The final audition for the "14th Seiyu Award" new talent search was held on the web! Kana Kobayashi received the most nominations!

The final audition for the 14th Seiyu Awards, the biggest event for the voice actor industry and voice actor fans, was held on the web to honor the voice actors who were active during the year, and it was announced that 24 people had passed the audition. Comments from Kana Kobayashi, who received the most nominations from the participating agencies, have also arrived. In addition, a collaboration project between the star voice actor development application "On Air! and Seiyu Award's collaboration project, the coly award winners have also been selected.

The "Seiyu Award 《Newcomer Discovery Audition》" has been held since the "1st Seiyu Award" in 2007 to discover talented new voice actors. It is an audition that represents the voice-over industry, with many of the industry's leading voice-over agencies participating.

For this year's audition, the fourteenth in the series, the screening was conducted on the Internet, taking into consideration the health of all parties involved, due to the increased risk of spreading the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

Thirty-five participants in the final audition uploaded videos of "self-promotion" and "text reading" (set to private) on the Web, and 31 voice actor agencies reviewed them from March 10 to 12, 2020, with 24 of them passing the audition.

The person who received the most nominations from the participating agencies was Kana Kobayashi. Here is a comment from Ms. Kobayashi.

Kana Kobayashi's comment (original in Japanese)
I am very happy to have been accepted this time! In the future, I would like to become a voice actress who can play characters of various ages, personalities, and genders! I also want to become a multi-talented voice actress who can also sing and dance!"

In addition, a collaboration project between the star voice actor training app "On Air! and the Seiyu Awards, the winner of the COLY Award was decided to be Yoshi Kinoshita. Ms. Kinoshita's comment is as follows.

Comment from Yoshi Kinoshita (original in Japanese)
I was surprised, but really happy. Now I am a little nervous. I will sincerely do my best so that I can follow in the footsteps of my seniors."

The winner of the COLY Award will be selected as a new character in the original story of the star voice actor development app "On Air! The winner of the COLY Award will be the voice actor for a new character in the original story of the star voice actor development app "On Air! The original story will be developed in a game event during 2020.