Yuma Uchida is a Japanese singer and voice actor known for voicing many different anime characters, most notably those teenagers, heartthrobs, delinquents who always make us swoon. What’s interesting about the characters Yuma voices is that although they are brash young men, they also have a hidden soft side that just wants to be loved, and Yuma’s wide vocal range is able to represent more than just action scenes and flashes of his character. but also their modest and vulnerable moments. Yuma’s voice acting carries a passion and emotion that gives you a real sense of him identifying with his characters, which is why so many of them have become so endearingly iconic in the anime world.
5 Kudo Chika, “Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of life’ (2019)
Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of life it’s a lesser known anime, but it’s definitely worth watching, especially if you’re a fan of Yuma Uchida. The series is about a group of teenagers playing the koto, a Japanese stringed instrument. Yuma is voiced by Kudo Chiku; at first a hostile teenager who gets into fights, but then finds solace in the Koto Club. It’s hard not to love Chica - with his tall and lean physique and platinum blonde hair - but it’s his voice that Really brings all the charms. The voice is hard, but kind, powerful, but protective … Yuma brought the intonation of a restless teenager to fine art.
4 Kyo Soma, “Fruit Basket” (2019)
Kyo Soma is a popular character from fruit basket, a romance series that follows the Soma family, who are obsessed with the animals of the Chinese zodiac. Adding to the category of Yuma, who voices brash yet charismatic young male characters, is Kyo Soma, whose blunt and stubborn personality makes you love and hate him in equal measure. But Yuma never voices one-dimensional characters, and Kyo’s tendency to wear his heart on his sleeve shows a different, sweeter side to him, and we’ll soon fall in love with his irritable features as well.
3 Megumi Fushiguro, Jujutsu Kaisen (2020)
Another aloof and stoic teen character voiced by Yuma is Megumi Fushiguro from the popular anime series jujutsu kaisen, which follows an organized group of jujutsu sorcerers who work to remove powerful curses. In addition to being an aloof teenager, Megumi also shares similar qualities to other characters voiced by Yuma: Kudo Chika, Ritsuka Uenoyama, and Ash Lynx are similar to Megumi in regards to their unwavering determination to achieve their goals. Whether it’s learning to play the koto or the guitar, overcoming evil curses, or taking down the Corsican mafia, Chika, Uenoyama, Ash, and Megumi take their goals very seriously. The unyielding determination of these characters is brilliantly portrayed by Yuma, whose strong and powerful voice awakens the inner strength of his characters.
2 Ritsuka Uenoyama, Given (2019)
The is a widely popular anime series that belongs to the Slice of Life and Boys Love genres. Yuma’s character, Uenoyama, is a young guitarist who develops feelings for his new friend Mafuyu. Initially, Uenoyama is a cool-headed and collected, mostly indifferent teenager who prefers to take naps whenever he gets the chance. But as his feelings for Mafuyu grow stronger - feelings he can’t understand - Uenoyama becomes less one-dimensional. Once again, we see Yuma at his best, portraying a superficially tough character who is actually just as clumsy as everyone else, desperately trying to control himself. The voice that Yuma gives to Uenoyama is deep and seductive, but as he faces his gay crisis, his unemotional voice turns into sighs of hilarious gay panic.
1 Ash Lynx, Banana Fish (2018)
Yuma’s best voice acting is his role as Ash Lynx in banana fish. Ash is one of the most complex and multi-faceted characters of all time, as hardened as he is lovable, and when brought to life in banana fish anime, Yuma perfectly personified him. Yuma’s wide vocal range and his ability to portray an attractive reckless teenager was certainly put to the test, because Ash is no ordinary teenager - unwittingly captured by the mafia, wounded by childhood trauma, murderer, boss of a New York gang, IQ over 200 years old and only 17 years old … and yet Yuma skillfully summed up every side of Ash, from his commanding leadership voice to his soft and playful tone when he was with his best friend Eiji. Yuma voiced Ash as a strong and determined fighter, but also as a vulnerable and humble child who just yearned for freedom. The emotional passion that Yuma brought to Ash’s character continues to have a profound effect on banana fish fans.
Source: Collider
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