The Seiyu Awards celebrate the achievements in the Japanese voice acting for the past year. These awards honour seiyuu for their work not only in anime, but also games, foreign film dubbing, and many more.

For its 11th edition, they returned to the JOQR Media Plus Hall and announced this year’s winners:

BEST ACTOR: Ryunosuke Kamiki (your name’s Taki Tachibana)

BEST ACTRESS: Mone Kamishiraishi (your name’s Mitsuha Miyamizu)

Best Supporting Actor: Houchu Ohtsuka (Ajin’s Satou)

Best Supporting Actress: Megumi Han (Bubuki Buranki’s Reoko Banryuu)

Best Male Newcomers (3 winners):
Given to seiyuu who debuted in the last five years

Setsuo Itou (Mob Osycho 100’s Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama)

Yuuma Uchida (Macross Delta’s Hayate Immelmann)

Yuusuke Kobayashi (The Heroic Legend of Arslan’s Prince Arslan)

Best Female Newcomers (3 winners)
Given to seiyuu who debuted in the last five years

Ari Ozawa (Monster Musume’s Papi)

Sayaka Senbongi  (Girlish Number’s Chitose Karasuma)

Minami Tanaka (Wake Up Girls’ Minami Katayama)

Vocal Award:
AQOURS (Kanako Takatsuki, Ai Furihata, Arisa Komiya, Nanaka Suwa, Aina Suzuki, Rikako Aida, Anju Inami, Aika Kobayashi, Shuka Saitou)

Personality Award: Natsuki Hanae (Makabne-kun’s Revenge’s Masamune Makabe)
Given to seiyuu who best performed in other related works like radio, TV, or other programs.

Achievement Awards (3 recipients)
Given to individuals who have made numerous contributions to both inside and outside of the seiyuu industry

Kiyoshi Kobayashi (Lupin III’s Daisuke Jigen)

Mari Shimizu (Astro Boy’s Atom)

Junko Hori (Ninja Hattori-kun’s Kanzou Hattori)

Special Award: Rena Nounen
Given to individuals to contributed to the seiyuu industry but don’t fit any category

Kei Tomiyama Award: Ryuusei Nakao
Awarded for activity in promoting the seiyuu profession in the media

Kazue Takahashi Award: Sumi Shimamoto
Awarded for activity in promoting the seiyuu profession in the media

Synergy Award: your name.

Family Award: The Secret Life of Pets (PETS in Japan)

Congratulations to all the winners!

source: Animate Times