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Kenjiro Tsuda, Yui Ishikawa Win 15th Annual Seiyū Awards
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The organizers of the 15th Annual Seiyū Awards announced the winners on Saturday. The winners include:
Best Lead Actor Award
Award for best leading performances from an actor during the year
Kenjirō TsudaBest Lead Actress Award
Award for best leading performances from an actress during the year
Yui IshikawaBest Supporting Actor Award
Award for best supporting performances from an actor during the year
Takehito Koyasu
Nobunaga ShimazakiBest Supporting Actress Award
Award for best supporting performances from an actress during the year
Reina Ueda
Akari KitōBest New Actor Award
Award for noteworthy performances from actors who debuted within the last five years
Masahiro Itou
Chiaki Kobayashi
Shimba TsuchiyaBest New Actress Award
Award for noteworthy performances from actresses who debuted within the last five years
Rin Aira
Kana Ichinose
Riho Sugiyama
Natsumi Fujiwara
Azumi WakiSinging Award
Award for singing by voice actors or actresses under own name or in a role
Walküre (Macross Delta)
Personality Award
Award for a voice actor or actress who has done notable work in radio, web radio, or TV as a personality, whether under their own name or a character's.
Hiroki Yasumoto Foreign Film/Live-Action Show Award
Kazuhiro Yamaji
Kazue KomiyaKids/Family Award
Award selected by children
Rie NakagawaInfluencer Award
Kotori KoiwaiMVS (Most Valuable Seiyū) Award
Hiro ShimonoMerit Award
Award for the seiyū who have contributed to many genres, including foreign works, over the years
Special Honor Award
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no YaibaPreviously revealed award winners include:
Synergy Award
Award for works that best show the talent of voice actors
Voicarion IX: Teikoku Koe Kabuki ~Nobunaga no Inu~ (His Majesty's Dog) stage reading
Kei Tomiyama Award
Award for the male seiyū who has been active in every field including acting
Toshihiko Seki
Agency: 81 Produce
Roles: Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (Duo Maxwell), Ranma ½ (Mousse), Mobile Suit Gundam Seed (Rau Le Creuset)
Kazue Takahashi Award
Award for the female seiyū who has been active in every field including acting
Yoshiko Sakakibara
Agency: Freelance
Roles: Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (Haman Karan), Patlabor (Shinobu Nagumo), Akudama Drive (Boss)
The awards ceremony, which revealed the full list of awardees, was held at the Bunka Hōsō Media Plus Hall on March 6. Starting in 2017, the Special Merit Award, which honors deceased voice actors and actresses who have contributed to many genres, was replaced with an honoring of all voice actors and actresses who passed away in the previous year. There was no eligible winner for the Game Award this year.
Source: Moca
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