Yūichi Nakamura (born February 20, 1980 in Aji, Japan) is a Japanese voice actor who tends to play Jerks, usually with hearts of gold underneath. He can also, however, stray into just plain Jerkass territory. How much this is dialed up to depends on the role. Early in his career he was frequently cast as snarky or sullen young men, but with time he's started to gravitate toward older roles, usually of cool/badass characters. His voice range is flexible enough to do most anything from gruff characters to crossdressers, sounding convincing even when he pitches his voice an octave higher than his normal tone.
Not to be confused with screen actor Yuichi Nakamura, though interestingly, the two friended each other because of them sharing the same name with one kanji in a different spelling.
Often works with Tomokazu Sugita. Him and Sugita also host a program at AT-X called Tokyo Encounter. And with Saori Hayami, with whom portrayed the relationship between the protagonist and a girl whose love for him is unrequited, at least four times. Also with Yōko Hikasa whom he nicknamed Baba due to her being the oldest female during the Inu × Boku SS casting.
Roles by Yuuichi Nakamura:
- Final Fantasy series:
- Cid Raines in Final Fantasy XIII and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
- Thancred Waters in Final Fantasy XIV
- Ravus Nox Fleuret in Final Fantasy XV
- Dion Lesage in Final Fantasy XVI
- Trey in Final Fantasy Type-0
- Adam Taurus in the Japanese dub of RWBY
- Akira in AFTERLOST
- Akira Kaburagi Regendorf in Dance in the Vampire Bund
- Alto Saotome in Macross Frontier, Another Century's Episode (R and Portable), the Super Robot Wars Z series (Z2 and Z3), Super Robot Wars UX, and Macross 30: The Voice that Connects the Galaxy
- Andy in Undead Unluck
- Aramis (Santiago Cabrera) in the Japanese dub of The Musketeers
- Archer (Gilgamesh) in Fate/Prototype
- Arthur in Divine Gate
- Atsushi Miyano in Case Closed
- Basara Tojo in The Testament of Sister New Devil
- Barry Goodman in Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE
- Beet J. Stag/StagBuster in Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
- Bruno Bucciarati in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (TV anime, replacing Noriaki Sugiyama from All-Star Battle and Eyes of Heaven.)
- Narcisco Anasui in the aforementioned All-Star Battle and Eyes of Heaven (succeeded by Daisuke Namikawa in the anime).
- Buddha in Record of Ragnarok
- Cain Madhouse in To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts
- Canopus Wolph in Tactics Ogre: Reborn
- Captain America/Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) in the Japanese dubs of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films.
- Caruleum Vaull in Super Robot Wars 30
- Charismon in Digimon Universe: App Monsters
- Crimson Wizard/Koren in Trials of Mana
- Dahlia in The Seven Deadly Sins
- Daisuke Higashida in WWW.WORKING!!
- Dan G'vash in Star Wars: Visions (The Elder)
- David and Rengoku in Fate/Grand Order
- David Allen in the Japanese dub of Evil Dead (2013)
- Daybreak in SPY×FAMILY
- Dinosaur Ryuzaki (2nd voice) in Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters!
- The Duke of Buckingham (Orlando Bloom) in the Japanese dub of The Three Musketeers (2011)
- Dustin Morgan in Fafner in the Azure: Exodus
- Dwarf Shaman in Goblin Slayer
- Ethan in Dragon's Dogma
- Euron Greyjoy (Pilou Asbćk) and young Eddard Stark (Robert Aramayo) in the Japanese dub of Game of Thrones
- Fei Long in Street Fighter IV. Taking over from Kosuke Toriumi, who played the role in Street Fighter Alpha 3.
- Fenrir in Sacrificial Princess & the King of Beasts
- Fitch "Coop" Cooper in the Japanese dub of Nurse Jackie
- Flamebringer in Arknights
- Flik in the Suikoden II Drama CD
- Gaffs von Goldentor in Eroica
- Gai Tsutsugami in Guilty Crown
- Gaius Julius Caesar in Nobunaga the Fool
- Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth) in the Japanese dub of The Hunger Games
- Garble in the Japanese dub of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
- Garza in Mashin Sentai Kiramager
- Golden Ryan/ Ryan Goldsmith in Tiger & Bunny: Rising
- Goro Arashiyama in Squid Girl
- Graham Aker / Mr. Bushido in Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Super Robot Wars UX, and Super Robot Wars Z2.
- Gray Fullbuster in Fairy Tail
- Greed in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- Grizzly in Shirokuma Cafe
- Guren Ichinose in Seraph of the End
- Hazama Honoka and Yuuki Terumi in BlazBlue
- Hideo Kuki in Majikoi! Love Me Seriously!
- Hodr in Broken Blade
- Houtarou Oreki in Hyouka
- Iceman Hotty in Basquash!
- Ikuto Tsukiyomi in Shugo Chara!
- Io Fleming in Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt
- Iron Mask in Soul Hackers 2
- Irvin in Record of Grancrest War
- Jackson Taylor in MF Ghost
- Jason Sgatham in How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?
- Jiki in Karneval
- Joe and Xander in Dragalia Lost
- Johan Talede in Lord of Heroes
- John H. Watson in Case File nş221: Kabukicho
- Joon-gi Han in Yakuza 6 and Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- Joshua Radcliff in The Second Super Robot Wars: Original Generation.
- Julio Salinas in the Captain Tsubasa smartphone game Tatakau Dream Team
- Karamatsu Matsuno in Osomatsu-san
- Kazuki Shiranui in Starry☆Sky
- Kazuma Asogi in The Great Ace Attorney
- Kei Mikhail Ignatov in Psycho-Pass
- Keigo Tagami/Hawks in My Hero Academia
- Kevin Washington in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
- Kintoki Sakata in Gintama (Possibly the best Casting Gag ever)
- Kojirou Shinomiya in Food Wars!
- Koichi Minamoto in Psychic Squad
- Kouen Ren in Magi: Labyrinth of Magic
- Kouhei Inuzuka in Sweetness & Lightning
- Kurt Irving in Valkyria Chronicles III and Project × Zone
- Krau in Epic Seven
- Krervo in Another Eden
- Kyle Osment in The Legendary Hero Is Dead!
- Kyohei "Dotachin" Kadota in Durarara!!
- Kyousuke Imai in Hajime no Ippo
- Kyousuke Kousaka in Oreimo
- Kyouya Onodera in Talentless Nana
- L'arc Bright Lagoon in Arc Rise Fantasia
- Last Samurai in Arakawa Under the Bridge
- Leon Olfer in Reborn to Master the Blade
- Lestin Sera Alma in Shining Resonance
- Licenseless/Mumen Rider in One-Punch Man
- Loser in Dimension W
- Luca in Arcana Famiglia
- Makoto Takiya in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
- Marco Lasso in Shaman King (2021)
- Martin S. Robinson in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - Northern War
- Max in Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero
- Memory B Cell in Cells at Work!
- Mitsuo Kumagai/Kumao-kun in Life Lessons with Uramichi-Oniisan
- Mykage Towano in Aquarion EVOL
- Pokémon Trainer N and Professor Sakuragi in the Pokémon anime
- Nigel Garett in Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
- Nobutaka Oda in Btooom!
- Noonbory in the Japanese dub of Noonbory and the Super 7
- Oersted in Live A Live (2022 remake)
- Orm Marius/Ocean Master (Patrick Wilson) in the Japanese dub of Aquaman (2018)
- Osamu Dazai in Bungo to Alchemist
- Oscar von Reuenthal in Legend of the Galactic Heroes - The New Thesis
- Pete "W03" Pain, Rig the Guard in Endless Frontier EXCEED
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the Japanese dub of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Popuko in Pop Team Epic Episode 5B
- Raizo "Thunder" Yamada in Valvrave the Liberator
- Ratio in Hamatora
- Reiji Moritsugu in Linebarrels of Iron and Super Robot Wars UX
- Renji Yomo in Tokyo Ghoul
- Rex in Avalon Code
- Ricardo Fellini in Gundam Build Fighters
- Rikio Kamamoto in K
- Rin Hojo in Initial D
- Ringo Tsukimiya from Uta No Prince Sama
- Roland Glenbrook in Triangle Strategy
- Romeo in Granblue Fantasy
- Ronaldo in 91 Days
- Ross in Senyuu.
- Rufus in Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
- Ruro Arthur in Million Arthur
- Ryoma in Fire Emblem Fates and Fire Emblem Heroes
- Ryou Shirogane in Tokyo Mew Mew New
- Ryousuke Hazuki in Natsuyuki Rendezvous
- Ryu Sanada in Kimi ni Todoke
- Ryusei Shido in Blue Lock
- Sairorg Bael in High School D×D
- Satoru Gojo in Jujutsu Kaisen
- Shatterstar (Lewis Tan) in the Japanese dub of Deadpool 2
- Shigeru Soma in Fruits Basket (2019)
- Shima Sakon in Sengoku Basara 4
- Shimazu Toyohisa in Drifters
- Shin Kumagiri in Battle Game in 5 Seconds
- Shirodōji in Onmyoji (possibly one of his biggest Playing Against Type as this is a little boy, if not a slightly deep-voiced one)
- Shirou in Blazer Drive
- Sieg in Last Hope (2018)
- Siegwald Fitzenhagen in Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte
- Silat in Berserk: The Golden Age Arc, Berserk (2016), and Berserk and the Band of the Hawk
- Sinsa in Alchemy Stars
- Souji Okita from Shura no Toki
- Soushi Miketsukami in Inu × Boku SS
- Souta Tawara in Pocos Udon World
- Souya Tachibana in Daemon Bride
- Steeljaw (Troy Baker) in the Japanese dub of Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015)
- Mitsuyoshi Tada in Tada Never Falls in Love
- Tadashi Nanakawa in Tokimeki Memorial 4
- Taiga Nakanishi/Tiger in Killing Bites
- Takaya Abe in Big Windup!
- Takuya Uzaki and Prime Minister Sousuke Zaizen in LBX: Little Battlers eXperience and LBX: Little Battlers eXperience W. The Prime Minister also appears in Inazuma Eleven, made by the same creator as LBX.
- From Inazuma Eleven he also voiced Kageno Jin, Genda Koujirou and Mark Krugger from the original series and Zhao Jin Yunnote in Ares no Tenbin.
- Tatsuya Shiba in The Irregular at Magic High School
- Tenka Kumoh in Laughing Under the Clouds
- Tesra Rindocruz and Filler Villain Muramasa in Bleach
- Tetsurou Kuroo in Haikyuu!!
- Tom Wachowski (James Marsden) in Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) Japanese Dub
- Tomoki Kuroki in No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!
- Tomoya Okazaki in CLANNAD
- Tomoyuki in Togainu no Chi
- Tsukasa Shishiou in Dr. STONE
- Ul in Lamento - beyond the void
- Ultraman X in Ultraman X
- Umataro Tenma in Atom: The Beginning
- Umetaro Nozaki in Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
- Vice Granscenic in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS
- Victor Oakville in Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness
- William Massachusetts in Log Horizon
- Xenoblade Chronicles:
- Gwin Evans in Xenoblade Chronicles X
- Malos in Xenoblade Chronicles 2
- Yajirobe Ueno in Tribe Nine
- Youhei Mashiba in Wagnaria!!
- Yorishige Suwa in The Elusive Samurai
- Yoshiki Kishinuma in Corpse Party
- Yoshiyuki Hatori in Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi
- Yuuichi Jin in World Trigger
- Yuuzan Yoshida in My Little Monster
- Zeke in Tower of Fantasy
- Zen Seizaki in Babylon
Ironic, isn't it? When I grant you these tropes, one can do nothing but ruin their lives.
- Brother–Sister Incest: Whenever he voices the main character in an incest-filled anime, it is most likely that he will ended up with his younger sibling like in Oreimo and The Testament of Sister New Devil.
- Casting Gag:
- Kintoki Sakata in spades, as Nakamura and Tomokazu Sugita, the voice of Gintoki, are best friends in real life.
- Joshua Radcliffe come off as this. looking similar to Tomoya Okazaki? Check. surrounded by Gundam look-alikes? Check. Fighting creatures created by despair (which makes him an Anti-Hazama for the sake of Irony)? Check. Having an orange-haired younger sister who sounds like Tomoyo Sakagami from CLANNAD? Check. Having a love interest with ice powers but replace Brother–Sister Incest with Your Days Are Numbered like Sheryl ( though the difference is that Sheryl got better with Ranka's help while Glacies has a few years to live) into the mix? Check.
- Destructive Romance: His characters had suffed from seeing his wife died in a Bad Ending, marrying his sister, getting killed and reincarnated, having engaged to someone who doesn't love him and having an incestuous interest towards his sister and his wife losing faith in him after all the efforts he made to rescue her, declaring that she loved his 'best friend' that ruined his life out of spite and jealousy, and finally killing herself, leaving him to snap and become a time-spanning dark lord. Poor guy can't catch a break. If his character is also a fighting-type, then the character's also a Heartbroken Badass.
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor: He usually voices Jerkasses with a nice personality when you get to know him, Pretty Boys, The Rival towards a character being voiced by either Yuki Kaji or Mamoru Miyano, and recently, hammy villains.
