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  "description": "Showtaro Morikubo is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer who has voiced characters in anime, drama CDs, and video games. He was formerly affiliated with I'm Enterprise and VIMS. His most notable roles were Shikamaru Nara from Naruto, X in the Mega Man X series and Yosuke Hanamura from Persona 4.",
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    "Shotaro Morkubo",
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    "Shoutarou Morikubo",
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    "もりくぼ しょうたろう",
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