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Nobuhiko Okamoto (born October 24, 1986) is a seiyuu from Tokyo best known for his Star-Making Role as Accelerator from A Certain Magical Index, in which he not only won the Best New Actor Award in the Third Seiyuu Awards, he also went on to win the award for Best Supporting Actor in the Fifth Seiyuu Awards.
He's worked with Yuu Kobayashi and Mariya Ise at least twice. Ditto with Ayumi Fujimura, Hiro Shimono,Yōko Hikasa, and Yuki Kaji. What's front-and-center, however, is that he seems to have developed a (friendly) rivalry with Atsushi Abe as they've prominently faced-off in at least three series to date, and now Daiki Yamashita in their biggest collaboration yet, which also leads to some What If?-type scenarios with other series they appeared together in. His typecast is usually Hot-Blooded characters, whether good or bad (expect characters voiced by him to give a battle scream at least once), but he can also play The Stoic or The Casanova type roles, as well as The Cutie, depending on the type of series he is in. Also, the late Keiji Fujiwara seemed to be a father figure in some roles.
On March 21, 2020, it was revealed that he is married to fellow voice actor
Asuka Oogame.
Several English voice actors that shared some of his roles include Michael Sinterniklaas note , Greg Ayres note , Josh Grelle note , Micah Solusod note , Austin Tindle note , Blake Shepard note , Chris Hackney note , Zach Aguilar note , Zeno Robinsonnote , Bryce Papenbrook note , and Clifford Chapin note .
Notable roles:
- Accelerator in A Certain Magical Index, A Certain Scientific Railgun and A Certain Scientific Accelerator
- Adel in Unicorn Overlord
- Age in Patema Inverted
- Akatsuki Ousawa in Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero
- Alcryst in Fire Emblem Engage and Fire Emblem Heroes
- Andromeda Shun in Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary
- Arthur Crypton in Freezing
- Assassin of Shinjuku/Yan Qing in Fate/Grand Order
- Azana in Karneval
- Bete Louga in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
- Ceylan, Gilbert and Lusor/Lamorak in Granblue Fantasy
- Charasin in Log Horizon
- Chiemon in Fate/Samurai Remnant
- Chouhi in Juuzaengi
- Crow in Tower of Fantasy
- Dagger in Black Butler
- Daichi Shijima in Devil Survivor 2
- Dale in If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord, a minor case of Playing Against Type.
- Dan Hai in Raven of the Inner Palace
- Dendritic Cell in Cells at Work!
- Dietrich in 7th Time Loop
- Eiji Kitahama in Pseudo Harem
- Eiji Nizuma in Bakuman。
- Floyd Leech in Twisted Wonderland
- Fon Spark in SD Gundam G Generation
- Leos Arroi from the Gundam EXA manga in Gundam Extreme Vs: Full Boost (who, incidentally, fights against the former in the aforementioned manga)
- Fuyuki Matsuoka in You and Me
- Garfiel Tinsel in Re:Zero
- Gau Meguro in Nabari no Ou
- Gear in World War Blue
- Gekkou Nanase in Magical Warfare
- Genji Hiraga in Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts
- Genya Shinazugawa in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
- Ghiaccio in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
- Gladion in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
- Gorou Amaji in Akikan!!
- Gōzaburō Arase in Dead Mount Death Play
- Haruchiyo Sanzu in Tokyo Revengers
- Harunobu Nikaidou in March Comes in Like a Lion
- Hikaru Asahina in Brothers Conflict
- Himmel in Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
- Hisaya Miki in Beelzebub
- Hizamaru (ANIJAAAAA!) in Touken Ranbu
- Io Otonashi in Place to Place
- Isaac "Zack" Foster in the Angels of Death anime
- Ismail in Altair: A Record of Battles
- Issei Tsumuhana in Ookami Kakushi
- Itsuki 'Ikki' Minami in Air Gear OVA
- John Brown in Ghost Hunt
- Jonathan Mitsuhiro Bartland in Fafner in the Azure: Exodus
- Jun Arashiyama in World Trigger
- Jun'ichirō Tanizaki in Bungo to Alchemist (Playing Against Type big time)
- Jurai Andou in When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace
- Kai in Beastars
- Kaiyuu Hiyama in HaruChika
- Kakeru Sengoku in Horimiya
- Kaname Asagiri in Magical Girl Site
- Kanta Higurashi in Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
- Kareem aka Red Dagger in Ms. Marvel (Japanese dub)
- Karma Akabane in Assassination Classroom and its Spin-Off, Koro-Sensei Quest!
- Katsuki Bakugo in My Hero Academia
- Katsumi Toma in Betrayal Knows My Name
- Kenji Kido in Guilty Crown
- Kensuke Mitsui in Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
- Kentaro Tachibana in Hanebad!
- Khun Aguero Agnes in Tower of God
- Kouta Shinohara in First Love Monster
- Kuranosuke Hinata in Jewelpet (2009)
- Kyōka Izumi in Meiji Tokyo Renka
- Lancelot Kingsley in Ikemen Revolution
- Layfon Alseif in Chrome Shelled Regios
- Liebe in Black Clover
- Loki and his automata Cherubim in Unbreakable Machine-Doll
- Louis Napoleon in the Captain Tsubasa smartphone game Tatakau Dream Team
- Lucien and Nero in 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams
- Manabu Soda in Collar × Malice
- Mikoto Mikoshiba in Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
- Mint Choco Cookie in Cookie Run: Kingdom
- Mitsuo in Daily Lives of High School Boys
- Mizuchi in Magical Days the Brats' Parade
- Mizuki in Black Star Theater Starless
- Mizuki in Kamisama Kiss
- Murasame in Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East (Yes, he's a crow)
- Musashi in Shugo Chara!
- Naib Subedar in Identity V
- Nier (sixteen-years-old) in NieR Replicant
- Noah Glenfield in EDENS ZERO
- Obi in Snow White with the Red Hair
- Origami Cyclone (aka Ivan Karelin) in Tiger & Bunny
- Orsem in Dragalia Lost
- Ōtakemaru in Onmyoji
- Pascal Rainsworth in The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess
- Potdeus in Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger vs. Kiramager vs. Senpaiger
- Quiche in Tokyo Mew Mew New
- Raiga in Uncle from Another World
- Rain in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
- Rei Oogami from Code:Breaker
- Rex in The Eminence in Shadow
- Rin Okumura in Blue Exorcist
- Ritsu Shikishima (episodes 11-12) in The Caligula Effect (anime adaptation)
- Rokkaku in Yozakura Quartet
- Rui Tatsumi in High School Star Musical
- Ryō Igarashi in I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too
- Ryo Kurokiba in Food Wars!
- Ryousuke Kominato in Ace of the Diamond
- Sagitta Ptolemy in Saint Seiya Awakening
- Saryu Evan in Inazuma Eleven Chrono Stone
- Seimei in Dragalia Lost
- Shibata Katsuie in Sengoku Basara 4 (in which he plays The Stoic to an extent that he's almost unrecognisable)
- Shin Kanzato in Persona -trinity soul-
- Shin-Ah and Heang-Dea, Acting for Two, in Yona of the Dawn (the first is a severe case of Playing Against Type)
- Shino in Promise of Wizard
- Shinjiro Nagita in Kill la Kill
- Sho Adachi in The Dangers in My Heart
- Sho Hakua in Re:CREATORS
- Shouta Kisa in Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi
- Shuu Inuzuka in Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie
- Shuuji Nakamura in Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki
- Swan and Killabilly in Lollipop Chainsaw
- Takumi Haiji in Charade Maniacs
- Takumi Usui in Maid-Sama!
- Takuzo in Highschool of the Dead
- Theo in Hamatora
- Theodore in Phantasy Star Online 2. Mariya Ise also plays his girlfriend.
- Tianyou Zhao in Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- Top Bull Sparks in Undead Unluck
- Toru Muto in Shiki
- Tsukasa Mikuni in Corpse Party: Book Of Shadows
- Usagi in Juni Taisen: Zodiac War
- Violet and Remnant Violet in Epic Seven
- Wonder Chef in Tales of Symphonia OVA
- Yang in Piofiore: Fated Memories
- Yoichi Saotome in Seraph of the End
- Yu Nishinoya in Haikyuu!!
- Yumeji Fujiwara in Dream Eater Merry
Tropes associated with Nobuhiko Okamoto
- Anti-Hero: Some of his more noticeable roles tend to be this, such as Accelerator, Rei Ogami, Karma Akabane, and Katsuki Bakugo.
- Large Ham: Again Accelerator, Bakugo and also Nishinoya.
- No Indoor Voice: His voice acting for hammy characters such as Bakugo and Nishinoya requires lots of yelling. This damaged his vocal cords to the point that he needed surgery, but fortunately, he recovered quickly and it didn't affect his career much.
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor: A majority of his characters tend to be handsome, heroic characters. Interestingly enough, some of his well-known roles happen to be anti-heroes instead. He's also voiced several characters with a Hair-Trigger Temper.
