiel^[51]
• Blue Lock Season 2, Miroku Darai^[52]

2025

• Tasokare Hotel, Masaki Osoto^[53]

2023

• Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation as Shūmei Sasaki^[54]
• My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie as Ian Stuart^[55]

2025

• Cute High Earth Defense Club ETERNAL LOVE! as Iō Naruko^[56]

2017

• Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! Love! Love! as Iō Naruko^[57]

2022

• Sasaki and Miyano as Shūmei Sasaki^[58]

2015

• I-Chu as Takamichi Sanzenin^[34]
• Idolish7 as Yamato Nikaido^[14]
• The Idolmaster SideM as Haruna Wakazato^[14]
• Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz as Yukiya Conrad^[59]
• Moero Crystal as Zenox^[60]
• Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! GAME! as Iō Naruko^[14]
• 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams as Dayang^[61]

2016

• Valkyrie Anatomia: The Origin as Sadamitsu^[62]
• London Detective Mysteria as William H. Watson^[63]
• Summon Night 6 as Kiel^[64]
• Stand My Heroes as Takaomi Hiyama^[14]

2017

• Akashic Re:cords as Kogoro Akechi^[65]
• A3! as Masumi Usui^[14]
• Rage of Bahamut as Apollo^[66]
• Granblue Fantasy as Mordred^[67]

2018

• Food Fantasy as Huangshan Maofeng Tea, Green Curry

2019

• Grimms Notes as The Ugly Duckling^[68]

2020

• The King of Fighters for Girls as Jhun Hoon^[69]
• Dragalia Lost as Wise Savior Laufey^[70]
• Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle as Ramuda Amemura^[33][8]
• Bungo and Alchemist as Shimada Seijirou^[71][72]

2021

• Arknights as Jaye^[73]
• Last Period as Ruse^[74]

2022

• Nu:Carnival as Garu/Karu

2024

• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth as Billy^[75]

• Re-Kan! as Yamada^[76]
• Sasaki and Miyano as Shūmei Sasaki^[77]
• Lovesick Ellie as Aoba^[78]
• Ore no Buka ga Eroi Mousou wo Yamete Kurenai as Sayama Kaoru^[79]

• The Lazarus Project as George (Paapa Essiedu)^[80]

• Official Agency ProfileArchived 2019-12-16 at theWayback Machine(in Japanese)
• Yusuke Shirai atAnime News Network's encyclopedia
• Yusuke Shirai atIMDb 

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