12th Seiyu Awards

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12th Seiyu Awards
Awarded for Voice acting in Japan
DateMarch 3, 2018 (2018-03-03)
Location JOQR Media Plus Hall
Minato, Tokyo
Country Japan
Highlights
Best Lead Actor Toshiyuki Toyonaga
Best Lead Actress Tomoyo Kurosawa
Website www.seiyuawards.jp
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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]

WinnersAgencyHighlight Voice RolesWorks (Format)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Toshiyuki Toyonaga Super Eccentric TheaterYuri KatsukiAnime TV series Yuri on Ice
Sora OharaAnime TV series Tsukipro The Animation
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Tomoyo Kurosawa Mausu Promotion PhosphophylliteAnime TV series Land of the Lustrous
Kumiko OumaeAnime Film Sound! Euphonium: The Movie – May the Melody Reach You!
Best Actors in Supporting Roles
Junichi Suwabe Haikyō Viktor NikiforovAnime TV series Yuri on Ice
ArcherAnime Film Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower
Best Actresses in Supporting Roles
Saori Ōnishi I'm Enterprise Eriri Spencer SawamuraAnime TV series Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Flat
Hisako AratoAnime TV series Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma The Third Plate
Ayane Sakura I'm EnterpriseShizuku HanaokaAnime TV series Welcome to the Ballroom
La Pucelle / Souta KishibeAnime TV series Magical Girl Raising Project
Best Rookie Actors
Kōtarō Nishiyama 81 Produce Eichi HorimiyaAnime TV series TsukiPro The Animation
Shun Horie Pro-Fit Tsugiyoshi SuminoAnime TV series Juni Taisen: Zodiac War
Taku Yashiro VIMSNaoto AzumaAnime TV series Tiger Mask W
Best Rookie Actresses
Ayaka Nanase Axl-OneYoshino KoharuAnime TV series Sakura Quest
Yui Fukuo 81 ProduceLinze SilhoueskaAnime TV series In Another World With My Smartphone
Singing Award
WinnerMembersAgency
Dōbutsu Biscuits x PPP Saki Ono
Yuka Ozaki
Kana Motomiya
Aina Aiba
Ikuko Chikuta
Mikoi Sakaki
Ruka Nemoto
Kyouka Tamura
Personality Award
Winner(s)AgencyRadio programBroadcasting Station
Ayane Sakura
Saori Ōnishi
I'm EnterpriseSakura Toshitai Ōnishi JOQR
Merit Award
WinnersAgency
Hiroshi Masuoka Haikyō
Tomie Kataoka Seinenza Theater Company
Kei Tomiyama Memorial Award
WinnerAgency
Chō Haikyō
Kazue Takahashi Memorial Award
WinnerAgency
Miina Tominaga Haikyō
Synergy Award
Winner
Despicable Me 3
Special Award
WinnerAgency
Takayuki Matsutani Tezuka Productions

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