is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Hibiki. He is known for starring as Shō Yamabuki in Iroduku: The World in Colors, Tomomi Hōryū in Try Knights, Wataru Matoba in Argonavis from BanG Dream!, and Melt Narushima in Oshi no Ko. Biography Seiji Maeda, a native of Osaka Prefecture, was born on 1 July 1993, the son of a football coach. He played football in elementary school and tennis in junior high and high school. He was inspired to go into voice acting by "Neon Genesis Evangelion", later recalling in an interview with Da Vinci that he was "interested in experiencing something that [he] couldn't in [his] own life alone and in being able to play someone other than [himself]". He was educated at , where his mentor was , Afterwards he moved to Tokyo and attended a training school in the metropolis, followed by a vocational school where he learned swordsmanship.
Maeda had been considering early retirement if he "couldn't make a living from acting by the time [he] was about 25" when he passed the audition for his agency Hibiki, where the narrator was Shuta Morishima. In May 2018, he joined Bushiroad's From Argonavis project, and later became the bass player of tie-in band Argonavis, playing Wataru Matoba. He was a guest at CharaExpo USA 2018 at the Anaheim Convention Center. He starred as Tatsuya Tachibana in Cardfight!! Vanguard: Shinemon and Samuel Fredson in Cardfight!! Vanguard will+Dress.
In 2018, Maeda starred as Shō Yamabuki in Iroduku: The World in Colors. In 2019, he starred as Tomomi Hōryū in Try Knights. He voices Melt Narushima in Oshi no Ko.
Maeda speaks the . His special skills include tennis, swordsmanship, and scooping Super Balls.
Filmography Animated television Year Title Role 2018 Cardfight!! Vanguard: High School Arc Cont. Ichirō Inanaga 2018 Future Card Buddyfight Ace Kanesada Kaji 2018–2023 Goblin Slayer Greenhorn Warrior 2018 Iroduku: The World in Colors Shō Yamabuki 2019 Cardfight!! Vanguard: Shinemon Tatsuya Tachibana 2019 Kiratto Pri Chan Staff 2019 Mix Club Member 2019 Try Knights Tomomi Hōryū 2020 Argonavis from BanG Dream! Wataru Matoba 2021 Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress Teammates 2022 Black Summoner Tōya Kanzaki 2022 I've Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills Knight 2022 Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout Jason, follower, minister, rebel 2022 World's End Harem Takamatsu 2022 The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting 2023 Cardfight!! Vanguard will+Dress Samuel Fredson 2023 Helck Axun 2023 Oshi no Ko Melt Narushima 2023 My Clueless First Friend Katsunori Tanaka 2023 My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer Burns 2023 The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World Male Exam Taker 1 2023 You Were Experienced, I Was Not: Our Dating Story Shūya 2024 Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf Young Men 2024 Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Gilbert Busch 2024 The Most Notorious "Talker" Runs the World's Greatest Clan Wolf Lehman
Original net animation Year Title Role 2023 D4DJ Mini Anime News Announcer Video games Year Title Role 2021 Lost Judgment Kenya Oshikiri 2021 Argonavis from BanG Dream AAside Wataru Matoba 2021 Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz Ritsu Takara 2024 Argonavis: Kimi ga Mita Stage e Wataru Matoba 2025 Cookie Run: Kingdom Black Sapphire Cookie
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