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Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Inori Minase Win 10th Annual Seiyū Awards
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The organizers of the 10th Annual Seiyū Awards announced the winners in a ceremony on Saturday. The winners include:
Best Lead Actor Award
Award for best leading performances from an actor during the yearYoshitsugu Matsuoka
Agency: I'm Enterprise
Best Lead Actress Award
Award for best leading performances from an actress during the yearInori Minase
Agency: Sony Music Artists Inc.
Most Votes Award
Hiroshi Kamiya (has won this award for five consecutive years)Agency: Aoni Production
Best Supporting Actor Award
Award for best supporting performances from an actor during the yearKenichi Suzumura
Agency: Intention
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Agency: freelance
Best Supporting Actress Award
Award for best supporting performances from actresses during the yearShizuka Itou
Agency: Ken Production
Saori Hayami
Agency: I'm Enterprise
Best New Actor Award
Award for noteworthy performances from an actor who debuted within the last five yearsYūichirō Umehara
Agency: Arts Vision
Shunsuke Takeuchi
Agency: 81 Produce
Ayumu Murase
Agency: VIMS
Best New Actress Award
Award for noteworthy performances from actresses who debuted within the last five yearsSumire Uesaka
Agency: Space Craft Entertainment
Rie Takahashi
Agency: 81 Produce
Aimi Tanaka
Agency: 81 Produce
Singing Award
Award for singing by a voice actor or actress under own name or in a rolei☆Ris
Personality Award
Award for a voice actor or actress that have done notable work in radio, web radio, or TV as a personality, whether under their own name or a character's.Kenichi Suzumura
Agency: Intention
Kids Family Award
Pierre CoffinPreviously revealed award winners include:
Merit Awards
Award for the seiyū who have contributed to many genres, including foreign works, over the yearsSachiko Chijimatsu
Agency: 81 Produce
Roles: Dokonjo Gaeru (Pyon-kichi), Mahōtsukai Sally (Kabu), Combattler V (Kosuke Kita), Doraemon (Nobita's mom)
Tadashi Nakamura
Agency: Haikyō
Roles: Charlie's Angels Japanese dub (Charlie), Okusama wa Majō (Narrator), dub actor for John Forsythe and David Niven
Michiko Nomura
Agency: Ken Production
Roles: Speed Racer (Michi Shimura), Maya the Bee (Maaya), Sazae-san (Wakame Isono), Doraemon (Shizuka Minamoto)
Synergy Award
Award for the work that demonstrated the appeal of voice-acting to the fullestChibi Maruko-chan
TARAKO from Trobadour Ongaku Jimushō will accept the award
Kei Tomiyama Award
Award for the male performer who broadens the profession of voice acting in every form of mediaShowtaro Morikubo
Agency: VIMS
Roles: Naruto Shippūden (Shikamaru Nara), Yowamushi Pedal (Yūsuke Makishima), Classroom Crisis (Kaito Sera), Major (Goro Shigeno)
Kazue Takahashi Award
Award for the female performer who broadens the profession of voice acting in every form of mediaKikuko Inoue
Agency: Office Anemone
Roles: Oh! My Goddess (Belldandy), Ranma ½ (Kasumi Tendo), Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (Aina Saharin), Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (Starsha Iscandar)
Special
Performers, works, or acts that do not fit within a category that deserve commendationAŌP (Ace of Diamond, Insufficient Direction, Mr. Osomatsu)
Represented by Risa Sakurana (AT-X), Kei Tomoe (Hori Pro), Yūki Hirose (Sun Music), Saori Ogino (AT-X), Aoi Mizuki (AT-X), Yui Fukuo (81 Produce)
Agency: 81 Produce