Showtaro Morikubo


Showtaro Morikubo is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer who has voiced characters in anime, drama CDs, and video games. He was formerly affiliated with I'm Enterprise and VIMS. His most notable roles were Shikamaru Nara from Naruto, X in the Mega Man X series and Yosuke Hanamura from Persona 4.

Personal life

Morikubo married fellow voice actress Yū Asakawa on February 22, 2007. In 2009, Asakawa announced on her blog that the two had divorced due to differences in personality, but described the split as amicable. Exact dates of the divorce are undisclosed.
On July 4, 2014, Morikubo posted on his blog that he had gotten married that week. He kept exact details of the marriage private, other than that his wife was a "regular woman" with no connections to the entertainment industry. On December 28, 2017, he announced on an episode of his radio show The BAY☆LINE that earlier in the year, his wife had given birth to their first child, a daughter. He later reaffirmed the news via Twitter.

Filmography

Anime television

;1996
;1998
;1999
;2000
;2001
;2002
  • Cheeky Angel – Gakusan Takao
  • GetBackers – Ginji Amano
  • Naruto – Shikamaru Nara
  • Tokyo Underground – Kashin
;2003
  • Ikki Tousen – Saji Genpō
  • The Boy with the Guitar: Kikaider vs Inazuman – Kikaider 01 / Ichiro
  • Zatch Bell! – Haruhiko
  • Matantei Loki Ragnarok – Thor/Narugami
  • Papuwa – Sōji Okita, Tezuka, Umigishi
;2004
  • Major – Honda/Shigeno Goro
  • Melody of Oblivion – Hol
  • Samurai Champloo – Hankichi
  • Samurai Gun – Ichimatsu
;2005
  • Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru – Yori
  • Fuyu no Semi – Seinoshin Aizawa
  • Ichigo 100% – Sawayaka
;2006
  • D.Gray-Man – Jasdero
  • Nerima Daikon Brothers – Ichirō
  • Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge – Kyohei Takano
;2007
  • Detective Conan – Kanji Kojima
  • Hayate the Combat Butler – Fighter
  • Naruto Shippuden – Shikamaru Nara
  • Saiunkoku Monogatari Second Series – Riku Seiga
;2008
  • Amatsuki – Tsuyukusa
;2009
;2010
;2011
;2012
;2013
;2014
;2015
;2016
;2017
;2018
  • Hakyu Hoshin Engi - Seikyo Doutoku Shinkun
  • Yowamushi Pedal: Glory Line - Yūsuke Makishima
  • Magical Girl Ore - Konami Yamo
  • Isekai Izakaya "Nobu" - Nikolaus
  • Ace Attorney Season 2 - Takamasa Moroheiya
  • Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Akira Otoshi
;2019
;2020
;1998
;1999
;2000
;2001
;2002
  • Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side – Chiharu Aoki
;2003
  • Rockman X7 – X
;2004
  • Jak II – Jak
;2005
  • Memories Off 5 The Unfinished Film – Haruto Kawai
  • Shining Force Neo – Max
;2007
  • Odin Sphere – Ingway
;2008
  • 11 Eyes – Takahisa Tajima
  • Hakuōki series – Okita Souji
  • Persona 4 series – Yosuke Hanamura
  • White Knight Chronicles – Osmund
;2009
;2010
;2011
;2012
  • Tales of Xillia 2 – Ivar
  • Uta no Prince-sama Debut – Reiji Kotobuki
;2013
;2014
;2015
;2016
  • World of Final Fantasy - Cid
;2017
;2018

Albums

zui is the first solo album by Showtaro Morikubo, released in 2001. "The Answer" and "Moon Light" were the album's promotional tracks, being used in the video game series Rockman X as the opening themes to Rockman X6. "The Answer" appeared as the album's only single, paired with the B-side "Happy Monday Man". The concert for this album - later released on DVD and included the promotional video for "The Answer" - is entitled "Showtaro Morikubo Live House Tour '01 ~Okubyō Mono no G Kōi~".
  1. Build Up!!!
  2. Power
  3. G Kōi
  4. Karada Kensa
  5. Rainy Day
  6. The Answer
  7. Hedgehog Peter
  8. Okubyō Mono
  9. Moon Light
  10. End of the Sky
kyo
  1. 叫〜kyo〜
  2. Key
  3. dizzy candy
  4. DoPaMiNe
  5. My Destination
  6. Crazy night
  7. Never surrender
  8. Home sweet home
  9. Parallel World
  10. Catharsis-Dinner
  11. Whenever I go
  12. UNDER CONSTRUCTION
  13. Ride Free
  14. never ends...
rin
  1. Introduction Rin
  2. Let's get started
  3. Cloudy sky
  4. D.I.G.
  5. MIRROR
  6. 〜interlude〜 「Detox」
  7. Fatboy
  8. nothing to lose
  9. gravIty
  10. Stand down
  11. Water in the tub
  12. Mr.CLOWN

    Solo singles

Albums

Hard Spirit is an album released from one of Morikubo's most popular voice actor units, Heart-beat, in which he paired up with fellow voice actor Hiroki Takahashi. The album spawned two singles, "Shootin' Stars" and "Continued". This album was also featured in a three part live action series, "Cross Chord", a drama starring both voice actors as the lead characters. In addition to the main album, both Morikubo and Takahashi released separate albums containing solo versions of the Hard Spirit songs, along with two exclusively solo tracks, each. Morikubo sings alone in "Hurry Up Drive" and "Change or Never change", and Takahashi's solos are "Thanks for..." and "Believe me".
  1. Cross Chord
  2. Shootin' Stars
  3. Continued
  4. Hurry Up Drive
  5. Change or Never Change
  6. Thanks for...
  7. Believe Me
  8. Shootin' Stars
  9. Continued

    Singles