In Japan, voice actors, or seiyuu as they’re called, are treated like pop stars in their own right. Not only do they voice animated characters or provide the Japanese dub for foreign films, but also star in live-action films and drama, sing, have their own concerts, and even go on tour to visit other countries. Many treat female seiyuu more as idols in fact.

In their latest poll, Charapedia has asked 10,000 fans, 40.1% male, 59.9% female, to vote for their favorite seiyuu. This one would be the results for the female seiyuu, and the Top 20 includes:

20 – Risa Taneda (Gate’s Rory Mercury)

19 – Youko Hikasa (High School DXD’s Rias Gremory)

18 – Yoshino Nanjou (Love Live!’s Eri Ayase)

17 – Rina Hidaka (Sword Art Online’s Silica)

16 – Maaya Sakamoto (Monogatari’s Shinobu Oshino)

15 – Sora Amamiya (KonoSuba’s Aqua)

14 – Nao Touyama (KanColle’s Kongou and her sisters)

13 – Haruka Tomatsu (Sword Art Online’s Asuna)

12 – Ayana Taketatsu (K-On!’s Azusa Nakano)

11 – Nana Mizuki (Cross Ange’s Ange)

10 – Yui Ogura (Hentai Prince’s Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi and Ro-Kyu-Bu’s Hinata Hakamada)

9 – Rie Takahashi (Fate/Grand Order’s Mash Kyrielight and Skilled Teaser Takagi-san’s Takagi)

8 – Rie Kugimiya (Shakugan no Shana’s Shana and Hayate the Combat Butler’s Nagi Sanzenin)

7 – Ai Kayano (KonoSuba’s Darkness and AnoHana’s Menma)

6 – Saori Hayami (Irregular at Magic High School’s Miyuki Shiba and OreImo’s Ayase Aragaki)

5 – Ayane Sakura (My Hero Academia’s Ochako Uraraka and Psycho-Pass’s Mika Shimotsuki)

4 – Aoi Yuuki (Aho Girl’s Yoshiko Hanabatake and Tanya the Evil’s Tanya Degurechaff)

3 – Kana Hanazawa (IS: Infinite Stratos’s Charlotte Dunois and March Comes in Like a Lion’s Hinata Kawamoto)

2 – Miyuki Sawashiro (Black Rock Shooter’s Dead Master and Noragami’s Bishamon)

1 – Inori Minase (Danmachi’s Hestia, School Live’s Yuki Takeya, Re:Zero’s Rem, and Is the Order a Rabbit’s Chino Kafuu)

For two years straight, from 2016 – 2017, Kana Hanazawa topped Charapedia annual seiyuu poll. However, this year, after voicing two “waifu of the year”-level characters in Hestia and Rem, as well as other famous anime characters, Inori Minase finally toppled the ever-popular KanaHana to take first place. As usual, Miyuki Sawashiro got second place, while the former poll-topper settled for third.

So, who is your favorite female seiyuu?

(SOURCE: http://sgcafe.com )