Being a voice actor, also known as a seiyuu, in Japan is tough, as they would constantly try to bring their A Game and make the characters they are voicing as believable as possible. Voice acting may only feature the voices, but it still requires plenty of great acting ability, and that is the focus of this week’s Charapedia poll.
10,000 anime fans (53.5% male and 46.5% female) have once again voiced their opinions and voted in Charapedia to determine the seiyuu who fans think has the best acting ability. Here are the Top 30:
30) Akio Ootsuka (Black Jack’s Kuroo Hazama and Gundam Stardust Memory’s Anavel Gato)
29) Takehito Koyasu (Gintama’s Shinsuke Takasugi and Sgt. Frog’s Kururu)
28) Tomokazu Seki (Fate’s Gilgamesh and Full Metal Panic’s Sousuke Sagara)
27) Aya Hirano (Fairy Tail’s Lucy Heartfilia and Haruhi series’ Haruhi Suzumiya)
26) Ai Kayano (AnoHana’s Menma and Guilty Crown’s Inori Yuzuriha)
25) Haruka Tomatsu (Sword Art Online’s Asuna and To Loveru’s Lala Deviluke)
24) Akira Kamiya (City Hunter’s Ryou Saeba and Kinnikuman’s Kinnikuman)
23) Mayumi Tanaka (One Piece’s Luffy and Dragon Ball’s Krillin)
22) Kaori Nazuka (Fate’s Miyu Edelfelt and Strike Witches’ Lynette Bishop)
21) Jun Fukuyama (Code Geass’s Lelouch Lamperouge and Assassination Classroom’s Koro-sensei)
20) Takahiro Sakurai (Code Geass’s Suzaku Kururugi and Grisaia’s Yuuji Kazami)
19) Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Beyond the Bounday’s Hiroomi Nase and Free!’s Makoto Tachibana)
18) Masako Nozawa (Dragon Ball’s Goku, Gohan, and Goten)
17) Chiwa Saito (Fate’s Chloe von Einzbern and Kuroko’s Basketball’s Riko Aida)
16) Daisuke Ono (Black Butler’s Sebastian Michaelis and Barakamon’s Seishuu Handa)
15) Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Sword Art Online’s Kirito and Akame Ga Kill!’s Lubbock)
14) Tomokazu Sugita (Gintama’s Gintoki Sakata and Haruhi series’ Kyon)
13) Rie Kugimiya (Shakugan no Shana’s Shana and Hayate the Combat Butler’s Nagi Sanzenin)
12) Aoi Yuuki (Madoka Magica’s Madoka Kaname and Sword Art Online II’s Yuuki Konno)
11) Yuuichi Nakamura (Macross Frontier’s Alto Saotome and The Irregular at Magic High School’s Tatsuya Shiba)
10) Saori Hayami (OreImo’s Ayase Aragaki and The Irregular at Magic High School’s Miyuki Shiba)
9) Akira Ishida (Gundam SEED’s Athrun Zala and Naruto’s Gaara)
8) Keiji Fujiwara (Full Metal Alchemist’s Maes Hughes and Crayon Shin-chan’s Hiroshi Nohara)
7) Yuuki Kaji (Attack on Titan’s Eren Yeager and High School DXD’s Issei Hyoudo)
6) Kana Hanazawa (OreImo’s Kuroneko and IS: Infinite Stratos’s Charlotte Dunois)
5) Megumi Hayashibara (Neon Genesis Evangelion’s Rei Ayanami and Ranma 1/2’s female Ranma)
4) Mamoru Miyano (Steins; Gate’s Rintarou Okabe and Gundam 00’s Setsuna F. Seiei)
3) Hiroshi Kamiya (Attack on Titan’s Levi and Durarara!!’s Izaya Orihara)
2) Miyuki Sawashiro (Durarara!!’s Celty Starluson and Noragami’s Bishamon)
Kouichi Yamadera (Cowboy Bebop’s Spike Spiegel and Dragon Ball Super’s Beerus)
In Japan, Kouichi Yamadera is not just a voice actor, but also an actor, a master of ceremonies, and host, and his popularity is known to more than just your average anime or seiyuu fan. His role as Spike Spiegel alone has gained him critical acclaim as a talented voice actor, and that may be why fans chose him as the one with the best acting ability.
#2 ranked Miyuki Sawashiro on the other hand has been wowing fans and critics alike with her own awesome roles, such as Celty, who she manages to convey her inner thoughts and make it really seem like she’s talking… even though she has no head.
And then there’s Hiroshi kamiya, whose acting prowess has been proven effective, as his voice acting range has proven to be quite large and has voiced a wide array of characters.
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Fans choose the Top 30 Japanese voice actors with the best acting ability
