Yusuke Shirai

Honestly, Yusuke Shirai has one of those voices I never get tired of hearing. He's a Japanese voice actor with this wonderfully elastic range, the kind of guy who can play a cheeky, motormouthed troublemaker one minute and turn around and deliver something soft and tender the next, and you buy both completely. Born in 1986 up in Saku, Nagano, he carries this laid-back, slightly hard-to-pin-down energy that I find weirdly charming, never showboating, just quietly turning up in project after project until you go "oh, it's that guy again" with a little grin. He seems genuinely close with fans on social media too, which fits the vibe. He's less a flashy headliner than a beloved fixture, and I mean that as the highest compliment. I just hope he keeps talking his way through a hundred more characters.

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Yusuke Shirai is a Japanese voice actor born on January 18, 1986, in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture. He stands 174 cm tall and is active in the voice acting industry. He maintains a presence on social media through Instagram and X (formerly Twitter), where he engages directly with fans.

Name (English)

Yusuke Shirai

Name (Japanese)

白井悠介

Reading

しらい ゆうすけ

Born

January 18, 1986 (age 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Tiger

Origin

Saku City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Blood type

A

Height

174cm

Agency

EARLY WING

Active years

2011 -

Occupation

Voice Actor

Spouse

原田まりる

Works summary

Appearances

925 (1999–2026)

By year

1999: 1, 2003: 1, 2012: 1, 2013: 5, 2014: 2, 2015: 13, 2016: 18, 2017: 28, 2018: 34, 2019: 44, 2020: 29, 2021: 43, 2022: 44, 2023: 37, 2024: 7, 2025: 6, 2026: 5

Debut work

化学探偵Mr.キュリー 〜夜の虹――1999年のMr.キュリー〜

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/y.shiraim/
• Xhttps://x.com/shirai_universe
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%99%BD%E4%BA%95%E6%82%A0%E4%BB%8B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11579372

Tags

• From Nagano Prefecture
• Voice Actor

Last updated

2026-08-26

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