Yūsei Hiraga
Description
Yusei Hiraga is a Japanese stage and voice actor born on March 20, 2000, in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. He is affiliated with the talent agency omnia. Standing 183 cm tall with blood type A, Hiraga initially built his career primarily as a stage actor, appearing in numerous theatrical productions across Japan.
While Hiraga's early career focused on stage work, his entry into voice acting was marked by a significant role in the multimedia basketball project Zero Rise. In January 2026, Bushiroad announced that Hiraga would join the cast of Zero Rise, a mixed-media project encompassing both a television anime and a stage play. Within this project, he voices and portrays the character Haruhi Niwa, who is known by the alias Sunshine. The character is part of a team called KINGS+HOOT, and the project's story follows youths who have been expelled from the competitive basketball world as they join an underground street basketball league. The Zero Rise anime is produced by the animation studio Nichicaline, and the stage adaptation was scheduled to run at the Hikosen Theater in Tokyo from May 2 to 17, 2026. Hiraga is among several cast members who were announced to perform both in the stage play and voice their characters in the anime adaptation.
Before his involvement with Zero Rise, Hiraga built a substantial resume in stage productions across Japan. His stage credits include roles in dramatic live stage adaptations of popular media such as The Idolmaster SideM, where he played Eboshi Mikoto, and the music drama Lamento -BEYOND THE VOID- as Asato. He also appeared in the stage adaptation of The Thousand Noble Warriors, portraying Ryo Washi, and in Tokyo Revengers: The LAST LEAP as Chifuyu Matsuno. His work extends to original stage plays and reading productions, including a reading play titled Literary Master LETTERS in July 2024. This robust background in live theater positions him as a performer who bridges the stage and voice acting worlds, particularly as multimedia franchises like Zero Rise increasingly cast actors capable of working across both mediums.
While Hiraga's early career focused on stage work, his entry into voice acting was marked by a significant role in the multimedia basketball project Zero Rise. In January 2026, Bushiroad announced that Hiraga would join the cast of Zero Rise, a mixed-media project encompassing both a television anime and a stage play. Within this project, he voices and portrays the character Haruhi Niwa, who is known by the alias Sunshine. The character is part of a team called KINGS+HOOT, and the project's story follows youths who have been expelled from the competitive basketball world as they join an underground street basketball league. The Zero Rise anime is produced by the animation studio Nichicaline, and the stage adaptation was scheduled to run at the Hikosen Theater in Tokyo from May 2 to 17, 2026. Hiraga is among several cast members who were announced to perform both in the stage play and voice their characters in the anime adaptation.
Before his involvement with Zero Rise, Hiraga built a substantial resume in stage productions across Japan. His stage credits include roles in dramatic live stage adaptations of popular media such as The Idolmaster SideM, where he played Eboshi Mikoto, and the music drama Lamento -BEYOND THE VOID- as Asato. He also appeared in the stage adaptation of The Thousand Noble Warriors, portraying Ryo Washi, and in Tokyo Revengers: The LAST LEAP as Chifuyu Matsuno. His work extends to original stage plays and reading productions, including a reading play titled Literary Master LETTERS in July 2024. This robust background in live theater positions him as a performer who bridges the stage and voice acting worlds, particularly as multimedia franchises like Zero Rise increasingly cast actors capable of working across both mediums.
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- JapaneseAnime overview: ZERO RISE