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Voice Actress Nakajima Megumi Suspends Music Career
The official website of Nakajima Megumi has announced that she will put her music career on indefinite hiatus in 2014. She will continue her career as a voice actress. Nakajima is best known for her debut role as Ranka Lee in the 2008 series Macross Frontier. Nakajima's third and...
12 years ago
Seiyuu Sanada Asami Announces Her Marriage
Seiyuu Sanada Asami announced today on her blog that she has gotten married. Sanada Asami is best known for voicing Yamanaka Sawako in K-On!, Vita in Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha series, (young) Sakurada Jun in Rozen Maiden, and Tokisaki Kurumi in Date A Live. Source: Sanada Asami...
13 years ago
Seiyuu and Actor Dan Tomoyuki Passes Away at 50
According to a blog post by the theater troupe Seinenza, Dan Tomoyuki, who is best known for voicing Asher Chronicle in MS Victory Gundam and Hoshigaki Kisame in Naruto, passed away on October 10th at the age of 50 due to a relapse of aortic dissection. He is survived by his wife...
13 years ago
Anime Song Singer Kouji Wada Returns After Cancer Treatment
According to his blog and Twitter, anime song singer Kouji Wada has returned from his two-year-long absence. He had put his career on hold in order to treat cancer that had spread to another part of his body. Source: Wada's official blog, Twitter Previous related thread: Anime So...
13 years ago
Original TV Anime 'Miss Monochrome', Based on Seiyuu Horie Yui's Character Design, to Air Oct 2013
It has been announced that an original TV anime series titled "Miss Monochrome" will start airing from October. The original character design came from seiyuu Horie Yui. In March 2012, she first used the "Miss Monochrome" character as a 3D virtual singer to sing her songs at her...
13 years ago
VA Endou Aya Gets Married
Endou Aya has announced in the last message she posted on her official blog that she has gotten married. Endou Aya is most famous for voicing Takara Miyuki in Lucky☆Star and Sheryl Nome in Macross Frontier. Currently, she is voicing various roles in Inazuma Eleven, Genei wo Kakeu...
13 years ago
Seiyuu Chiwa Saito Announced Her Marriage
According to Yahoo@ Japan News, it was announced today on her official site that Chiwa Saito was married to a man not related to the industry. Some of her roles include Aika S. Granzchesta in Aria the Animation; Hitagi Senjougahara in Bakemonogatari; and Homura Akemi in Mahou Sho...
13 years ago
One Piece Voice Actor Takkou Ishimori Passed Away
Voice actor Nobuyuki Kobushi posted on his Twitter on June 8th that fellow voice actor Takkou Ishimori (One Piece's Sengoku, Ga-Rei: Zero's Yuu Isayama) passed away on the morning of June 5th. He debuted in 1956 as an actor and started doing voice acting work in 1965. He was 81 y...
13 years ago
Evangelion Director Anno Hideaki to Voice the Protagonist in Latest Ghibli Film 'Kaze Tachinu'
It has been announced that Anno Hideaki, chief director of Evangelion TV and movie series, will voice the role of Horikoshi Jirou, the protagonist character, in "Kaze Tachinu", the latest Ghibli film. According to Ghibli, Anno was picked because he perfectly fits the image of Hor...
13 years ago
Ogura Yui and Ishihara Kaori to Leave Seiyuu Singing Group 'StylipS'
According to the official announcement from record company Lantis, Ogura Yui and Ishihara Kaori will leave the seiyuu singing group "StylipS" after the group releases their Best Album on April 24th. The official reason is concern about workload impact on their studies in school....
13 years ago
