Shigeo Nakahara
Description
Shigeo Nakahara, born January 22, 1961, in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, is a Japanese voice actor who has been active in the industry since his debut in 1982. He entered the field after studying at the Tokyo Announce Gakuin Performing Arts College, following a period at Tokai University. Over the course of 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 is currently attached to the agency Local Dream.
Nakahara is known for a voice acting style that often portrays young men who are serious, reserved, or possess a quiet intensity. His filmography is extensive, spanning television series, original video animations, films, and video games. The character often cited as his most iconic role is妖狐藏馬 (Yoko Kurama) in the classic series YuYu Hakusho, where his performance earned significant support from audiences, particularly female viewers. Another one of his most famous roles is Trowa Barton in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, a character he portrayed with a calm and emotionally understated delivery. Nakahara is also widely recognized for his long-running role as Artificial Human No. 17 in the Dragon Ball franchise, having voiced the character in Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, Dragon Ball Z Kai, and Dragon Ball Super.
His other prominent television roles include Sho Zama in Aura Battler Dunbine, Masato Shikibu in Dancouga - Super Beast Machine God, Levin in Tekkaman Blade, and Rinaldo in Romeo's Blue Skies. He has also played recurring characters in long-running series such as Saint Seiya (as Megrez Delta Alberich, among others), the annual New Year's Eve fighting tournament in various anime, and several characters in the detective series Case Closed, including Hagure Kiriya in episode 440. His work extends to the Sengoku Basara series, where he voiced the cunning strategist Motonari Mori, and to the role of Kiki, the白羊座 (Aries) Gold Saint, in the later series Saint Seiya Omega.
Beyond television, Nakahara has had a significant presence in original video animations, reprising his roles from popular series such as Gundam Wing and New Story of Aura Battler Dunbine. He has also contributed to numerous video games, most notably reprising his anime roles in titles from the Super Robot Wars series and the Dragon Ball fighting games. He is also a prominent voice actor in the Harukanaru Toki no Naka de franchise, a series of romance games and anime for women, where he has voiced multiple characters across its installments, including Takamichi Fujiwara, Yukitaka Fujiwara, and Yuzuru Arikawa. In the field of dubbing foreign works, he has provided the Japanese voice for Brandon Walsh in the teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210 and for Vinnie in the animated series Biker Mice from Mars.
Nakahara is known for a voice acting style that often portrays young men who are serious, reserved, or possess a quiet intensity. His filmography is extensive, spanning television series, original video animations, films, and video games. The character often cited as his most iconic role is妖狐藏馬 (Yoko Kurama) in the classic series YuYu Hakusho, where his performance earned significant support from audiences, particularly female viewers. Another one of his most famous roles is Trowa Barton in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, a character he portrayed with a calm and emotionally understated delivery. Nakahara is also widely recognized for his long-running role as Artificial Human No. 17 in the Dragon Ball franchise, having voiced the character in Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, Dragon Ball Z Kai, and Dragon Ball Super.
His other prominent television roles include Sho Zama in Aura Battler Dunbine, Masato Shikibu in Dancouga - Super Beast Machine God, Levin in Tekkaman Blade, and Rinaldo in Romeo's Blue Skies. He has also played recurring characters in long-running series such as Saint Seiya (as Megrez Delta Alberich, among others), the annual New Year's Eve fighting tournament in various anime, and several characters in the detective series Case Closed, including Hagure Kiriya in episode 440. His work extends to the Sengoku Basara series, where he voiced the cunning strategist Motonari Mori, and to the role of Kiki, the白羊座 (Aries) Gold Saint, in the later series Saint Seiya Omega.
Beyond television, Nakahara has had a significant presence in original video animations, reprising his roles from popular series such as Gundam Wing and New Story of Aura Battler Dunbine. He has also contributed to numerous video games, most notably reprising his anime roles in titles from the Super Robot Wars series and the Dragon Ball fighting games. He is also a prominent voice actor in the Harukanaru Toki no Naka de franchise, a series of romance games and anime for women, where he has voiced multiple characters across its installments, including Takamichi Fujiwara, Yukitaka Fujiwara, and Yuzuru Arikawa. In the field of dubbing foreign works, he has provided the Japanese voice for Brandon Walsh in the teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210 and for Vinnie in the animated series Biker Mice from Mars.