Umeka Shoji

Umeka Shōji (庄司 宇芽香, Shōji Umeka, born August 20, 1985 at Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production. She is a graduate of the Tokyo Art School and Aoni Production's education program, Aoni Jyuku. She insists that her status as a single woman is due to her having no romantic interests since middle school, although she did harbor romantic feelings for someone during the recording of one of her characters. Her personal skills according to her Aoni profile are jazz dancing and classic ballet. Occasionally Shōji participates in theatrical productions to fine tune her performances.

Within the voice acting industry, Shōji lends her voice to a variety of young male and female characters. Since her voice acting career is recent (2005), she has been known to voice a variety of minor characters in the entertainment industry. Recently, her popularity as a voice actor is spreading to land her larger roles. A few of these characters include Bihada Ichizoku's mascot character Sara Bihada, Bea Goldfishberg in the Japanese dub of Fish Hooks, and Aki Koriyama in Tokimeki Memorial 4.

Regarding her comments for her performance on Hanbei, she commented that his behavior is a lot like her own. She tried to make him sound intelligent during her performance, but she thinks he ended up sarcastic and too easy going. Since she personally loves and owns a female cat, Shōji is a fan of Koei's mascots Oda Nobunyaga and Nyabraham Linnyahn.

Works with Koei

 * Azusa Ōhashi - Mahjong Taikai Wii
 * Sakurako Arima - Mahjong Taikai IV
 * Player character, miscellaneous characters - Sangokushi Online
 * Manami Mori, Young Kazuki Hihara, Girl student, Boy - Kin'iro no Corda ~primo passo~ (TV series)
 * Manami Mori, Misaki Takizawa - Kin'iro no Corda 2
 * Arisa Wakana, Mizuki Kimura - Kin'iro no Corda 2 Encore
 * Female edit characters - Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires
 * Consort Jitu (Gekitotsu Nyannyan) - Dynasty Warriors Online
 * Hanbei Takenaka, Aya, Female protagonist (Chronicle) - Samurai Warriors series
 * Hanbei Takenaka, Aya - Warriors Orochi series
 * Bat, Airi - Hokuto Musou
 * Nemea - TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll
 * Irene - Uncharted Waters Online
 * Ginchiyo Tachibana - Nobunaga no Yabou Online
 * Mari Tachibana ("Mari"), Arisa Hamai ("Arisa") - Fab Style

Live Events

 * Tokyo Game Show 2011 Stage Event Net Entertainment Festa 2011
 * Sengoku Musou Seiyuu Ougi 2011 Haru - canceled
 * Sengoku Musou Seiyuu Ougi 2010 Aki
 * Tokyo Game Show 2009 Sengoku Musou 3 Stage Event