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We need to describe Yoshitsugu Matsuoka. [[Literature/NoGameNoLife Now, let the games begin]]!
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One of the more prominent Japanese voice actors making a name for himself who started cropping up during the 2000s, '''Yoshitsugu Matsuoka''' [松岡 禎丞] (born September 17, 1986 in Hokkaido) first debuted as Shouta Mitarai of ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster''. However, it wasn't until the early 2010s when his roles started to increase, particularly ''Literature/SwordArtOnline''[='=]s [[StarMakingRole Kirito]]. Due to the success of SAO, he became [[PigeonholedVoiceActor typecast]] as NiceGuy [[HaremGenre harem]] protagonists or vanilla heroes (or StockLightNovelHero), earning him the [[FanNickname title]] of the "Harem King" in the anime community.
He won the best lead actor at the [[http://myanimelist.net/news/45143454 10th annual seiyuu awards]]. As of 2019, he holds the current official Guinness World Record for the most unique sound bites provided by a voice actor, exceeding 10,000 words in ''Literature/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon: VideoGame/MemoriaFreese''.
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!!Notable roles by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka:
* ''VideoGame/{{Compass}}'' as Adam Yuriev
* ''Literature/AbsoluteDuo'' as Thor Kokonoe
* ''Manga/AceOfTheDiamond'' as Shinji Kanemaru
* ''Anime/{{AFTERLOST}}'' as Yoshiaki
* ''Manga/AkameGaKill'' as Lubbock
* ''Manga/AllOut'' as Shō Mikado
* ''Manga/AoharuXMachinegun'' as Tohru Yukimura
* ''Manga/ArataTheLegend'' as Arata
* ''VideoGame/ArenaOfValor'' (Japanese dub) as UsefulNotes/LuBu (PlayingAgainstType, since as we know, Lu Bu is as strong as he is an arrogant, HotBlooded warrior with NoIndoorVoice. And only has one love, not a harem.)
* ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'' as Arene
* ''Manga/AsMissBeelzebubLikes'' as Astaroth
* ''VideoGame/AtelierLuluaTheScionOfArland'' as Nikodemus (Niko) David Dieter
* ''VideoGame/AtelierShallieAlchemistsOfTheDuskSea'' as Kortes
* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'' as Sosuke Hinojiki
* ''Manga/Bastard1988'' as Lars (2022 Netflix anime)
* ''Anime/BattleSpiritsShonenGekihaDan'' as Rugain
* ''Literature/BladedanceOfElementalers'' as Jio Inzagi
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' as Äs Nödt
* ''Manga/BlueLock'' as Jingo Raichi
* ''Literature/BodaciousSpacePirates'' as San-Daime
* ''Anime/BuddyComplex'' as Aoba Watase
* ''Literature/{{Campione}}'' as Godō Kusanagi
* ''Anime/CannonBusters'' as Philly the Kid
* ''VideoGame/CaptainTsubasaRiseOfNewChampions'' as Juan Díaz ([[RoleReprise reprises the role]] for the 2023 anime series)
* ''[[Manga/CaptainTsubasa Captain Tsubasa: Tatakae Dream Team]]'' as Tomeya Akai
* ''VisualNovel/ChaosChild'' as Takuru Miyashiro
* ''VisualNovel/CharadeManiacs'' as Souta Gyobu
* ''Anime/ChibiGodzillaRaidsAgain'' as Chibi [=MechaGodzilla=]
* ''Manga/ChibiDevi'' as Itsuki
* ''Literature/ChivalryOfAFailedKnight'' as Shizuya Kirihara
* ''VideoGame/ChousokuHenkeiGyrozetter'' as Shunsuke Hayami
* ''Anime/{{Classicaloid}}'' as Richard Wagner
* ''Anime/CodeGeassAkitoTheExiled'' as Yukiya Naruse
* ''VideoGame/CookieRunKingdom'' as Herb Cookie
* ''VideoGame/{{Compass}}'' as Adam Yuriev
* ''Manga/TheComicArtistAndHisAssistants'' as Yūki Aito
* ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubHappyKiss'' as Maasa Shirahone
* ''VideoGame/DankiraBoysBeDANCING'' as Noel [[ButNotTooForeign Gekkōin]] [[GratuitousEnglish (Bloody]] [[SirSwearsALot hell!)]]
* ''Manga/{{DAYS}}'' as Jin Kazama (No, not the VideoGame/{{Tekken}} character)
* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' as Inosuke Hashibira (PlayingAgainstType as he's a HotBlooded [[TheBerserker berserker]] with a short fuse)
* ''Manga/DenkiGaiNoHonyasan'' as Kantoku
* ''Literature/TheDetectiveIsAlreadyDead'' as Bat
* ''Manga/DevilsAndRealist'' as Sitori
* ''Manga/DevilsLine'' as Yuuki Anzai (PlayingAgainstType as he's an adult with a SugarAndIcePersonality and is definitely NOT a harem protagonist)
* ''VideoGame/DigimonStoryCyberSleuth'' as Takumi Aiba
* ''Manga/DimensionW'' as Koorogi
* ''Manga/TheDisastrousLifeOfSaikiK'' as Anpu
* ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'' as Hope
* ''VideoGame/DragonNest'' as Warrior
* ''Manga/{{elDLIVE}}'' as Dr. Ravu
* ''Literature/TheEminenceInShadow'' as Skel Etal
* ''Literature/EromangaSensei'' as Masamune Izumi and [[Literature/SwordArtOnline Kirito]] (as a [[TheCameo cameo appearance]])
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' as Hermes
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' as Hríd
* ''Manga/FireForce'' as Yona
* ''Manga/FoodWars'' as [[Characters/FoodWarsSomaYukihira Soma Yukihira]] (PlayingAgainstType to an extent; while Soma is heroic he's quite arrogant compared to the others on the list.)
* ''Literature/FullDive'' as Kamui
* ''Anime/GaistCrusher'' as Izuna Kokuyou
* ''Anime/GameraRebirth'' as Satoru "Joe" Matsuda
* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' as [[Characters/GenshinImpactXiao Xiao]]
* ''Literature/GirlishNumber'' as Jūzō Matsuoka
* ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'' as Spearman
* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' as Black Cat Thief
* ''VideoGame/GrandChaseDimensionalChaser'' as Lass Isolet
* ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'' as Nie Huaisang (in the Japanese dub of the audio drama)
* ''Anime/GundamBuildDivers'' as Do-ji (PlayingAgainstType as an UnknownRival to the main character and being a DirtyCoward at the same time)
* ''Literature/HakataTonkotsuRamens'' as Yamato
* ''Manga/HandymanSaitouInAnotherWorld'' as Cains
* ''Literature/HeavensMemoPad'' as Narumi Fujishima (one of his earliest lead roles)
* ''Manga/{{Helck}}'' as Azudora
* ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'' as Freed Sellezen (PlayingAgainstType as he is a psychotic villain)
* ''Anime/HighSchoolStarMusical'' as Akira Ugawa
* ''Manga/HiScoreGirl'' as Mā-kun
* ''Manga/HitorijimeMyHero'' as Kensuke Ohshiba
* ''Manga/HokkaidoGalsAreSuperAdorable'' as Matsuo Takayumi
* ''[[Manga/{{Horimiya}} Hori-san and Miyamura-kun]]'' as Izumi Miyamura (OVA)
* ''Literature/HowToRaiseABoringGirlfriend'' as Tomoya Aki
* ''Manga/HybridChild'' as Tsukishima (replacing Creator/HikaruMidorikawa who voiced him in the drama CD)
* ''Literature/IGotACheatSkillInAnotherWorldAndBecameUnrivaledInTheRealWorldToo'' as Yuuya Tenjou
* ''VideoGame/{{ICHU}}'' as Hikaru Orihara
* ''Anime/TheIdolmasterSideM'' as Shōta Mitarai
* ''Literature/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'' as Masaki Ichijō
* ''Literature/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' as Bell Cranel (PlayingAgainstType since the character has a much younger sounding voice than his usual characters and is a DistressedDude who often needs rescuing)
* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'' as Kokichi Muta/Mechamaru
* ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'' as the Vision Driver, Laser Raise Riser, Zillion Driver, and Suel
* ''Manga/KenganAshura'' as Raian Kure
* ''Literature/KingsGame'' as Toshiyuki Abe
* ''Manga/KissHimNotMe'' as Hayato Shinomiya
* ''Anime/LagrangeTheFlowerOfRinne'' as Array
* ''Webcomic/{{Lookism}}'' as Daniel Park
* ''Literature/LordElMelloiIICaseFiles'' as Flat Escardos
* ''Manga/LoveLab'' as Masaomi Ikezawa
* ''Manga/TheLuciferAndBiscuitHammer'' as Hyou Shimaki
* ''Anime/LuckAndLogic'' as Olga Breakchild
* ''Anime/LycorisRecoil'' as Majima (PlayingAgainstType as he's an AxCrazy [[PracticallyJoker Joker-esque]] terrorist)
* ''Anime/M3TheDarkMetal'' as Akashi Saginuma
* ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'' as Titus Alexius
* ''Anime/MakuraNoDanshi'' as Yū Maiki
* ''VideoGame/MasterDetectiveArchivesRainCode'' as Yomi Hellsmile
* ''Animation/{{Mechamato}}'' as [=MechaBot=] (Japanese dub)
* ''Franchise/MikaguraSchoolSuite'' as Bimii
* ''Manga/MissionYozakuraFamily'' as Kengo Yozakura and Goliath
* ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'' as Teruki Hanazawa and Hikaru Tokugawa
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDFreedom'' as Daniel Harper
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' as Yosetsu Awase
* ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' as Nicol Ascart
* ''Manga/MysteriousJoker'' as Phoenix/Tsubasa Akai
* ''Anime/NagiAsuALullInTheSea'' as Shun Sayama
* ''VideoGame/NightsOfAzure'' as Professor Alukard
* ''Literature/NoGameNoLife'' as Sora (PlayingAgainstType as he is arrogant, hammy and has NoIndoorVoice)
* ''Anime/NobunagaTheFool'' as Magellan
* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'' as Therion
* ''VisualNovel/OlympiaSoiree'' as Akaza
* ''VideoGame/OnAir'' as Kasumi Toba
* ''Literature/{{Osamake}}'' as Sueharu Maru
* ''Literature/Overlord2012'' as Philip Dayton L'Eyre Montserrat (PlayingAgainstType, as his character is more of a LethallyStupid KnowNothingKnowItAll)
* ''Literature/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'' as Sorata Kanda
* ''Anime/APlaceFurtherThanTheUniverse'' as Toshio Zaizen
* ''Manga/PleaseTellMeGalkoChan'' as Otao
* ''WebAnimation/PokemonEvolutions'' as [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackandWhite N]]
* ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'' as [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordandShield Kibana (Raihan)]]
* ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'' as [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackandWhite Nobori (Ingo)]]
* ''Anime/ThePriceOfSmiles'' as Joshua Ingram
* ''VisualNovel/PrinceOfStride'' as Kei Kamoda and Tetsu Hachiya
* ''VisualNovel/PsychedelicaOfTheBlackButterfly'' as Monshiro
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' as Nakazawa
* ''VideoGame/PunishingGrayRaven'' as Lee
* ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets'' as Futaro Uesugi (PlayingAgainstType among his usual harem lead roles, being more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold than a straight NiceGuy)
* ''Literature/ReZero'' as Betelgeuse Romanee-Conti (one of the biggest examples of PlayingAgainstType since the character is a [[EvilIsHammy hammy]], AxCrazy villain with NoIndoorVoice)
* ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne2018'' as Shoto/Akihide Karatsu (Phillip Zhao) (Japanese dub)
* ''Literature/RecordOfGrancrestWar'' as Moreno Dortous
* ''Manga/RecordOfRagnarok'' as Loki
* ''Literature/TheReincarnationOfTheStrongestExorcistInAnotherWorld'' as Kyle
* ''Anime/ReMain'' as Norimichi Ishikawa
* ''Manga/RequiemOfTheRoseKing'' as Prince Richard of Lancaster
* ''Manga/{{Rinne}}'' as Oboro
* ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' as Ren Amaki
* ''Manga/RonKamonohashiDerangedDetective'' as Mylo Moriarty
* ''VideoGame/RuneFactory5'' as Ryker
* ''Anime/SailorMoonEternal'' as Helios/Pegasus (replacing Creator/TaikiMatsuno)
* ''Manga/SasakiAndMiyano'' as Taiga Hirano
* ''Literature/SeireiGensoukiSpiritChronicles'' as Haruto Amakawa/Rio
* ''Manga/{{Servamp}}'' as Belkia
* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiLiberationDx2'' as Gakuto Inoue
* ''Anime/{{Shirobako}}'' as Tatsuya Ochiai
* ''Literature/SkyWizardsAcademy'' as Kanata Age
* ''Manga/SleepyPrincessInTheDemonCastle'' as Demon King Twilight
* ''Anime/StarsAlign'' as Itsuki Ameno
* ''Manga/SuperHxEros'' as Retto Enjou
* ''Manga/SuperLovers'' as Aki Kaidō (replacing Creator/JunFukuyama from the Drama CD)
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsBX'' as Youta Hiiragi
* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' as [[Characters/SwordArtOnlineKazutoKirigaya Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya]] (he reprises the role whenever Kirito shows up in various media, including games such as ''VideoGame/DengekiBunkoFightingClimax'' and ''VideoGame/TalesOfArise'')
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfArise'' as Law
* ''VisualNovel/TaishoXAlice'' as Alice
* ''Literature/TearmoonEmpire'' as Abel Remno
* ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' as Nakajima (PlayingAgainstType as he's now a HopelessSuitor part of a lead girl's harem rather than the other way round)
* ''Manga/TokyoRevengers'' as Takashi Mitsuya
* ''Manga/TomoChanIsAGirl'' as Tatsumi Tanabe
* ''VideoGame/TowerOfFantasy'' as King
* ''Manga/TrinitySeven'' as Arata Kasuga (replacing Creator/YoshimasaHosoya from the Drama [=CDs=])
* ''Anime/TrigunStampede'' as Vash the Stampede (replacing Creator/MasayaOnosaka)
* ''Manga/TwinStarExorcists'' as Chijiwa
* ''VideoGame/UnderNightInBirth'' as Chaos
* ''Literature/UnlimitedFafnir'' as Yū Mononobe
* ''Manga/TheVampireDiesInNoTime'' as Tou Handa
* ''Manga/WanderingSon'' as Riku Seya
* ''Manga/WolfGirlAndBlackPrince'' as Nozomi Kamiya
* ''VideoGame/XuanYuanSwordLuminary'' as Pu Zhao
* ''Manga/YowamushiPedal'' as Hajime Aoyagi
* ''Anime/YuGiOhGORUSH'' as Zaion/The☆Providence.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhSEVENS'' as Nail Saionji
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!!Tropes associated with Yoshitsugu Matsuoka’s roles include:
* CrossDressingVoices: [[Manga/DevilsAndRealist Sitri]] where he's an AttractiveBentGender.
* EvilIsHammy: Whenever he's casted as a villain expect him to chew the scenery. A LOT.
* EvilSoundsRaspy: Another aspect when he's casted as a villain expect said villain to be one.
* TheHero: Usually cast as the lead male, especially of {{Harem Genre}}s.
* LargeHam: He can really ham it up with the best. Whilst he has a very calm BBC Narrator sort of voice, when his roles needs to scream or make goofy noises, he's really good at it.
* ManOfAThousandVoices: Most of his roles are [[NiceGuy Nice Guys]] with [[StockLightNovelHero similar]] [[UnwantedHarem characteristics]], so he rarely gets a chance to show off. When he does, however, such as [[Manga/AkameGaKill Lubb]][[LovableSexManiac ock]], [[Literature/NoGameNoLife So]][[ShowyInvincibleHero ra]], [[Anime/CodeGeassAkitoTheExiled Yukiya]] [[EvilGenius Naruse]], [[Literature/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon Bell]] [[DistressedDude Cranel]], [[Manga/ToLoveRu Naka]][[HopelessSuitor jima]], [[Manga/DevilsAndRealist Si]][[DudeLooksLikeALady tri]], and now [[Manga/FoodWars Soma]] [[HotBlooded Yukihira]], [[Literature/HighSchoolDXD Freed]] [[EvilIsHammy Sellezen]], [[Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba Inosuke]] [[NoIndoorVoice Hashibira]] the results are suitably epic. And then he voices [[Literature/ReZero Be]][[AxCrazy tel]][[PlayingAgainstType geu]][[ArcVillain se]], of all people...
* MrExposition: Most of his heroes provide {{Info Dump}}s at one point or another. [[Literature/SwordArtOnline Kirito]] and [[Literature/NoGameNoLife Sora]] (when he's not being his normal {{Jerkass}} self) in particular sound like they could be narrating a BBC documentary.
* NiceGuy: Most of his roles are this, especially his HaremGenre ones.
* PigeonholedVoiceActor: He's often associated with heroic and NiceGuy characters (particularly in HaremGenre anime) among anime fans, and very often will be a [[BigBrotherInstinct big brother]] with a [[LittleSisterHeroine younger sister]].
* PlayingAgainstType: Despite the above, he is quite capable of bucking his usual roles in spectacular fashion. Some notable instances of this are the totally insane Betelgeuse in ''Literature/ReZero'', the ArrogantKungFuGuy with NoIndoorVoice Sora in ''Literature/NoGameNoLife'', the sadistic murdering Wang in ''Manga/DarwinsGame'', ChickMagnet JerkWithAHeartOfJerk Kirihara in ''Literature/ChivalryOfAFailedKnight'', the calculating ChildProdigy TechnoWizard Nail Saionji in ''Anime/YuGiOhSEVENS'', the nice but quite arrogant Soma Yukihira in ''Manga/FoodWars'', the HotBlooded NoIndoorVoice [[TheBerserker berserker]] Inosuke Hashibira in ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', the AxCrazy sociopathic terrorist [[PracticallyJoker Majima]] in ''Anime/LycorisRecoil'', and the devious KillerGameMaster Suel in ''Series/KamenRiderGeats''.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: One of his most delightful talents is being able to emote an absolutely adorable screech of girlish-terror for comedic purposes, as show in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6Yvmx8Eq0Q&t=344s the comedic Blu-Ray DVD extras "Sword Art Offline"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3rJyjo6SBM "Is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon."]]
* StarMakingRole: Kirito from ''Literature/SwordArtOnline''; also applies to a lesser extent towards Shunsuke in ''VideoGame/ChousokuHenkeiGyrozetter'' and Godou in ''Literature/{{Campione}}'' thanks to all three titles being released at the same time in 2012.
* StockLightNovelHero: He tends to be cast in these roles. Expect his characters to have a SupportingHarem, to be overpowered, and to be an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent.
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->'''[[Literature/ReZero HOW SLOTHFUL!]]''' '''[[Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba Better watch out!]]'''
-> [[Manga/FoodWars Enjoy!]]
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