{"id":554559,"date":"2023-02-21T11:53:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T08:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pokemon-voice-actors-lead-first-batch-of-17th-seiyu-awards-winners\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T11:53:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T08:53:22","slug":"pokemon-voice-actors-lead-first-batch-of-17th-seiyu-awards-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pokemon-voice-actors-lead-first-batch-of-17th-seiyu-awards-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pok\u00e9mon Voice Actors Lead First Batch of 17th Seiyu Awards Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a400bfddc16e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a400bfddc16e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pokemon-voice-actors-lead-first-batch-of-17th-seiyu-awards-winners\/#%E2%80%9CPokemon_Voice_Actors_Lead_First_Batch_of_17th_Seiyu_Awards_Winners%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Pok\u00e9mon Voice Actors Lead First Batch of 17th Seiyu Awards Winners&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CPokemon_Voice_Actors_Lead_First_Batch_of_17th_Seiyu_Awards_Winners%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Pok\u00e9mon Voice Actors Lead First Batch of 17th Seiyu Awards Winners&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.ak.crunchyroll.com\/i\/spire1\/cbbaab63cc0def65f4dbdc6aebe44ada1676969387_main.jpg\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 480px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><em>Image via Pok\u00e9mon<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the full Seiyu Awards ceremony on March 11, the first batch of winners for the 17th Seiyu Awards were revealed today with long-time <em><strong>Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong><\/em> voice actors Ikue Otani (Pikachu) and Rica Matsumoto (Satoshi\/Ash) taking out the Kids\/Family Award together.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the Kids\/Family Award, which was voted on by children, other awards announced today include the Merit Award, given out to voice actors who have greatly contributed to the industry through their careers, and the Kei Tomiyama Memorial Award and Kazue Takahashi Memorial Award, which is given to voice actors who have participated in many fields including production.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here is the full list of winners from today:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">Merit Award:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">\n<li>Chikako Akimoto (<b><i>Ippatsu Kanta-kun<\/i><\/b>, Japanese dubs of foreign films, narration)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Yusaku Yara (<b><i>Chibi Maruko-chan<\/i><\/b>, <b><i>Dr. Slump<\/i><\/b>, <b><i>Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba<\/i><\/b>)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">Kei Tomiyama Memorial Award:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">Junichi Suwabe (<b><i>Restaurant to Another World<\/i><\/b>, <b><i>Prince of Tennis<\/i><\/b>,<b><i> Kuroko\u2019s Basketball<\/i><\/b>)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">Kazue Takahashi Memorial Award:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">Maria Kawamura (<b><i>Heavy Metal L-Gaim<\/i><\/b>, <b><i>Slayers<\/i><\/b>, <b><i>Gothicmade<\/i><\/b>)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">Kids\/Family Award:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">Ikue Otani (<b><i>Pok\u00e9mon<\/i><\/b>)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 40px;\">Rica Matsumoto (<b><i>Pok\u00e9mon<\/i><\/b>)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color:#f39c12;\">Evangelion&#8217;s Voice Actors Wins Big at 16th Annual Seiyuu Awards<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the winners will be given out in a ceremony on March 11, including the Leading Voice Actor Award and the Supporting Voice Actor Award. This year will see a change in the ceremony with the male and female awards combined to just be the \u201cVoice Actor Award\u201d rather than \u201cBest Male Voice Actor\u201d or \u201cBest Female Voice Actor.\u201d The committee says that the change respects keeping gender out of voice actor discussion as &#8220;voice acting is a job that transcends gender.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This comes after Megumi Ogata won the Best Voice Actress in a Leading Role award last year for voicing Shinji Ikari in <b><i>Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time<\/i><\/b> and said in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/neon-genesis-evangelion-shinji-ikari-megumi-ogata-anime-1848615930\"><span style=\"color:#f39c12;\">her acceptance speech<\/span><\/a> that \u201cseventy percent of the roles I\u2019ve done are male and I don\u2019t really consider myself an actress [in that sense],\u201d advocating for the abolishment of gendered awards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oricon.co.jp\/news\/2268714\/full\/\"><span style=\"color:#f39c12;\">Oricon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/got.cr\/PremiumTrial-NewsBanner4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Try Crunchyroll Premium Today!\" height=\"43\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.ak.crunchyroll.com\/i\/spire4\/78f5441d927cf160a93e037b567c2b1f1563764332_full.png\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Daryl Harding is a Senior Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>. 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