18th Seiyu Awards Winners Announced

The winners of the 18th Seiyu Awards have been announced on Saturday. Voice actors Kana Ichinose (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury) and Kazuki Ura (Yoichi Isagi in Blue Lock) bagged the coveted Best Leading Voice Actor Award while Azakami Youhei, Manaka Iwami, and Mamiko Noto won the award for Best Supporting Voice Actor. The complete list of winners is as follows:

• Best Leading Voice Actor Award – Kana Ichinose, Kazuki Ura
• Most Valuable Seiyu Award – Yuichi Nakamura
• Best Supporting Voice Actor Award – Azakami Youhei, Manaka Iwami, Mamiko Noto
• Best Rookie Voice Actor Award – Yurie Igoma, Yuki Sakakihara, Nanoka Hara, Kikunosuke Toya, Hina Yomiya
• Best Foreign Film / Drama Award – Mitsuki Takahata, Kunio Murai
• Best Singer Award – Kessoku Band
• Influencer Award – Sumire Uesaka
• Kei Tomiyama Award – Akemi okamura
• Kazue Takahashi Award – Nozomu Sasaki
• Merit Award – Toshio Furukawa, Eiko Yamada
• Kids/Family Award – Super Mario Bros. Cast
• Best Synergy Award – The First Slam Dunk
• Game Award – Yuya Uchida

Starting last year, the categories of Best Lead Voice Actor, Best Supporting Voice Actor, and New Voice Actor, were not separated by gender. This year’s awards ceremony also started with a moment of silence to mourn the passing of Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama and voice actress TARAKO. The awards also continued their tradition honoring all voice actors and actresses who passed away in the past year. Previously, Chika Anzai, Takuya Eguchi, and Atsumi Tanezaki were the recipients of the leading voice actor award at the 17th Seiyu Awards.

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