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5th Annual Seiyū Award Winners Announced

posted on by Egan Loo
Minori Chihara

The winners of the 5th Annual Seiyū Awards were announced in Tokyo on Saturday night:

Best Lead Actor Award

Award for best leading performances from an actor during the year
"None applicable"
[No award for best lead actor was given for the year]

Best Lead Actress Award

Award for best leading performances from an actress during the year
Aki Toyosaki
Agency: Winner of Best New Actress Award in 2009]
Roles: K-ON!!

Best ing Actor Award

Award for best ing performances from an actor during the year
Nobuhiko Okamoto
Agency: Pro-Fit
[Winner of Best New Actor Award in 2008]
Roles: Kazuya Nakai
Agency: Aoni Production
Roles: Gintama

Best ing Actress Award

Award for best ing performances from actresses during the year
Satomi Arai
Agency: Yu-Rin Pro
Roles: Kanae Itō
Agency: Aoni Production
[Winner of Best New Actress Award in 2009]
Roles: Shinryaku! Ika Musume (Squid Girl)

Best New Actor Award

Award for noteworthy performances from an actor who debuted within the last five years
Kōki Uchiyama
Agency: Gekidan Himawari
Roles: Shiki

Best New Actress Award

Award for noteworthy performances from actresses who debuted within the last five years
Hisako Kanemoto
Agency: Production baobab
Roles: Shinryaku! Ika Musume (Squid Girl), Satomi Satou
Agency: Aoni Production
Roles: Winner of Best Singing Award in 2009]

Best Singing Award

Award for singing by a Minori Chihara
Agency: Avex Planning & Development
Works: Sing All Love album, "Yasashii Boukyaku" ending theme song (The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya)

Best Personality Award

Award for best radio, web radio, or television personality under own name or in a role
Aki Toyosaki
Agency: Music Ray'n
Works: Radion!!, Pl@net Sphere, Toyosaki Aki no Okaeri Radio

Mayumi Tanaka
Agency: Aoni Production
Roles: One Piece, Laputa: Castle in the Sky

Kids/Family Award

Award selected from the point of view of children
Junko Takeuchi
Agency: Ogi Pro The Next
Roles: Inazuma Eleven

Synergy Award

Award for maximizing the appeal of voice-acting in a work as a whole
Minami Takayama
Agency: 81 Produce

Overseas Fans Choice Award

Award selected from the point of view of overseas fans
Miyuki Sawashiro
Agency: and Best Lead Actress Award in 2009]
Roles: Highschool of the Dead

Special Merit Award

Award for a late seiyū who contributed to many genres, especially foreign works
1938-2010)
Agency: Office PAC
[Winner of Merit Award in 2008]
Roles: Alain Delon and Al Pacino's dubbing, Star Wars' C-3P0, Space Adventure Cobra's Cobra

Merit Awards

Award for the seiyū who have contributed to many genres, especially foreign works, over the years
Isao Sasaki
Agency: One Pair
Roles: Elvis Presley and Sylvester Stallone's dubbing, Hiroko Suzuki
Agency: Ken Production
Roles: Elizabeth Taylor and Sigourney Weaver's dubbing, Masaaki Yajima
Freelance
Roles: William Shatner and Robert Vaughn's dubbing, Astro Boy/Humanoid Monster Bem's narrator

Rikiya Koyama
Agency: Haiyuza
Roles: Dubbing for many foreign works, especially the works of Kiefer Sutherland (24's Jack Bauer)

Update: Winners' agencies and roles added.

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