Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

is a Japanese voice actor from Hokkaido affiliated with the talent agency I'm Enterprise. Honored at the 6th Seiyu Awards for Best New Actor in 2012 and the 10th Seiyu Awards for Best Lead Actor in 2016, he is best known for being the voice of Kirito from Sword Art Online, Inosuke Hashibira from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Fūtarō Uesugi from The Quintessential Quintuplets, Sora from No Game No Life, Sōma Yukihira in Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Bell Cranel from Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Noi Komazawa from Cosmic Princess Kaguya!, Nijee from Star Detective Precure!, Hajime Aoyagi from Yowamushi Pedal, Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti from Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World, Xiao from Genshin Impact, Mechamaru Ultimate from Jujutsu Kaisen, Helios from the 2021 reboot of the Sailor Moon series, Sailor Moon Eternal, Vash the Stampede from the 2023 reboot of the Trigun series, Trigun Stampede, and Zanka Nijiku from Gachiakuta. As of June 17, 2019, he is the current official Guinness World Record holder for the most unique sound bites provided by a voice actor in a mobile game, exceeding 10,000 words in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Memoria Freese.

Biography At the age of 15, Matsuoka was inspired by Akira Ishida's performance as Kaworu Nagisa in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, which Matsuoka watched at the recommendation of a friend, and first learned about the voice acting profession.

While aspiring to become an auto mechanic in his senior year of high school, he searched for a voice actor school in Hokkaido, but went to Tokyo after receiving advice that it would be difficult to succeed without going to a school in the capital. After graduating from Yoyogi Animation Gakuin while working as a newspaper scholarship student, he joined the Japan Narration Actors Institute. After auditioning in 2009, Matsuoka became a member of I'm Enterprise agency. In the same year, he made his debut as AKX20000 in Eden of the East.

In 2011, he starred in the role of Narumi Fujishima in Heaven's Memo Pad for the first time, and won the Best Rookie Actors at the 6th Seiyu Awards in 2012.

In 2012, he voiced Kirito in Sword Art Online and reprised his role as of 2023.

At the 1st Aniradi Awards on March 21, 2015, he along with fellow radio personality Ai Kayano in "No Radio No Life; Gamer Brothers will start doing radio." won the "RADIO OF THE YEAR Best Radio Award" and the "BEST RETURN HOPE RADIO Revival Hope Radio Award."

In 2016, he won the Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 10th Seiyu Awards.

On June 17, 2019, he appeared on YouTube channel "Danmachi Fes 2019-TV Anime Danmachi II and Dan Memo 2nd Anniversary Is It Wrong to Have an Event Together? Special-Public Live Broadcast!!" where Guinness World Record certified him for the most unique sound bites provided by a voice actor, exceeding 10,000 words in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Memoria Freese.

On October 2, 2021, as a collaboration project between the Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night film and the Yomiuri Giants, he appeared in the Giants game with Hiroki Yasumoto, and became a pitcher for the opening ceremony. Matsuoka continued to collaborate during the match with a cap shuffle game with Yasumoto to liven up the venue.

Filmography Anime Year Title Role Notes Source 2009 Eden of the East AKX20000 7 2010 Mayoi Neko Overrun! Student 3 Ōkami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi Inuzuka, ardent fan C; Baseball team; student A Oreimo Kaede Makabe, male student Battle Spirits Brave Rugain, Operator#1 2011 Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Boy A, male student Dream Eater Merry Leader Cat, Student A Hanasaku Iroha Kirito Sakurai Heaven's Memo Pad Narumi Fujishima Protagonist Jewelpet Tinkle Alpha Mai no Mahō to Katei no Hi Hikaru Tatsumi Puella Magi Madoka Magica Nakazawa Ro-Kyu-Bu! Kazunari Uehara Sacred Seven Fujimura Sket Dance Shinji (Image) Ep. 42 Shakugan no Shana Final François Auric Duel Masters Victory Jō Tarō The Qwaser of Stigmata II Leon Max Muller The Idolmaster Shouta Mitarai Wandering Son Riku Seya Battle Spirits: Heroes Gorou Amakusa, Koru, Student Ep. 24, ep. 34, ep. 39 Chibi Devi! Itsuki Takayama Mobile Suit Gundam AGE Delinquent Ep. 16 2012 Bakuman. 3 Takahashi (Classroom of Truth by Nanamine Tooru) Black Rock Shooter Taku Katsuchi Bodacious Space Pirates San-Daime Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: Act 2 Abe-kun Campione! Godō Kusanagi Protagonist Upotte!! Kohei D AKB0048 Youth High School DxD Freed Sellzen Medaka Box Orchestra Club Member Ep. 9 Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne Array Sword Art Online Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya Protagonist Tari Tari Makoto Miyamoto Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne 2 Array The Pet Girl of Sakurasou Sorata Kanda Protagonist Gaist Crusher Izuna Yowamushi Pedal Hajime Aoyagi Sword Art Online: Extra Edition Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya Protagonist 2014 Ao Haru Ride Tōma Kikuchi Blade & Soul Shou Buddy Complex Aoba Watase Protagonist Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Masaki Ichijō Main cast The Comic Artist and His Assistants Yūki Aito Protagonist M3: Sono Kuroki Hagane Akashi Saginuma Protagonist No Game No Life Sora Protagonist Nobunaga the Fool Magellan Sword Art Online II Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya Protagonist Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance Jio Inzagi Akame ga Kill! Lubbock Main cast Buddy Complex Kanketsu-hen: Ano Sora ni Kaeru Mirai de Aoba Watase Protagonist Denkigai no Honya-san Kantoku Main cast Shirobako Tatsuya Ochiai Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road Hajime Aoyagi Trinity Seven Arata Kasuga/Astral Trinity Protagonist Ōkami Shōjo to Kuro Ōji Nozomi Kamiya 2015 Absolute Duo Tōru Kokonoe Protagonist Ace of Diamond: 2nd Season Shinji Kanemaru Aoharu x Machinegun Tohru Yukimura Main cast Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! Shō Komi Ep. 8 Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma Sōma Yukihira Protagonist Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz! Reiichi Gakumazawa High School DxD BorN Freed Sellzen Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Bell Cranel Protagonist Makura no Danshi Yū Maiki Mikagura School Suite Bimii Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry Shizuya Kirihara Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Tomoya Aki Protagonist Star-Myu: High School Star Musical Akira Ugawa Sky Wizards Academy Kanata Age Protagonist Tsubasa to Hotaru Aki Hidaka Protagonist To Love-Ru Darkness 2nd Nakajima Ultimate Otaku Teacher Jō Odawara Ep. 18 Unlimited Fafnir Yū Mononobe Protagonist Working!!! Izumi's editor Young Black Jack Tamura 2016 Dimension W Koorogi Days Jin Kazama Main cast Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate Sōma Yukihira Protagonist Kiss Him, Not Me Hayato Shinomiya Luck & Logic Orga Brakechild Mob Psycho 100 Teruki Hanazawa, Hikaru Tokugawa Main cast Nijiiro Days Natsuki Hashiba Protagonist Please Tell Me! Galko-chan Otao Prince of Stride Alternative Kei Kamoda, Tetsu Hachiya Mysterious Joker Phoenix Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti Rin-ne Season 2 Oboro Seisen Cerberus Hiiro Protagonist Servamp Belkia Super Lovers Aki Kaidou The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Anpu Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle Harem Bay Twin Star Exorcists Momochi and Chijiwa Ep. 26 Girlish Number Jūzou Matsuoka 2017 My Hero Academia Yosetsu Awase Eromanga Sensei Masamune Izumi, Kirito (ep. 8) Protagonist Sword Oratoria Bell Cranel ēlDLIVE Taklamakan Strange Love Chaos;Child Takuru Miyashiro Protagonist Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend ♭ Tomoya Aki Protagonist ClassicaLoid Richard Wagner Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Third Plate Sōma Yukihira Protagonist King's Game: The Animation Toshiyuki Abe Star-Myu: High School Star Musical 2 Akira Ugawa Hitorijime My Hero Kensuke Ōshiba Garo: Vanishing Line Nero, Bezel Ep. 3, ep. 15 2018 Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens Yamato Record of Grancrest War Moreno Dortous Bakumatsu Izou Okada 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams Chrono The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. 2 Anpu Sanrio Boys Subaru Amagaya A Place Further than the Universe Toshio Zaizen Gundam Build Divers Do-ji Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Third Plate - Tootsuki Ressha-hen Sōma Yukihira Protagonist Devils' Line Yūki Anzai Protagonist Alice or Alice Older Brother Main cast Free! Dive to the Future Shizuru Isurugi Xuan Yuan Sword Luminary Pu Zhao Sword Art Online: Alicization Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya Protagonist Goblin Slayer Spearman 2019 Mob Psycho 100 II Teruki Hanazawa Main cast The Rising of the Shield Hero Ren Amaki The Quintessential Quintuplets Fūtarō Uesugi Protagonist Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Inosuke Hashibira Main cast Afterlost Yoshiaki Star-Myu: High School Star Musical 3 Akira Ugawa Bakumatsu Crisis Izou Okada Kengan Ashura Raian Kure Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? II Bell Cranel Protagonist The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note Flat Escardos Cannon Busters Philly the Kid Protagonist Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit Mysterious Man Stars Align Itsuki Ameno The Price of Smiles Joshua Ingram Main cast Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Fourth Plate Sōma Yukihira Protagonist Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya Protagonist Fire Force Yona Ahiru no Sora Hyou Fuwa Ace of Diamond act II Shinji Kanemaru 2020 Darwin's Game Wang Main cast Hatena Illusion Makoto Shiranui Protagonist Infinite Dendrogram Mr. Franklin Main cast Jujutsu Kaisen Mechamaru Ultimate / Kokichi Muta The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited Akira Mita My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Nicol Ascart Food Wars! Shokugeki no Souma: The Fifth Plate Souma Yukihira Protagonist Super HxEros Retto Enjō Protagonist Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III Bell Cranel Protagonist Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle Demon King Tasogare Main cast Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens Nail Saionji Main cast 2021 The Quintessential Quintuplets 2nd Season Fūtarō Uesugi Protagonist I-Chu: Halfway Through the Idol Hikaru Orihara Full Dive Sōichiro Kamui Tokyo Revengers Takashi Mitsuya Osamake Sueharu Maru Protagonist Record of Ragnarok Loki My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X Nicol Ascart Re-Main Norimichi Ishikawa The Detective Is Already Dead Kōmori Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles Rio/Haruto Amakawa Protagonist D_Cide Traumerei the Animation Yoshichika Murase Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series Raihan Replaced Tatsuhisa Suzuki The Vampire Dies in No Time Tо̄ Handa Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Entertainment District Arc Inosuke Hashibira Main cast 2022 Sasaki and Miyano Taiga Hirano Chiikawa Ramen no Yoroi-san Deaimon Tomoe Yukihira The Rising of the Shield Hero 2 Ren Amaki Heroines Run the Show Kōdai Yamamoto A Couple of Cuckoos Shion Asuma Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer Hyō Shimaki Overlord IV Philip Dayton L'Eyre Montserrat Lycoris Recoil Majima Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV Bell Cranel Protagonist The Eminence in Shadow Hyoro Gari Mob Psycho 100 III Teruki Hanazawa Main cast Blue Lock Jingo Raichi Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Äs Nödt 2023 Tomo-chan Is a Girl! Tatsumi Tanabe Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV Part 2 Bell Cranel Protagonist The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World Kairu Trigun Stampede Vash the Stampede Protagonist Tokyo Revengers Season 2 Takashi Mitsuya Handyman Saitō in Another World Cains The Tale of the Outcasts Citri Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc Inosuke Hashibira Main cast I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too Yūya Tenjō Protagonist Chibi Godzilla Raids Again Chibi Mecha Godzilla Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Separation Arc Äs Nödt Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero Fred Helck Azudora Captain Tsubasa: Junior Youth Arc Juan Diaz Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Mechamaru / Kokichi Muta The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3 Ren Amaki Butareba: The Story of a Man Turned into a Pig Pig Protagonist Tearmoon Empire Abel Remno Goblin Slayer II Spearman Protocol: Rain Mutsuki Naitō Dark Gathering Old Old F Tunnel Spirit Ep. 14-15 Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions Mylo Moriarty 2024 Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! Takayumi Matsuo Shaman King: Flowers Yohsuke Kamogawa Mission: Yozakura Family Kengo Yozakura, Goliath Chibi Godzilla Raids Again Season 2 Chibi Mechagodzilla Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Hashira Training Arc Inosuke Hashibira Main cast That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 Masayuki Honjou Twilight Out of Focus Mao Tsuchiya Protagonist Sengoku Youko Mudo No Longer Allowed in Another World Kōtarō Quality Assurance in Another World Alba Fate/strange Fake Flat Escardos Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V Bell Cranel Protagonist 2025 Miru: Paths to My Future Sanders Witch Watch Tenryū Kiyomiya #Compass 2.0: Combat Providence Analysis System Adam Yuriev Teogonia Orha Gachiakuta Zanka Nijiku Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 2 Hevee See You Tomorrow at the Food Court Takizawa To Be Hero X Little Johnny A Wild Last Boss Appeared! Jupiter Monster Strike: Deadverse Reloaded Jugemu 2026 High School! Kimengumi Kiyoshi Shusse Sentenced to Be a Hero Tatsuya Star Detective Precure! Nijee The World's Strongest Rearguard Arihito The Insipid Prince's Furtive Grab for the Throne Traugott Lakes Adler Magic Knight Rayearth Ferio

Films Year Title Role Source 2014 Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace San-Daime The Idolmaster Movie Shōta Mitarai 2016 Suki ni Naru Sono Shunkan o Kōdai Yamamoto Monster Strike The Movie Sōta Ishibashi 2017 Trinity Seven the Movie: The Eternal Library and the Alchemist Girl Arata Kasuga Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya No Game No Life: Zero Riku 2019 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion Bell Cranell Trinity Seven: Heavens Library & Crimson Lord Arata Kasuga Kimi dake ni Motetainda Aki Sahashi Saekano the Movie: Finale Tomoya Aki 2020 Goblin Slayer: Goblin's Crown Spearman Shirobako Movie Tatsuya Ochiai The Stranger by the Shore Mio Chibana Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train Inosuke Hashibira 2021 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie Helios/Pegasus Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Mechamaru/Kokichi Muta 2022 The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie Fūtarō Uesugi Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya 2023 Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation Taiga Hirano Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn Flat Escardos My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie Nicol Ascart Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village Inosuke Hashibira 2024 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom Daniel Harper Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture Yukiya Naruse Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Pentagram Hijiri Fukushiro 2025 Cute High Earth Defense Club Eternal Love! Maasa Shirahone Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle Inosuke Hashibira 2026 Cosmic Princess Kaguya! Noi Komazawa Doko Yori mo Tooi Basho ni Iru Kimi e Yoshiki Suga 2028 Sword Art Online the Movie: Integral Domain Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya

Video games Grand Chase Dimensional Chaser Global as Lass Isolet Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker as Fandaniel/Amon/Hermes Tales of Arise as Law Granblue Fantasy as Chat Noir, Baldr Dream Meister and the Recollected Black Fairy as Itsuki Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment as Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya Shiratsuyu no Kai as Tsukamoto Ryouta Glass Heart Princess as Doumyouji Gai Glass Heart Princess : Platinum as Doumyouji Gai Phantasy Star Nova as Seil Under Night In-Birth as Chaos Octopath Traveler as Therion Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment as Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax as Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya Tears to Tiara 2 as Hamil Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Out of Order as Masaki Ichijō Mugen Souls Z as Ace Chaos;Child as Takuru Miyashiro Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth as Male Protagonist Chaos Rings III as Male Protagonist Sword Art Online: Lost Song as Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization as Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya Sword Art Online: Memory Defrag as Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya, himself (live action) Accel World vs. Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight as Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya, Graphite Edge (uncredited) Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet as Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya Sword Art Online: Integral Factor as Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya I-Chu as Hikaru Orihara Nights of Azure as Professor Alucard Fairy Fencer F as Zenke Otogi: Spirit Agents as Hijiri The Alchemist Code as Reimei Dragalia Lost as Hope, Emile (uncredited) Brown Dust as Seto Fire Emblem Heroes as Hrid The Idolmaster SideM as Shouta Mitarai Our World is Ended as Iruka No. 2 Extraordinary One as Garuda Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: MEMORIA FREESE as Bell Cranel, Argonaut, and Erebus Arena of Valor as Lu Bu (Japanese Server), Kirito (SAO Skin) & Inosuke Hashibira (KNY Skin) Arknights as Arene Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland as Nicodemus David Dieter Onmyoji as Koroka Punishing: Gray Raven as Lee Namu Amida Butsu! -UTENA- as Yakushi Nyorai Genshin Impact as Xiao Cookie Run: Kingdom as Herb Cookie Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris as Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya A Certain Magical Index: Imaginary Fest as Kakeru Kamisato Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions as Juan Díaz Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team as Tomeya Akai Rune Factory 5 as Lyka Pokémon Masters EX as Ingo Alchemy Stars as Sylva Sword Art Online: Last Recollection as Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya Master Detective Archives: Rain Code as Yomi Hellsmile Panic in Sweets Land as Evil King Project Sekai: Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku as Reki Bakuno

Original net animation (ONA) Oblivion Battery (2020) as Junpei Chihaya The Way of the Househusband (2021) as Pet Cat Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- (2022) as Lars Ul Metallicana Gaiken Shijō Shugi (2022) as Keisuke Hasegawa Gamera Rebirth (2023) as Joe

Original video animation (OVA) Code Geass: Akito the Exiled as Yukiya Naruse The Comic Artist and His Assistants as Yūki Aito Hori-san to Miyamura-kun as Izumi Miyamura Hybrid Child as Tsukishima Star-Myu: High School Star Musical as Akira Ugawa

Drama CDs Gal☆Gun as Motesugi Tenzou Senaka Awase no Koi as Nikaido Fumito Hitorijime Boyfriend as Ohshiba Kensuke Bathroom Yori Ai o Komete 2 as Ogura Tomohiko Brother Shuffle! as Hajime Gosan no Heart as Miki Toshihisa Megumi to Tsugumi as Yamada Tsugumi Tamayura as Asakura Michitada Shuuen no Shiori Project -Shuuen Re:act- (終焉-Re:act-) as E-ki Yoru to Asa no Uta as Asaichi Kono Ore ga Omae Nanka Suki na Wakenai as Taisei Fujima Smells Like Green Spirit as Futoshi Mishima Requiem of the Rose King (2016, 2017) as Prince Edward Kakkou no Yume (2018) as Yuuzi Seno Seirei Gensouki as Rio (Amakawa Haruto) L'étranger series as Mio Chibana Mo Dao Zu Shi (2020) as Nie HuaiSang/Jou Kaisou Tashiro-kun, Kimi tte Yatsu Wa. (2021) as Yuuta Ebihara Tearmoon Empire (2022, 2023) as Abel Remno

Voice-over comics Nisekoi as Raku Ichijō

Live action Voice II (2021) as Hentai Belt (voice) Kamen Rider Geats (2022) as the Vision Driver, Laser Raise Riser, Zillion Driver, Dooms Geats, and Suel (voice)

Dubbing Christine (2019 4K Ultra HD edition) as Arnold "Arnie" Cunningham (Keith Gordon) Gran Turismo as Jann Mardenborough (Archie Madekwe) Hard Hit as Jin-woo (Ji Chang-wook) The Hurricane Heist as Will Rutledge (Toby Kebbell) Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as Noa (Owen Teague) Lookism as Park Hyung Seok/Keisuke Hasegawa Mechamato as MechaBot Ready Player One as Sho (Philip Zhao)