Japanese

Shuyin’s seiyū (Japanese voice actor) is Masakazu Morita (森田 成一). He was born on October 21, 1971 Tokyo and currently works for Aoni Production. Apart from voice acting, Masakazu Morita is also an actor and hosts a radio show called Bleach B-Station.

Some of his most notable roles are Claire Stanfield (Vino/Rail Tracer) of Baccano!, Pegasus Seiya (Saint Seiya Hades: Chapter Inferno), Kazuki Hihara of Kiniro no Corda/La corda d’oro, Tashiro of Prince of Tennis, Auel Neider of Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED Destiny and Ichigo Kurosaki of Bleach, a role for which he won the “Best Rookie Actor” in the Seiyū Awards.

Masakazu Morita was also a motion actor for Final Fantasy VIII (Zell Dintch) and Final Fantasy VII Advent Children.

English

James Arnold Taylor (born July 22, 1969, in Santa Barbara, California) is Shuyin’s voice actor in the non-Japanese releases of the game. His love for voice acting bloomed was he was very young; at the young age of 16, he began a career as a stand-up comic. Later in his years he became successful in voice acting and voice-doubling.

On the video game front, James Taylor has been in over 50 recent titles. Some of his roles include Ratchet in the Ratchet & Clank series and Jak X: Combat Racing, Pippin in Lord of the Rings, Obi Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars saga and Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean and Kingdom Hearts II.

James Taylor has a very versatile vocal range (check out the 60 voices in 60 seconds demo at his official website to get an idea) and has done many voice-overs in animated films and TV as well. Some examples? The Animatrix, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Leonardo, and some commercials featuring Fred Flintstone.