Ayumu Murase (村瀬 歩, Murase Ayumu; born December 14, 1988) is a Japanese voice actor who was formerly affiliated with the agency VIMS. He is especially known for voicing younger boys, even women with his high-pitched androgynous voice.
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Biography
Murase was born in the United States, but grew up in Aichi, Japan. He lived in Aichi until graduating from high school, after which he attended university in Kyoto Prefecture. Later, he moved to Tokyo.
After showing an interest in theatre, Murase joined the Japan Narration Actors Institute with the aim of becoming a voice actor. In 2011, he made his debut as a voice actor in the role of a male student in the TV anime Persona 4: The Animation. The following year, he played the first main character in the role of Shun Aonuma (14 years old) in From the New World. In 2014, he starred in the role of Shoyo Hinata in Haikyu!!.
In 2016, Murase won the Seiyu Award for Best Male Rookie.
Murase left VIMS and established his own agency Aster Nine on April 30, 2023.
Filmography
Original video animation (OVA)
Haikyu!! (2014), Shoyo Hinata
Yarichin Bitch Club (2018), Kyōsuke Yaguchi
Original net animation (ONA)
Sword Gai The Animation (2018), Kuromaru
Baki the Grappler (2018), Gaia
The Heike Story (2021), Taira no Atsumori
Spriggan (2022), Colonel McDougal
Record of Ragnarok II (2023), Zerofuku
Sand Land: The Series (2024), Muniel
Multimedia Project
Paradox live / BAE (2019) (48 / Yeon Hajun)
Clock over orquesta (2021) (Tenma Rikka)
VS AMBIVALENZ (2021) (Auguri & Futaba)
Video games
Puzzle & Dragons (2012) (Suou)
Azure Striker Gunvolt (2014) (Nova/Shiden)
J-Stars Victory Vs (2014) (Shōyō Hinata)
Granblue Fantasy (2014) (Hal, Ulamnuran)
THE iDOLM@STER: SideM (2014) (Kanon Himeno)
Hamatora: Look at Smoking World (2014) (Pero)
I-Chu (2015) (Kokoro Hanabusa)
Ensemble Stars! (2015) (Tori Himemiya)
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth (2015) (Yuugo Kamishiro)
Sword Art Online: Lost Song (2015) (Recon/Shinichi Nagata)
Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE (2015) (Gordin)
Touken Ranbu (2015) (Sayo Samonji)
Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception (2015) (Kiuru)
Street Fighter V (2016) (Sean Matsuda)
Mighty No. 9 (2016) (Beck)
Pokémon Sun and Moon (2016) (Wishiwashi)
Final Fantasy XV (2016) (Talcott (teenage))
Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth (2016) (Kiuru)
Pop'n Music Usagi to Neko to Shōnen no Yume (2016) (NAVI)
Cocktail Prince (2017) (Caipirinha & Caipiroska)
Live-action films
Acma:Game: The Final Key (2024) (voice of Baleia)
Meets the World (2025) (voice of an anime character)
Tokusatsu
Avataro Sentai Donbrothers Don Murasame (Voice)
Dubbing
The 100 (Monty Green (Christopher Larkin))
Aquaman (Young Arthur (Thirteen Years Old) (Otis Dhanji))
Beasts of No Nation (Agu (Abraham Attah))
Boychoir (Stetson "Stet" Tate (Garrett Wareing))
Daniel Isn't Real (Luke Nightingale (Miles Robbins))
Daredevil (Matt Murdock (young) (Skylar Gaertner))
The Dark Tower (Jake Chambers (Tom Taylor))
Euphoria (Ashtray (Javon "Wanna" Walton))
Falling Skies (season 4 onwards) (Matt Mason (Maxim Knight))
The Flash (Wally West/Kid Flash (Keiynan Lonsdale))
The Games Maker (Ivan Drago (David Mazouz))
How to Train Your Dragon (Fishlegs Ingerman (Julian Dennison))
Insidious: Chapter 2 (Dalton Lambert (Ty Simpkins))
Jurassic World (2017 NTV edition) (Gray Mitchell (Ty Simpkins))
The Last Ship (Ray Diaz (Adam Irigoyen))
The Maze Runner (Chuck (Blake Cooper))
A Minecraft Movie (Henry (Sebastian Hansen))
The Monkey (Hal and Bill Shelburn (young) (Christian Convery))
