Yūji Ueda

Biography

Yūji Ueda was born in Fukuoka as 上田祐司 (same pronunciation). In July 2004, he left Arts Vision and officially made his name into an all-hiragana form. In April 2005, Ueda joined Office Osawa.

Yūji is frequently called "Yū-chan" by veteran voice actresses; usually co-voice actresses from Pokémon.

He is married to voice actress Omi Minami. In March 2012, Ueda and Minami both left Osawa, and launched a new agency called PomaRancz.

Filmography

Television animation

1992

Calimero – Valerino

1994

Blue Seed – Yoshiki Yaegashi

Tokimeki Memorial – Yoshio Saotome

1995

Bonobono – Yama-Ō

Fushigi Yūgi – Amiboshi, Suboshi

Wedding Peach – Yousuke Fuuma

1996

The Vision of Escaflowne – Reeden

Martian Successor Nadesico – Akito Tenkawa

Rurouni Kenshin – Sagara Sanosuke

Violinist of Hameln – Hamel

Chouja Reideen - Masato Tsubaki

1997

BØY – Kiyoshirō Okamoto

Pokémon – Takeshi (Brock), Barri-chan (Mimey), Zippo

Don't Leave Me Alone, Daisy – Kuma

1998

Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! – Hitoshi Matsu

Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 – Daly Wong

Case Closed – Shigehisa Noguchi

Di Gi Charat – Abarenbō

Digimon Adventure – Numemon

OVA

Dirty Pair Flash (1994) – Operator

Fobia (1995) – Mutsumi Narita

Magic User's Club (1996) – Akane's Boyfriend #3

Master of Mosquiton (1996) – Honoo

Very Private Lesson (1998) – Arihiko Tairaku

Sol Bianca: The Legacy (1999) – Percy

Angel Sanctuary (2000) – Yue Katou

Rurouni Kenshin: Seisōhen (2001) – Sagara Sanosuke

Digital Juice (2002) – Chicken

Futari Ecchi (2002) – Makoto Onoda

Nurse Witch Komugi (2002) – Mugi-maru

Akane Maniax (2004) – Andorō Umeda

Ayashi Divine Comedy (2007) – Kumoshichi

Detroit Metal City (2008) – Johannes Krauser II

Theatrical animation

Pocket Monsters films (1998–) – Takeshi (Brock), Musashi's Sonans (Jessie's Wobbuffet)

Escaflowne (2000) – Reeden

Ojarumaru the Movie: The Promised Summer - Ojaru and Semira (2000) – Kisuke

Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door (2001) – Lee Sampson

Digimon Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon (2002) – Dinohyumon

Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002) – Hojo, Akitoki Hojo

Eyeshield 21: The Phantom Golden Bowl (2003) – Tarō Raimon

Dōbutsu no Mori (2006) – Sakurajima

Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (2009) – Picanta

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer (2010) – Billy Katagiri

Tokusatsu

Tokusou Robo Janperson (1993) – Robot Angel (ep. 15)

Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger (2018) – Destra Majjo (eps. 1 – 7, 9 – 11, 13 – 15, 17 – 18, 20 – 23, 25 – 26, 28 – 30, 32, 34 – 36, 38 – 39, 41 – 42)

Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger en Film (2018) – Destra Majjo

Mashin Sentai Kiramager (2020) - Stove Jamen (eps. 7-8)

Games

EVE Burst Error (1997) – Susumu Nikaido

Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 (2000) – Blanka, Balrog/Vega

Capcom vs. SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001 (2001) – Blanka, Balrog/Vega

Everybody's Golf 5 (2007) – Kid/Felipe

Galaxy Angel (2002) – Takuto Meyers

Galaxy Angel: Moonlit Lovers (2003) – Takuto Meyers

Galaxy Angel: Eternal Lovers (2004) – Takuto Meyers

Galaxy Angel II ~Zettai Ryouiki no Tobira~ (2006) – Takuto Meyers

Galaxy Angel II ~Mugen Kairou no Kagi~ (2007) – Takuto Meyers

Growlanser – Oscar Reeves

Growlanser II: The Sense of Justice – Oscar Reeves

Guilty Gear XX (2002) – Zappa

Final Fantasy XIII (2009) – Amodar

Final Fantasy XIII-2 (2011) – Amodar

Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (2014) – Saint Walker

Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (1998) – Strider Hiryu, Jin Saotome

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000) – Strider Hiryu, Jin Saotome

Megami Ibunroku Persona – (Masao 'Mark' Inaba)

Drama CDs

Mainichi Seiten! series 2: Kodomo wa Tomaranai (Tatsuya-fishmonger)

Setsunai Koi Daze – Wataru Shinjou

Shiawase ni Shite Agemasu – Toshiyuki Oosawa

Solid Love – Kei Oujisawa

Dubbing roles

Anna and the Apocalypse – Arthur Savage (Paul Kaye)

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer – Darick the Dockhand (Benjamin Brown)

The Matrix – Mouse (Matt Doran)

Saturday Night Fever – Bobby C. (Barry Miller)

Ozzy & Drix – Osmosis Jones