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Aoi Koga, Natsuki Hanae Win 14th Annual Seiyū Awards
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The organizers of the 14th 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
Natsuki HanaeAgency: Across Entertainment
Best Lead Actress Award
Award for best leading performances from an actress during the year
Aoi KogaAgency: 81 Produce
Best Supporting Actor Award
Award for best supporting performances from an actor during the year
Kaito IshikawaAgency: Pro-Fit
Makoto FurukawaAgency: Toy's Factory
Best Supporting Actress Award
Award for best supporting performances from an actress during the year
Atsumi TanezakiAgency: Haikyo
Best New Actor Award
Award for noteworthy performances from actors who debuted within the last five years
Takeo ŌtsukaAgency: I'm Enterprise
Gakuto KajiwaraAgency: Haikyo
Kotarō DaigoAgency: A-light
Katsumi FukuharaAgency: Axl-One
Shougo YanoAgency: SET
Best New Actress Award
Award for noteworthy performances from actresses who debuted within the last five years
Madoka AsahinaAgency: 81 Produce
Miho OkasakiAgency: I'm Enterprise
Miyuri ShimabukuroAgency: Office Osawa
Sayumi SuzushiroAgency: ARTSVISION
Ai FairouzAgency: Pro-Fit
Nana MoriAgency: ARBR
Singing Award
Award for singing by voice actors or actresses under own name or in a role
Roselia (BanG Dream! Project)
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.
Showtaro MorikuboAgency: ADD9TH
Foreign Film/Live-Action Show Award
Kōichi YamaderaAgency: Across Entertainment
Atsuko TanakaAgency: Mausu Promotion
Game Award
Kōdai SakaiAgency: Early Wing
Synergy Award
Award for works that best show the talent of voice actors
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Kids/Family Award
Award selected by children
Cast of Moominvalley Influencer Award
Mamoru MiyanoAgency: Gekidan Himawari
MVS (Most Valuable Seiyū) Award
Hiroshi KamiyaAgency: Aoni Production
Special Award
Pierrot 40th anniversary
Hiroki SuzukiAgency: Ōsamu
Previously revealed award winners include:
Merit Award
Award for the seiyū who have contributed to many genres, including foreign works, over the years
Minoru Yada
Agency: KeKKe Corporation
Roles: Gigantor (Doctor Shikishima), Soreike! Anpanman (Baikinsennin), Pinocchio (Geppetto), dubbing Charles Aznavour andd Warren Oates
Makoto Kousaka
Agency: Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society
Roles: Ace o Nerae! (Hiromi Oka), Reideen the Brave (Mari Sakurano), Shin Obake no Q-Taro (O-Jirō)
Kei Tomiyama Award
Award for the male seiyū who has been active in every field including acting
Yū Mizushima
Agency: Production Ace
Roles: Magical Angel Creamy Mami (Toshio Ohtomo), God Mars (Mars/Takeru Myoujin), dubbing Sammo Hung and Mark Hamill
Kazue Takahashi Award
Award for the female seiyū who has been active in every field including acting
Rica Fukami
Agency: Freelance
Roles: Sailor Moon (Minako Aino/Sailor Venus), Macross Plus (Myung Fang Lone), Banner of the Stars (Spoor), Final Fantasy XII (Fran), dubbing Julia Roberts, Ashley Judd, Sandra Bullock
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.
This year's awards ceremony and a related audition event for new voice actors were canceled due to concerns about the COVID-19 coronavirus. The staff decided to cancel the events to protect the health of everyone involved. The awards ceremony was scheduled to be held at Bunka Hōsō Media Plus Hall on March 7.
Instead of at the ceremony, the event's staff announced the winners during a special edition of the Chō! A&G+ internet radio program on March 7 starting at 6:00 p.m. JT. The awards' organizers announced the winners of the Merit Awards, Kei Tomiyama Award, and Kazue Takahashi Award on February 18.
Source: Seiyū Awards' Twitter account
