Nobuhiko Okamoto

In an interview held at the Anime Expo, when answering what inspired him to become a voice actor, Okamoto mentioned that he has always been a big fan of Slam Dunk and thought the character Rukawa was really cool, so he wanted to be like him. At the 3rd Seiyu Awards, he won the award for best rookie actor for his roles of Accelerator in A Certain Magical Index, Shin Kanzato in Persona: Trinity Soul and Ryuji Kuhoin in Kure-nai, when he graduated from university. At the 5th Seiyu Awards, he won the award for best actor in a supporting role for his roles of Takumi Usui in Maid Sama!, Eiji Niizuma in Bakuman and Accelerator in A Certain Magical Index. He has voiced Yū Nishinoya in Haikyu!!, Katsuki Bakugo in My Hero Academia, Rin Okumura in Blue Exorcist, Ghiaccio in ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Karma Akabane in Assassination Classroom, Isaac "Zack" Foster in Angels of Death, Yoichi Saotome in Seraph of the End, Louis Napoleon in Captain Tsubasa, Khun Aguero Agnes in Tower of God, Genya Shinazugawa in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Ryo Kurokiba in Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma, Garfiel Tinsel in Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World, Bete Loga in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Natsuki Seba in Sakamoto Days, Liebe in Black Clover, and Obi in Snow White with the Red Hair''. Okamoto established and transferred to a new voice talent agency Raccoon Dog on April 1, 2022, following the closure of Pro-Fit on March 31. ==Music career==

Okamoto has voiced many roles, including his involvement in character CDs and insert songs (soundtracks) for the anime. On his 25th birthday, he announced his singing debut for the year 2012. On May 23, he released his first EP, Palette which reached number 9 on the weekly Oricon chart. On June 5, 2013, he released his second EP, Enjoy Full. On March 19, 2014, he released his first single, . ==Personal life==

He is skilled at playing shogi, having the Shogi Certification in 3rd Class. and appeared in a Pokémon game event on Niconico as well. He also loves to play badminton. He's also the host of a radio program about gaming called RADIO 4Gamer from 2010 to 2015. Later, the program changed its name to RADIO 4Gamer Tap and continued on with Okamoto still being the host. The show was available on YouTube channel "4GamerSP." In his spare time he plays video games. ==Filmography==

Television animation Original video animation (OVA) Original net animation (ONA) Theatrical animation Drama CDs Video games Dubbing Live-action