Shugo Nakamura (仲村 宗悟, Nakamura Shūgo, born 28 July 1988) is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with Across Entertainment^[1] and Lantis.^[2] He is best known for voicing Teru Tendo in The Idolmaster SideM, Issei Kuga in TsukiPro, and Tomoki Takashima in Young Disease Outburst Boy.

Shugo Nakamura, the youngest of four sons,^[3] was born on 28 July 1988 in Okinawa Prefecture, and moved to Tokyo after graduating high school.^[2] He became interested in music as a junior high school student,^[2] and he was a vocalist and guitarist for a local band.^[4] Although he intended to be a musician there, he decided to pursue an acting career after watching a stage performance,^[5] and he was subsequently educated at R&A Voice Actors Academy.^[6]

In 2015, he was cast as Teru Tendo in the SideM installment of The Idolmaster franchise,^[7] and subsequently appeared in both its anime television adaptation^[8] and the Wakeatte Mini! spinoff.^[9] His nickname Shugon (しゅごん) came from the idea of a listener to SideM's radio show, 315 Pro Night.^[10]

In 2016, Nakamura appeared as Issei Kuga in Quell, one of four musical groups in Tsukino Talent Production's TsukiPro idol anime.^[11] His character's tie-in single, SQ QUELL Kachōfūgetsu "Hana"-hen, was released on 23 March 2018, and it charted at #41 on the Oricon Singles Chart on 2 April.^[12]

In July 2019, Nakamura was cast as Tomoki Takashima in Young Disease Outburst Boy, the anime adaptation of the vocaloid song of the same name.^[13] The ending song of the anime, Here Comes The Sun, was Nakamura's first single;^[14] it was released on 30 October 2019, and it charted at #11 on the Oricon Singles Chart on 11 November.^[15] On 16 February 2020, Nakamura's second single, Colorful, was announced to be released on 11 March 2020.^[14]

Nakamura was one of four male voice actors who won the Best New Actor Award at the 13th Seiyu Awards in 2019.^[16] Nakamura ranked in second place at the 2017-2018 Newtype Anime Awards.^[17]