Yuki Ono

Yūki Ono is a Japanese voice actor and singer known for prominent roles in anime, games and related media. Born in Shizuoka, Japan, in 1984, he studied at Waseda University and originally pursued soccer seriously before an injury redirected his ambitions. During university he became interested in voice acting after encountering the work of Kishō Taniyama and later entered the profession, building a career in television animation, original video animation, games, drama CDs and music.

Ono became associated with energetic leading and supporting roles in shōnen, sports, fantasy and character-driven anime. His best-known credits include Josuke Higashikata in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, Taiga Kagami in Kuroko's Basketball, Zenkichi Hitoyoshi in Medaka Box, Kaname Tsukahara in Kimi to Boku, Masayuki Hori in Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Jun Isashiki in Ace of Diamond and Ultraman Belial in the Ultraman franchise. His database credits also include Fate/strange Fake, DAKAICHI, Twittering Birds Never Fly: Don't Stay Gold, Bloody Escape: Bats Out of Hell and several newer anime projects.

In addition to solo work, Ono formed the unit You-Tak with fellow voice actor Takuya Eguchi in 2011; the project was later renamed You-Tak II and became part of his public activity outside individual character roles. He was formerly represented by Atomic Monkey and later worked as a freelancer. Ono received supporting-actor recognition at the 7th Seiyu Awards in 2013, reflecting his rising profile in the Japanese voice-acting field. His continuing work across television anime, films, games and franchise productions has made him a familiar performer to audiences of contemporary Japanese animation.