is a Japanese actor and

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affiliated with

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Biography

In 1997, when Kazama was in his second year of junior high school, he entered

and started activities as a

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. He made his debut on stage that same year in a

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stage play. In 1999, he played Kenjiro Kanesue in ''

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''. His performance earned him the Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix award for Best Newcomer. In 2002, Kazama formed a unit, "4TOPS" with fellow trainees

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, and Jun Hasegawa. The quartet hosted

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, a Johnny's Jr. variety show. In September 2003, Yamashita was chosen to be a member of a new unit,

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. 4TOPS was dissolved with News' debut and the remaining members would focus on acting. In 2011, Kazama won a Television Drama Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Kazama married a non-celebrity woman in 2013, after dating for ten years. He was also a member of TU→YU along with V6's

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and actor Tatsuya Takeda. He starred in the feature-length film ''Maebashi Visual Kei'', as a young farmer who tries to make it big in a

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band. On December 22, 2020, Kazama's talent agency,

, announced that he had tested positive for

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. He made a full recovery on January 4.

Filmography

Film

Television

Animation

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'' (2000−2004) − Yugi Mutou/Yami Yugi *''

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'' (2004−2008) − Yugi Mutou/Yami Yugi *'' Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light'' (2005) − Yugi Mutou/Yami Yugi *'' Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time'' (2010) − Yugi Mutou/Yami Yugi *'' From Up On Poppy Hill'' (2011) − Shirō Mizunuma & Hiroshi Tachibana. *'' Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions'' (2016) − Yugi Mutou/Yami Yugi

Video Games

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'' (2016) − Yugi Mutou/Yami Yugi * ''

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'' (2019) − Yugi Mutou/Yami Yugi

Stage

Awards

References

External links

Shunsuke Kazama
at GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database
Shunsuke Kazama
at Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kazama, Shunsuke 1983 births Living people Japanese male actors Japanese male musical theatre actors Japanese male stage actors Japanese male video game actors Japanese male child actors Japanese male voice actors Japanese television personalities Johnny & Associates Male voice actors from Tokyo