Welcome to Tokyosaurus, so what's up in Japan? 2016 has finally ended and everyone is scrambling
to review the past year in every category that can possibly exist. So in this video,
we're going to see who are the top 5 seiyuu's or voice actors in Japan for 2016 purely by
the number of roles they were able to get within this past year. So let's get right
into it.
At number 5 we have a tie between Ono Daisuke and Matsuoka Yoshitsugu with 29 roles. You
might know Ono Daisuke from Durarara as Shizuo, from Kuroshitsuji as Sebastian Michaelis,
or more recently Erwin from Attack on Titan. Having been in the industry since 2002, he's
won best male voice actor at the Seiyu Awards in both 2010 and 2015 for his numerous roles
in those respective years. In 2016, he left the agency that represented him since 2002
to freelance voice acting on his own now. As a voice actor with his popularity and skill,
it’s probably a much smarter idea to represent himself as he could probably take less roles
and earn way more.
Matsuoka Yoshitsugu on the other hand is most famous as the voice behind Kirito from Sword
Art Online. Probably the youngest one on the list, he's made tons of progress since his
debut. And to ensure he's not typecasted into the same roles, he did Betelgeuse Romanee
Conti from Rezero. And if you know anything about rezero, you know that was the best voice
in the entire show. He's also soma from Shokugeki and sora from No Game no life. He won Best
Lead Actor in 2016 at the Seiyuu awards as well as best new actor in 2012. He's taken
many lead roles and it seems like it's only going to get better for him in the upcoming
years.
At number 4 we have Hosoya Yoshimasa with 31. He's one of those guys who's in a ton
of anime as a supporting role but you never really go out of your way to find out who
he is. For example, he's reiner in attack on titan, orga from Gundam iron blooded orphans,
azumane in haikyuu, hyuga from kuroko, Iaian from one punch man, the list goes on and on
and on. He's so good at supporting roles, he even won Best supporting actor in both
2014 and 2016. This guy is top tier support. And you've definitely heard his voice somewhere
before if you've watched anime in the last 5 years.
At number 3, we have Hikasa Yoko with 33 roles. Among her many voice roles, Hikasa played
Mio Akiyama in K-ON!, Houki Shinonono in Infinite Stratos, and Saki Nagatsuka in Ro-Kyu-Bu!
She also sang an ending theme song for Attack on Titan and performed for other anime titles
musically as well so you’ve definitely heard her voice somewhere before even if you didnt
know it was her.
At number 2, we have Sugita Tomokazu with 34 roles. Now we're stepping into legendary
tier with this man. The voice behind Gin san from Gintama, Kyon from Haruhi, Brock from
Pokemon origins, joseph joestar in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure : Battle tendency. This
guy's resume is seriously impressive. He's been super popular since the 2000's and his
career has never really lost steam since then. Sugita actually appears on many comedic TV
shows in Japan and he's known to be really funny in real life as well.
And finally at number 1, we have Takahiro Sakurai with 37 roles. If there's one Seiyuu
name that you would have probably heard of before, it's probably Takahiro Sakurai. The
voice behind Cloud from Advent children, Griffith from Berserk (the new one), Suzaku from Code
Geass, McGillis from iron blooded orphans, Reigen from Mob psycho, Makishima from psycho
pass, and a ton of video games as well.
And that concludes the list. What did you think of the top voice actors by roles of
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