A major breakthrough for young talent! Popular Voice Actors Compete in a Close Race in "2024 Spring Anime Lead Male Voice Actor Popularity Poll! Interim announcement

Akiba Research Institute's popular project "2024 Spring Anime Lead Male Voice Actor Popularity Poll! ! The deadline is May 16, so here are the interim results for the second half of the season!

The interim results as of May 12, 2024 are as follows.

No. 1 Tetsushi Niwa
Fighting Dokugaku (Kota Shimura)

2nd Tai Yuuki
Sword Dance Maze -Kyuden Burning Honnouji- (Souzou Left Character)

No.3 FURUKAWA Shin
Weirdo's Salad Bowl (Kaburaya Sosuke)

No.4 Shoro Miura
Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac Battle Sanctuary Part 2 (Kignas Glacier)

No.5 Daisuke Ono
Space Battleship Yamato 2205: A New Journey [TV Series] (Susumu Ancient)
Kuroshitsuji -The Boarding School Arc- (Sebastian Michaelis)

No.6 Kyohei Natsume
THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS (Producer)

No.7 Takuya Sato
Re:Monster (Goburo)

No.8 Ryosuke Higa
My Neighbor's Specter (Jirobo Jirobo)

No.9 Katsuya Fukunishi
Kaiju No. 8 (Kafka Hibino/Kaiju No. 8)

No.10 Shota Aoi
A former hero, called a failure, was expelled from his parents' home and decided to live as he liked (Allen)

First place went to Tetsushi Niwa, who plays the lead role of Kota Shimura in "Kenka Dokugaku" for the first time. He has been receiving votes immediately after the voting opened, and can be said to be the most popular young voice actor in the world today.

On the other hand, the second-place finisher, Taiyuki, is a popular voice actor who is entering the mid-career range. He plays the role of Souzou Samonji in "Touken Ranbu Kaze -Kyuden Konyuru Honnoji-," and is also active as a writer for Akiba Research Institute. It will be interesting to see how many votes Yasu, who is active in a variety of fields including anime and the hobby, will garner.

In addition, this year's poll is a mix of voice actors who have built up their careers, such as Makoto Furukawa, Shoro Miura, and Daisuke Ono, and young voice actors who will lead the next generation, such as Kyohei Natsume, Ryosuke Higa, and Katsuya Fukunishi. The voting project is truly a clash of old and new voice actors, but even looking at the top 10 and below, there is a mix of popular voice actors who have established themselves in the past and younger names.
In terms of the number of votes, it would not be surprising to see anyone make it to the top 10 in the end.

If you have a favorite voice actor, please participate in the voting and make the voting project more exciting!

The deadline is May 16. Don't miss it!