Seiyuu fans have rendered their verdict on which of the current crop of singer-seiyuu has the sweetest singing voice and best musical abilities, leading to some musically accomplished choices.
1. Junko Iwao
2. Nana Mizuki
3. Ayahi Takagaki
4. Saori Hayami
5. Maaya Sakamoto
6. Yoko Hikasa
7. Chihara Minori
8. Aki Toyosaki
9. Asami Seto
10. Haruka Tomatsu
11. Minako Kotobuki
12. Kitamura Eri
13. Yui Horie
14. Kugimiya Rie
15. Megumi Nakajima
16. Aya Hirano
17. Iguchi Yuka
18. Minami Kuribayashi
19. Yuuka Nanri
20. Rie Tanaka
21. Komatsu Mikako
22. Asami Imai
23. Kana Hanazawa
24. Aya Endo
25. Yukari Tamura
Kana hanazawa is so underrated ! i top her #1 !
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mizuki nana = trinity cross and discotheque
Junko Iwao, number one. I fully agree. Tomoyo Daidouji, Ceres, and, my personal favorite, Tokiko Mima: her three best singing parts.
I do wonder why Megumi Hayashibara is left off of yet another list, however.
(Or Aya Hisakawa, for that matter.)
Hocchan at number 13? And no Makino Yui? Japan once again you prove you have no taste.
My 2 favorites are in the list. Too bad neither of them is in #1 spot.
16. Aya Hirano
I know people have “lost interest,” but come on she should be MUCH higher than this.
No Norio Wakamoto.
This list is invalid.
I was listening to Ayashi no Ceres OP before it was cool…
I’d like to see Ai Orikasa on the list: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFv5EsDC3vs&hd=1
Why isn’t Megumi Nakajima at the top? She is the best voice actor and singer of all times.
Nana Mizuki’s the only real singer in this list,no one comes close.
wheres Toyama Nao? D:
Hiroko Kasahara
and
Mari Iijima
anyone?
I only know tomatsu.
Kana Hanazawa should be 1st. But at least Aki Toyosaki is in the top 10.
16. Aya Hirano
Not high enough!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R9k0yl8Atk
No May’n??
May’n sings (and pretty well I might add), she doesn’t dub. Sheryl was voiced by Endo Aya.
1 – Kugimiya Rie
2 – Aya Hirano
3 – The rest
Ahaha
No
>megumi hayashibara not on the list
>maaya sakamoto not top 3
>megumi nakajima barely in the top 15
joke list tbqh.
Nana should be on top
+1 for Triangular and Ranka-chan
I was going to say, “Where the men at, surely there are some talented male seiyuu singers?”, but the ranking page does specify that it’s for female seiyuu.
tomokazu seki=win at everything
I’m just glad that Megumi Nakajima is on the list.
Her voice is blissful <3
Where the hell are Chiaki Takahashi,Asami Imai and Yumi Hara?
Shit list is shit.
Asami Imai is only 22. Yumi Hara should be on it as well. I don’t know why Kugimiya Rie is 18 her voice isn’t that good.
1 – Horie Yui
what the hell. she should be at top 5 AT LEAST. This is bullshit.
yui’s characters are what drew me into anime in the first place…. ignorant masses :3
Asami Imai should be higher!
So true! I loved her voice ever since I heard her as Chihaya in The iDOLM@STER. She has such a beautiful voice.
Maaya Sakamoto should be 1. :/
No Hayashibara Megumi? Invalid list is invalid.
Deym it! No Shizuka Itou!
Aya should be higher on the list.
Couldn’t agree more. Despite all the negative press Hirano Aya has been getting, she is indeed a great singer(at least on par with Chihara Minori).
She has a horrible voice compered to the other Seiyuu.
given how unpopular she’s been with otaku lately, you should be fortunate that she even got in there at all.
AQUI É CORINTHIANS!!!
TAKE THAT CHELSEA!
I suggest voters remove the studio mixing element next time and judge on LIVE singing ability. If you were to do this properly, that is.
Saying that, it’s not a fucking competition! You can be the greatest singer in the universe but I’m not going to listen to that R&B shit. I mean… Just watch an anisong live with your eyes shut. You’ll hear who stands out the most.
Good thing I like more than a few artists on this list, interchangeable depending on how I feel.
Sakamoto Maaya is #1 for me. All of her anime roles and songs have good vibes to it. I especially like Undelete from Baldr (very melodical).
Iwao Junko? I rarely hear about her, oh her song Scarlet from Ayashi no Ceres is really nice though…
Brb looking for Ayahi’s song, wanna know what’s good about her.
Ryougi Shiki can sing.
When did Sakamoto sing undelete?
Iwao Junko, famous for her Tomoyo voice from Cardcaptor Sakura.
no fumi hirano? screw this list
Where is Noto Mamiko? Btw Ok for Tomatsu, Mizuki, Sakomoto, Hikasa but Kana Hanazawa only 23th 🙁
I know why isn’t she on there.
Sphere in Top 11.
i’m gonna go ahead and add Marina Inoue
Yeah, she has an unusually husky voice… very sexy.
My personal favorite is Ayahi Takagaki. She’s got a wonderful voice with a real variety in it.
She is also a professional opera singer, you now.
Occult Academy ED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nay8gidDK-8
I saw her perform this live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU3SKCpYp6I
Yea…not many people really called how good Ayahi Takagaki can sing. The sample above is a poor representation, considering she performed it with “character voice” rather than her actual voice.
Should have use something like the cover song she did for Gundam Seed ending for example that show her talent:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNz16EJ5r9M
I like the one she did for Chrome Shelled Regios
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrwPQNzOKgw
CHROME SHELLED REGIOS..
COOL SHOW~!
AWESOME SONG~!
CSR was a fun show, but it kinda teetered out near the end.
The TOP3 should be:
– Tamura Yukari
– Horie Yui
– Mizuki Nana.
Then Sakamoto Maaya. Then rest.
yeah i have to agree that no one can beat yukarin!!! she’s also one of the few to fully actualize her vision in her live concerts. srsly beautiful and moe stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRXhwmzh-XA
It’s always nice to see Kugimiya still ranking in things like this after all these years.
Nana-chan isn’t #1. List credibility has hit zero.
Sakamoto Maaya is on top 5.
I’m satisfied
Lovely Fruit
If they made that post picture even more moe, upon seeing it, I’d probably have spontaneously burst… into atoms.
NO Ayana Taketatsu?
I am glad to see Rie Kugimiya and Tomatsu Haruka.
No Kana Asumi? Are the voters seriously deaf?
no Megumi Hayashibara? short memory–or maybe too much ADHD meds
No Yui Makino is even WORSE! No Sakura-Hime? THE HELL?!?!?!
It’s a pity thet she doesn’t want to comply with the “TYPE B OTAKU”, on which this ranking seems to be based… ^^
It is unfortunate she didn’t make the list (not even in the lower ranks not listed here), but let’s be honest: her last starring role in a non sequel/reboot anime was 10 years ago, and she didn’t even do any singing on it.
She starred Slayers Revolution and Evolution-R not so much years ago.. and sang the themes like on all times.. and she sang some themes on a Evangelion album.. great themes by the way..
The problem is that She is not Mainstream anymore, but we (her fans) still remember her.. For me SHE is THE BEST… and I think she was one of the first seiyuus on sell her Image and voice as Singer… All the seiyuus of these time have to bow and thanks to her.
you’re forgetting mardock scramble…
Nah, these Seiyuu are far better singers than her…
Keep her in your memories, nostalgia-fag.
She is a legend and I still can’t believe she didn’t make the list.
Her sing in “Shaman King” OP song right? When i read the title, i thought of her too..
Too much moecrap! Thats what wrongs
I actually stared at the list to make sure.
As somebody who still takes ADHD meds daily, that’s no goddamn excuse.
If your comment is toward me, at this point I should begin to think that you belong to the group of social failures known as “Type B Otaku”… ^^
If not, discard this comment.
Because everybody in the world has your psychiology and has your response to drugs and takes the same ADHD drugs as you, amirite?
Yoko Hikasa and Aki Toyosaki COMBINE!
To form the ULTIMATE SEIYUU SINGER
toyo-ko hika-saki?
is that even a proper name?
no. You just know them
How is Minami Kuribayashi only 18? These lists never fail to make less sense.
At least she should be among the 5 top ones. Fail list
Not only that Yui Horie is 13.
Yui Horie, Kana Udea, Minami Kuribayashi and Rie Tanaka belong at the top of that list.
just put the whole AICE5 up there, then it would be win.
Asami Ima is nowhere near the top along with Chiaki Takahashi. Arguably two of the best singers in the IDOLM@STER franchise. List sucks.
I prefer Yumi Hara (Takane Shijou) over them.
Asami Imai and Yumi Hara are the best singers.
Yui Horie and Eri Kitamura are too low in the list -_-
aya hirano is in a positive list –> the world really is ending next week =/
Eri could be a little higher, but I’m surprised Yui is that high. Her seiyuu music is all the same stuff in the past years.
Iwao Junko, Mizuki Nana on top. I don’t mind this list.
Sakamoto Maaya and Chihara Minori should be higher in my opinion.
Nana Mizuki not first? I declare this list invalid.
Lol didn’t expect Junko Iwao to be 31, I expected Nana Mizuko and Maaya Sakamoto to be high on the list though.
I meant #1… damn my keyboard.
Maaya Sakamoto! Awesome that she is still remembered.
Tamayura OP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6XFjhOTsoM
I’m in love with Sakamoto all over again.
Remembered is a strange word to use considering she has recent works like Nisemonogatari, Last Exile: FAM, Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito.
Not surprised there aren’t any fellas on that list if the OP/ED of the latter half of Death Note is anything to go by. That was fucking offensive.
Oh and FYI, Nino from Round Table feat Nino is best.
This list fails because Aya Hirano is on it.
Let’s all be objective here. The fact that she said/done some stupid things in the past/present shouldn’t be a factor in judging her talent as a singer.
And objectively, she has none.
Not really, she’s a horrible vocalist.
its okay she doesnt want to affiliate herself with this kind of stuff as much as possible anyways shes too good for loser otaku
THIS!!!! THe sincere truth!
No worries, she is practically dead in anime!
Screw this ranking… We all know that either Nana Mizuki or Megumi Hayashibara would top those posers!
while I’m not personally familiar with #1, I won’t complain about Nana Mizuki at #2. Considering the disappointment I’ve had with other top lists, I’m just glad that she was on, let alone placing so high.
You obviously missed that Nana Mizuki was listed at #2. As for Megumi Hayashibara, well… I don’t see her at all, so that’s a fair call to make.
But in regards to all-time, Megumi-sama will top it all, then Nana Mizuki will get 2nd…
Still, I wonder if Megumi’s child is all grown up? If it does, I would like to see a duet between Megumi Hayashibara and Nana Mizuki!
They should ask us to vote, instead of these fucktards.
Then make your own fucking list, dumbass.
Vote =/= my own fucking list you fucktard.
My list would be my own shit, whilst a vote would consist of everyone. Think you tard excuse for a human being.
It would be pretty cool to put on a poll on this site.
Yeah, sankaku should have their on polls along side of these “original” polls. It would be rather interesting to compare the results.
Yep, weird choices. I only understand K-on and haruhi because they are popular. The songs weren’t that good either.
You should really listen to Aki’s songs on her solo career.
I’ll agree that she has a very nice voice, but doesn’t see her as a particularly great singer though.
Only the top 2 have any real singing talent. The rest are just exploiting their anime-type voice and will be shunned if they performed at any live concert to non-otakus.
That’s bullshit. You have no fucking idea what you’re talking about.
Uh,no. Saori Hayami is an excellent singer by any standards.
Indeed, check out her image song from Touka Gettan, “For my Last Love.” That’s operatic levels of goodness right there.
You’ve never heard any of their non-anime related song, haven’t you?
clearly got ear problems
So Maaya Sakamoto isn’t a good singer?
She can sing, but rather meh by herself.
It’s the association with Yoko kanno and her galore of alter-egos that makes her a diva!
Even the musics written by Maaya are very good
Yoko Kanno just composed some songs(and she is a amazing composer) so this has nothing to do with her talent
Maaya can sing without Yoko too
…
So few words, and yet so full of nonsense. That alone must be a spectacular achievement.
Actually most of the top 10 really CAN sing. Have you even bothered listened to the linked videos instead of just spouting bollocks?