12th Seiyu Awards | |
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Awarded for | Voice acting in Japan |
Date | March 3, 2018 |
Location | JOQR Media Plus Hall Minato, Tokyo |
Country | Japan |
Highlights | |
Best Lead Actor | Toshiyuki Toyonaga |
Best Lead Actress | Tomoyo Kurosawa |
Website | www |
The 12th Seiyu Awards was held on March 3, 2018 at the JOQR Media Plus Hall in Minato, Tokyo. The winners of the Merit Awards, the Kei Tomiyama Award and the Kazue Takahashi Award were announced on February 16, 2018. [1] [2] The rest of the winners were announced on the ceremony day. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Winners | Agency | Highlight Voice Roles | Works (Format) |
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Best Actor in a Leading Role | |||
Toshiyuki Toyonaga | Super Eccentric Theater | Yuri Katsuki | Anime TV series Yuri on Ice |
Sora Ohara | Anime TV series Tsukipro The Animation | ||
Best Actress in a Leading Role | |||
Tomoyo Kurosawa | Mausu Promotion | Phosphophyllite | Anime TV series Land of the Lustrous |
Kumiko Oumae | Anime Film Sound! Euphonium: The Movie – May the Melody Reach You! | ||
Best Actors in Supporting Roles | |||
Junichi Suwabe | Haikyō | Viktor Nikiforov | Anime TV series Yuri on Ice |
Archer | Anime Film Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower | ||
Best Actresses in Supporting Roles | |||
Saori Ōnishi | I'm Enterprise | Eriri Spencer Sawamura | Anime TV series Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Flat |
Hisako Arato | Anime TV series Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma The Third Plate | ||
Ayane Sakura | I'm Enterprise | Shizuku Hanaoka | Anime TV series Welcome to the Ballroom |
La Pucelle / Souta Kishibe | Anime TV series Magical Girl Raising Project | ||
Best Rookie Actors | |||
Kōtarō Nishiyama | 81 Produce | Eichi Horimiya | Anime TV series TsukiPro The Animation |
Shun Horie | Pro-Fit | Tsugiyoshi Sumino | Anime TV series Juni Taisen: Zodiac War |
Taku Yashiro | VIMS | Naoto Azuma | Anime TV series Tiger Mask W |
Best Rookie Actresses | |||
Ayaka Nanase | Axl-One | Yoshino Koharu | Anime TV series Sakura Quest |
Yui Fukuo | 81 Produce | Linze Silhoueska | Anime TV series In Another World With My Smartphone |
Singing Award | |||
Winner | Members | Agency | |
Dōbutsu Biscuits x PPP | Saki Ono Yuka Ozaki Kana Motomiya Aina Aiba Ikuko Chikuta Mikoi Sakaki Ruka Nemoto Kyouka Tamura | ||
Personality Award | |||
Winner(s) | Agency | Radio program | Broadcasting Station |
Ayane Sakura Saori Ōnishi | I'm Enterprise | Sakura Toshitai Ōnishi | JOQR |
Merit Award | |||
Winners | Agency | ||
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Hiroshi Masuoka | Haikyō | ||
Tomie Kataoka | Seinenza Theater Company | ||
Kei Tomiyama Memorial Award | |||
Winner | Agency | ||
Chō | Haikyō | ||
Kazue Takahashi Memorial Award | |||
Winner | Agency | ||
Miina Tominaga | Haikyō | ||
Synergy Award | |||
Winner | |||
Despicable Me 3 | |||
Special Award | |||
Winner | Agency | ||
Takayuki Matsutani | Tezuka Productions | ||
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