A Tribute to Anime Voice Actors – My Top 30 Part 1

Oftentimes, we find ourselves watching anime without really paying much attention to the characters’ voices – “Yeah sure, as long as it’s Japanese dubbed with English subs I really don’t care. So let’s watch the damn anime and get it over with!” Among all the great and proud series I have watched, I never knew of the goldmine of humble talents behind the characters we all so adore and hate. And so I dedicate this post as tribute to their uber-greatness.

After watching series after series that all had a somewhat familiar voice in it, I started to wonder and tried to verify my speculations online. And thanks to MyAnimeList, I was able to do just that! And my, how it surprised me how little the world was for anime voice actors. I was practically watching different kinds of anime that had the same voice actors in it!

What’s more awesome is how they can bend and change their voices at will. It’s 100% raw talent! One excellent example would be Ayako Kawasumi’s roles as the brave, stubborn and serious-voiced Saber (Arturia Pendragon) in Fate/Stay Night, the clumsy and childlike Noda Megumi in Nodame Cantabile and the very shy and reserved Yoshida Kazumi in Shakugan No Shana. You wouldn’t know they’re voiced by the same person if you just watched them.

Below are 15 of my top 30 anime voice actors, the characters they played as well as memorable lines. Please note that the roles I included along with the voice actors are just the series I have watched or am currently watching. If you look them up individually online, each of them would have roles in at least 40 anime series. From what I remember, most of the people here also voiced in Clannad, Claymore, Bleach, Naruto, Evangelion, Detective Conan, Seikon no Qwaser, etc.


TOMOKAZU SUGITA
“Do you have any idea how stupid we are? Don’t underestimate us!”Arakawa Under the Bridge – Hoshi
Ayashino Ceres –
Kagami Mikage
Beelzebub -
Hajime Kanzaki
Bleach –
Kensei Muguruma, Nova
Chobits
– Hideki Motosuwa
Time of Eve
– Setoro
Gintama
– Gintoki Sakata
Gundam Seed Destiny – Yolan Kent
Kodomo no Jikan – Reiji Kokonoe
Honey & Clover – Takumi Mayama
Lucky ☆ Star
– Sugita
Macross Frontier
– Leon Mishima
Maria†Holic
– Touichirou Kanae
Panty & Stocking –
Oscar Genius
Persona 4 –
Daisuke Nagase
Sket Dance –
Kazuyoshi Usui
Switch -
Akito Kagura
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
– Kyon
Umineko No Naku Koro Ni
– Ronove
The Wallflower
– Takenaga Oda

 


AOI YUUKI

“The wellspring of wisdom has spoken to me. I’ll reconstruct the pieces of chaos for you.”
Ah! My Goddess! Itsumo Futari de - Saga
Beelzebub –
Chiaki Tanimura
Durarara!! –
Shinra Kishitani
Gosick
– Victorique de Blois
Ikoku Meiro no Croisee – Alice Blanche
Kure-nai
- Murasaki Kuhouin
Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
– Madoka Kaname
Persona 4 –
Aika Nakamura
Pokemon! Best Wishes –
Iris
Shiki –
Sunako Kirishiki
The World God Only Knows
– Mio Aoyama

MAAYA SAKAMOTO

“Even if it’s God, if it lives, I can kill it!
Appleseed XIII – Deunan Knute
Blade –
Makoto
Canaan
- Alphard Alshaya
D.Gray-man –
Lou Fa
Death Note
– Kiyomi Takada
El Hazard –
Qawoor Towles
Escaflowne –
Hitomi Kanzaki
Evangelion – Mari Makinami Illustrious
FF7: Advent Children
– Aerith Gainsborough
Gundam Seed Destiny -
Lunamaria Hawke
Kara No Kyoukai
- Ryougi Shiki
Kuroshitsuji –
Ciel Phantomhive
Macross Frontier
– Ranshe Mei
Mushishi – Amane
Naruto – Matsuri
Nisemonogatari - Shinobu Oshino
Ouran High School - Haruhi Fujioka
Tekken: Blood Vengeance – Ling Xiaoyu
Usagi Drop – Masako Yoshii

AYAKO KAWASUMI
“Mukya! Gyabon!! Muki!!!”Ah! My Goddess: The Movie – Morgan Le Fey
Azumanga Daioh
– Ayumu Kasuga (Osaka)
Bakuman –
Yuriko Aoki
Carnival Phantasm -
Saber
Claymore -
Elena
Fairy Tail –
Marl
Fate/Stay Night
- Saber
Fate/Zero
– Saber
Gatekeepers –
Ruriko Ikusawa
Gintama
– Gedomaru (Ketsuno Ana’s Familiar)
Gosick
- Anastasia
Great Teacher Onizuka
– Naoko Izumi
Great Teacher Onizuka
- Tomoko Nomura
Groove Adventure Rave
- Elie
Hayate no Gotoku –
Athena Tennos
Hell Girl
- Misato Tamura
Initial D –
Natsuki Mogi
Kaicho wa Maid-sama! -
Minako Ayuzawa
Kuroshitsuji –
Queen Victoria
NieA_7
– Mayuko Chigasaki
Nodame Cantabile
– Noda Megumi
Pandora Hearts –
Alice
Queen’s Blade –
Reina Vance
Samurai Champloo -
Fuu Kasumi
Seikon no Qwaser –
Miyuri Tsujidou
Serial Experiments Lain
– Mika Iwakura
Shakugan No Shana
– Yoshida Kazumi
Shinryaku!? Ika Musume –
Ayumi Tokita
The Familiar of Zero
– Henrietta de Tristain

RIE KUGIMIYA

“Urusai! Urusai! Urusai!”
(Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!)
Astarotte no Omocha! – Astarotte Ygvar
Bleach –
Nemu Kurotsuchi
Fairy Tail -
Happy
Full Metal Alchemist -
Alphonse Eric
Full Metal Alchemist –
Kathleen Armstrong
Gintama – Kagura
Hayate no Gotoku -
Nagi Sanzenin
Honey & Clover –
Shonobu Morita
Gundam 00
– Nena Trinity
Persona 4
– Rise Kujikawa
Shakugan no Shana – Shana
The Familiar of Zero
- Louise de La Vallière
Toradora – Taiga Aisaka
Umineko no Naku Koro Ni – Shanon

KENICHI SUZUMURA

“Some things in this world must be protected, even if it means getting your hands dirty. Some things can only be seen through a tainted eye.”
Boys Be – Kyoichi Kanzaki
D.Gray-man – Lavi
FF7: Advent Children
– Zack Fair
FF7: Last Order
- Zack Fair
Gintama
- Okita Sougo
Gundam Seed –
Shinn Asuka
Kaichou wa Maid-sama! –
Tora Igarashi
Kara No Kyoukai
– Kokutou Mikiya
Kuroshitsuji –
Servant Trio
Macross Zero
– Shin Kudou
Ouran High School –
Hikaru Hitachiin
Shingetsutan Tsukihime
– Shiki Tohno
Umineko no Naku Koro ni
– George Ushiromiya

YUU KOBAYASHI

(After hitting someone with a baseball bat.)
“Hey, is your right arm broken properly?”
B Gata H Kei – Kyoka Kanejou
Baccano! –
Nice Holystone
Bleach –
Hisagi Shuuhei
Denpa Teki Na Kanojo
– Miya Satsuki
Fairy Tail –
Daphne
Gintama
- Ayame Sarutobi
Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni
– Satoshi Houjou
Level-E –
Kyoko Mikihisa
Maria†Holic
– Mariya Shidou
School Rumble –
Lala Gonzalez
Steins;Gate
– Ruka Urushibara
The World God Only Knows
– Yuu Hatori
Umineko No Naku Koro Ni
– Kanon

SOUICHIROU HOSHI

“Hara-hetta, kono ero kappa!”
(I’m hungry, you perverted water imp!)
Break Blade – Rygart Arrow
Code Geass – Gino Weinberg
Getbackers – Kazuki Fuuchoin
Groove Adventure Rave
- Lucia Raregroove
Gundam Seed –
Kira Yamato
Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni
– Keiichi Maebara
Kara No Kyoukai
– Lio Shirazumi
Macross Frontier
– Brera Sterne
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
– Kira Yamato
Saiyuki
- Son Goku
Steam Detectives – Narutaki
Vampire Knight – Senri Shiki

ORIKASA FUMIKO

“I love curry!”
Bleach – Rukia Kuchiki
Boys Be
– Sayaka Kanzaki
Code Geass –
Shirley Fenette
Dennou Coil
- Yuuko Okonogi
Devil May Cry
– Lady
Full Metal Alchemist –
Riza Hawkeye
Gintama
– Kyubei Yagyu
Great Teacher Onizuka
– Azusa Fuyutsuki
Gundam Seed Destiny -
Meyrin Hawke
Haibane Renmei –
Hikari
Hellsing –
Seras Victoria
Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni
- Rumiko Chie
Natsume Yuujinchou -
Murasaki
Shingetsutan Tsukihime
– Ciel
Super Street Fighter IV –
Chun Li
Vandread
– Meia Gisborn
Vampire Knight – Shizuka Hio
You’re Under Arrest – Sena Wakabayashi

DAISUKE SAKAGUCHI

“DONDAKE!!”
Baccano! – Jacuzzi Splot
Bleach –
Hou / Ban
Clannad –
Youhei Sunohara
Gintama
– Shinpachi Shimura
Guilty Crown –
Souta Tamadate
Hajime no Ippo –
Naomichi Yamada
Kamen no Maid Guy –
Kousuke Fujiwara
Katanagatari –
Chouchou Maniwa
SKET Dance -
Teppei Sugihara
Tokyo Majin -
Ryouichi Karasu
Welcome to the NHK!
– Kaoru Yamazaki

SATSUKI YUKINO

“Don’t move, it’s the penalty game.”
Bleach – Yoruichi Shihouin
Clannad –
Misae Sagara
Claymore –
Rafaela
Cooking Master Boy –
Mei Li
Full Metal Panic!
– Kaname Chidori
Full Metal Alchemist –
Rose Tomas
Gintama
– Otae Shimura
Gosick
- Jacqueline de Signore
Groove Adventure Rave
– Cattleya Glory
Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni
- Mion Sonozaki
Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni
– Shion Sonozaki
Lovely Complex –
Ootani’s Sister
Inu Yasha
– Kagome Higurashi
Natsume Yuujinchou – Hiiragi
Planetes – Ai Tanabe
Tales of the Abyss – Arietta
Trigun – Milly Thompson, Kuroneko

KAZUYA NAKAI
“Let’s party!!!”Ao no Exorcist – Ryuji Suguro
Bleach –
Kokuto
Break Blade
– Borcuse
D.Gray-man –
Gozu
Death Note
– Kanzo Mogi
Fate/Prototype – Lancer
Full Metal Alchemist Bro –
Miles
Gintama
- Toshiro Hijikata
Gundam Seed -
Reverend Malchio
Hellsing –
Jan Valentine
Nichijou –
Narrator
Nodame Cantabile
– Kouzou Etou
One Piece – Zoro Roronoa
Samurai Champloo – Mugen
Switch – Keigo Kajiyama

AYA HIRANO

“Have you ever realized how insignificant your existence is on this planet?”
Bakemonogatari – Shinobu Oshino
Bleach –
Homura
Death Note
– Misa Amane
Dragon Ball Kai
– Dende
Fairy Tail –
Lucy Heartfilia, Lucy Ashley
Gintama –
Nobume Imai
Kuroshitsuji –
Hannah Annafellows
Lucky ☆ Star
– Konata Izumi
Macross Frontier
– Nene Rora
Macross Frontier
– Mina Roshan
Maria†Holic
– Shizu Shidou
Nichijou –
Narrator
Queen’s Blade –
Nanael
Saint Seiya –
Sasha
School Rumble –
Youko Sasakura
Seikon no Qwaser –
Ekaterina Kurae
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
– Haruhi Suzumiya

SHINICHIRO MIKI
(Gazing at the Earth in space.)
“You people…Are you satisfied with how the world is? I’m not.”Batman: Gotham Knight - Bruce Wayne
Bleach – Kisuke Uruhara
Captain Tsubasa – Genzo Wakabayashi
Carnival Phantasm - Assassin
D.Gray-man
– Bak Chang
Escaflowne –
Allen Schezar
Fate/Stay Night
– Assassin
Full Metal Alchemist – Roy Mustang
Full Metal Panic!
– Kurz Weber
Gatekeepers
– Jim Skylark
Gintama
– Sakamoto Tatsuma
Great Teacher Onizuka
– Hidero Ohsawa
Gundam 00
– Lockon Stratos
Hakuoki – Toshizo Hijikata
Initial D – Takumi Fujiwara
Naruto – Mizuki Touji
Nisemonogatari – Deishu Kaiki
No. 6 – Youming
Pokemon – Kojirou
Samurai Champloo – Moronobu Hishikawa

CHIWA SAITO

“This is my mission.”
Arakawa Under The Bridge – Kou Ichinomiya
Aria –
Aika Granzchesta
Astarotte No Omocha! –
Ingrid Sorgrims
Bakemonogatari –
Hitagi Senjougahara
Blood+
– Lulu
Break Blade
- Sygyn Erster
Gintama
– Kuriko Matsudaira
Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
– Homura Akemi
Murder Princess –
Ana / Yuna
Gundam 00
– Louise Halevy

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