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King Records Reveals CD Jackets for Yui Ogura's 5th Single

King Records has revealed the CD jacket cover images of Yui Ogura's fifth single, "Honey♥Come!!," which will be released on August 12, 2015, in two editions. The song is the ending theme song for the Summer 2015 series Joukamachi no Dandelion (Castle Town Dandelion). The images a...

11 years ago

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Seiyuu Miyu Matsuki Suffers from Pneumonia [Update 7/14]

The staff of Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor's broadcast commemorative event posted a blog entry on behalf of Miyu Matsuki, stating that the voice actress is unable to make an appearance due to her suffering from pneumonia. They further apologized for the sudden report of her a...

11 years ago

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Winners of the 9th Seiyuu Awards

The winners of the 9th Seiyuu Awards were announced today during a special broadcast on the radio station Chou! A&G+. The program was hosted by seiyuu Ruriko Aoki, with Rina Satou and Yui Ishikawa as guests. The ceremony for the 9th Seiyuu Awards will be held tomorrow, March 7, a...

11 years ago

People Awards Seiyuu

Oricon Editorial Addresses Current State of the Seiyuu Industry

Many people are interested in entering the seiyuu industry because of successful seiyuu artists like Nana Mizuki, so there are many schools for voice lessons (both dubbing and singing) and guarantee from these schools for debuting. Unfortunately, according to a producer of a TV a...

11 years ago

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Seiyuu Kana Hanazawa to Star in Live Action Movie

Seiyuu Kana Hanazawa will star in her first live action film Kimi ga Inakucha Dame Nanda, which will open at Theatre Shinjuku in late March 2015. Hanazawa plays the role of An Fuwa, an award-winning children's picture book author who has fallen into a slump. Tatsuya Murakami, wh...

11 years ago

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Seiyuu Miyuki Sawashiro Married

Seiyuu Miyuki Sawashiro announced on the Mausu Production blog that she got married to a man not from the anime industry on her birthday, June 2, 2014. Source: Mausu Production blog

12 years ago

Seiyuu Life Event

Winners of the 8th Seiyuu Awards

The winners of the 8th Seiyuu Awards were announced. The ceremony for the 8th Seiyuu Awards will be held tomorrow, March 1, 2014. Best Actor Yuki Kaji Best Actress Rina Satou Best Supporting Actor Yoshimasa Hosoya Best Supporting Actress Yui Ishikawa Best New Actor Kaito Ishikawa...

12 years ago

People Awards Seiyuu

Seiyuu Management Companies File for Bankruptcy

According to a news report on Yahoo! Japan, two companies which manage seiyuus have closed on February 23, 2014. The parent company has filed for bankruptcy in the Tokyo District Court. All contracts with seiyuus had already expired in January and were not renewed. The two compan...

12 years ago

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Seiyuu Masaaki Tsukada Passes Away

In a press release, Mausu Promotion announced that seiyuu Masaaki Tsukada passed away on January 27. He is known for voicing the Yamamoto from Bleach and several other characters from anime such as Gintama and Fullmetal Alchemist. He had been recuperating from physical illness re...

12 years ago

Seiyuu Life Event

Seiyuu Ichirou Nagai Passes Away [Update 1/29]

On January 27th, 82-year-old seiyuu Ichirou Nagai passed away in his hotel located in Hiroshima. A hotel employee went to inspect his room, only to find that he had fallen into the bathtub. He was then taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead. The cause of his death is not...

12 years ago

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