Shuta Morishima

Shuta Morishima, a native of Toyosaka, Niigata, was born on 13 August 1983;^[2][3] he is an only child.^[4] He was educated at the Niigata University of International and Information Studies,^[3] graduating from the 2005 Komiyama Laboratory seminar.^[5]

During his third year at a company where he worked as a programmer, Morishima decided to go to a voice acting training school, thinking that "when [he] retire[s] or die[s], [he] will regret not doing what [he] love[s]".^[6] He had been inspired to go into voice acting by The Prince of Tennis, watching every episode on rented home media releases while staying up all night for five days.^[6] He was part of the RAMS Professional Education [ja] fifth graduating class.^[7]

He starred as Shin Nitta in the first season of Cardfight!! Vanguard, which aired from 2011 until 2012,^[8] and he reprised this role in the stage adaptations Cardfight!! Vanguard: Virtual Stage (2016) and Cardfight!! Vanguard: Virtual Stage: Link Joker (2017) and in the 2018 anime Cardfight!! Vanguard Prime.^[9][10][11] He later starred as Masanori Iseki in Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress and its sequel Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ.^[12][13] He was part of Bushi 7, a tie-in unit who sang "V-Road", the theme song of Cardfight!! Vanguard: Legion Mate.^[14]

In addition to Cardfight!! Vanguard, Morishima has also appeared in other Bushiroad media. In September 2013, it was announced that he would star as Tsukiyomi in the film adaptation of Bushiroad's Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road franchise.^[15] He starred as Baku Omori in Future Card Buddyfight and as Masato Rikuō in the 2018 sequel Future Card Buddyfight Ace.^[16][17] In May 2018, Morishima joined Bushiroad's From Argonavis project,^[18] and later becoming the keyboardist of tie-in band Argonavis, playing Rio Kikyō.^[19] He was a guest at the 2017 Vanguard & Buddyfight Grand Festival at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center and at CharaExpo USA 2018 at the Anaheim Convention Center.^[20][21]

In 2013, he starred as Mitsunori Ishida in Ishida & Asakura and Bat in DD Fist of the North Star.^[22][23] He later starred as Takeshi in Ao Oni: The Animation, Pearce Valentine Shōtani in Try Knights, Ushiwaka in Bikkuri-Men, and Sōtarō Shinozaki in Tasūketsu.^{[24][25][26][27]} In video games, he also voiced Ares, the protagonist of the video game Langrisser Re:Incarnation Tensei.^[28]

Morishima has a pet cat.^[6]