Seiyuu fans with their eyes on the latest crop of rookie seiyuu have assembled a ranking of the latest rising stars that are set to shine more brightly than ever this year – or perhaps fizzle out completely…
1. Chinatsu Akasaki (Oreshura’s Chiwa Harusaki)
2. Maaya Uchida (Chuunibyou’s Rikka Takanashi)
3. Asami Seto (TARI TARI’s Konatsu Miyamoto)
4. Ayane Sakura (Vividred Operation’s Akane Isshiki)
5. Saori Hayami (Oreimo’s Ayase Aragaki)
6. Sumire Uesaka (Chuunibyou’s Sanae Dekomori)
7. Risa Taneda (From the New World’s Saki Watanabe)
8. Nozomi Yamamoto (Tomodachi ga Sukunai’s Yukimura Kusunoki)
9. Nao Touyama (The World God Only Knows’s Kanon Nakagawa)
10. Aya Uchida (Vividred Operation’s Himawari Shinomiya)
11. Sachika Misawa (Accel World’s Kuroyukihime)
12. Rie Murakawa (Vividred Operation’s Aoi Futaba)
13. Ibuki Kido (OniAi’s Akiko Himenokōji)
14. Aya Suzaki (Tamako Market’s Tamako Kitashirakawa)
15. Juri Nagatsuma (Tamako Market’s Kanna Makino)
16. Kotori Koiwai (Joshiraku’s Kigurumi Harōkitei)
17. Miho Arakawa (Penguindrum’s Himari Takakura)
18. Yuki Kaneko (Tamako Market’s Midori Tokiwa)
19. Emi Nitta (Love Live’s Honoka Kōsaka)
20. Misuzu Togashi (Seitokai no Ichizon’s Minatsu Shiina)
21. Kanako Miyamoto (Dokidoki! Precure’s Cure Sword)
22. Aimi Terakawa (Milky Holmes’ Kazumi)
23. Arisa Noto (Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imōto ga Iru!’s Maiko Kotori)
24. Chika Arakawa (GJ-Bu’s Kirara Bernstein)
25. Ikumi Nakagami (Girls und Panzer’s Yukari Akiyama)
are they all female ._.?
I’m a little surprised to see some names there. While I adore Saori Hayami’s Ayase, I think she has enough roles over enough time that she shouldn’t be considered up and coming.
I was about to be disappointed in not seeing Nibutani Shinka’s seiyuu here, despite seeing Rikka’s and Dekomori’s. While substantial, hers was really a minor role and her performance was critical in making that show enjoyable. Then when I went to find out her name, I discovered that I’m not alone in appreciating her, as she also voice Chiwa, and thus has the top spot overall. While I’m not a great fan of Chiwa, I’ve often felt that her seiyuu was doing a great job with the part. Glad to see Kuroyukihime there as well. She made a weak show enjoyable.
you fool
1. Chinatsu Akasaki = Nibutani VA
No Sakurasou’s Aoyama? No Tonari no Kaibutsu’s Natsume?
No Sakurasou’s Aoyama? f♥♥k this s♥♥t.
No Tonari no Kaibutsu’s Natsume? f♥♥k THIS s♥♥t!
What do you mean they forget Kido Ibuki’s “Guhehehe” when she stars as Akiko in OniiAi ?!
Isn’t she 13? That might make her unlucky but it shouldn’t hide her.