Seiyuu (voice actor) Discussion

[justpassingby]

It just ended 。・゜・(ノД`)・゜・。. My Tuesday evening will be lonely. Thank you Mikako-shi. Thank you Lady Go!. If not for MoPi I wouldn't even realize the program existed.

Oh wait, Mikako-shi has two new radio programs. Good news for me :P.

[judasmartel]

Originally Posted by GDiddy

I know this is mostly a thread for Japanese VAs, so please feel free to move it to the proper thread...if there's one. I didn't see one so..please forgive me mods


http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...ography/.92346

As someone posted in that thread, he should have stuck with 2-D lolis, the 3-D ones will just get you in trouble.

If that's true, not cool. But knowing this guy, it's not probably true.

[judasmartel]

Anyone knows of child prodigies in the Japanese voice acting industry then and now?

Back then, it was HanaKana and Saori Hayami iirc, I know there are more.

Now there's a certain teenage male seiyuu who got his first big role at age 14 iirc. I sadly forgot his name.

[SeijiSensei]

Aoi Yuuki had her first major role at age fifteen when she played Murasaki opposite Sawashiro Miyuki in Kurenai. She'd done smaller parts starting at age eleven and live television before that. Here's a good overview of her early career from our friend Kaoru Chujo.

http://hashihime.blogspot.com/2010/0...eteran_31.html

[judasmartel]

Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

Aoi Yuuki had her first major role at age fifteen when she played Murasaki opposite Sawashiro Miyuki in Kurenai. She'd done smaller parts starting at age eleven and live television before that. Here's a good overview of her early career from our friend Kaoru Chujo.

http://hashihime.blogspot.com/2010/0...eteran_31.html

Started in the seiyuu industry at age 11 and got her first big role at age 15.

By the time she got the role as Madoka Kaname, she's already an 18-year-old veteran seiyuu.

That's one hell of a prodigy right there.

Are there many Japanese seiyuus like HanaKana, Saori Hayami and Aoi Yuuki out there?

[Lord of Fire]

Originally Posted by judasmartel

Started in the seiyuu industry at age 11 and got her first big role at age 15.

By the time she got the role as Kyouko Sakura (Madoka Magica), she's already an 18-year-old veteran seiyuu.

That's one hell of a prodigy right there.

You mean Madoka Kaname, not Kyouko (who was played by Ai Nonaka).

[judasmartel]

Originally Posted by Lord of Fire

You mean Madoka Kaname, not Kyouko (who was played by Ai Nonaka).

Oh, my bad.

Still looking for that teenage male seiyuu who got his first big role at age 14 though.

[hyl]

You mean like Miyu Irino, who started out quite young and had some noticable roles as early as 14 years like Sora in Kingdom Hearts series (game)

And another favorite seiyuus of mine, Nazuka Kaori had a starring role at a young age in Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku (together with Sanpei Yuuko, who is around the same age as her)

Also let's not forget Sawashiro Miyuki who started as Puchiko in Di Gi Charat in 1999

[judasmartel]

Originally Posted by hyl

You mean like Miyu Irino, who started out quite young and had some noticable roles as early as 14 years like Sora in Kingdom Hearts series (game)

And another favorite seiyuus of mine, Nazuka Kaori had a starring role at a young age in Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku (together with Sanpei Yuuko, who is around the same age as her)

Also let's not forget Sawashiro Miyuki who started as Puchiko in Di Gi Charat in 1999

Something like that, but not exactly Miyu Irino.

That teenage kid I'm referring to got his first big role within the last 1-2 years at age 14. Still can't remember his name but I can't find his face in the Net either.

Anyways, I see that seiyuu prodigies are really a thing in Japan.

[AntonKutovoi]

As far as I remember, Kensho Ono began his career at 11, starring in Japanese dub of Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone.
And then there's also Barakamon, which had a lot of children in the cast. Naru's VA was 9 years old.

[Frontier]

Congrats to Toshiyuki Toyonaga on his marriage!

[Aya Reiko]

So much for her career...

'Kill Me Baby' Actress/Idol Ai Takabe Arrested for Alleged Drug Possession

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested 27-year-old actress and idol Ai Takabe on October 15 on charges of drug possession and violation of the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Law.

[...]

Earlier this month, Takabe's official profile and blog on the website of her agency, Oscar Promotion, was deleted. Oscar Promotion issued a statement on Sunday, stating, "We have heard of [Takabe's] arrest. Whatever the reason, we have cancelled our contract [with her]."

Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...session/.94677

Ai Takabe is probably best known for voicing Fumi Manjoume in Aoi Hana and Agiri Goshiki in Kill Me Baby. So much for her career and life, Japan pretty much has a zero tolerance policy on drugs legally and socially.

edit--

And her drug of choice is apparently cocaine... Good luck getting anything but AV work in the industry.

She is accused of possessing a small amount of cocaine at her house in Shibuya ward, Tokyo, on October 15. The police found the illegal drug during a house search in the morning of the day. She has already admitted the charge and said that she got the cocaine from her friend. After receiving the news from the police, her agency immediately cancelled a management contract with her.

Source: http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-new...ion-of-cocaine

[andyjay729]

On the one hand I think it's a good thing that the Japanese still consider cocaine use a social no-no, compared with Hollywood stars, where a drug bust seems to help people's credibility.

On the other I think it's lousy that her professional life has to be almost completely destroyed because of this, to the point where her name is apparently being edited out of credits. I certainly would not advocate cocaine use, but as the old saying goes, she didn't kill or hurt anyone (as far as I know; hopefully she didn't try driving under the influence). As seems to be a refrain in seiyuu threads, seiyuu are still human. Even with Japan's more conservative attitude toward drugs, I'd imagine she isn't the only seiyuu who's tried something illicit at least once. (And yes; she, like most seiyuu over age 20, is probably not a virgin, heh.)

[Ithekro]

Well the character Agiri Goshiki always did sound kind of high. But in a good way.

[sikvod00]

I'm hearing that Matsuki Miyu recently passed away, but can't find an actual useful source.
I really enjoyed her distinctive voice from the Hayate series and Haiyore! Nyaruko-san.

[Azuma Denton]

Yesh, yaraon just do a cover on her passing news.
http://yaraon-blog.com/archives/72540

RIP Miyu Matsuki...

[Marcus H.]

That wedding dress fits you perfect, you adorable pervert.

[Benigmatica]

Damn, Yoshinoya-sensei's voice actress has passed away... I'm gonna miss Miyu Matsuki!

[ACertainStark]

This is hitting me pretty hard.

[FlavoryFantasy]

ANN article

RIP Miyu Matsuki...38 too young...