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Sayaka Kanda, Daisuke Ono Win 9th Annual Seiyū Awards

The organizers of the 9th Annual Seiyū Awards announced the award winners on Friday.

Best Lead Actor Award

Award for best leading performances from an actor during the year
Daisuke Ono
Agency: Mausu Promotion
Roles: Valvrave the Liberator, Sengoku Musou, Durarara!!×2 Shō

Best Lead Actress Award

Award for best leading performances from an actress during the year
Sayaka Kanda
Roles: Frozen, Good Luck Girl!

Most Votes Award

Hiroshi Kamiya
Agency: Aoni Production
Roles: Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Durarara!!×2 Shō

Best Supporting Actor Award

Award for best supporting performances from an actor during the year
Katsuyuki Konishi
Agency: Ken Production
Roles: Akame ga KILL!, D-Frag!

Toshiyuki Morikawa
Agency: Ken Production
Roles: Naruto Shippūden, Hero Bank

Best Supporting Actress Award

Award for best supporting performances from actresses during the year
Miyuki Sawashiro
Agency: Mausu Produce
Roles: Sword Art Online II, Gekkan Shojo Nozaki-kun

Kana Hanazawa
Agency: Office Osawa
Roles: D-Frag!, Durarara!!×2 Shō

Best New Actor Award

Award for noteworthy performances from an actor who debuted within the last five years
Ryota Ohsaka
Agency: Early Wing
Roles: Hamatora, Valvrave the Liberator
Soma Saito
Agency: 81Produce
Roles: Mysterious Joker, Haikyu!!
Natsuki Hanae
Agency: Across Entertainment
Roles: Nagi no Asukara, Your Lie in April

Best New Actress Award

Award for noteworthy performances from actresses who debuted within the last five years
Sora Amamiya
Agency: Music Ray'n
Roles: Akame ga KILL!, Aldnoah.Zero

Reina Ueda
Agency: 81Produce
Roles: Hanayamata, CROSS ANGE Rondo of Angel and Dragon

Aya Suzaki
Agency: I'm Enterprise
Roles: Tamako Love Story, Kill la Kill

Best Singing Award

Award for singing by a voice actor or actress under own name or in a role
μ's unit from the Love Live! School idol project franchise

Personality Award

Award for a voice actor or actress that have done notable work in radio, web radio, or TV as a personality, whether under their own name or a character's.
Daisuke Ono
Hiroshi Kamiya

Merit Awards

Award for the seiyū who have contributed to many genres, including foreign works, over the years
Hiroshi Ohtake
Agency: 81produce
Roles: Cyborg 009's Albert Heinrich/004, Kaibutsu-kun Dracula, Pāman's Booby

Fuyumi Shiraishi
Agency: Ken Production
Roles: Cyborg 009's Ivan Whiskey/001, Kaibutsu-kun's titular character, Mobile Suit Gundam's Mirai Yashima

Synergy Award

Award for the work that demonstrated the appeal of voice-acting to the fullest
Yokai Watch
Haruka Tomatsu (Music Rayn)

Kei Tomiyama Award

Award for the male performer who broadens the profession of voice acting in every form of media
Akio Ohtsuka
Agency: Mausu Promotion
Roles: Metal Gear Solid's Solid Snake, Regal Bryan in Tales of Symphonia the Animation: Tethe'alla Episode, voice-overs for Antonio Banderas and Steven Seagal in various works

Kazue Takahashi Award

Award for the female performer who broadens the profession of voice acting in every form of media
Gara Takashima
Agency: Haikyo
Roles: Slayers Revolution's Gioconda, Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy's Hild, voice-overs for Carrie Fisher, Sharon Stone, Julia Roberts in various works

Kids/Family Award

Award selected by children
Etsuko Kozakura
Agency: Little Portal
Roles: Pocchama in Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl, Jibanyan in Yokai Watch, Tamama in Sgt. Frog

Special

Performers, works, or acts that do not fit within a category that deserve commendation
Wake Up, Girls! idol unit (represented by Mayu Yoshioka, Minami Tanaka, Yoshino Aoyama)
Agency: 81produce

[Via 0takomu]