Minoru Shiraishi (白石 稔, Shiraishi Minoru, born October 18, 1978 in Ehime Prefecture) is a Japanese actor, voice actor, singer, songwriter, and radio personality who was formerly affiliated with I'm Enterprise and Pro-Fit. He is the only "live-action" character (as he played "himself" in Lucky☆Star) in the Newtype Anime magazine to be featured in the Monthly Top-10 Most-Popular Male Character charts. He played himself in Episode 6 of Kiddy Girl-and as a voice actor in a voice actor cafe. Other roles include Taniguchi in the Haruhi Suzumiya series, and Itsuki Takeuchi in the Initial D reboot feature films in 2014.

Minoru married on August 9, 2011, but has chosen to keep his wife's identity anonymous.^[1]

On December 29, 2015, Minoru revealed that he has facial paralysis, making him unable to move the right side of his face. He is currently taking medication and undergoing treatment.^[2]

• D.N.Angel (2003), Takeshi Saehara
• Fafner of the Azure (2004), Kenji Kondou
• Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (2005), Super Rabbit, Chikuwan^{[citation needed]}
• Mahou Sensei Negima (2005), Seruhiko-sensei
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006), Taniguchi
• The Skull Man (2007), Police Officer
• Lucky ☆ Star (2007), Himself
• Ga-rei -Zero- (2008), Kazuki Sakuraba, Kensuke Nimura
• The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya/Nyorōn Churuya-san (2009), (Taniguchi/Kimidori-san)
• Kiddy Girl-and (2009), Minu-san, cafeteria owner
• Saki (2009), Ichita Uchiki
• Seitokai Yakuindomo (2010), Kenji
• Steins;Gate (2011), 4 °C (Shid)
• Nichijou (2011), Sakamoto
• Maken-ki! (2011), Tanaka
• Future Diary (2011), Ōji Kōsaka^[3]
• Photo Kano (2013), Itta Nakagawa
• My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU (2013), Ōoka^[4]
• My Neighbor Seki (2014), Akiyoshi Uzawa
• Buddy Complex (2014), Saburota Ogisaka
• New Initial D: Legend 1 - Awakening (2014), Itsuki Takeuchi^[5]
• Doraemon (2015), Sugoroko Dice (Ep.436)
• My First Girlfriend Is a Gal (2017), Minoru Kobayakawa^[6]
• Cutie Honey Universe (2018), Alphonne^[7]
• The Price of Smiles (2019), Blake Boyer^[8]
• Ultraman (2019), Shiraishi^[9]
• Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (2019), Daisuke Hiyama^[10]
• Magatsu Wahrheit -Zuerst- (2020), Jade^[11]
• Skeleton Knight in Another World (2022), Cetrion^[12]
• The Fruit of Evolution 2 (2023), Agnos Passion^[13]
• Zenryoku Usagi (2023), Shift Head^[14]
• Orb: On the Movements of the Earth (2024), Gras^[4]
• Summer Pockets (2025), Kobato Naruse^[15]

• Moe Cure Net [ja] (2005), Male characters
• Super Robot Wars UX (2013), Kenji Kondou
• Granblue Fantasy (2015), Lowain
• MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death (2015), Ganz
• Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (2019), Pinstripe Potoroo

• Maeda, Hisashi. "The Official Art of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya". (November 2007) Newtype USA. pp. 133–139.

• Official blog (in Japanese)
• Official agency profile (in Japanese)
• Minoru Shiraishi at Ryu's Seiyuu Infos
• Minoru Shiraishi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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