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name: "Yoku Shioya"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yoku-shioya"
fi1m_id: "yoku-shioya"
imdb_id: "nm0794054"
tmdb_id: 235337
wikidata_id: "Q2083335"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 June 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T05:16:57.788247+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Yoku Shioya

## Identity

Yoku Shioya

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yoku-shioya
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yoku-shioya
- **IMDb ID:** nm0794054
- **TMDB ID:** 235337
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2083335
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoku_Shioya, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2083335, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794054/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/235337

Actor. Born 24 June 1958 in Kagoshima, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 June 1958, Kagoshima, Japan
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Also known as:** 塩屋 翼 , しおや よく, Tsubasa Shioya, 盐屋翼, 塩谷翼
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoku_Shioya, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2083335, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794054/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/235337

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Perfect Blue*](https://film.one/film/perfect-blue.md) (82)

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## Biography

Yoku Shioya (塩屋 翼) is a Japanese voice actor and actor. He was born on 24 June 1958 in Kagoshima Prefecture and grew up in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. His older brother is the voice actor Kōzō Shioya.

He began acting as a child at the age of eight with the Himawari Theatre Group and made his voice acting debut at fourteen in the 1972 anime *Umi no Triton*. Shioya is known for roles including Takao Shibuya in *Perfect Blue* (1998), Ryota Miyagi in *Slam Dunk* (1993), Miles in *Cowboy Bebop* (1998), Will A. Zeppeli in *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure* (2012), and Gensai in *Rurouni Kenshin* (1996). He has also worked as a sound director.

*Sources: imdb.com, ja.wikipedia.org, behindthevoiceactors.com, jojowiki.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle* (2025), Fi1m 74, as (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba-infinity-castle.md)
- *Perfect Blue* (1998), Fi1m 82, as Takao Shibuya (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/perfect-blue.md)

## Complete filmography (86)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle* (2025), as (voice) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba-infinity-castle.md)
- *Tada Never Falls in Love* (2018), series, as Event Villain (voice)
- *Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger* (2017), series, as Ikaagen (voice)
- *KIRA KIRA☆PRETTY CURE A LA MODE* (2017), series, Actor
- *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Re-Edited Vol.1* (2014), as Will Anthonio Zeppeli (voice)
- *Bayonetta: Bloody Fate* (2013), Sound Director
- *Walkure Romanze* (2013), series, Sound Director
- *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure* (2012), series, as Will A. Zeppeli (voice)
- *JAPAN, Our Homeland* (2007), Sound Director
- *The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet* (2006), Music Supervisor
- *Welcome to the N-H-K* (2006), series, Sound Director
- *Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter* (2002), series, as Sorrento (voice)
- *Shiawase Apartment's Okojo-san* (2001), series, Sound Director
- *Generator Gawl* (1998), series, as Takuma Nekasa
- *Cowboy Bebop* (1998), series, as Miles (voice)
- *Perfect Blue* (1998), as Takao Shibuya (voice) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/perfect-blue.md)
- *Seijuu Sentai Gingaman* (1998), series, as Gara Gara (voice)
- *Tokyo Pig* (1997), series, as 武藏小金井
- *Rurouni Kenshin* (1996), series, as Gensai (voice)
- *Slam Dunk 2: National Tournement* (1994), as Ryota Miyagi (voice)
- *Slam Dunk* (1993), series, as Ryota Miyagi (voice)
- *Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Afterglow of Zeon* (1992), as Nick Orville (voice)
- *Delinquent in Drag* (1992), as Yochien Fujimura (voice)
- *Goldfish Warning! The Movie* (1992), Actor
- *Yokohama Meibutsu Otoko Katayama Gumi 2* (1992), Actor
- *Inferious Interplanetary War Chronicle - Condition Green* (1991), as Ralph Eheart (voice)
- *Yokohama Meibutsu Otoko Katayama Gumi!* (1991), as Torajima
- *Mobile Suit Gundam F91* (1991), as Birgit Pirjo (voice)
- *Wizardry* (1991), as Alper (voice)
- *Goldfish Warning!* (1991), series, as (voice)
- *Heavenly Chronicles* (1990), series, Actor
- *Ultraman Graffiti: Wild! Ultra Country* (1990), series, as Ultraman Taro / Alien Magma / Dada / Alien Poll / King Joe (voice)
- *Magical Taluluto* (1990), series, as Jabao Jama (voice)
- *Milky Passion: Dougenzaka - The Castle of Love* (1990), as Mickey (voice)
- *Seriously!* (1990), Actor
- *My Daddy Long Legs* (1990), series, as Bob
- *Akko-chan's Got a Secret! – The Sea! The Specters!! The Summer Festival* (1989), Actor
- *Samurai Gold* (1988), as Ritt(voice)
- *Ten Little Gall Force* (1988), as Koizumi (voice)
- *Twilight of the Cockroaches* (1987), as Cohen (voice)
- *Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics* (1987), series, as Young Prince (voice), Max (voice)
- *Mami the Psychic* (1987), series, as 番野兆治
- *Laughing Target* (1987), as Yuzuru Shiga (voice)
- *Nayuta* (1986), as Mizuki (voice)
- *Transformers: Scramble City* (1986), as Bumblebee / Fireflight (voice)
- *Mr. Pen Pen* (1986), as Freddie (voice)
- *Maple Town* (1986), series, as ボビー
- *Spaceship Sagittarius* (1986), series, as Giraffe (voice)
- *Wonder Beat Scramble* (1986), series, as Manaka, Kouji
- *Odin: Starlight Mutiny* (1985), as Bōichi Nekota
- *Bismark* (1984), series, as Shinji Hikari (voice)
- *A Great Super Shot Boy* (1984), series, as 向太陽
- *Video Warrior Laserion* (1984), series, as David
- *Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer* (1984), as (voice)
- *Katri: Girl of the Meadows* (1984), series, as Pekka (voice)
- *Tokimeki Tonight* (1982), series, as Kunihiko
- *Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked* (1982), as Cosmo (voice)
- *Space Runaway Ideon: Contact* (1982), as Kosumo Yuki (voice)
- *Six God Combination GodMars: The Movie* (1982), as Akira Kiso (voice)
- *J9 Series* (1981), series, as ジミー
- *Bokura Mangaka: Tokiwa-sou Monogatari* (1981), as 鈴木伸一
- *Six God Combination Godmars* (1981), series, as Akira Kiso (voice)
- *Superbook* (1981), series, as Adam, Jacob
- *Hippo Director's Zoo Diary* (1981), as 長谷川一郎(新人飼育係,元獣医志望)
- *The Monster of Frankenstein* (1981), as Phillip (voice)
- *Sanshiro the Judoist* (1981), Actor
- *Mechakko Dotakon* (1981), series, as 前田
- *The Door Into Summer* (1981), as Arman (voice)
- *Mobile Suit Gundam I* (1981), as Marker (voice)
- *Hello! Sandybell* (1981), series, as Charles (voice)
- *The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island* (1981), series, as Tom Tom (voice)
- *Call of the Wild: Howl, Buck* (1981), as Haru (voice)
- *Space Runaway Ideon* (1980), series, as Cosmo Yuuki (voice)
- *Little Women* (1980), as Laurie
- *Toward the Terra* (1980), as Alfredo (voice)
- *Triton of the Sea* (1979), as Triton (voice)
- *Ganbare! Bokura no Hit and Run* (1979), as 剛
- *Anne of Green Gables* (1979), series, as Moody Spurgeon MacPherson (voice)
- *Gatchaman: The Movie* (1978), as Jinpei
- *Future Boy Conan* (1978), series, as Saku (voice), Additional Voices (voice)
- *Science Ninja Team Gatchaman* (1972), series, as Jinpei, the Swallow (voice)
- *Barom-1: The Movie* (1972), as Tetsuo
- *Triton of the Sea* (1972), series, as Triton
- *Tomorrow's Joe* (1970), series, as Jiroo Shioya (voice)
- *Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance* (1970), Actor
- *Escape Man* (1967), Actor

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