Winners of the 16th Seiyuu Awards

by Snow
Mar 6, 2022 4:37 AM | 11 Comments

Winners of the 16th Seiyuu Awards were announced via Nippon Cultural Broadcasting's internet radio program, "Chou! A&G+." The ceremony was held at the Nippon Cultural Broadcasting (JOQR) Media Plus Hall in Tokyo on March 5.

Winners are listed with their respective talent agency and an example of an anime they acted in during 2021 (not necessarily why they were given the award).

Best Actor
Kensho Ono (Animo Produce; Bungou Stray Dogs Wan!, IDOLiSH7: Third Beat!)

Best Actress
Megumi Ogata (Breath Arts; Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time, Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Movie)

Best Supporting Actor
Fumihiko Tachiki (Office Osawa; Gintama: The Semi-Final, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time)
Yuuichi Nakamura (INTENTION; Mahouka Koukou no Yuutousei, Fruits Basket: The Final)

Best Supporting Actress
Mikako Komatsu (Hirata Office; Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san, Edens Zero)
Rie Takahashi (81 Produce; Kanojo mo Kanojo, Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season Part 2)

Best New Actor
Awarded to actors who debuted within the past five years.
Aoi Ichikawa (Office Osawa; Sonny Boy, Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannou Desu)
Reiji Kawashima (Aoni Production; Fumetsu no Anata e, Shadows House)
Gen Satou (I'm Enterprise; Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun, Dr. Stone: Stone Wars)

Best New Actress
Awarded to actresses who debuted within the past five years.
Kanata Aikawa (Music Ray'n; Wonder Egg Priority, Idoly Pride)
Hikaru Akao (I'm Enterprise; Assault Lily: Bouquet, Gekidol: Actidol Project)
Nene Hieda (81 Produce; Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun, Ganbare Douki-chan)
Hinaki Yano (Sony Music Artists; Selection Project, Wonder Egg Priority)

Best Vocal
Souma Saitou (81 Produce; IDOLiSH7: Third Beat!, Tsukipro The Animation 2)

Best Personality
Awarded for work in radio, TV, or other programs.
Takahiro Sakurai (INTENTION)

Foreign Movie and Drama
Awarded for dubbing works originally from outside Japan.
Taiten Kusunoki (Amuleto)
Kanako Tojo (Axl-One)

Game

Awarded for work in games.
Uma Musume Pretty Derby (Cygames)

Synergy Award
Awarded to a work which exhibits the appeal of the seiyuu profession.
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

Kei Tomiyama Award
Awarded for activity in promoting the seiyuu profession in the media.
Kenichi Suzumura (INTENTION)

Kazue Takahashi Award
Awarded for activity in promoting the seiyuu profession in the media.
Junko Iwao (Freelance)

Kids and Family Award
Voted by children from surveys submitted by elementary schools nationwide
Kyousei Tsukui (81 Produce)

Influencer
Awarded for most influential individual on various social media.

Tomokazu Seki (Atomic Monkey)

MVS (Most Valuable Seiyuu)
Awarded for the individual who was most active.
Hiro Shimono (I'm Enterprise)

Merit Award
Awarded to individuals who have made numerous contributions to the profession and outside the industry.
Harumi Ichiryuusai (Aksent)
Michihiro Ikemizu (Aoni Production)

Special Award
Awarded to any individual, work, or activity for commendable achievements which do not fit any other category.
Ryuu to Sobakasu no Hime

Source: Official site

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11 Comments Recent Comments

Megumi Ogata & Sakurai Takahiro deserve it
But I didn't expect Sakurai-san to get personality category, I think he got best supporting actor

ummm, where's Uchida Yuma (ㅠ﹏ㅠ)

Mar 7, 2022 4:27 AM by EruvaNyan

WOW~ Congrats to them!! ╰(*°▽°*)╯

Mar 6, 2022 7:29 PM by xharumoni

Hiro Shimono Award, anyone?

Mar 6, 2022 8:11 AM by tsubasalover

Congratulations to every single one of them.

Mar 6, 2022 7:58 AM by Pre_Yum

wohoo Megumi Ogata sama !!

Mar 6, 2022 6:47 AM by FrontierAK

Congrats to all the winners, I'm especially very excited for Rierin !!!!

Mar 6, 2022 6:36 AM by RedChrome

YOOOO congrats to all of them !!! big big deserved

Mar 6, 2022 5:45 AM by lizzziziz

Megumi Ogata is well-deserved. I'm so glad Kensho Ono won this award at the same time :D

Mar 6, 2022 5:18 AM by removed-user

Congo, nice Choice for MVS and best actor.

Mar 6, 2022 5:13 AM by itsrj20

Kensho Ono definitely deserves!

Mar 6, 2022 4:42 AM by CQLLIST

Congratulations to all the winners!!

Mar 6, 2022 4:41 AM by Memore

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Anime:	Shin Evangelion Movie:\|\|, Ryuu to Sobakasu no Hime
People:	Ono, Kensho, Ogata, Megumi, Tachiki, Fumihiko, Nakamura, Yuuichi, Komatsu, Mikako, Takahashi, Rie, Ichikawa, Aoi, Kawashima, Reiji, Satou, Gen, Aikawa, Kanata, Akao, Hikaru, Hieda, Nene, Yano, Hinaki, Saitou, Souma, Sakurai, Takahiro, Kusunoki, Taiten, Tojo, Kanako, Tomiyama, Kei, Suzumura, Kenichi, Takahashi, Kazue, Iwao, Junko, Tsukui, Kyousei, Seki, Tomokazu, Shimono, Hiro, Ichiryuusai, Harumi, Ikemizu, Michihiro