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:''For the company named Seiyu, see [[Seiyu Group]].''
'''''Seiyū''''' (声優, also written '''''seiyuu''''' or simply '''''seiyu''''') is a [[Japanese language|Japanese]] term that roughly equates to a [[voice actor|voice actor/actress]] for [[radio]], [[television]] and [[video games]]. On television, they are mostly used in [[anime]] and commercial advertisements, and are somewhat more famous than voice actors traditionally are in America.
When speaking of a character in a series translated into [[English language|English]], conventional usage among [[United States|American]] fans is to use ''seiyū'' to refer to the Japanese actor and ''voice actor'' for the English one.
American fandom is sometimes divided over the opinion that some prominent seiyū will "perfect" certain voice types (e.g. the ditsy schoolgirl, the deep-voiced loner) sometimes resulting in these seiyū becoming [[typecasting (acting)|typecast]].
== Notable seiyū and their major roles (Japanese version unless noted): ==
*[[Megumi Hayashibara]] - [[Rei Ayanami]], [[Cowboy Bebop|Faye Valentine]], [[Love Hina main characters#Haruka Urashima|Haruka Urashima]], [[Ranma Characters#Ranma Saotome|Ranma (female)]], [[Slayers|Lina Inverse]], [[Video Girl Ai|Ai Amano]], [[Team Rocket|Musashi]] (Jessie)
*[[Yu Asakawa]] - [[Love Hina main characters#Aoyama Motoko|Motoko Aoyama]], [[Azumanga Daioh|Sakaki]]
*[[Yui Horie]] - [[Love Hina main characters#Narusegawa Naru|Naru Narusegawa]], [[Kikaider|Mitsuko]], [[Fruits Basket | Tohru Honda]]
*[[Kotono Mitsuishi]] - [[Tsukino Usagi|Sailor Moon]], [[Misato Katsuragi]], [[Excel Saga|Excel]], [[Ebichu]]
*[[Houko Kuwashima]] - [[Yurika Misumaru]], [[Chobits characters#Minoru Kokubunji|Minoru Kokubunji]], [[Sango]]
*[[Kappei Yamaguchi]] - [[InuYasha (character)|InuYasha]], [[Ranma Characters#Ranma Saotome|Ranma (male)]], [[Artemis (Sailor Moon)|Artemis]] (live action), [[Usopp]], Shin'ichi Kudo ([[Jimmy Kudo]])
*[[Yuriko Yamaguchi]] - [[Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Ritsuko Akagi|Ritsuko Akagi]], [[Nico Robin]]
*[[Kikuko Inoue]] - [[Oh! My Goddess|Belldandy]], [[Onegai Teacher|Mizuho Kazami]], [[Ranma Characters#Kasumi Tendo|Kasumi Tendo]], [[Maison Ikkoku|Kyoko Otonashi]]
*[[Minami Takayama]] - [[Kiki's Delivery Service|Kiki]], [[Shinichi Kudo|Conan Edogawa]]
*[[Junko Noda]] - [[His and Her Circumstances|Maho Izawa]], [[Love Hina main characters#Konno Mitsune (Kitsune)|Konno 'Kitsune' Mitsune]]
*[[Ryou Horikawa]] - [[Vegeta]], [[Elf Princess Rane|Takuma]]
*[[Satsuki Yukino]] - [[Kagome Higurashi]], [[Love Hina main characters#Mutsumi Otohime|Mutsumi Otohime]], [[Trigun#Milly Thompson|Milly Thompson]]
*[[Rie Tanaka]] - [[Chobits characters#Chi (Elda)|Chi]], [[Gundam Seed|Lacus Clyne]], [[Steel Angel Kurumi|Saki]]
*[[Yuji Ueda]] - [[Love Hina main characters#Keitaro Urashima|Keitaro Urashima]], [[Chobits characters#Hiroyasu Ueda|Hiroyasu Ueda]], [[Rurouni Kenshin#Sagara Sanosuke (Zanza)|Sagara Sanosuke]]
*[[Toshihiko Seki]] - [[Genjyo Sanzo]], [[Ranma Characters | Mousse]], [[Gundam Wing | Duo Maxwell]]
*[[Takeshi Kusao]] - [[Slam Dunk|Hanamichi Sakuragi]], [[Future Trunks|Trunks]], [[Video Girl Ai|Yota Moteuchi]], [[Revolutionary Girl Utena#Characters | Kyoichi Saionji]], [[Lodoss to Senki|Parn]], [[Saiyuki|Kougaiji]]
*[[Shoutarou Morikubo]] - [[Getbackers main characters#Amano Ginji|Ginji Amano]]
*[[Chisa Yokoyama]] - [[Sakura Taisen|Shinguuji Sakura]], [[Ryoko Subaru]], [[Tenchi Muyo | Sasami]], [[Gundam Wing | Lucrezia Noin]]
*[[Akira Ishida]] - [[Slayers|Xelloss]], [[Kaworu Nagisa]]
*[[Aya Hisakawa]] - [[Sailor Mercury]], [[Skuld]], [[Revolutionary Girl Utena#Characters | Miki Kaoru]], [[Fruits_Basket#Characters|Yuki Sohma]], [[CCS_Characters#Cerberus.2FKeroberos | Kero-chan]]
*[[Koichi Yamadera]] - [[Ryoga Hibiki]],[[Neon Genesis Evangelion main characters#Ryoji Kaji| Ryoji Kaji]],[[Cowboy Bebop | Spike Spiegel]]
*[[Ai Orikasa]] - [[Tenchi Muyo#Characters | Ryoko]],[[Gundam Wing#Characters | Quatre]]
*[[Emi Shinohara]] - [[Sailor Jupiter]],[[Project A-Ko | B-Ko]]
*[[Junko Iwao]] - [[CCS_Characters#Tomoyo_Daidouji.2FMadison_Taylor | Tomoyo Daidouji]], [[Magic User's Club |Akane Aikawa]]
*[[Megumi Ogata]] - [[Sailor Uranus]], [[Shinji Ikari]],[[Card Captor Sakura#Characters | Yukito Tsukishiro]]
*[[Tomizawa Michie]] - [[Sailor Mars]],[[Project A-Ko | C-Ko]],[[Sakura Taisen | Sumire Kanzaki]]
*[[Takehito Koyasu]] - [[Revolutionary Girl Utena#Characters | Touga Kiryuu]],[[Excel Saga | Ilpalazzo]], [[Gundam Wing | Zechs Merquise]], [[Fushigi Yugi | Hotohori]], [[Weiss Kreuz | Aya Fujimiya]]
*[[Ryoutarou Okiayu]] - [[Fruits Basket#Characters | Shigure Sohma]],[[El Hazard | Katsuhiko Jinnai]], [[Gundam Wing | Trieze Kushrenada]]
*[[Yumi Touma]] - [[Urd]], [[Fushigi Yugi|Yui Hongo]], [[Gundam Wing|Sally Po]], [[Lodoss to Senki | Deedlit]]
*[[Shinichirou Miki]] - [[Fushigi Yugi|Keisuke Yuki]], [[Sephiroth (video game character)|Sephiroth]], [[Team Rocket|Kojiro]] (James)
*[[Yoshiko Sakakibara]] - [[Haman Karn]], [[Integra Hellsing]], [[Bubblegum_Crisis#Sylia_Stingray|Sylia Stingray]]
*[[You Inoue]] - [[Sayla Mass]], [[Ryo Bakura]], [[Haro]]
==See also==
*[[List of Seiyu]]
==External links==
*[http://www.usagi.org/~doi/seiyuu/seiyuu.html Seiyuu (voice actor) database]
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