Nobuhiko Okamoto

is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with Raccoon Dog. He won the Best New Actor Award at the 3rd Seiyu Awards and Best Supporting Actor Award at the 5th Seiyu Awards. Voice acting career In an interview held at the Anime Expo, when answering what inspired him to become a voice actor, Nobuhiko Okamoto mentioned that he has always been a big fan of Slam Dunk and thought the character Rukawa was really cool, so he wanted to be like him. In the third Seiyu Awards held on March 7, 2009, he won the award for best rookie actor for his portrayals of Accelerator in A Certain Magical Index, Shin Kanzato in Persona: Trinity Soul, and Ryuji Kuhoin in Kure-nai, when he graduated from university. In the fifth Seiyu Awards held on March 5, 2011, he won the award for best actor in a supporting role for his portrayals of Takumi Usui alongside with Ayumi Fujimura, Aki Toyosaki, Hiromi Igarashi, Sanae Kobayashi, Atsushi Abe, Yū Kobayashi, Kazuyoshi Shiibashi , Mitsuhiro Ichiki, Fumihiro Okabayashi, Takashi Ōhara, Ayako Kawasumi & Kaori Ishihara in Maid Sama!, Eiji Niizuma in Bakuman, and Accelerator alongside Rina Satō, Satomi Arai & Atsushi Abe in A Certain Magical Index.