Shigeru Nakahara is a Japanese voice actor born on January 22, 1961, in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. He began his career in 1982, making his debut as Jun Rando in the anime series Acrobunch. To prepare for his profession, he studied at the Tokyo Announce Gakuin Performing Arts College after withdrawing from Tokai University.

Nakahara is known for a voice acting style that often portrays young, handsome men with a natural and refreshing quality. He is also recognized for his ability to perform characters with complex emotions, such as the cross-dressing Levin in Tekkaman Blade. His vocal quality for young male roles has been noted as similar to that of fellow voice actor Nobuo Tobita, a point they both acknowledge.

Throughout his career, Nakahara has been affiliated with several talent agencies, including Arts Vision, 81 Produce, and Sigma Seven, before joining Vi-Vo in 2008. He has also been associated with the agency Local Dream.

Nakahara has built an extensive filmography across television animation, original video animations (OVA), films, and video games. Some of his most prominent and long-running roles include Android 17 in the Dragon Ball Z series, a part he has reprised in subsequent productions like Dragon Ball Super and Dragon Ball Z Kai. He is also widely recognized for his role as the妖狐藏馬 (Yoko Kurama) in YuYu Hakusho, a performance that garnered significant attention, particularly from female audiences. Another defining role is Trowa Barton in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing and its sequels.

In addition to these, his notable roles span a variety of series. He played Sho Zama in Aura Battler Dunbine, Masato Shikibu in Dancouga - Super Beast Machine God, and Rinaldo in Romeo's Blue Skies. He has a recurring presence in the Harukanaru Toki no Naka de franchise, voicing characters such as Takamichi Fujiwara, Yukitaka Fujiwara, and Yuzuru Arikawa. He also voiced Motonari Mori in the Sengoku Basara series. Beyond animation, Nakahara has contributed to numerous video games, particularly within the Super Robot Wars series, and has performed in many drama CDs. His work also extends to dubbing foreign live-action productions, such as providing the Japanese voice for Brandon Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210.