07
Sep
11

Autumn Season Seiyuu

The last season of anime in 2011 is about to begin, and in this post you’ll find a list of which seiyuu are appearing in what shows and also some notes on various seiyuu. In the notes, I use Western name order (i.e. given name before family name), whereas the list is organised alphabetically and is formatted like this:

[romanised family name], [romanised given name] / [name in Japanese] ([list of shows seiyuu is appearing in])

Macrons are used in names but not elsewhere, for ease of alphabetical ordering. The list will be updated until the beginning of October. Also, this time I tried to write about a few male seiyuu as well instead of just sticking to the women. Finally, as always, I hope you enjoy and please let me know if I’ve made any mistakes or there are roles that should be added (though I’ll try my hardest to stay on top of this).

Update 9/9: More Guilty Crown cast members added (Aya Endō, Takehito Koyasu, others), and it looks like Ai Kayano will be singing in that show. Edit: Apparently Ai Kayano‘s character’s singing voice will be provided by Chelly, a 17-year-old who was handpicked to do just that. Information from Washi’s Blog; this was his source for that information. Update 11/9: More Horizon, Shana III cast members added; Sengoku Paradise cast added. Update 12/9: Additional Phi Brain cast members added. Notably, a fourth role for Chiwa Saitō (bringing her to the top of the pack) and a third role for Takehito Koyasu. Update 16/9: Romi Park‘s presence in Persona 4 confirmed. Thanks to lvlln for the tip in advance (and also for mentioning Rie Kugimiya‘s role in that show). Update 1/10: Bakuman 2, Cross Fight B-Daman casts added; additional cast members for Majikoi and Ben-To added. Yūichi Nakamura now has six roles; Takehito Koyasu has four roles; Ayako Kawasumi has four roles, all of which she is reprising from prior works. This should be one of my last updates. All I’m waiting on is official confirmation of the Gundam Age cast, which I’m being particularly cautious about because of the prevalence of fake cast lists for it. Update 4/10: Chibi Devi! cast added. A fourth role for Yuka Iguchi, a third role for Ayumi Fujimura.

Oh, ara, Sayaka's doing well for herself.

Top of the pack

I initially found it slightly difficult to enjoy Aoi Yūki (悠木碧)’s work because it lacks the polish I tend to value in performances, but I wholeheartedly love the raw, believable emotion she’s able to convey. By now I’ve learned to love the roughness as well. She’s only 19 years old but she’s established herself as a talented and versatile actress with her work in Kure-nai (Murasaki), Shiki (Sunako), Gosick (Victorique), Madoka Magica (Madoka) and more. Her legion of fans should grow in number even more this season when she stars in Last Exile. I’m excited to hear what she has to bring to that and to the rest of the fair few series she’s in this season.

Sayaka Ōhara (大原さやか) has been raking in the minor roles since about 2005, so it’s no surprise to see her at the top of this season’s pack. Probably best known as xxxHolic’s Yūko, Aria’s Alicia and Umineko’s Beatrice, the power in her voice shows through whether she’s playing someone seductive or maternal, elegant or insane. As of late, she seems to be an actress of choice for mothers, though she also acts as a teenager (Erza) in a major part in the long-running Fairy Tail.

A year ago, Ai Kayano (茅野愛衣) had only a few minor roles under her belt and was entirely unknown. Then in January, she claimed the role of Isana in Yumekui Merry and a couple of months later the role of Menma in AnoHana. Since then her career has soared, and this season will only further cement her status as 2011’s foremost breakout star. Her distinct, gentle voice has earned her some admirers but I haven’t been particularly impressed by her work yet. Perhaps that’ll change before the end of the year.

Yūichi Nakamura (中村悠一) has played multiple high profile, well-known characters. He will have been heard by shoujo fans in Shugo Chara! (Ikuto), by shounen fans in Fairy Tail (Gray), by imouto fans in OreImo (Kyousuke), by Key fans in Clannad (Tomoya)… The list goes on. I think he’s an excellent leading male and I really enjoy listening to his voice. This is a banner season for him with five roles, more than any other VA at this stage. Well-deserved, in my opinion.

With four roles is Jun Fukuyama (福山潤), one of the best-known and best-loved male voices of the ’00s. The man behind Lelouch, Lawrence and Watanuki, he’s demonstrated dramatic and comedic chops in equal measure, though I prefer him as a comedy actor (my favourite role of his being Sora Kake Girl’s over-the-top Leopard).

Also with four roles is indomitable veteran Jōji Nakata (中田譲治), who has been acting since the late ’70s and voice acting since the mid-’80s. The 57-year-old’s popularity remains largely undimmed. Type-Moon are apparently particular fans – as he’s appeared in big parts in Fate/, Kara no Kyōkai and Melty Blood – so it’s fitting that his largest role this season is in Fate/zero.

Are yū ichin' for some new Nakamura roles?

New voices

Unknown Megumi Han (潘めぐみ) has claimed the lead in the reboot of Hunter x Hunter. She’s 22 and has appeared in bit parts in a couple of live-action dramas. Represented by Atomic Monkey (who also have Tomokazu Sugita, Tomokazu Seki and Fumiko Orikasa on their books).

Emi Nitta (新田恵海) takes her first named role in a TV anime this season. Nitta is part of Sunrise’s Love Live “school idol project”, providing the singing voice for one of the girls, and is affiliated with S Inc., who represent singers (including Faylan).  She’s very pretty and her singing voice is great, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they were trying to carve out a solo music career for her. Here’s a video of her performing agency-mate Hiromi Satō’s ‘Angelic Symphony’. … But can she act? She plays Maruga Naruze in Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon.

Manami Honda (本田愛美) is in her second named role after voicing Mihoshi Tachibana in Nichijou (a role I really didn’t enjoy her in). Mirai Nikki fans will have gotten a taste of her as Murumuru in the OVA and will hear her again as that character in the TV series. Represented by GadgetLink, the agency Minoru Shiraishi is in.

Also in Mirai Nikki is Tomosa Murata (村田知沙), who had her first named role last year as Iris Eris in Legend of the Legendary Heroes and hasn’t worked since. Starring as Yuno, she has a difficult task ahead of her in that she’s inexperienced and has to act as a character who is both a fan favourite and insane. Represented by Media Force (Daisuke Hirakawa).

Nozomi Yamamoto (山本希望) will get the opportunity to make a splash this season, with large roles in Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai and Un-Go. We’ll hear her as an apparent parody of BakaTest’s Hideyoshi in the former and as an ojou in the latter. She has next to no experience outside of voicing a character in the game Galgun, and is with VIMS, the agency who represent Yui Horie and Shōtarō Morikubo.

Can Megumi Handle her first lead role?

Elsewhere

Pleasantly, Yū Shimamura (嶋村侑) has a named role in Guilty Crown after years of competent work mostly in the background. I love the timbre of her voice, so I’m hoping she impresses with some good acting here.

Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon (from here on referred to as Horizon because I’m lazy) and Last Exile have big casts, with the former’s being nothing short of massive. There are some big names involved in both, including a few of my personal favourites – namely Ami Koshimizu (小清水亜美), Mai Nakahara (中原麻衣) and Daisuke Ono (小野大輔) in Horizon, and Natsuko Kuwatani (桑谷夏子), Yukana (ゆかな) and Nobuhiko Okamoto (岡本信彦) in Last Exile. Teenagers Nao Tōyama (東山奈央) and Aoi Yūki – who starred in Ikoku Meiro no Croisee together – are in both, as is the awesome Miyuki Sawashiro (沢城みゆき).

Aki Toyosaki (豊崎愛生) has been in plenty of lead roles (K-on!’s Yui being the best known). This season she’ll act as the lead in Last Exile and she’ll also do something a bit different, playing one of the male leads in Un-Go. This is her third role in a Noitamina series this year, after Momoko in Hourou Musuko and young Poppo in AnoHana.

Also in those two series was 18-year-old Asami Seto (瀬戸麻沙美), as Yoshino Takatsuki in the former and young Yukiatsu in the latter. This season she’ll play the lead in and sing the ED for Chihayafuru. I feel like her work has an honesty to it, and I enjoy that. She already has a main role lined up for 2012, too, so it seems like she has a bright future.

A good year for Mariya Ise (伊瀬茉莉也) will be capped off by two lead roles, and she’ll get to continue to show off her versatility. If the trailer is any indication, for Ben-To she’s made her voice simultaneously more nasal and more rich, and in Hunter x Hunter she’s playing a boy.

Misuzu Togashi (富樫美鈴) debuted in 2009 playing Minatsu in Seitokai no Ichizon, and then didn’t get another major role until six months ago; as Mai in Nichijou, she sounded very different to how she did as Minatsu. She’ll finish this year with two large parts: the male lead in Mirai Nikki and Azuki in Maken-ki!. For the latter show, she’s reportedly also singing the OP, though this hasn’t been officially confirmed just yet [edit 9/9: confirmed]. She’s previously sung as part of the group Veil and as her characters in Seitokai no Ichizon and Nichijou (and the Nichijou character song is really something). She’s definitely on the rise.

The voices of Lucky Star‘s Hiiragi twins, Kaori Fukuhara (福原香織) and Emiri Katō (加藤英美里), are reuniting to star in and ad lib the dialogue for Ad Lib Anime Kenkyūsho. I have no idea what their ad libbing skills are like but the show sounds like it could be a hilarious disaster. At the moment, Katō is perhaps better known as the girl who voiced Kyubey in Madoka, while Fukuhara was Run in A Channel.

I se, Mariya's had a rather good year.

The list

Female seiyuu

Four roles

  • Iguchi, Yuka / 井口裕香 (Tamayura, Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, C Cube, Chibi Devi!)
  • Kawasumi, Ayako / 川澄綾子 (Fate/zero, Shakugan no Shana III, Squid Girl 2, Bakuman 2)
  • Kayano, Ai / 茅野愛衣 (Last Exile, Ben-To, Guilty Crown, Chihayafuru)
  • Ōhara, Sayaka / 大原さやか (Fate/zero, C Cube, Tamayura, Shakugan no Shana III)
  • Saitō, Chiwa / 斎藤千和 (Horizon, C Cube, Last Exile, Phi Brain)

Three roles

  • Asumi, Kana / 阿澄佳奈 (Tamayura, Working’!!, C Cube)
  • Fujimura, Ayumi / 藤村歩 (Squid Girl 2, Bakuman 2, Chibi Devi!)
  • Itō, Kanae / 伊藤かな恵 (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, Squid Girl 2, Last Exile)
  • Itō, Shizuka / 伊藤静 (Majikoi, Working’!!, Shakugan no Shana III)
  • Kotobuki, Minako / 寿美菜子 (Guilty Crown, Horizon, Tamayura)
  • Kitamura, Eri / 喜多村英梨 (C Cube, Last Exile, Working’!!)
  • Sawashiro, Miyuki / 沢城みゆき (Horizon, Last Exile, Hunter x Hunter)
  • Taketatsu, Ayana / 竹達彩奈 (Tamayura, Guilty Crown, Ben-To)
  • Yūki, Aoi / 悠木碧 (Horizon, Last Exile, Ben-To)

Two roles

  • Aizawa, Mai / 相沢舞 (Mirai Nikki, Cross Fight B-Daman)
  • Chihara, Minori / 茅原実里 (Horizon, C Cube)
  • Gotō, Mai / 後藤麻衣 (Mashiro-iro Symphony, Phi Brain)
  • Hanazawa, Kana / 花澤香菜 (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, Guilty Crown)
  • Hirohashi, Ryō / 広橋涼 (Working’!!, Chibi Devi!)
  • Honda, Takako / 本田貴子 (Last Exile, Un-Go)
  • Horie, Yui / 堀江由衣 (Persona 4, Ben-To)
  • Inoue, Marina / 井上麻里奈 (Horizon, Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai)
  • Ise, Mariya / 伊瀬茉莉也 (Ben-To, Hunter x Hunter)
  • Katō, Emiri / 加藤英美里 (Ben-To, Ad Lib Anime Kenkyūsho)
  • Koshimizu, Ami / 小清水亜美 (Persona 4, Horizon)
  • Kugimiya, Rie / 釘宮理恵 (Shakugan no Shana III, Persona 4)
  • Kuwatani, Natsuko / 桑谷夏子 (Last Exile, Mirai Nikki)
  • Nabatame, Hitomi / 生天目仁美 (Squid Girl 2, Shakugan no Shana III)
  • Ogata, Megumi / 緒方恵美 (Tamayura, Majikoi)
  • Shiraishi, Ryōko / 白石涼子 (Working’!!, Horizon)
  • Shitaya, Noriko / 下屋則子 (Maken-ki!, Chibi Devi!)
  • Tamura, Yukari / 田村ゆかり (C Cube, Ben-To)
  • Togashi, Misuzu / 富樫美鈴 (Mirai Nikki, Maken-ki!)
  • Tōyama, Nao / 東山奈央 (Horizon, Last Exile)
  • Toyosaki, Aki / 豊崎愛生 (Last Exile, Un-Go)
  • Yahagi, Sayuri / 矢作紗友里 (Maken-ki!, Bakuman 2)
  • Yamamoto, Nozomi / 山本希望 (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, Un-Go)
  • Yukana / ゆかな (Last Exile, Mirai Nikki)

One role

  • Abe, Sachie / 阿部幸恵 (Fate/zero)
  • Akesaka, Satomi / 明坂聡美 (gdgd Fairies)
  • Asakawa, Yū / 浅川悠 (Majikoi)
  • Ashiro, Megu / 亜城めぐ (Majikoi)
  • Endō, Aya / 遠藤綾 (Guilty Crown)
  • Fujita, Saki / 藤田咲 (Working’!!)
  • Fukuen, Misato / 福圓美里 (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai)
  • Fukuhara, Kaori / 福原香織 (Ad Lib Anime Kenkyūsho)
  • Fukui, Yukari / 福井裕佳梨 (Tamayura)
  • Gibu, Yūko / 儀武ゆう子 (Tamayura)
  • Gotō, Yūko / 後藤邑子 (Majikoi)
  • Han, Megumi / 潘めぐみ (Hunter x Hunter)
  • Harada, Hitomi / 原田ひとみ (Maken-ki!)
  • Hayami, Saori / 早見沙織 (Bakuman 2)
  • Hazuki, Erino / 葉月絵理乃 (Tamayura)
  • Hikasa, Yōko / 日笠陽子 (Working’!!)
  • Hitomi / ひと美 (Majikoi)
  • Honda, Manami / 本田愛美 (Mirai Nikki)
  • Hyo-sei / 氷青 (Majikoi)
  • Ichimura, Oma / 壱智村小真 (Mashiro-iro Symphony)
  • Imai, Asami / 今井麻美 (Sengoku Paradise)
  • Kanda, Akemi / 神田朱未 (Persona 4)
  • Kanemoto, Hisako / 金元寿子 (Squid Girl 2)
  • Kataoka, Azusa / 片岡あづさ (Squid Girl 2)
  • Kawase, Akiko / 川瀬晶子 (Working’!!)
  • Kikuchi, Kokoro / 菊池こころ (Squid Girl 2)
  • Kobayashi, Yū / 小林ゆう (Horizon)
  • Kobayashi, Yumiko / 小林由美子 (Shakugan no Shana III)
  • Kokuryū, Sachi / 國立幸 (Cross Fight B-Daman)
  • Konno, Hiromi / 今野宏美 (Mirai Nikki)
  • MAKO (C Cube)
  • Matayoshi, Ai / 又吉愛 (Horizon)
  • Matsui, Naoko / 松井菜桜子 (Majikoi)
  • Matsuki, Miyu / 松来未祐 (Tamayura)
  • Matsuo, Yoshiko / 松尾佳子 (Tamayura)
  • Matsuoka, Yuki / 松岡由貴 (Mirai Nikki)
  • Mimori, Suzuko / 三森すずこ (gdgd Fairies)
  • Mina / 美名 (Maken-ki!)
  • Miyamoto, Kanako / 宮本佳奈子 (Last Exile)
  • Miyamoto, Kanako / 宮本佳那子 (Tamayura)
  • Mizuhara, Kaoru / 水原薫 (gdgd Fairies)
  • Mizuhashi, Kaori / 水橋かおり (Majikoi)
  • Mizusawa, Kei / 瑞沢渓 (Majikoi)
  • Mochizuki, Rei / 持月玲依 (Sengoku Paradise)
  • Morinaga, Rika / 森永理科 (Horizon)
  • Murata, Tomosa / 村田知沙 (Mirai Nikki)
  • Nakajima, Megumi / 中島愛 (Last Exile)
  • Nakajima, Saki / 中島沙樹 (Kimi to Boku)
  • Nakahara, Mai / 中原麻衣 (Horizon)
  • Nazuka, Kaori / 名塚佳織 (Horizon)
  • Nishi, Asuka / 西明日香 (Chibi Devi!)
  • Nishizawa, Hiroka / 西沢広香 (Majikoi)
  • Nitta, Emi / 新田恵海 (Horizon)
  • Noda, Junko / 野田順子 (Last Exile)
  • Nomizu, Iori / 野水伊織 (Maken-ki!)
  • Noto, Mamiko / 能登麻美子 (Shakugan no Shana III)
  • Ogura, Yui / 小倉唯 (C Cube)
  • Ōhara, Momoko / 大原桃子 (Cross Fight B-Daman)
  • Ōhashi, Ayuru / 大橋歩夕 (Horizon)
  • Ōno, Ryōko / 小野涼子 (Mashiro-iro Symphony)
  • Orikasa, Fumiko / 折笠富美子 (Last Exile)
  • Ōtani, Miki / 大谷美貴 (Squid Girl 2)
  • Park, Romi / 朴ロ美 [also written as Paku, Romi; 朴ろ美] (Persona 4)
  • Rikimaru, Noriko / 力丸乃りこ (Mashiro-iro Symphony)
  • Saitō, Momoko / 斎藤桃子 (Working’!!)
  • Sakata, Kayo / 阪田佳代 (Majikoi)
  • Sanada, Asami / 真田アサミ (Mirai Nikki)
  • Satō, Miyuki / 佐藤美由希 (Kimi to Boku)
  • Satō, Rina / 佐藤利奈 (Phi Brain)
  • Sendai, Eri / 仙台エリ (Mirai Nikki)
  • Seto, Asami / 瀬戸麻沙美 (Chihayafuru)
  • Shimamura, Yū / 嶋村侑 (Guilty Crown)
  • Shimizu, Ai / 清水愛 (Horizon)
  • Shimizu, Kaori / 清水香里 (Phi Brain)
  • Shindō, Kei / 真堂圭 (Horizon)
  • Shintani, Ryōko / 新谷良子 (Horizon)
  • Takahashi, Meguru / 高橋めぐる (Cross Fight B-Daman)
  • Takahashi, Mikako / 高橋美佳子 (Chibi Devi!)
  • Tamura, Mutsumi / 田村睦心 (Horizon)
  • Tanaka, Rie / 田中理恵 (Squid Girl 2)
  • Tomatsu, Haruka / 戸松遥 (Working’!!)
  • Tomonaga, Akane / 友永朱音 (Majikoi)
  • Watanabe, Akeno / 渡辺明乃 (Shakugan no Shana III)
  • Watanabe, Kumiko / 渡辺久美子 (Working’!!)
  • Yamada, Miho / 山田みほ (Horizon)
  • Yamaguchi, Rie / 山口理恵 (Chibi Devi!)
  • Yoshida, Mayumi / 吉田真弓 (Mashiro-iro Symphony)
  • Yukino, Satsuki / 雪野五月 (Phi Brain)

Male seiyuu

Six roles

  • Nakamura, Yūichi / 中村悠一 (Last Exile, Working’!!, Squid Girl 2, Guilty Crown, Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 2, Majikoi)

Four roles

  • Fukuyama, Jun / 福山潤 (Horizon, Last Exile, Working’!!, Phi Brain)
  • Koyasu, Takehito / 子安武人 (Horizon, Guilty Crown, Phi Brain, Bakuman 2)
  • Nakata, Jōji / 中田譲治 (Fate/zero, Working’!!, Tamayura, Horizon)
  • Namikawa, Daisuke / 浪川大輔 (Fate/zero, Persona 4, Hunter x Hunter, Sengoku Paradise)

Three roles

  • Ishida, Akira / 石田彰 (Fate/zero, Phi Brain, Mirai Nikki)
  • Kaji, Yūki / 梶裕貴 (C Cube, Guilty Crown, Kimi to Boku)
  • Kamiya, Hiroshi / 神谷浩史 (Majikoi, Working’!!, Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 2)
  • Konishi, Katsuyuki / 小西克幸 (Majikoi, Last Exile, Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 2)
  • Miyano, Mamoru / 宮野真守 (Phi Brain, Chihayafuru, Ben-To)
  • Okamoto, Nobuhiko / 岡本信彦 (Last Exile, Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 2, Bakuman 2)
  • Ono, Daisuke / 小野大輔 (Horizon, Working’!!, Majikoi)
  • Seki, Tomokazu / 関智一 (Fate/zero, Persona 4, Mirai Nikki)

Two roles

  • Abe, Atsushi / 阿部敦 (Last Exile, Bakuman 2)
  • Fujiwara, Keiji / 藤原啓治 (Phi Brain, Hunter x Hunter)
  • Hashi, Takaya / 土師孝也 (Last Exile, Mirai Nikki)
  • Hayami, Shō / 速水奨 (Fate/zero, Horizon)
  • Hino, Satoshi / 日野聡 (Shakugan no Shana III, Bakuman 2)
  • Horiuchi, Kenyū / 堀内賢雄 (Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 2, Bakuman 2)
  • Irino, Miyu / 入野自由 (Kimi to Boku, Un-Go)
  • Katsu, Anri / 勝杏里 (Squid Girl 2, Guilty Crown)
  • Kawahara, Yoshihisa / 川原慶久 (Mirai Nikki, Sengoku Paradise)
  • Kimura, Ryōhei / 木村良平 (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, Kimi to Boku)
  • Koyama, Rikiya / 小山力也 (Fate/zero, Squid Girl 2)
  • Madono, Mitsuaki / 真殿光昭 (Persona 4, Horizon)
  • Maeno, Tomoaki / 前野智昭 (Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 2, Maken-ki!)
  • Midorikawa, Hikaru / 緑川光 (Fate/zero, Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 2)
  • Miyake, Kenta / 三宅健太 (Shakugan no Shana III, Phi Brain)
  • Mizushima, Takahiro / 水島大宙 (Mashiro-iro Symphony, Guilty Crown)
  • Nojima, Hirofumi / 野島裕史 (Shakugan no Shana III, Bakuman 2)
  • Shiraishi, Minoru / 白石稔 (Horizon, Mirai Nikki)
  • Shimura, Tomoyuki / 志村知幸 (Bakuman 2)
  • Sugita, Tomokazu / 杉田智和 (Horizon, Majikoi)
  • Suwabe, Junichi / 諏訪部順一 (Majikoi, Bakuman 2)
  • Tsuruoka, Satoshi / 鶴岡聡 (Fate/zero, Maken-ki!)
  • Uchiyama, Kōki / 内山昴輝 (Kimi to Boku, Guilty Crown)
  • Yamaguchi, Kappei / 山口勝平 (Persona 4, Majikoi)

One role

  • Asanuma, Shintarō / 浅沼晋太郎 (Phi Brain)
  • Bandō, Kōichi / 坂東孝一 (Chibi Devi!)
  • Domon, Jin / 土門仁 (Mirai Nikki)
  • Ebara, Masashi / 江原正士 (Shakugan no Shana III)
  • Eguchi, Takuya / 江口拓也 (Sengoku Paradise)
  • Fujita, Yoshinori / 藤田圭宣 (Majikoi)
  • Gotō, Tetsuo / 後藤哲夫 (Squid Girl 2)
  • Hamada, Kenji / 浜田賢二 (Bakuman 2)
  • Hatano, Wataru / 羽多野渉 (Sengoku Paradise)
  • Hirakawa, Daisuke / 平川大輔 (Horizon)
  • Hiramatsu, Hirokazu / 平松広和 (Mirai Nikki)
  • Hori, Taiki / 堀大希 (Sengoku Paradise)
  • Hoshi, Sōichirō / 保志総一朗 (Chibi Devi!)
  • Hosoya, Yoshimasa / 細谷佳正 (Chihayafuru)
  • Inada, Tetsu / 稲田徹 (Last Exile)
  • Ishizuka, Unshō / 石塚運昇 (Persona 4)
  • Itō, Kentarō / 伊藤健太郎 (Cross Fight B-Daman)
  • Iwata, Mitsuo / 岩田光央 (Shakugan no Shana III)
  • Kajikawa, Shōhei / 梶川翔平 (Sengoku Paradise)
  • Kakihara, Tetsuya / 柿原徹也 (Sengoku Paradise)
  • Kanbara, Daichi / 神原大地 (Sengoku Paradise)
  • Katsuji, Ryō / 勝地涼 (Un-Go)
  • Kawada, Shinji / 川田紳司 (Bakuman 2)
  • Kazama, Yūto / 風間勇刀 (Bakuman 2)
  • KENN (Last Exile)
  • Kirii, Daisuke / 桐井大介 (Bakuman 2)
  • Kishio, Daisuke / 岸尾だいすけ (Phi Brain)
  • Kobushi, Nobuyuki / こぶしのぶゆき (Horizon)
  • Kondō, Takashi / 近藤隆 (Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 2)
  • Kondō, Takayuki / 近藤孝行 (Shakugan no Shana III)
  • Koyama, Tsuyoshi / 小山剛志 (Horizon)
  • Kuroda, Takashi / 黒田崇矢 (Horizon)
  • Kusao, Takeshi / 草尾毅 (Majikoi)
  • Kusumi, Naomi / 楠見尚己 (Horizon)
  • Kusunoki, Taiten / 楠大典 (Horizon)
  • Matsukaze, Masaya / 松風雅也 (Last Exile)
  • Miki, Shinichirō / 三木眞一郎 (Un-Go)
  • Miyashita, Eiji / 宮下栄治 (Horizon)
  • Miyata, Kōki / 宮田幸季 (Phi Brain)
  • Morikawa, Toshiyuki / 森川智之 (Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 2)
  • Morikubo, Shōtarō / 森久保祥太郎 (Persona 4)
  • Morita, Masakazu / 森田成一 (Bakuman 2)
  • Murata, Daishi /  村田大志 (Sengoku Paradise)
  • Nara, Tooru / 奈良徹 (Chihayafuru)
  • Nojima, Kenji / 野島健児 (Shakugan no Shana III)
  • Okamoto, Hiroshi / 岡本寛志 (Cross Fight B-Daman)
  • Okiayu, Ryōtarō / 置鮎龍太郎 (Fate/zero)
  • Okitsu, Kazuyuki / 興津和幸 (Last Exile)
  • Ono, Yūki / 小野友樹 (Kimi to Boku)
  • Ōsaka, Ryōta / 逢坂良太 (Sengoku Paradise)
  • Ōtsuka, Akio / 大塚明夫 (Fate/zero)
  • Saitō, Sōma / 斉藤壮馬 (Sengoku Paradise)
  • Sakaguchi, Daisuke / 阪口大助 (Guilty Crown)
  • Sakurai, Takahiro / 櫻井孝宏 (Phi Brain)
  • Sasaki, Seiji / 佐々木誠二 (Squid Girl 2)
  • Sagawa, Naoki / 狭川尚紀 (Sengoku Paradise)
  • Shimono, Hiro / 下野紘 (Ben-To)
  • Shingaki, Tarusuke / 新垣樽助 (Fate/zero)
  • Suyama, Akio / 陶山章央 (Cross Fight B-Daman)
  • Suzumura, Kenichi / 鈴村健一 (Majikoi)
  • Tachibana, Shinnosuke / 立花慎之介 (Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi)
  • Takada, Yūji / 高田裕司 (Horizon)
  • Takaguchi, Kōsuke / 高口公介 (Guilty Crown)
  • Takaoka, Binbin / 高岡瓶々 (Majikoi)
  • Takeuchi, Ryōta / 竹内良太 (Cross Fight B-Daman)
  • Tanaka, Masahiko / 田中正彦 (Mirai Nikki)
  • Taniyama, Kishō / 谷山紀章 (Phi Brain)
  • Terashima, Takuma / 寺島拓篤 (C Cube)
  • Tobita, Nobuo / 飛田展男 (Majikoi)
  • Toriumi, Kōsuke / 鳥海浩輔 (Kimi to Boku)
  • Tone, Kentarō / 利根健太朗 (Bakuman 2)
  • Toyonaga, Toshiyuki / 豊永利行 (Kimi to Boku)
  • Wakamoto, Norio / 若本規夫 (Mirai Nikki)
  • Yabe, Masashi / 矢部雅史 (Phi Brain)
  • Yamamoto, Kanehira / 山本兼平 (Sengoku Paradise)
  • Yamazaki, Takumi / 山崎たくみ (Fate/zero)
  • Yanagida, Junichi / 柳田淳一 (Sengoku Paradise)
  • Yanai, Hitoshi / 箭内仁 (Cross Fight B-Daman)
  • Yonaga, Tsubasa / 代永翼 (Chihayafuru)
  • Yoshino, Hiroyuki / 吉野裕行 (Chibi Devi!)
  • Yusa, Kōji / 遊佐浩二 (Majikoi)

15 Responses to “Autumn Season Seiyuu”


  1. September 7, 2011 at 11:06 pm

    In the words of kanra,
    “oh my God, you did /not/”.

    This is seriously awesome. Totally encouraging more of these. Aoi Yuuki also played Alice in Croisee as well, I didn’t expect such a nice voice range from Madoka to Alice. Looking for more Nakamura and Fukuyama goodness in the next season.

    And I can’t believe Aki Toyosaki is still going pretty strong.

    • September 8, 2011 at 12:55 am

      Thanks so much for the compliment! Really glad you enjoyed this.

      I’m a bit surprised about Toyosaki as well, but to her credit she’s shown some unexpected adaptability. She’s neatly avoided getting typecast and landed herself roles playing a bunch of different moe archetypes, which is probably what she needed to do to continue going strong. She’d have such a slim window for success if she was only capable of rehashing her Yui voice.

      • September 8, 2011 at 3:04 pm

        I keep hearing a bit of Yui in Aki Toyosaki, but I guess she can stretch her voice a bit as well. Although many roles I see her in is in the moe archetype. Maybe we just haven’t seen her enough yet.

        And no problem, I give credit where it’s due.

        • September 8, 2011 at 8:00 pm

          Haha, to be honest, I thought Toyosaki was a one-trick pony until this year when I heard her as Momoko in Hourou Musuko and Aoi Kunieda in Beelzebub (which I watched an episode of because I kept hearing people say how different she sounded). I think, like you, I’ll always hear at least a little bit of Yui in her, because it was the first role I paid attention to her in and her voice is pretty recognisable. I do think she sounds about as unlike Yui as she has in the Last Exile trailer, though, particularly with the declaration at about 1:20 and the scream at about 1:53. … Not that I find the voice exactly pleasant and not that I think I’ll ever call her a favourite VA of mine, lol.

  2. September 8, 2011 at 1:17 am

    Actually, Rie Kugimiya is also in Persona 4, as is Romi Paku, whom you didn’t list. I know because I played the “undub” version of the game on an emulator just to get the Japanese voices.

    • September 8, 2011 at 1:35 am

      Thanks for that. I missed Kugimiya but I haven’t listed Paku because there hasn’t been any official confirmation of her reprising her role in the anime. They’ve kept the rest of the game cast so I’d be very surprised if she didn’t reprise the role but I always wait for official confirmation, just in case.

  3. September 11, 2011 at 7:32 am

    I have to say! Thank you Raph for making this list very nice list and sooooo many actors! I was shocked to see Hanakana only doing two roles for fall guess she is taking a break? And of course brand new actors coming out of everywhere! Which is great always nice to find new favorites xD

    • September 12, 2011 at 1:42 am

      Thanks as always for the comment, Fosh! Yeah, it was a bit of a shock for me too, given that she had the most roles out of anyone in spring and summer. She already has two big roles slated for 2012, though, so it doesn’t look like this is the beginning of a decline or anything, lol. Hope you enjoy the new voices and the season.

  4. September 16, 2011 at 5:39 am

    Kudos on the very comprehensive list! I specially loved the shiny n00bs limelight, which I usually ignore. ^^

  5. September 19, 2011 at 4:45 am

    I really like this site, and hope you will write more, thanks for your information.

  6. September 24, 2011 at 5:46 pm

    I’m celebrating the appearance of Hiroshi Kamiya. I continue to worship the man.

    I love how thorough you are with the lists here :)


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