# Seiji Maeda

Seiji Maeda (前田 誠二, Maeda Seiji, born 1 July 1993) is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Hibiki. He is known for starring as Shō Yamabuki in Iroduku: The World in Colors, Tomomi Hōryū in Try Knights, Wataru Matoba in Argonavis from BanG Dream!, and Melt Narushima in Oshi no Ko.

## Biography

Seiji Maeda, a native of Osaka Prefecture, was born on 1 July 1993, the son of a football coach. He played football in elementary school and tennis in junior high and high school. He was inspired to go into voice acting by "Neon Genesis Evangelion", later recalling in an interview with Da Vinci that he was "interested in experiencing something that [he] couldn't in [his] own life alone and in being able to play someone other than [himself]". He was educated at Osaka Visual Arts Academy [ja], where his mentor was Musui Terada [ja], Afterwards he moved to Tokyo and attended a training school in the metropolis, followed by a vocational school where he learned swordsmanship.
Maeda had been considering early retirement if he "couldn't make a living from acting by the time [he] was about 25" when he passed the audition for his agency Hibiki, where the narrator was Shuta Morishima. In May 2018, he joined Bushiroad's From Argonavis project, and later became the bass player of tie-in band Argonavis, playing Wataru Matoba. He was a guest at CharaExpo USA 2018 at the Anaheim Convention Center. He starred as Tatsuya Tachibana in Cardfight!! Vanguard: Shinemon and Samuel Fredson in Cardfight!! Vanguard will+Dress.
In 2018, Maeda starred as Shō Yamabuki in Iroduku: The World in Colors. In 2019, he starred as Tomomi Hōryū in Try Knights. He voices Melt Narushima in Oshi no Ko.
Maeda speaks the Kawachi dialect [ja]. His special skills include tennis, swordsmanship, and scooping Super Balls.

## Filmography
### Animated television

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2018 | Cardfight!! Vanguard: High School Arc Cont. | Ichirō Inanaga |
| 2018 | Future Card Buddyfight Ace | Kanesada Kaji |
| 2018-2023 | Goblin Slayer | Greenhorn Warrior |
| 2018 | Iroduku: The World in Colors | Shō Yamabuki |
| 2019 | Cardfight!! Vanguard: Shinemon | Tatsuya Tachibana |
| 2019 | Kiratto Pri Chan | Staff |
| 2019 | Mix | Club Member |
| 2019 | Try Knights | Tomomi Hōryū |
| 2020 | Argonavis from BanG Dream! | Wataru Matoba |
| 2021 | Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress | Teammates |
| 2022 | Black Summoner | Tōya Kanzaki |
| 2022 | I've Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills | Knight |
| 2022 | Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout | Jason, follower, minister, rebel |
| 2022 | World's End Harem | Takamatsu |
| 2022 | The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting | |
| 2023 | Cardfight!! Vanguard will+Dress | Samuel Fredson |
| 2023 | Helck | Axun |
| 2023 | Oshi no Ko | Melt Narushima |
| 2023 | My Clueless First Friend | Katsunori Tanaka |
| 2023 | My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer | Burns |
| 2023 | The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World | Male Exam Taker 1 |
| 2023 | You Were Experienced, I Was Not: Our Dating Story | Shūya |
| 2024 | Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf | Young Men |
| 2024 | Let This Grieving Soul Retire! | Gilbert Busch |
| 2024 | The Most Notorious "Talker" Runs the World's Greatest Clan | Wolf Lehman |

### Original net animation

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2023 | D4DJ Mini Anime | News Announcer | |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2021 | Lost Judgment | Kenya Oshikiri |
| 2021 | Argonavis from BanG Dream AAside | Wataru Matoba |
| 2021 | Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz | Ritsu Takara |
| 2024 | Argonavis: Kimi ga Mita Stage e | Wataru Matoba |