Fumiyoshi Shioya

Honestly, voice actors are a breed apart, and Fumiyoshi Shioya is exactly the kind of quietly dedicated craftsman I find myself rooting for. Born in Iwate in 1992, he belongs to that generation of voice actors who came up in an era when the industry exploded in visibility but the real work still happened in a soundproofed booth, just you and a microphone and a script. There's no camera to catch a look, no physicality to lean on — you either sell the character through your voice alone or you don't. He says he was drawn to performing after watching a touring theatre troupe in his school gym as a kid, which honestly feels very Iwate to me: unpretentious, no-frills, just get the job done. The kind of professional who earns respect in the room without making noise outside it.

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Fumiyoshi Shioya is a Japanese voice actor born on July 6, 1992, in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. He works in the voice acting field and maintains a presence on X (formerly Twitter). Active since 2014, when he debuted in Sengoku X, he stands 171 cm and is represented by the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society (Haikyo).

Name (English)

Fumiyoshi Shioya

Name (Japanese)

汐谷文康

Reading

しおや ふみよし

Born

July 6, 1992 (age 34)

Origin

Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Height

171 cm

Occupation

Voice Actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Monkey

Agency

Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society

Active years

2014 -

Works summary

Appearances

179

By year (titles with a known year)

2012: 2, 2016: 3, 2017: 4, 2018: 8, 2019: 12, 2020: 9, 2021: 11, 2022: 6, 2023: 6, 2024: 8, 2025: 6, 2026: 3, year unknown: 101

Filmography / notable works

• Xhttps://x.com/fumiyoshi76
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%90%E8%B0%B7%E6%96%87%E5%BA%B7
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27150533

Tags

• From Iwate Prefecture
• Voice Actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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