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5th Annual Seiyū Award Winners Announced

posted on by Egan Loo
Aki Toyosaki, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Kazuya Nakai, Satomi Arai, Kanae Itō, Kouki Uchiyama, Hisako Kanemoto, Satomi Satou, 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: Music Ray'n [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
Roles: Kaichō wa Maid-sama!, Bakuman, Toaru Majutsu no Index II
Kazuya Nakai
Agency: Aoni Production
Roles: One Piece, Gintama

Best ing Actress Award

Award for best ing performances from actresses during the year
Satomi Arai

Kanae Itō

Best New Actor Award

Award for best performances from an actor who debuted within the last five years
Kouki Uchiyama

Best New Actress Award

Award for best performances from actresses who debuted within the last five years
Hisako Kanemoto

Satomi Satou

Best Singing Award

Minori Chihara

Best Personality Award

Award for best radio, web radio, or television personality
Aki Toyosaki

Kazue Takahashi Award

Award for the female performer who broadens the profession of voice acting in every form of media
Mayumi Tanaka

Kids/Family Award

Award selected from the point of view of children
Junko Takeuchi

Synergy Award

Award for maximizing the appeal of voice-acting in a work as a whole
Detective Conan - Minami Takayama

Overseas Fans Choice Award

Award selected from the point of view of overseas fans
Miyuki Sawashiro

Special Merit Award

Award for a late seiyū who contributed to many genres, especially foreign works
Nachi Nozawa (1938-2010)
Agency: Office PAC
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, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman franchise's Joe Asakura the Condor
Hiroko Suzuki
Agency: Ken Production
Roles: Elizabeth Taylor and Sigourney Weaver's dubbing, Glass Mask's Utako Himekawa
Masaaki Yajima
Freelance
Roles: William Shatner and Robert Vaughn's dubbing, Astro Boy/Mighty Atom's Higeoyaji (1st), Humanoid Monster Bem's narrator

Kei Tomiyama Award

Award for the person who broadens the profession of voice acting in every form of media
Rikiya Koyama
Agency: Haiyuza
Roles: Dubbing for many foreign works, especially the works of Kiefer Sutherland (24's Jack Bauer)
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