The winners from the 13th Seiyuu Awards are already out. Get to know who were the big winners at this year’s edition.
Annually, the Seiyuu Awards recognize the achievements of seiyuu within the Japanese seiyuu industry.
Voting was open to fans from October 1st to November 30th on Seiyuu Awards‘ official website. Fans could vote once.
When voting, fans had to take into account that they could only vote for their favorite seiyuu in each category mentioning anime, ova, movies, characters, DVDs, and games released during the following period of time: 01/12/2017 to 30/11/2018.
Several new categories were introduced for this edition, including the fan-powered “MOST VALUABLE SEIYU” category.
At the same time, a special committee decided the winners for the other categories in this year’s edition.
Without further ado, the winners of the 13th Seiyuu Awards are the following:
Best Lead Actor Award
Yuma Uchida (I’m Enterprise)
Best Lead Actress Award
Yuko Sanpei (Axl One)
Best Supporting Actor Award
Toru Furuya (Aoni Production)
Kenta Miyake (81 Produce)
Best Supporting Actress Award
Yu Serizawa (81 Produce)
Nao Toyama (Intention)
Best New Actor Award
Kouhei Amasaki (I’m Enterprise)
Mark Ishii (Just Pro)
Fukushi Ochiai (Aoni Production)
Shugo Nakamura (Across Entertainment)
Best New Actress Award
Manaka Iwami (Pro-fit)
Tomori Kusunoki (Sony Music Artists)
Koko Hayashi (81 Produce)
Rina Honnizumi (81 Produce)
Kaede Hondo (I’m Enterprise)
Most Valuable Seiyuu (MVS)
Hiroshi Kamiya (Aoni Production)
Singing Award
Hypnosis Mic
Best Personality Award
Junichi Suwabe (Haikyo)
Kei Tomiyama Award
Kappei Yamaguchi (Goku)
Mika Kanai (Ken Production)
Kazue Takahashi Award
Mika Kanae (Ken Production)
Synergy Award
Pop Team Epic
Influencer Award
Yoshino Nanjo (N3 Entertainment)
Game Award
Nao Toyama (Intention)
Best Foreign film and TV drama Award
Toshiyuki Morikawa (Axl One)
Yuko Kaida (Ken Production)
Kids/Family Award
TARAKO (Troubadour Musique office)
Merit Award
Kenichi Ogata (Office Umikaze)
Hisako Kyoda (Haikyo)
Congratulations are in order to all winners!
SOURCE: Seiyuu Awards official website / Seiyuu Awards official twitter account
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