Shugo Nakamura (仲村 宗悟, Nakamura Shūgo, born 28 July 1988) is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with Across Entertainment and Lantis. He is best known for voicing Teru Tendo in The Idolmaster SideM, Issei Kuga in TsukiPro, and Tomoki Takashima in Young Disease Outburst Boy.
Biography
Shugo Nakamura, the youngest of four sons, was born on 28 July 1988 in Okinawa Prefecture, and moved to Tokyo after graduating high school. He became interested in music as a junior high school student, and he was a vocalist and guitarist for a local band. Although he intended to be a musician there, he decided to pursue an acting career after watching a stage performance, and he was subsequently educated at R&A Voice Actors Academy.
In 2015, he was cast as Teru Tendo in the SideM installment of The Idolmaster franchise, and subsequently appeared in both its anime television adaptation and the Wakeatte Mini! spinoff. His nickname Shugon (しゅごん) came from the idea of a listener to SideM's radio show, 315 Pro Night.
In 2016, Nakamura appeared as Issei Kuga in Quell, one of four musical groups in Tsukino Talent Production's TsukiPro idol anime. His character's tie-in single, SQ QUELL Kachōfūgetsu "Hana"-hen, was released on 23 March 2018, and it charted at #41 on the Oricon Singles Chart on 2 April.
In July 2019, Nakamura was cast as Tomoki Takashima in Young Disease Outburst Boy, the anime adaptation of the vocaloid song of the same name. The ending song of the anime, Here Comes The Sun, was Nakamura's first single; it was released on 30 October 2019, and it charted at #11 on the Oricon Singles Chart on 11 November. On 16 February 2020, Nakamura's second single, Colorful, was announced to be released on 11 March 2020.
Nakamura was one of four male voice actors who won the Best New Actor Award at the 13th Seiyu Awards in 2019. Nakamura ranked in second place at the 2017-2018 Newtype Anime Awards.
Filmography
Anime series
- 2016
- Magi: Adventure of Sinbad as Knight
- Fastening Days 2 as Delivery Boy
- 2017
- The Idolmaster SideM as Teru Tendo
- TsukiPro the Animation as Issei Kuga
- 2018
- The Idolmaster SideM Wakeatte Mini! as Teru Tendo
- Zombie Land Saga as Newcomer
- 2019
- Young Disease Outburst Boy as Tomoki Takashima
- 2020
- Warlords of Sigrdrifa as Sou Ikeme
2021
- TsukiPro the Animation 2 as Issei Kuga
- 2022
- Game World Reincarnation as Spica Diafell (on-air version)
- Blue Lock as Gin Gagamaru
- Eternal Boys as Kento Takanashi
- 2023
- The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague as Katori-kun
- Technoroid Overmind as Zin
- Opus Colors as Yuichi Shido
- 2024
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse as Jade
- 2025
- The Gorilla God's Go-To Girl as Arshent Adler
- Okitsura: Fell in Love with an Okinawan Girl, but I Just Wish I Knew What She's Saying as Tensuke Uema
Anime films
- 2022
- Toku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~ as Chatannakiri
- The First Slam Dunk as Ryota Miyagi
Video games
- 2015
- The Idolmaster SideM as Teru Tendo
- Touken Ranbu as Chatannakiri
2017
- The Idolmaster SideM LIVE ON ST@GE! as Teru Tendo
- Tsukino Paradise as Issei Kuga
- 2018
- Caligula Effect: Overdose as Stork
2020
- Pokémon Masters EX as Ryuki
2021
- The Idolmaster SideM GROWING STARS as Teru Tendo
Multimedia projects
2020
- MILGRAM as Shidou Kirisaki
2023
- Fragaria Memories as Sanah
Dubbing
- Tarot as Lucas (Wolfgang Novogratz)
- Twisters as Praveen (Nik Dodani)
References
External links
- Profile at Lantis
- Shugo Nakamura on Twitter
- Shugo Nakamura at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
