Kosuke Echigoya
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Date of birth: | February 26, 1980[1] |
| Place of birth: | Aichi Prefecture, Japan |
| Voice of: | Shonosuke |
| Years active: | 2010-present |
| Website: | X Account Stay Luck Profile |
Kosuke Echigoya (越後屋 コースケ Echigoya Kōsuke), born February 26th, 1980 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese actor and voice actor who is affiliated with the talent agency Stay Luck.
In Shin Samurai-den Yaiba he is the voice of Shonosuke.
Biography
In 2005, he was selected as one of eight lead actors out of 2,000 applicants for the stage play Hitotsubu no Tane (一粒の種) at Expo 2005.
He graduated from the Amusement Media Academy in 2010. That same year, he began his voice acting career, performing in foreign film dubbing, drama CDs, and anime. He joined Tori Tori Office under the stage name Inchiki Echigoya (越後屋 いんちき Echigoya Inchiki).
In 2016, he changed his stage name to Kousuke Echigoya.
In March 2017, he transferred to Office PAC. After working there for six years, he left the agency on March 31, 2023. He worked as a freelancer for some time, then on February 1, 2024, he announced on X that he had joined Stay Luck. His new agency also confirmed his affiliation on their official website the same day.
Other notable roles
Anime
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Delinquent friend 1
- Jujutsu Kaisen: Young Person
- Star Wars: Visions: Musha A, Village Chief, Boba's Henchman #1
Movie
- Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul: Umbra Hands
Trivia
- He is 165cm tall.
- He has been a big manga fan since elementary school, never missing an issue of Weekly Shonen Jump or Weekly Shonen Magazine.
- His hobbies include karaoke, especially singing songs by L'Arc-en-Ciel.
- His favorite food is tonkatsu.
- His is good at whistling, cooking, volleyball, and soccer.
- He can impersonate singer Hiromi Go pretty well.
- The former stage name, Inchiki Echigoya, came from a stage director who said he gave off the vibe of a shady little character, like someone trying to flatter a corrupt official in old Japanese period dramas. He was compared to an "inchiki kusai urōuri", a suspicious-looking street seller. That’s where the name "Inchiki" came from, and he later used it as part of his stage name.
