Meanings
plural seiyuus · alternative seiyu · alternative seiyū
- A voice actor in a native-language version anime, a video game, a radio broadcast or an advertisement in Japan.
And the seiyuus all fit very nicely with their characters, especially Takuya, who voices our main man, Hikigaya.
December 2013, Pax Alquiza in Anime Reign Magazine, Vol. 1, Issue 23 more examples
i was just wondering if any seiyuus did/do any other voice acting for things besides anime, like video games and other such media.
1998 November 8, jjiz...@forest.drew.edu, “seiyuus in other media?”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet)I was thinking, have there ever been any seiyuu that are native English speakers but have learned Japanese and won a role as an anime character?
2001 March 23, Marcus Mas, “[OT] English speaking seiyuu?”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet)Kasahara might be better-known today to most U.S. fans as an anime seiyuu (voice actor); she played Fuu in Magic Knights Rayearth and Misuki's mother, Hazuki, in Full Moon wo Sagashite.
2014, p. 189
present singular third person seiyuus · participle present seiyuuing · participle past seiyuued · past seiyuued · alternative seiyu · alternative seiyū
- To take on a role as a voice actor in a Japanese production, or perform a certain character in such a production.
See below, in which she cosplays as Char Aznable and the character she seiyuu'd […]
2004 May 4, Neo-Era, “Yumiko Shaku Zaku”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet)2 more examples
me, i just want to know all anime that ogata has seiyuued in and who she was the voice actress for.
1996 June 9, kristyn lier, “Megumi Ogata Roles”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet)Tomokazu Seki also appears in his theater company "Hero-Hero-Q"'s stage plays when he's not seiyuu-ing.
2001 July 22, sumire, “Re: Seiyuu as Live Actors.”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet)
Origin
- Middle Chinese聲“sound, voice”
- Japanese声優
- Englishseiyuu
Borrowed from Japanese 声優 (seiyū), from Middle Chinese 聲 (*ɕiɛ̝ŋ, “sound, voice”) + 優 (*ʔɨu, “actor”).
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