A nationwide survey of 23,388 Japanese has revealed who the most famous seiyuu in the land is.
The (female) seiyuu ranking, based on awareness and name recognition rather than obsessive devotion:
1. Nana Mizuki
2. Aya Hirano
3. Maaya Sakamoto
4. Romi Park
5. Rie Kugimiya
6. Yukana
7. Miyuki Sawashiro
8. Ami Koshimizu
9. Tomoko Kaneda
10. Yūko Gotō
56% of respondents could not name one (unsurprising as the survey covered the general population), and it seems male seiyuu operate on a different level – the most popular, Kenichi Suzumura (Ouran, Gintama) and Mamoru Miyano (Death Note, Gundam 00), only secured 8% each.
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The times when Megumi Hayashibara was in the list are long gone.
Somehow it makes me want to cry... Please bring the good ol' times back.
Hold it! Where's Hocchan?! Whatabout Noto Mamiko?! Kugimiya? Which universe am i in?!
Rie Kugimiya is there, but no idea why shes not in the fucking top 3.
Eh... Nana Mizuki is first? OH psh no fucking wonder. She played Fate Testa. Aya Hirano is an ok seiyu but its a shame shes getting played in useless animes... white album... completely fucked over. Rie Kugimiya is the best in my OPINION.
The difference between male and female seiyuu is the amount of diversification of work they do. Females tend to do singing, modelling etc whilst males tend to only do the voice acting and slowly wither away into the abyss of the b-list.
No Shizuka Itou? Ah...well, at least Maaya Sakamoto is on the list. =)
Where is Chihara Minori? and why is Yuuko Goto there while Minorin isnt?!
Tsk, I expected maybe a spot for Norio Wakamoto...
mai nakahara, kana ueda, and hitomi nabatame for me. my number one female seiyuus. :)
I'm not entirely pleased with this top ten ...
No Mami-mami, no Hanazawa Kana, no Shizuka Itou, no Kawasumi Ayako ...
... What the hell!?
Where is horie yui???
yeah yui horie and ami koshimizu are the onoy ones i would be able to recognize
Rie as #5? I am shocked...shocked and hurt.
Aya-chan for fucking life.
Hiranoo ♥!!!
fuck yes maaya sakamoto
Someone care to translate the whole list? Most of all, I'm surprised at Yukarin and Ayasumi~ not making it to the top10.
The full list, for those who care:
Male:
1. Kenichi Suzumura (8)
1. Mamoru Miyano (8)
3. Takahiro Sakurai (7)
3. Jun Fukuyama (7)
3. Miyu Irino (7)
3. Tomokazu Sugita (7)
7. Hiroshi Kamiya (6)
7. Daisuke Ono (6)
9. Yuuichi Nakamura (5)
10. Hiroyuki Yoshino (4)
11. Hiro Shimono (3)
12. Tatsuhisa Suzuki (2)
12. Yuuki Kaji (2)
12. Tomoaki Maeno (2)
Female:
1. Nana Mizuki (34)
2. Aya Hirano (23)
3. Maaya Sakamoto (13)
4. Romi Park (12)
5. Rie Kugimiya (10)
6. Yukana (6)
7. Miyuki Sawashiro (5)
8. Ami Koshimizu (4)
8. Tomoko Kaneda (4)
8. Yuko Goto (4)
8. Haruka Tomatsu (4)
12. Chiwa Saito (3)
12. Yukari Fukui (3)
12. Masumi Asano (3)
Didn't know any: 56
No Tamura Yukari and Horie Yui on the list. Bad list, bad!
Agreed. This is clearly a faulty list to have missed those 2. Glad Nana is on the top though.
Agreed. Yukari Tamura and Yui Horie definitely need to be on the list.
Aya Hirano is overrated. She's more of a porn star than a seiyuu, as she only has 2 recognisable voices (Haruhi + the loli voice) and spends most of her time in stupid photo magazines.
I used to overlook Emiri Katou as well (from Lucky Star), but after several recent shows (Baka test, Ookami Kakushi), she HAS talent compared to Aya. Same goes with Kaori Fukuhara with Seto in Needless.
Another one would be Saori Hayami, Kana Hanazawa and Haruka Tomatsu. These 3 rose up to fame with multiple series, not because of KyoAni bait. >_>
Yea, i'd say kugimiya, yui horie, aya isnt even that great.
second on Yui Horie. She did so much more popular roles than Aya and Nana, such a Love Hina and Fruit Basket
Kugimiya Rie only #5?
Lol I thought this world has a huge bunch of tsundere faggots.
HEY after nana has to be Kugimiya rie!!! WAAAAH :(
ALl the Seiyuu I know are in thr male and female...!!! cool
Does anybody know who's that seiyuu? 8 from top, two from right.
New tips for all! Cute voice but don't look her real face!
They only remember girls ?? Nana must be really famous
can anyone help me guess who this girl is?
all i know is that shes a seiyuu..
kindly post ur answer here or mail it to ma at vern_introvert@yahoo.com
heres the link of the picture..
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/nainitkoah/pic.jpg
thnx in advance.
Mai waifu?
Minorin-chan?... ㅠㅠ
Nana FTW!!!
Where's Yui Horie?
Romi Park will always be my favorite.
On the male side, Mamoru Miyano just has the sexiest voice ever.
No Megumi Hayashibara?
AHAHAHA shit poll is shit.
To be fair, Hayashibara only does very few roles. Maybe Haibara on Detective Conan occasionally.
Her era was in the 90's where she basically ruled the seiyuu landscape. It's a different time now.
Neither Akira Ishida nor Mamiko Noto are on the list and they are by far my favourites.
I call shenanigans! :'(
Also, Nakata George, but that was far too much to hope for :p
Only one I don't know is #9. I was expecting Minorin on there considering she does more than just seiyuu work.
Sad to see no Yukarin or Hocchan, but I guess we're just retards for seiyuu.
Nana Mizuki over Aya. NO WAY.
I've got a question that I never have gotten answered.
Why do people call them "seiyuu"", when they're voice actors?
You are most probably trolling, but "seiyuu" means "voice actor" in Japanese.
PLAN DOORI...
TL Note: "Doori" means "Just as", or "According to"
Exactly my point. Why not just call them "voice actors"? I mean, I don't call a German voice actor "Synchronsprecher" or an italian voice actor "Doppiatore". Why would anyone call a Japanese voice actor a "Seiyuu"?
So there is no reason to call them "seiyuu" except "It's Japanese"?
I'm kinda hoping there's a good reason. Anyone else?
It`s shorter. Japanese is very beautiful language. English sounds awful.
Maybe you want also call anime to "Japanese cartoon?"
No more answers to trolls from me.
Aya is the best!
>no Tanaka Rie
I (╬ ಠ益ಠ) RAGE
Megumi Hayashibara is the best seiyuu from all times.
To be honest, I don't really like Aya Hirano for some reason... That one of her albums is called RIOT GIRL just further put me off. (If you know what Riot Grrrl is about you'd know why.)
And what the hell, how come Mamiko Noto isn't even on the chart?!
#1 MEGUMI OGATA!