The winners of the 9th Seiyu Awards were decided!　Daisuke Ono (for the second time) and Sayaka Kanda won the Best Actor Award

The winners of the 9th Seiyu Awards have been announced.

For the ninth time, public voting was held from October 1 to November 30, 2014. The works eligible for voting were those that were newly broadcast on TV, released on video, screened for the first time or distributed online, or released as a game between December 1, 2013 and November 30, 2014.

For each category, the votes received from the public voting on each voting site were tallied for each medium, and based on the results, the nominees were selected for the final selection. The winners were then selected through a second round of selection by the Selection Committee and the Central Selection Committee, which scrutinized the results of that selection.

The winners of the 9th Seiyu Awards are as follows

　Best Actor Award
Daisuke Ono / Mouse Promotion

　Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Sayaka Kanda/Fantastic

　Best Supporting Actor Award
Katsuyuki Konishi / Ken Production
Tomoyuki Morikawa/Accel One

　Best Supporting Actress Award
Miyuki Sawashiro / Mouse Promotion
Kana Hanazawa/Osawa Office

　Newcomer Actor Award】 ※In principle, voice actors who have made their debut within 5 years

Ryota Osaka / EARLY WING
Souma Saito/81 Produce
Natsuki Hanae/Across Entertainment

　Newcomer Actress Award】 ※As a rule, voice actors who have made their debut within 5 years

Amamiya Ten / MUSIC RAIN
Rena Ueda/81 Produce
Aya Suzaki / IM Enterprises

　Singing Award
μ's (Emi Nitta/S, Aino Nanjo/office EN-JIN, Aya Uchida/JTB Entertainment, Suzuko Mimori/Hibiki, Riho Iida/Air-Shinsha, Pile/Spacey, Aina Kusuda/JTB Entertainment, Yurika Kubo/Clair Voice, Aozora Tokui/affiliation: Hibiki)

　Personality Award]

Daisuke Ono/Mouse Promotion
Hiroshi Kamiya / Aoni Productions

　【Most Votes Award】＝Voice Actor who received the most votes from the general public (each category combined)
Hiroshi Kamiya / Aoni Productions

　Special Achievement Award] = Voice actor who has contributed to many genres over many years and works among the deceased, including foreign films.

　Distinguished Achievement Award] = Voice actors who have contributed to many genres over many years, including foreign animation, and their works

Hiroshi Otake/81 Produce
Fuyumi Shiraishi/Ken Production

　Synergy Award] = Works that maximize the appeal of the voice actors.
Yokai Watch (Representative Speakers: Haruka Tomatsu/Music Rain, Tomokazu Seki/Atomic Monkey)

　Takashi Toyama Award] = Voice actor (male) who has promoted the profession of voice actor through various media.
Akio Otsuka / Mouse Promotion

　Kazue Takahashi Award] = Voice actor (female) who has promoted the profession of voice actor through various media.
Masara Takashima/Haikyo

Kids Family Award] = Voice actor chosen from the viewpoint of children
Etsuko Kozakura/Lil Porta

　Special Award] = Voice actresses who do not fit into any of the categories, but have done something special that should be commended.
Wake Up, Girls!

Organizer: Seiyu Awards Executive Committee
Co-sponsored by:
KADOKAWA Inc.
Bunka Hoso Inc.
Shogakukan Co.
Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co.
AR IMAGE Inc.
Special Sponsor:

koebu, WAO
dAnime Store

Supported by:

Amusement Media College
Shobi Music College
Tokyo Animator Gakuin / Osaka Animator Gakuin
Toho Gakuen School Corporation/Tokyo Announcing Academy
Nihon Kogakuin College / Nihon Kogakuin Hachioji College
Nippon Designer Gakuin College Kyushu
Nippon Manga Art College

Aniplex Corporation
avex pictures inc.
NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, LLC
Sammy Corporation
SEGA Corporation
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Daiichi Kosho Corporation
Toho Company, Limited
VAP Corporation
Pony Canyon Inc.
Movic Corporation
Lantis Corporation
Lambert Corporation
Warner Entertainment Japan Inc.

Supported by:

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Japan Association of Sound Producers
Motion Picture Association of Japan, Inc.
Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association of Japan
Satellite Broadcasting Association of Japan

Cooperation:

Japan Association of Voice Actors
Actors' Equity Association of Japan
Dwango Inc.
Gamers Inc.
Animate
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