15th Seiyu Awards

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15th Seiyu Awards
Awarded for Voice acting in Japan
DateMarch 6, 2021 (2021-03-06)
Location JOQR Media Plus Hall
Minato, Tokyo
Country Japan
Highlights
Best Lead Actor Kenjiro Tsuda
Best Lead Actress Yui Ishikawa
Website www.seiyuawards.jp
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The 15th Seiyu Awards was held on March 6, 2021 at the JOQR Media Plus Hall in Minato, Tokyo. The winners of the Merit Awards, the Kei Tomiyama Award, the Kazue Takahashi Award, and the Synergy Award were announced on February 16, 2021. [1] The rest of the winners were announced on the ceremony day. [2]

WinnersAgencyHighlight Works
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Kenjiro Tsuda AmuletoAkihito Narihisago ( Id: Invaded )
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Yui Ishikawa mitt managementViolet Evergarden ( Violet Evergarden: The Movie )
Best Actors in Supporting Roles
Takehito Koyasu T's FactoryRoswaal L. Mathers ( Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World )
Nobunaga Shimazaki Aoni Production Yuki Sōma ( Fruits Basket 2nd Season )
Best Actresses in Supporting Roles
Reina Ueda 81 Produce Shuka Karino ( Darwin's Game )
Akari Kitō Pro-Fit Nene Yashiro ( Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun )
Best New Actors
Masahiro Itō HibikiRen Nanahoshi ( Argonavis from BanG Dream! )
Chiaki Kobayashi Office OsawaMakoto Edamura ( Great Pretender )
Shimba Tsuchiya Himawari Theatre Group Sagami ( My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax )
Best New Actresses
Rin Aira Horipro International Wakaba Harukaze, Raki Kiseki ( Aikatsu on Parade! )
Kana Ichinose Sigma Seven eYuzuriha Ogawa ( Dr. Stone )
Riho Sugiyama Mausu Promotion Minare Koda ( Wave, Listen to Me! )
Natsumi Fujiwara Arts Vision Abigail Jones (Great Pretender)
Azumi Waki Haikyō Adele von Ascham/Mile ( Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! )
Singing Award
WinnerMembersAgency
Walküre JUNNA
Kiyono Yasuno
Nozomi Nishida
Nao Tōyama
Minori Suzuki
Personality Award
WinnerAgencyHighlight Works
Hiroki Yasumoto Sigma Seven
Merit Award
WinnersAgency
Eiko Masuyama Aoni Production
Masane Tsukayama Seinenza Theater Company
Kei Tomiyama Memorial Award
WinnerAgency
Toshihiko Seki 81 Produce
Kazue Takahashi Memorial Award
WinnerAgency
Yoshiko Sakakibara Freelance
Synergy Award
Winner
Voicarion IX: Teikoku Koe Kabuki ~Nobunaga no Inu~ stage reading
Special Honor Award
Winner
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Kids/Family Award
WinnerAgency
Rie NakagawaPeerless Gerbera
Foreign Movie/Series Award
WinnerAgency
Kazuhiro Yamaji Seinenza Theater Company
Kazue Komiya Theater Echo
Influencer Award
WinnerAgency
Kotori Koiwai Peerless Gerbera
Most Valuable Seiyū Award
WinnerAgency
Hiro Shimono I'm Enterprise

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