Seiyuu
Seiyū (声優, also known as Seiyuu or simply Seiyu) is a Japanese term that roughly equates to a voice actor/actress for both radio and television. On television, they are mostly used in anime and commercial advertisements, and are somewhat more famous than voice actors traditionally are in America.
The typical American fan convention is, when speaking of a character in a series translated into English, to use 'seiyuu' to refer to the Japanese actor and simply 'voice actor' for the English one.
American fandom is sometimes divided over the opinion some prominently known seiyuu 'perfect' certain voice types to the point it becomes an archetype and somewhat generic with time, in addition to these seiyuu's most famous roles being typecast.
Notable seiyuu and their major roles (Japanese version unless noted):
- Asakawa Yuu - Motoko Aoyama, Sakaki
- Hayashibara Megumi - Rei Ayanami, Faye Valentine, Haruka Urashima, Ranma (female)
- Horie Yui - Naru Narusegawa, Mitsuko, Tohru Honda
- Mitsuishi Kotono - Sailor Moon, Misato Katsuragi, Excel, Ebichu
- Kuwashima Houko - Yurika Misumaru, Minoru Kokubunji, Sango
- Yamaguchi Kappei - Inuyasha, Ranma (male), Artemis (live action), Usopp
- Yuriko Yamaguchi - Ritsuko Akagi, Nico Robin
- Inoue Kikuko - Belldandy, Mizuho Kazami, Tendo Kasumi
- Takayama Minami - Kiki, Konan
- Noda Junko - Maho Izawa, Konno 'Kitsune' Mitsune
- Horikawa Ryou - Vegeta, Takuma
- Yukino Satsuki - Kagome Higurashi, Mutsumi Otohime, Milly Thompson
- Tanaka Rie - Chii, Lacus Clyne, Saki
- Ueda Yuuji - Keitaro Urashima, Hiroyasu Ueda, Sanosuke Sagara
- Seki Toshihiko - Genjyo Sanzo, Mousse, Duo Maxwell
- Morikubo Shoutarou - Ginji Amano
- Yokoyama Chisa - Shinguuji Sakura, Subaru Ryoko, Sasami, Lucrezia Noin
- Ishida Akira - Xelloss, Nagisa Kaoru
- Aya Hisakawa - Sailor Mercury, Skuld, Miki Kaoru, Yuki Sohma, Kero-chan
- Kouichi Yamadera - Ryoga Hibiki, Ryoji Kaji, Spike Spiegel
- Ai Orikasa - Ryoko, Quatre
- Emi Shinohara - Sailor Jupiter, B-Ko
- Junko Iwao - Tomoyo Daidouji,Akane Aikawa
- Megumi Ogata - Sailor Uranus, Shinji Ikari, Yukito Tsukishiro
- Tomizawa Michie - Sailor Mars, C-Ko, Sumire Kanzaki
- Koyasu Takehito - Touga Kiryuu, Ilpalazzo, Zechs Merquise, Hotohori, Aya Fujimiya
- Okiayu Ryoutarou - Shigure Sohma, Katsuhiko Jinnai, Trieze Kushrenada
- Touma Yumi - Urd, Yui Hongo, Sally Po, Deedlit
- Miki Shinichirou - Keisuke Yuuki, Sephiroth, Kojiro
See also List of Seiyu
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