Yūji Kishi is a Japanese actor and voice actor born on September 28, 1970, in Tokyo. He began his entertainment career in 1996, initially gaining fame through his live-action role as Kyousuke Jinnai, also known as Red Racer, in the Super Sentai series Gekisou Sentai Carranger. While he has continued to perform extensively in television dramas, films, and stage musicals, Kishi has also built a substantial career in voice acting for anime and video games.

One of Kishi's most prominent voice roles is Ken Masters in the Street Fighter franchise. He provided the Japanese voice for the character in the animated film Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind and has continued to voice Ken in numerous related video games, including Street Fighter IV, Street Fighter V, and Street Fighter VI. His voice acting portfolio also includes a wide range of characters in other animated series and films. He voiced the bioroid soldier Tereus in the CG film Appleseed: Ex Machina and the character George in the anime series Taiga Adventure. Within the Transformers franchise, he voiced the Maximal Scuba in both the anime series Beast Wars II: Chō Seimeitai Transformers and its accompanying film, Transformers: Beast Wars II: The Movie. In the long-running series Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo, also known as KochiKame, he voiced the character Volvo Saigo, a role he also reprised for the second movie adaptation.

His other notable anime roles include Enjolras in Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette, Soujirou Ayanokouji in Shattered Angels, Hibiki Amawa in Strawberry Eggs, and Yazoo in the CGI film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. A notable aspect of Kishi's career is the synergy between his stage and voice acting work, particularly for the role of Enjolras. He performed the character in the stage musical of Les Misérables for several years before also voicing him in the anime adaptation. His deep and versatile voice has also led to numerous guest roles in the Super Sentai franchise, where he has voiced various monster and villain characters in addition to his earlier on-screen appearance as a lead hero.