Seiyu
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.
Many of the more well-known seiyū in American fandom are sometimes criticized for being excessively 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
- Yuuki Hiro
- Kobayashi Yumiko
- Takahashi Mikako
- Motomu Kiyokawa
- Hiramatsu Akiko
- Nishihara Kumiko
- Kenichi Ogata
- Kurata Masayo
- Reiko Takagi
- Nishimura Tomomichi
- Kimura Ikue
- Yoshida Sayuri
- Yuji Mitsuya
- Saeko Shimazu
- Kuwatani Natsuko
- Hirotaka Suzuoki
- Shiina Hekiru
- Miki Itou
- Fukami Rika
- Han Keiko
- Suzumura Kenichi
- Nagasawa Miki
- Ishikawa Hideo
- Shiratori Yuri
- Komatsu Rika
- Murai Kazusa
- Ishibashi Chie
- Imai Yuka
- Noriko Hidaka
- Seki Tomokazu
- Hikaru Midorikawa
- Tomoko Kawakami
- Soichiro Hoshi
- Yuri Amano
- Kouji Tsujitani
- Omi Minami
- Neya Michiko
- Maaya Sakamoto
- Hiromi Tsuru
- Koorogi Satomi
- Tetsuya Iwanaga
- Toyoguchi Megumi
- Yuko Miyamura
- Tohru Furuya
- Mika Doi
- Ken Narita
- Ohbayashi Ryunosuke
- Otsuka Akio
- Rei Sakuma
- Maria Kawamura
- Norio Wakamoto
- Yasunori Matsumoto
- Haruna Ikezawa
- Nogami Yukana
- Noto Mamiko
- Kyoko Hikami
- Mayumi Iizuka
- Kana Ueda
- Kumiko Watanabe
- Kazuhiko Inoue
- Nanba Keiichi
- Yuzuki Ryouka
- Kumai Motoko
- Sugita Tomokazu
- Suyama Akio
- Suwabe Junichi
- Matsuoka Yuki
- Hirohashi Ryou
- Orikasa Fumiko
- Paku Romi
- Tominaga Miina
- Kenji Nojima
- Morikawa Toshiyuki
- Kasahara Hiroko
- Tamagawa Sakiko
- Issei Futamata
- Iwata Mitsuo
- Yoshiko Sakakibara
- Hideyuki Tanaka
- Takeshi Aono
- Miki Fujitani
- Chiba Shigeru
- Horiuchi Ken'yuu
- Takano Urara
- Mizutani Yuko
- Mami Koyama
- Takeshi Kusao
- Nozomu Sasaki
See also