Tsubasa Yonaga (代永 翼, Yonaga Tsubasa; born January 15, 1984) is a Japanese voice actor and singer who works for Ken Production. He is best known for his roles as Nagisa Hazuki in Free! and Sangaku Manami in Yowamushi Pedal. He is married to fellow voice actress Yuka Nishigaki.
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Biography
Yonaga was born in Kanagawa Prefecture and raised in Ushiku, Ibaraki. He has an older sister who is six years older than him and a younger sister who is four years younger than him. When he was in the fifth grade, his voice hardly changed. When he talked to his homeroom teacher, who knew that he liked singing, acting, and recitation, he was told about the profession of voice acting, which led him to become a voice actor. He has been a member of a drama club since his second year of high school. After graduating from the voice actor vocal course at the vocational school Tokyo Media Academy (now the voice actor training course at Tokyo Seiyu Academy), he entered School Duo, a voice actor training school attached to Ken Production, as a 6th year student. He then made his debut in his third year at Ken Production, when he was entrusted to the office.
In 2006, he made his voice acting debut as a student in the OVA Cluster Edge Secret Episode. In 2007, he played the role of Shingo Suwa in Gigantic Formula and Ren Mihashi in Big Windup!, his first leading role in an anime. In 2008, Yonaga won the Best Rookie award at the 2nd Seiyu Awards.
In April 2011, he formed the music unit "Trignal" with Takuya Eguchi and Ryōhei Kimura. On December 12, 2012, he made his CD debut as "Trignal" with the mini-album "PARTY" under the Kiramune label. He has also formed a unit called "BRAVE WING" with Yuki Kaji, and "Genki Dan" with Fumihiro Okabayashi and Yuka Nishigaki, who belong to the same agency. On May 4, 2015, he announced on his Twitter page that he had married Nishigaki. On July 18, 2018, he announced the birth of their first child.
On November 18, 2019, his office and his Twitter announced that he would be limiting some of his activities due to treatment for dysphonia.
On October 9, 2024, he announced the birth of their second child.
Filmography
Animation
2007
Gigantic Formula (Shingo Suwa)
Big Windup! (Ren Mihashi)
Wangan Midnight (Harada)
2008
Bamboo Blade (Fujimura)
Bleach (Shū Kannogi)
Chaos;Head (Shogun)
Persona: Trinity Soul (Shiiba and Wakaba)
S · A: Special A (Jun Yamamoto)
Shugo Chara! (Kirishima Fuyuki)
2009
Guin Saga (Remus)
Yumeiro Patissiere (Satsuki Hanabusa)
Stitch! ~Itazura Alien no Daibōken~ (Hans)
2010
Demon King Daimao (Miwa Hiroshi)
MM! (Yukinozo Himura)
Beyblade: Metal Fusion (Damure)
Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G (Haru Irei)
Ōkiku Furikabutte ~Natsu no Taikai Hen~ (Ren Mihashi)
2011
Cardfight!! Vanguard (Aichi Sendou)
Chihayafuru (Tsutomu Komano)
Persona 4 (Naoki Konishi)
Anime films
Free! Timeless Medley (2017), Nagisa Hazuki
The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky (2018), Sorada
Grisaia: Phantom Trigger the Animation (2019), Haruto Aoi
Free! The Final Stroke Part 1 (2021–2022), Nagisa Hazuki
Toku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~ (2022), Kenshin Kagemitsu
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie (2023), Blue Saphir
Nintama Rantarō: Invincible Master of the Dokutake Ninja (2024), Moroizumi Sonnamon
Original video animation (OVA)
Alice in Borderland (2014), Chōta Segawa
Hybrid Child (2014), Yuzu
Yarichin Bitch Club (2018), Keiichi Akemi
Original net animation (ONA)
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season II (2015), Blue Saphir
Record of Ragnarok II (2023), Okita Sōji
Games
2006
Time Hollow (Ethan Kairos)
2008
Real Rode (Somari)
VitaminZ (Yakumo Tachibana)
Chaos;Head (Shogun)
2009
Chaos;Head Noah (Shogun)
2010
Blaze Union (Nessiah, Mizer)
2011
Chaos Code (Catherine)
Corpse Party: Book of Shadows (Kurosaki Kensuke)
Tales of Xillia (Jude Mathis)
Tokyo Yamanote Boys (Honey Milk Disc) (Momose Ayumu)
2012
E.X. Troopers (Luan Forest)
Fairy Tail (Rufus Lohr)
Tales of Xillia 2 (Jude Mathis)
Toki to Towa (Zack/Player)
Unchained Blades (Hector)
2014
Houkago Colorful Step: Undo-bu! (Kiryuu Nanao)
Majou Ou (Drop Rust)
Snow Bound Land (Craes)
2015
