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Voice Actors, Actresses Plan Charity Events for Quake

Kazuhiko Inoue, the leader of a group of voice actors and actresses that recently formed in response to the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake (Higashi Nihon Daishinsai) disaster, announced on Wednesday that the group will hold four live charity events in Tokyo this Saturday and Sunday. The main hosts of the "Seiendan Charity Live ~Todoke Kimi ni~" will be Inoue, Kentarou Itou, Nobutoshi Canna, and Anri Katsu.

The first event, "Sakura no Kai" (Cherry Blossom Gathering), will run from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, followed by "Himawari no Kai" (Sunflower Gathering) at 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. "Tulip no Kai" and "Tanpopo no Kai" (Dandelion Gathering) will be held at the same times on Sunday. The drawing for tickets is already being held, and the staff is requesting a 1,000-yen (about US$12) donation from the ticket winners at the door. All proceds will go to charity.

As of Seiendan's second video message this week, the group now includes the following members:

• Masumi Asano
• Kentarou Itou
• Kazuhiko Inoue
• Ryōtarō Okiayu
• Fumiko Orikasa
• Anri Katsu
• Mika Kanai
• Nobutoshi Canna
• Misato Fukuen (Kuroji)
• Akiko Matsuzaki (Kuroji)
• Yamato Koganemaru
• Katsuyuki Konishi
• Yumiko Kobayashi
• Mitsuki Saiga
• Asami Sanada
• Miyuki Sawashiro
• Shocker Ono
• Tomokazu Seki
• Naozumi Takahashi
• Chiemi Chiba
• Takuma Terashima
• Miki Nagasawa
• Romi Park
• Saki Fujita
• Souichiro Hoshi
• Kotono Mitsuishi
• Toshiyuki Morikawa
• Showtaro Morikubo
• Kappei Yamaguchi