Junichi Yanagita is a Japanese voice actor born on April 5, 1987, in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. He is affiliated with the talent agency I'm Enterprise. After graduating from the Japan Narration Acting Institute, he joined I'm Enterprise on April 1, 2008, marking the start of his professional career. He holds a black belt, third-degree rank in kendo and has a standard driver's license.

Yanagita has built a career as a versatile supporting actor, appearing in a wide array of anime television series since his debut in 2009. His filmography is extensive, demonstrating his ability to take on a variety of character types, from comedic roles to dramatic parts and from young protagonists to authoritative adults. Among his many supporting roles, he is known for voicing Daigo Aoki in the Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma series, including The Third Plate, The Fourth Plate, and The Fifth Plate. He also voices the character Kurobee in The Slime Diaries and Kurobe in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime. In the sports anime Burning Kabaddi, he plays the role of Daisuke Muroya.

Other notable credits from his career include roles such as Kazuma Numai in Haikyu!! Land VS. Air, Werner in Chain Chronicle, Benjamin in Magatsu Wahrheit -Zuerst-, and Ibuki Ueoka in number24. He has also had recurring roles across various installments of the Bakugan franchise, voicing characters like Artulean and Bee in Bakugan Battle Planet, and Everett Ray in Bakugan: Armored Alliance. His work extends to Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE as Jed, Dan in Monster Hunter Stories RIDE ON, and Kagatsuka in Sword Gai: The Animation Part II. In addition to these, he has taken on numerous smaller roles in popular series, such as a Junior Policeman and Policeman 2 in The Way of the Househusband, a Sensei in Tawawa on Monday Two, and Teppei Sakamoto in Fantasista Stella, highlighting his consistent presence in the anime industry.