# Shuta Morishima

Shuta Morishita (Japanese: 森嶋 秀太, Hepburn: Morishima Shūta, born 13 August 1983) is a Japanese voice actor and keyboardist affiliated with Hibiki. He is known for voicing Shin Nitta in Cardfight!! Vanguard, Mitsunori Ishida in Ishida & Asakura, Bat in DD Fist of the North Star, Baku Omori in Future Card Buddyfight, Ares in Langrisser Re:Incarnation Tensei, Takeshi in Ao Oni: The Animation, Masato Rikuō in Future Card Buddyfight Ace, Pearce Valentine Shōtani in Try Knights, Rio Kikyō in From Argonavis, Masanori Iseki in Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress, Ushiwaka in Bikkuri-Men, and Sōtarō Shinozaki in Tasūketsu.

## Biography

Morishima, a native of Toyosaka, Niigata, was born on 13 August 1983; he is an only child. He was educated at the Niigata University of International and Information Studies, graduating from the 2005 Komiyama Laboratory seminar.
During his third year at a company where he worked as a programmer, Morishima decided to go to a voice acting training school, thinking that "when [he] retire[s] or die[s], [he] will regret not doing what [he] love[s]". He had been inspired to go into voice acting by The Prince of Tennis, watching every episode on rented home media releases while staying up all night for five days. He was part of the RAMS Professional Education [ja] fifth graduating class.
He starred as Shin Nitta in the first season of Cardfight!! Vanguard, which aired from 2011 until 2012, and he reprised this role in the stage adaptations Cardfight!! Vanguard: Virtual Stage (2016) and Cardfight!! Vanguard: Virtual Stage: Link Joker (2017) and in the 2018 anime Cardfight!! Vanguard Prime. He later starred as Masanori Iseki in Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress and its sequel Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ. He was part of Bushi 7, a tie-in unit who sang "V-Road", the theme song of Cardfight!! Vanguard: Legion Mate.
In addition to Cardfight!! Vanguard, Morishima has also appeared in other Bushiroad media. In September 2013, it was announced that he would star as Tsukiyomi in the film adaptation of Bushiroad's Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road franchise. He starred as Baku Omori in Future Card Buddyfight and as Masato Rikuō in the 2018 sequel Future Card Buddyfight Ace. In May 2018, Morishima joined Bushiroad's From Argonavis project, and later became the keyboardist of tie-in band Argonavis, playing Rio Kikyō. He was a guest at the 2017 Vanguard & Buddyfight Grand Festival at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center and at CharaExpo USA 2018 at the Anaheim Convention Center.
In 2013, he starred as Mitsunori Ishida in Ishida & Asakura and Bat in DD Fist of the North Star. He later starred as Takeshi in Ao Oni: The Animation, Pearce Valentine Shōtani in Try Knights, Ushiwaka in Bikkuri-Men, and Sōtarō Shinozaki in Tasūketsu. In video games, he also voiced Ares, the protagonist of the video game Langrisser Re:Incarnation Tensei.
Morishima has a pet cat.

## Filmography
### Anime series

| Year | Title | Role(s) |
| 2010 | Shokupan Mimi | Narrator |
| 2011 | Cardfight!! Vanguard | Shin Nitta |
| 2013-2015 | DD Fist of the North Star | Bat |
| 2013 | Ishida & Asakura | Mitsunori Ishida |
| 2014 | Chaika: The Coffin Princess | Matheus Caraway |
| 2014 | Future Card Buddyfight | Baku Omori |
| 2014 | Super Radical Gag Family | Hanamaruki |
| 2015 | Kamisama Kiss | Isobe |
| 2016 | Ao Oni: The Animation | Takeshi |
| 2016 | Battery | Eiji Nobunishi |
| 2016 | Ninja Girl & Samurai Master | Maeda Toshiie, Gyūichi Ōta |
| 2017 | King's Game The Animation | Shōta Yashiro |
| 2017 | Love Kome | Kurowa |
| 2018 | Cardfight!! Vanguard Prime | Shin Nitta |
| 2018 | Future Card Buddyfight Ace | Masato Rikuō |
| 2019 | Taeko no Nichijō | Shūta Morishima |
| 2019 | Try Knights | Pearce Valentine Shōtani |
| 2020 | Argonavis from BanG Dream! | Rio Kikyō |
| 2021 | Battle Athletes Victory ReSTART! | Johann Reinhardt Roberts |
| 2021 | Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress | Masanori Iseki |
| 2023 | Bikkuri-Men | Ushiwaka |
| 2023 | Helck | Zeldion |
| 2024 | Cardfight!! Vanguard DivineZ | Masanori Iseki |
| 2024 | Tasūketsu | Sōtarō Shinozaki |

### Anime films

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
| 2013 | Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road | Tsukiyomi | |

### Original net animation

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
| 2018 | Prison Lab | Harakawa | |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
| 2015 | Langrisser Re:Incarnation Tensei | Ares | |
| 2019 | Da Capo 4 | Kanata | |

### Stage productions

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Ref |
| 2016 | Cardfight!! Vanguard: Virtual Stage | Shin Nitta | |
| 2017 | Cardfight!! Vanguard: Virtual Stage: Link Joker | Shin Nitta | |