The first collected volume of CV. Ore! Character Voice, a manga about the struggles of a fledgling voice actor trying to make his way in the industry, is being published in Japan on May 17, 2016, and with its publication comes a surprising reveal: the author of the manga, Tatsuya Yukimura, is actually a pen name for voice actor Yoshitsugu Matsuoka.
CV. Ore! Character Voice is published in Kodansha’s Magazine SPECIAL shōnen manga anthology magazine, and the upcoming June issue of Magazine SPECIAL that will be published on May 20, 2016, will feature an interview with Matsuoka.
Fans may know Matsuoka from such roles as Kirito in Sword Art Online, Bell in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, and Soma Yukihira in Food Wars!