Yoku Shioya
Actor
Biography
Yoku Shioya (塩屋 翼, Shioya Yoku, June 24, 1958) is a Japanese voice actor, actor, and sound director. He was born in Kagoshima prefecture, but grew up in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture from the age of five. His real name is Tsubasa Shioya (written with the same kanji). His older brother is voice actor Kōzō Shioya. He belongs to Pro-Fit.
He made his debut as a child actor when he was eight years old, and has been active as a voice actor since he was 14 years old, debuting in Umi no Triton (1972). He has done some voice directing in such anime as Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls. Since then, he has been active as a sound director in omnibus promotion, and is currently working on numerous works as a sound director for Sound Wing.
Filmography
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
1984
Mobile Suit Gundam I
as Marker (voice) 1981
Mobile Suit Gundam F91
as Birgit Pirjo 1991
Toward the Terra
as Alfredo (voice) 1980
Slam Dunk 2: National Tournement
as Ryota Miyagi (voice) 1994
The Monster Of Frankenstein
as Phillip (voice) 1981
Delinquent in Drag
as Yochien Fujimura (voice) 1992
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon
as Nick Orville (voice) 1992
Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked
as Cosmo (voice) 1982
Twilight of the Cockroaches
as Cohen (voice) 1987
Laughing Target
as Yuzuru Shiga (voice) 1987
Space Runaway Ideon: Contact
as Kosumo Yuki (voice) 1982
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
as Bōichi Nekota 1985
The Door Into Summer
as Arman (voice) 1981
Triton of the Sea
as Triton (voice) 1979
Transformers: Scramble City
as Bumblebee / Fireflight (voice) 1986