Yuri Lowenthal

Yuri Lowenthal (born March 5, 1971 in Alliance, Ohio) is a voice actor that has voiced several anime and video game characters. He also voiced Kamal for the alternate reality game I Love Bees.

His best friend is Doug Erholtz. He is married to fellow voice actor Tara Platt. He graduated from The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Lowenthal co-founded Monkey Kingdom Productions with partner Tara Platt in 2004. Monkey Kingdom Productions is an independent film production company, currently producing Lowenthal's Tumbling After. In 2007 Yuri Lowenthal and Tara Platt provided their voices for Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 and also for Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4. In the anime industry, he is most known for his roles as Sasuke Uchiha in Naruto, Suzaku Kururugi in Code Geass, Simon in Gurren Lagann, and Jinnosuke/"Kuma" in Afro Samurai and its sequel. In the video gaming world, he is well known to be the voice of the Prince of Persia in several of Ubi Soft's games, including The Sands of Time, The Forgotten Sands, and The Two Thrones. He also provides the voice of Cecil Harvey in the Nintendo DS remake of Final Fantasy IV, and again in Dissidia: Final Fantasy on the PSP. He is also the current voice of Ben Tennyson from Ben 10: Alien Force, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, and Ben 10: Omniverse.

Besides voice acting, Lowenthal is also a writer. He and Tara Platt also co-authored the book Voice-Over Voice Actor: What It's Like Behind the Mic. He also co-wrote the acclaimed novel Tough City and a frequent guest at the San Diego Comic-Con International. Lowenthal and Platt are vegans, following a diet created by Caldwell Esselstyn.