The midterm results were unexpectedly reversed at the end! The result of the "2023 Summer Anime Lead Male Voice Actor Popularity Poll" has been announced! Akiba Research Institute official

Akiba Research Institute's official voting project "Which male voice actor is the most popular voice actor of this season?

The top 10 casts of the "2023 Summer Anime Lead Male Voice Actor Popularity Poll," in which 5128 votes were cast, are as follows.

No.1... Kuroi Tobioka 1315 votes
Kosuke Mihara in "Married Couple Engagement: The Night of No Return" (Kosuke Mihara)

2nd place... Noriaki Taniyama 888 votes
BASTARD! -The Dark God of Destruction: Hell's Requiem" (Dirk Schneider)

No.3... Asagi Yu 556 votes
Married Couple's Joy: The Night of No Return (Reiji Suzukawa)

No.4... Mamoru Miyano 473 votes
O-oku" (Arigato Banrikoji)
Bungo Stray Dogs [5th season] (Osamu Dazai)

No.5 ... Masaaki MIZUNAKA 254 votes
Sugar Apple Fairy Tail [2nd season] (Charu Feng Charu)

6th place... Jun Fukuyama 224 votes
I've been reborn as a vending machine and I'm wandering in a labyrinth" (Hakkon)

No.7... Hiroshi Kamiya 223 votes
Bungo Stray Dogs [5th season]" (Edogawa Rampo)

No.8... Ayumi Murase 184 votes
Odd Reincarnation" (Paisley-Mill-Morteln)
I'm actually the strongest?" (Harte Semphis)
The Seven Deadly Sins: The Resentment of Edinburgh, Part 2" (Tristan)

No.9 ... Makoto Ishii 143 votes
Fafner the Beyond TV Edition" (Ikki Makabe)

No.10 ... Shota Aoi 113 votes
Card Fight! Vanguard will+Dress Season 3" (Yuyu Chikanoudou)

So, in the "2023 Summer Anime Lead Male Voice Actor Popularity Poll", from the AnimeFesta original (MENS) work "Married Couple Engagement - The Night of No Return", Kuroi Tobioka as Kosuke Mihara and Asagi Yu as Reiji Suzukawa were ranked together in first and third place. Oubafuro" and "Shoutaimu! ~I want to be a singing girl too~" and "Harem Kyanpu! We look forward to seeing what kind of works will pop up in the next AnimeFesta slot, where short animations have a strong presence each season.

The second place went to Noriaki Taniyama, who was in first place at the time of the interim announcement.
In an interview conducted prior to the broadcast of the second season, Taniyama said that he and the other cast members "definitely copied the manga's unique expressions in the script. The cast members, including Mr. Taniyama, have been recording this work with the " awareness of 'faithfully reproducing the original work,'" and they are doing their best to meet the expectations of the fans. Mr. Taniyama is the only one who can play the role of Dirk Schneider, who has come back to the modern age! This time, he defended his No. 2 position, thanks to the consensus of the fans. Although he narrowly missed out on the top spot, he was able to hold on to the number two spot after three long weeks of voting.

In fourth place was Mamoru Miyano, who plays Arimoto Banrikoji in "O-oku" and Osamu Dazai in "Bungo Stray Dogs [5th Season]".
In "O-oku," Mr. Miyano plays Ariko, who speaks in the Kyoto dialect, which is typical of period dramas, but he has a smooth voice that makes his unique lines sound natural. On the other hand, Osamu Dazai, the character played in "Bungo Stray Dogs [5th Season]," shows a variety of expressions from a cute face to full of gags, and from a cool side to a darker side, making it a cool role to enjoy the charm of Miyano who can handle any role.

Speaking of "Bungo Stray Dogs [5th season]," Hiroshi Kamiya, who plays Edogawa Rampo, also ranked in at No. 7. This season has been a particularly active season for Rampo, and is sure to be a cool one, much to the delight of fans.

In fifth place was Masaaki Mizunaka, who plays Charu Fen Charu in "Sugar Apple Fairy Tail [2nd Cool]. In the " 2023 Spring Anime Lead Male Voice Actor Popularity Poll," Masaaki Mizunaka, who plays Jun Kasukabe in "Goddess of the Cafe Terrace, " came in 8th place, and it seems that he will continue to be a regular name in this project.

And speaking of regulars, these two cannot be left out of this project. Jun Fukuyama and Ayumi Murase are in 6th and 8th place, respectively.
It is no exaggeration to say that both of them are regular voice actors who are ranked in this project when they play main characters in each season.

In this season's "I'm Reincarnated as a Vending Machine and Wander around in a Labyrinth," Fukuyama plays Hakkon, the main character who is the first vending machine in history to be reincarnated. He is the only person who can take on the role of a character with such a crazy setting! The more I look at the character, the more I think that Mr. Fukuyama is the reason for Hakkon, and the more I think that Mr. Fukuyama is the reason for the anime adaptation. If you haven't seen the anime yet, please check out the broadcast and distribution and enjoy "If you get a hit, get another one! I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did. I sincerely hope that by the end of the anime broadcast, there will be a vending machine collaboration that includes audio.
⇒Feels like I'm back to my debut as a voice actor - Interview with Jun Fukuyama (who plays the role of Hakkon, a vending machine) in the anime "Reincarnated as a Vending Machine, I Wander around the Labyrinth".

Murase-san, in 8th place, played the role of Paistley-Mil-Morteln in "Odd Reincarnation" and "Actually, I'm the Strongest?" (Hurt Zemphis) in "Okaisai Tensei" and "Actually, I was the strongest? While Murase's voice brings out the cuteness of her roles, her occasional hints of black-heartedness also amplify the cuteness of her roles.

On the other hand, Tristan, played in "The Seven Deadly Sins: The Resentment of Edinburgh Part 2," is a character who looks cute but is in conflict with the dark power swirling inside him, showing a different side to the above two characters.

Makoto Ishii, who plays the role of Ikki Makabe in "Fafner the Blue Sky: The Beyond [TV Edition]," ranked in ninth place with 143 votes. The "Sokyu no Fafner" series is a popular work that has been loved for about 20 years since 2004. This work, which will mark the grand finale of the long-running series, was also ranked third in the " 2023 Summer Anime Popularity Poll. Although this work, which has already been shown in advance in theaters, has been edited down to TV size for broadcast, its appeal has not diminished. The fact that Makoto Ishii, who plays Ikki Makabe from the long-running series, made the list is a very moving result.

In the " 2022 Summer Anime Lead Male Voice Actor Popularity Poll," "Card Fight! Vanguard will+Dress", Shota Aoi, who had won the prize for his role as Yuyu Chikanoudou in "Cardfight! Vanguard will+Dress Season 3" as Yuyu Chikanoudou!　Isn't it a dream come true to hear Mr. Aoi's voice from Yuyuu, whose character design was originally conceived by CLAMP? The series that followed "Cardfight! Vanguard overDress" and the series that followed has become a new trend in the "Cardfight! Vanguard" series seems to be firmly rooted as a new trend in the "Cardfight!

For the results of the other cast members, please click on the link below.