Saturday, March 1, 2014

8th Annual Seiyu Awards Honor Year's Best Voice Actors

On March 1st, Japan time, winner of the 8th annual Seiyu Awards were announced, recognizing achievements in the field of voice acting. Yuuki Kaji has taken top male honors for the second year in a row while Rina Satou wins for female lead. 


 


Male Lead - Yuuki Kaji


2013 roles


Attack on Titan as Eren Yeager
The Pervert Prince and the Stony Cat as Yōto Yokodera
Valvrave the Liberator as Q-vier
Diabolik Lovers as Kanato Sakamaki
High School DxD New as Issei Hyōdō
Brothers Conflict as Asahina Wataru
Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS as Subaru Hasegawa
Blood Lad as Knell Hydra
Pokémon XY as Citron[5]
Magi: The Kingdom of Magic as Alibaba
Unbreakable Machine-Doll as Felix Kingsfort







Female Lead - Rina Satou


2013 roles


Minami-ke: Tadaima (Haruka Minami)
A Certain Scientific Railgun S (Mikoto Misaka)
Brothers Conflict (Ema Hinata)
Genshiken Nidaime (Saki Kasukabe)
Sunday Without God (Hana/Alfa)
Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation (Vert (Green Heart))
One Piece (Baby 5)
BlazBlue Alter Memory (Ragna the Bloodedge (child))
Non Non Biyori (Kaede Kagayama)
Sekai de Ichiban Tsuyoku Naritai! (Kanae Fujishita)



 


Supporting Actress: Yui Ishikawa


2013 roles


Attack on Titan (Mikasa Ackerman)
Gundam Build Fighters (China Kousaka)
Pokémon Origins ("Reina")
Lupin III: Princess of the Breeze - Hidden City in the Sky (Yutika)







Supporting Actor: Yoshimasa Hosoya


2013 roles 


Ace of Diamond as Tetsuya Yūki
Attack on Titan as Reiner Braun
A Town Where You Live as Haruto Kirishima
Brothers Conflict as Yusuke Asashina
Chihayafuru 2 as Wataya Arata
High School DxD New as Michael
Ixion Saga DT as Pet
Jewelpet Happiness as Kosuke Sanada
Kuroko's Basketball as Junpei Hyūga
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic as Masrur
Strike the Blood as Kojō Akatsuki
Valvrave the Liberator as X-Eins







New Actress: Maaya Uchida


2013 roles


Ai Mai Mi as Mii
GJ-bu as Mao Amatsuka
Vividred Operation as Rei Kuroki
Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live as Wakana Morizono
Highschool DxD New as Irina Shidō
A Certain Scientific Railgun S as Frenda Seivelun
Gatchaman Crowds as Hajime Ichinose
Outbreak Company as Minori Koganuma







New Actors(s):


Kaito Ishikawa


2013 roles


Code Geass: Akito the Exiled as Jan Manes
RDG Red Data Girl as Manatsu Sōda[2]
Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet as Ledo
Golden Time as Mitsuo Yanagisawa
Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy as Hayato Matatagi
Kuroko's Basketball Season 2 as Kensuke Fukui
Nagi no Asu Kara as Tsumugu Kihara
Super Seisyun Brothers as Mao Saitou
Tokyo Ravens as Harutora Tsuchimikado



 


Daiki Yamashita


Log Horizon as Tōya


Yowamushi Pedal as Sakamichi Onoda



 


Most Voted: Hiroshi Kamiya


2013 roles


Shirokuma Café as Penguin
Hakkenden: Tōhō Hakken Ibun as Riō Satomi
Karneval as Gareki
Monogatari Series Second Season as Koyomi Araragi
Maoyu as Young Merchant
Senyu as Teufel Diabolos
One Piece as Trafalgar Law
Devil Survivor 2: The Animation as Hibiki Kuze
Brothers Conflict as Juli
Attack on Titan as Levi
Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san Z as Beelzebub
Hakkenden: Tōhō Hakken Ibun Season 2 as Riō Satomi
Kuroko's Basketball Season 2 as Seijūrō Akashi
Saint Seiya Omega as Andromeda Shun
Otona Joshi No Anime Time (Jinsei Best 10) as Kishida Yuusaka
Makai Ōji: Devils and Realist as Michael
Galilei Donna as Cicinho
Phi Brain: Puzzle of God 3 as Freecell







Song/Singer: Mamoru Miyano


Utapri





Lifetime Achievement:  (for an actor who has passed away) 


Kenji Utsumi





Ryoko Kinomiya 





Service Award


Rokuro Naya



 


Keaton Yamada



 


Synergy


Girls und Panzer



 


Kei Tomiyama Award (goes to a male actor who promotes the seiyu occupation through other media):


Shinichiro Miki



 


Yamato Takahashi Award: (equivalent of above for a woman):


Kotono Mitsuishi





Kids/Family Award:  Kumiko Higa





Special Recognition: Anpanman





You can see the 2013 winners here and 2012 here




via @yoshi_xtsu and SeiyuAwards






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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.


 





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