Yoshimitsu Shimoyama is a freelance Japanese voice actor. He married fellow voice actor Satomi Arai in 2008 and had a son with her two years later, though it took him until 2016 to publicly announce his marital status.
Shimoyama became aware of voice acting as a vocation after watching Legend of the Galactic Heroes for the first time in high school. After officially joining the industry in 1997, he became a novel narrator of the work that inspired him as well as several other titles penned by the original author Yoshiki Tanaka.
Throughout Shimoyama's voice acting career, he has taken on a variety of different roles due to his versatile pitch. A few of the characters voiced by him include Mukkuru in Utawarerumono, Lulubhu in Toriko, and Halfdan in Vinland Saga.
Works
The following roles listed below come from titles associated with Koei Tecmo and third party works distributed as part of a deal with other companies.
- Theodore - Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny
- Motherglare - Fairy Tail; reprise of his role in the anime
- Cao Ren, Zhang Bao, Zhang Zhao - Sangokushi Hadou
- Tanba - Buddy Mission: BOND
- Hidenaga Toyotomi, Keiji Maeda, Naoie Ukita - Shin Nobunaga no Yabou