Masahiro Yamanaka

Masahiro Yamanaka (山中 真尋, Yamanaka Masahiro, born December 22 in Saitama) is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Kenyu Office. When doing adult-rated titles, he uses the pseudonym Masato Kawamura (河村 眞人, Kawamura Masato). His nickname among fans is Mappi.

An alumnus of Chiyoda College of Technology, he initially worked for Office Kaoru and Talk Back before transferring to his current agency. His hobbies are cooking, telling scary stories, and composing music. He lists drawing as one of his miscellaneous skills.

Yamanaka's tenor pitch makes him an ideal choice for young or gentlemanly characters. His alternate alias Kawamura is quite popular with female fans for voicing a number of handsome lovers in romantic sound dramas. The roles he has done so far include Gerard in Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny, Stick Dinner in the 2011 Hunter x Hunter anime adaptation, and Mark Jefferson in Life is Strange.

Works

 * Silver Tree knight - Neo Angelique Abyss -Second Age-
 * Zhou Yu - Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII
 * Additional voices - Buddy Mission: BOND
 * Ghalan - Shoujo to Dragon: Genjuu Keiyaku Cryptract