Spend Golden Week with voice actress YouTubers this year! 5 female voice-over YouTubers recommended by Akiba Research Institute for 2021!

In the 2010s, the rise of media-mix productions encouraged voice actors to become multi-talented. In the spring of 2020, the state of emergency was declared and people were asked to refrain from leaving their homes, and this was a period when YouTuber debuts by female voice actors were particularly noticeable.

In this article, we pick up five female YouTuber channels that you should watch now. We would like you to take a look at them as a review, from individual to group channels (*All information is current as of April 25, 2021).

◆417P Channel (currently Shiina Natsukawa Official YouTube Channel)

First, let's start with an individual voice actress YouTuber who launched her channel on April 17, 2020. The channel was launched on April 17, 2020, and currently has 45,000 subscribers. Shiina Natsukawa has been holding an event every year on April 17 in her hometown of Chiba, but the event was canceled in 2020 due to the recent situation. Under the slogan "417 Day Continues," the "417P Channel" released one video every week on "video editing," which was to be handled at the event that year.

What is surprising is the vitality with which he handles all aspects of video work, from planning, filming, and editing, to even using his skills as a voice actor to create human-powered sound effects. Today, there are many YouTubers who outsource their editing work, but Natsuki's willingness to show work that rivals that of a professional creator while also being active as a voice actor is quite impressive.

In the channel's videos, Natsukawa sometimes appears as she is, but her basic style is to interact with 417P, a producer in a panda costume, based on a script she created herself (417P has a face very similar to Natsukawa's). The video is like a commercial for a certain Boraginol product, according to Natsukawa, in which multiple still images are combined to create movement, and then the recording is overlaid on top of the still images. The fact that the actor is able to act as a voice actor and take on the role of the character at the same time as appearing as a celebrity differentiates this channel from others. Even if one tried to imitate him, the style of his videos is too innovative for anyone to imitate. ......

On the other hand, recently, she has been showing her personal expression, such as her makeup and home environment, which fans are interested in. However, she also shows her serious side by omitting important work processes in her makeup videos and showing only pictures of pickles in her cooking videos.

However, even with these points, the fact that she continues this activity in the first place is evidence of her devotion to her fans. The high quality of the videos that she produces is proof that she has nothing to complain about. On the occasion of this year's "417 Day," the "417P Channel" has announced that it will be updated on an irregular basis from now on. It was also announced that the past videos would be commercialized in the form of Blu-ray recordings. These new developments show that Ms. Natsukawa's talent as a video creator has blossomed, and she has contributed greatly to the development of the YouTube domain in the voice acting industry.

◆Himichannel

The channel was established in April 2020. Currently has 33,000 subscribers. As a genuine entertainer who wears the skin of a voice actress/actress/idol, Himika Akaneya (i☆Ris) seems to have a particularly strong affinity with YouTube, where she often engages in physical projects.

In fact, when "Himi-chan Channel" was first launched, she sang "Pretender" by Official Bearded Man-dism while chugging Coke (of course she failed), attempted the impossible one-minute makeup challenge (needless to say, she failed), used her power as an idol voice actress to see if she could make butter just by shaking milk (she failed), and even tested whether she could make butter just by shaking milk. (Of course, he failed.) He also used his power as an idol voice actress to test whether butter can be made by simply shaking milk (he failed miserably because he did not use salt), and he quickly became the talk of the town among voice actress fans.

Recently, he has been demonstrating his entertainment skills, especially in surprise projects. When she collaborated with YouTuber Tokui Aozora, also a voice actress, she ate and drank fried tofu and bean buns during a bowling match as part of a verification project. The scene in which she hid the bean-pan on her back from Tokui's eyes, using only the core strength she had developed as an idol, is a famous scene. Saki Yamakita (i☆Ris) was also presented with a "reverse surprise. Yamakita called it "Saki Channel" and dared to surprise Akaneya by making her breasts get bigger and bigger during an interview with her, but in the end she was completely set up.

Not being able to hide her gifted qualities as a comedian, Ms. Akaneya is a genuine entertainer who never slips up...... or even if she does, she has the power to turn even that into a laugh. Her character is what makes this a one-of-a-kind voice-over comedy channel.

◆Kotori Koiwai official channel

The channel was launched in March 2019. Currently has 51,000 subscribers. The same YouTuber, but with a completely different approach, is Kotori Koiwai's "ASMR" channel, which specializes in ASMR.

She specializes in computer-based music production (DTM) and is also active as a composer and sound engineer, and in the spring of 2020 she will be creating free sound sources used as accompaniment for storytelling in the "#Seiyuu Roudokai" project initiated by Aoi Yuki. At the same time, he has been presenting highly sensitive ASMR videos using dummy head microphones, such as ear-pulling and tickling sounds. Perhaps his "love" for ASMR has grown, and in October of the same year, he founded his own ASMR label, "kotoneiro. He has been delivering his own particular style and "healing through a good voice" by fully utilizing his knowledge as a voice actor and sound engineer.

The label also produces original voice dramas with anime illustrations, and has cast Haruka Yamazaki and Aimi Yamazaki in the past. He says he is able to distinguish the quality of voices that look good on a dummy head microphone because of his own ears, which he cultivated as both a voice actor and sound engineer. Koiwai's channel seems to be used as a platform for the promotion of his works, such as by releasing a viewer's version of the voice drama.

In terms of job creation, the voice dramas are highly appreciated because they give back to the voice actors who perform with them, and above all, they focus on the "quality of the voice," which is an essential part of the voice actor's job function. In addition, Ms. Koiwai has been active in a wide range of blue ocean areas, including collaboration projects with VTubers. We hope that her YouTube channel, which provides a superb "healing" experience in daily life, will become better known to more people.

◆The Three Voice Actor Sisters [Team Y

Team Y is a group of YouTubers who started their channel in March 2020. Currently, they have 118,000 registered users. Team Y, consisting of Mirai Sasaki, Ayasa Ito, and Aimi, is a unit that often hangs out in private after working together on the media-mix content "Detective Opera Milky Holmes. The unit name "Team Y" also has a connection to the show's related programs.

To introduce individual members in relation to the past video projects, Sasaki, who shows her elaborate cooking skills with "Ramen Jiro" and other home-cooked dishes, makes viewers hit the "marriage button" repeatedly, while the other members give her a handicap in game competitions such as "Mario Kart," but she still manages to note a successful defeat. In the "GRWM (Get Ready With Me)" segment, which showed the members getting ready for an outing after waking up, they did not do "GRWM," but instead remained under the covers and only showed their fingertips, Aimi, a.k.a. "Blue Futon-san," who did not perform GRWM, but only appeared with her fingertips under the futon. The team is truly a unique group of individuals.

Team Y rents a room for filming, and sometimes they live together in a sleepover project. The concept of their activities seems to be "to deliver serious laughter," but at the same time, with "cuteness" as a girl in mind, the videos are edited with a pop taste and include skincare and "Can Make" reviews as well as personal outfit coordination, which is popular among female fans. The videos are edited with a pop taste, and include skincare and "Can Make" reviews, as well as personal outfit coordination. The site also includes informative skincare videos, so male viewers who are "concerned about their skin" should definitely check it out.

The appeal of Team Y's activities lies in the fact that they do not see their YouTube activities as just another project, but as a new lifestyle. The way the three members deepen their long-standing friendship, such as when they suddenly hold a late-night planning meeting on LINE, is sure to make viewers feel relaxed.

◆Moe ToyodaandMirai Ito's Pyxis Channel

Finally, we would like to introduce a promising new star: Moe Toyoda and Miki Ito, who opened their channel in July 2020 and posted their first video in December of the same year. The "Pyxis Channel of Moe Toyoda & Mirai Ito," which has been a "do-it-yourself scam" since the spring of 2020, has finally begun to take off.

The channel features rough girls' talk between Ms. Toyoda and Ms. Ito. As usual, Ms. Ito makes natural blurbs, such as forgetting her makeup pouch in a makeup project, and Ms. Toyoda makes toothless quips, sometimes with too much knowledge of the otaku mindset, creating a truly free-space.

Among other things, the first video posted was unexpectedly accompanied by an audio commentary by the artists themselves. Generally, the order is reversed, as the first video must be preceded by the first public work, and the audio commentary must be followed by comments. However, there is a reason for this. The reason is that the video was shot in the summer of a quarter before the release of the film, and it was necessary to explain in advance that the filmmakers themselves were wearing short sleeves. The method of turning not only the content of the video but even the circumstances leading up to its release into a laugh is new.

The second video, "Momotaro Dentetsu ~Momotaro Dentetsu ~Showa Heisei, 2025, also a classic," was made by the members and staff! 〜After a short period of silence, a video showing the members and staff playing "Momotaro Dentetsu ~Momotaro Dentetsu ~Showa Heisei era is also a classic! This video was also shot around last summer, and the audience was again asked to comment on it in the audio commentary. This is the style of Pyxis.

The goal of Pyxis is to post a video "once a month. It is also typical of the girls to set a hurdle that they think they can just barely overcome. At the time of this writing, there is no word of an April update, but we would like to see more videos that delve deeper into the various expressions of Pyxis, if at all possible.

In addition, there are also cases of YouTube channels operated by individual agencies, such as "AMUSE VOICE ACTORS CHANNEL" by Amuse and "HiBiKi StYle" by Bushiroad Group's Hibiki. The former of these includes a video that has become a hot topic among voice actor fans. When Hinata Sato, Kaori Maeda, and Yurie Funado went out to eat at Togoshi Ginza in Tokyo, Maeda bought a bottle of beer at a milk store and opened it at a nearby chain liquor store, Kakuyasu, using only a bottle opener. He then borrowed a bottle opener from a nearby chain liquor store, Kakuyasu, and opened the bottle. Because of this rare opportunity to see such rare footage, checking the Seiyu YouTube channel on a daily basis is a must.


(Text by Kota Ichijo)