Shōya Ishige (Japanese: 石毛翔弥, Hepburn: Ishige Shōya, born August 20, 1990) is a Japanese voice actor. After working as a stage performer, Ishige wanted to do voice acting in anime, which he did with his first role as additional voices in Orange and later his first major role as Yusaku Fujiki in Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS. Some of his other noteworthy roles include Yun Arikawa in Godzilla Singular Point and Wakana Gojo in My Dress-Up Darling.
Biography
Ishige was born in Saitama Prefecture on August 20, 1990.[1][2] In high school, Ishige was a fan of musicals; he later became a fan of Psycho-Pass. After graduating from high school, he joined the Shiki Theatre Company to pursue a career in acting. However, Ishige wanted to do voice acting in anime. In order to pursue this, he left the company and joined Stardust Promotion, where he was cast in his first role as additional voices in Orange and his first major role as Yusaku Fujiki in Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS.[3]
In 2019, Ishige left Stardust Promotion and joined Intention.[1][4]
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