is a Japanese

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and singer affiliated with

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and Lantis. He is best known for voicing Teru Tendo in ''

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'', 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 is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan. It consists of three main island groups—the Okinawa Islands, the Sakishima Islands, and the Daitō Islands—spread across a maritime zone approximately 1,000 kilometers east to west an ...

, and moved to

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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 ''

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'' franchise, and subsequently appeared in both its anime television adaptation and the ''Wakeatte Mini!'' spinoff. His nickname 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

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on 2 April. In July 2019, Nakamura was cast as Tomoki Takashima in '' Young Disease Outburst Boy'', the anime adaptation of the

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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

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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 * ''

'' as Teru Tendo * ''TsukiPro the Animation'' as Issei Kuga ;2018 * '' The Idolmaster SideM Wakeatte Mini!'' as Teru Tendo * ''

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'' as Newcomer ;2019 * '' Young Disease Outburst Boy'' as Tomoki Takashima ;2020 * ''

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'' as Sou Ikeme 2021 * ''TsukiPro the Animation 2'' as Issei Kuga ;2022 * ''Game World Reincarnation'' as Spica Diafell (on-air version) * ''

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'' as Gin Gagamaru * ''

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'' as Kento Takanashi ;2023 * ''

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'' as Katori-kun * '' Technoroid Overmind'' as Zin * ''

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'' as Yuichi Shido ;2024 * '' The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse'' as Jade ;2025 * ''

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'' 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 * ''

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'' as Ryota Miyagi

Video games

;2015 * ''

'' as Teru Tendo * ''

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'' 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 * ''

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'' as Ryuki 2021 * '' The Idolmaster SideM GROWING STARS'' as Teru Tendo

Multimedia projects

2020 * ''MILGRAM'' as Shidou Kirisaki 2023 * ''Fragaria Memories'' as Sanah

Dubbing

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'' as VP Baines (

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and

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'' as Lucas ( Wolfgang Novogratz) *'' Twisters'' as Praveen (

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