Nico Nico Douga, the largest Japanese video hosting service operated by Dwango, conducted an online survey on popular anime voice actors/actresses via its "Nico Nico Enquête" system around at 21:00 on January 12 (JST). During the 10 minutes period, 39,172 users voted for only one voice actor/actress who they thought the best in the anime business from 1,252 professionals listed in "Voice Actor Directory 2016" published by Seiyu Grand Prix. The result was immediately reported as below.

1. Koichi Yamadera - 5.1%

(Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop, Ryoji Kaji in Neon Genesis Evangelion)

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2. Akira Ishida - 3.3%

(Athrun Zala in Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, Kaworu Nagisa in Neon Genesis Evangelion)

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3. Miyuki Sawashiro - 2.1%

(Fujiko Mine in Lupin The Third, Towa Akagi/Cure Scarlet in Go! Princess PreCure)

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4. Hiroshi Kamiya - 2.0%

(Levi in Attack on Titan, Choromatsu Matsuno in Osomatsu-san)

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5. Akio Otsuka - 1.7%

(Anavel Gato in Mobile Suit Gundam 0083, Batou in Ghost in the Shell)

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5. Tomokazu Sugita - 1.7%

(Kyon in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Gintoki Sakata in Gintama)

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7. Saori Hayami - 1.5%

7. Mamoru Miyano - 1.5%

9. Takahiro Sakurai -1.4%

10. Ayane Sakura - 1.3%

10. Yoshitsugu Matsuoka - 1.3%

10. Aoi Yuuki - 1.3%

13. Yukari Tamura - 1.2%

13. Megumi Hayashibara - 1.2%

15. Norio Wakamoto - 1.1%

16. Ichitaro Ai -1.0%

16. Daisuke Ono - 1.0%

16. Jouji Nakata - 1.0%

16. Yuichi Nakamura - 1.0%

20. Rie Kugimiya - 0.9%

20. Takehito Koyasu - 0.9%

20. Nana Mizuki - 0.9%

23. Sora Amamiya - 0.8%

23. Junichi Suwabe - 0.8%

23. Nao Toyama - 0.8%

23. Kana Hanazawa - 0.8%

23/ Inori Minase - 0,8%

Female Top 10:





1. Akira Ishida - 6.5%

2. Hiroshi Kamiya - 5.1%

3. Koichi Yamadera - 4.2%

4. Mamoru Miyano - 3.4%

5. Takahiro Sakurai - 3.2%

6. Daisuke Ono -2.3%

7. Junichi Suwabe - 2.1%

8. Yuichi Nakamura - 2.0%

9. Jun Fukuyama - 1.7%

10. Toshiyuki Toyonaga - 1.6%

Male Top 10:

1. Koichi Yamadera - 5.6%

2. Miyuki Sawashiro - 2.3%

3. Akio Otsuka - 2.2%

4. Saori Hayami - 2.1%

5. Tomokazu Sugita - 1.9%

6. Akira Ishida - 1.8%

6. Ayane Sakura - 1.8%

6. Aoi Yuuki - 1.8%

9. Norio Wakamoto - 1.5%

10. Ichitaro Ai - 1.4%

10. Yukari Tamura - 1.4 %

Source: Nico Nico Enquête

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