Fans have been polled concerning the seiyuu they find to have the most surprising age, whether it be by dint of their youthful appearance or the age of the characters they still manage to voice convincingly – with Masako Nozawa (the voice of the young fighters in DBZ) proving to be the most shocking.
1. Masako Nozawa (Dragon Ball’s Son Goku, Son Gohan, and Son Goten) – 78
2. Megumi Hayashibara (Evangelion’s Rei Ayanami, Cowboy Bebop’s Fate Valentine, Slayers’ Lina Inverse, and Ranma 1/2’s female Ranma) – 47
3. Noriko Hidaka (Ranma 1/2’s Akane, Sakura Wars’ Erica, and the voice of the Psycho-Pass Dominator) – 52
4. Kikuko Inoue (Ah! My Goddess’s Belldandy, Gundam 08th MS Team’s Aina, and Please Teacher’s Mizuho) – 50
5. Satomi Koorogi (Clannad’s Ushio, Pokemon’s Togepi, and Mew) – 52
6. Isono Tarako (Chibi Maruko-chan’s Sakura Momoko and PreCure’s Minutes) – 54
7. Mayumi Tanaka (Dragon Ball’s Krillin, One Piece’s Luffy) – 59
8. Yukari Tamura (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha’s Nanoha, Cross Ange’s Hilda, and Akame Ga Kill’s Mine) – 38
9. Yui Horie (Golden Time’s Kouko, Persona 4’s Chie, and Monogatari’s Tsubasa) – 38
10. Tomoko Kaneda (Azumanga Daioh’s Chiyo and Digimon Tamer’s Culumon) – 41
11. Naoko Matsui – 53
12. Miina Tominaga – 48
13. Kotono Mitsuishi – 47
14. Yuko Miyamura – 42
15. Sakura Tange – 41
16. Junko Takeuchi – 42
17. Romi Park – 42
18. Nana Mizuki – 34
19. Houko Kuwashima – 39
20. Rie Kugimiya – 35
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Yui Horie is 38?!?? hot dang! I bet she’d want a young stud like myself! S’long as she can handle all my bishoujo figures and than some. For “research” of course
Yui Horie is 38?!?? hot dang! I bet she’d want a young stud like myself! S’long as she can handle all my bishoujo figures and than some
Jesus…. Rie Kugimiya is a year older than me? I never would’ve guessed. Yui Horie is still absolutely adorable. (Magical asian aging…) Megumi Hayashibara is absolutely rockin’, voices so many all-time most memorable characters, and she sure ain’t bad herself. 😉
Aside: It strikes me as strange that they didn’t mention Yui’s *lead role* in Love Hina… (Or Fruits Basket, for that matter.) I mean, that’s pretty notable.