| A Negima fan blogger surveyed the popularity of Japanese voice actresses by Google Trends. The popularities were quantified according to how frequently a given actress was searched on Google from January till May 2009. The scores are standardized assuming the popularity of Tomatsu Haruka as 1.0. *1, 6.20 Hirano Aya *2, 5.70 Mizuki Nana *3, 2.32 Tamura Yukari *4, 2.24 Chihara Minori *5, 2.12 Sakamoto Maaya *6, 1.94 Nakajima Megumi *7, 1.60 Ikezawa Haruna *7, 1.60 Kugimiya Rie *9, 1.49 Horie Yui 10, 1.48 Inoue Marina 11, 1.44 Kobayashi Yuu 11, 1.44 Tanaka Rie 13, 1.12 Noto Mamiko 14, 1.11 Koshimizu Ami 14, 1.11 Shintani Ryoko 16. 1.07 Itou Shizuka 17, 1.04 Kitamura Eri 17, 1.04 Goto Yuko 17, 1.04 Sato Rina 20, 1.00 Asumi Kana 20, 1.00 Tomatsu Haruka Below 1.0 Source: Catmania blog Update Voice Newtype magazine carried out a regular vote on the most popular voice actor/actress. The ranking and the numbers of votes are as follows: Voice Actress *1, 541 Hirano Aya *2, 451 Mizuki Nana *3, 313 Kugimiya Rie *4, 270 Tamura Yukari *5, 257 Tomatsu Haruka *6, 227 Chihara Minori *7, 223 Horie Yui *8, 211 Paku Romi *9, 186 Inoue Marina 10, 173 Saiga Mitsuki Voice Actor *1, 728 Kamiya Hiroshi *2, 483 Ono Daisuke *3, 476 Sugita Tomokazu *4, 262 Nakamura Yuichi *5, 259 Suzumura Kenichi *6, 241 Fukuyama Jun *7, 230 Yoshino Hiroyuki *8, 228 Sakurai Takahiro *9, 221 Miyano Mamoru 10, 216 Suzuki Tatsuhisa Source: Scan of Voice Newtype |
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| Aya Hirano? *facepalm* It isn't just MAL, I see. Anyway, this is just females. I'm sure someone like Fukuyama Jun might have beat her. |
 Znips: When Shay is born she just crawls back in the womb to shitpost for another year |
| Nana on 2, Yukarin on 3, Minorin on 4, Hochan on 9, yay. Rie has same popularity as unknown for me (and probably for majority people) Haruna? ROTFL |
| ... Aya Hirano ._____. Why she is so popular ? Nice ! ~~ |
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dtshyk said: Of course...*1, 6.20 Hirano Aya |
dtshyk said: That's an awesome standard!The scores are standardized assuming the popularity of Tomatsu Haruka as 1.0. |
| Eh? I'm rather baffled as to Hirano Aya topping that. Would've expected Kugimiya Rie to be ranked higher too and Tanaka Rie at 11?! What?! |
"It's because you exist.. That I'm here right now.."  |
| Good point, personally though I only really liked her voice acting in Zettai Karen Children and not too many people even know about the series. Misa.. meh.. Konata.. meh.. Haruhi.. meh. |
"It's because you exist.. That I'm here right now.." |
| Yukari!! Nice to see Maaya getting some major recognition, even though she's been relatively quiet these days than how big she used to be. Must be because she's Shiki. |
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| Ohashi Ayuru should be top. |
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Scud said: Your mom should be on top, of me!Ohashi Ayuru should be top. |
kuroshiroi said: You can have her after I'm done with her.Scud said: Your mom should be on top, of me!Ohashi Ayuru should be top. |
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| Hirano Aya is o popular... |
Scud said: Well played sir.kuroshiroi said: You can have her after I'm done with her.Scud said: Your mom should be on top, of me!Ohashi Ayuru should be top. |
| its Hirano's other roles that fail deliver... |
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| No surprise at seeing Hirano at the top. I still don't like her though. |
Chicken + Dictionary + Dictionary = CMC. Eeyup.  |
| Oh look, Hirano Aya is at the top, what a surprise >_> Awesome Rie and Yui are in the top 10. |
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| Why the hell is someone who did only three characters [one of them known for having an annoying voice] 6th place while Hayashibara Megumi is 24th AND NAKAHARA MAI IS 37TH? She has also passed Kugimiya Rie, Horie Yui and Inoue Marina! I haven't heard her voice, though. But, really, sometimes japaneses scary me. |
Amaya-no-Hime said: Aya Hirano? *facepalm* It isn't just MAL, I see. Anyway, this is just females. I'm sure someone like Fukuyama Jun might have beat her. as the title says, this is a popularity contest |
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| *sigh* Miyuki Sawashiro is so far down. |
why she's in 1st rank ? i think sakamoto maaya or mizuki nana are better than her XP dtshyk said: *2, 5.70 Mizuki Nana like this and dthsyk said: *5, 2.12 Sakamoto Maaya *6, 1.94 Nakajima Megumi this are better than Hirano Aya XP why she's always popular?? i hate her |
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| Dear MALians, BAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. love, Aya =) |
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| Ueda-chan is in the Below 1.0 rating ;____; |
Music is from the soul~ ♥ |
| /fanboy mode Yay, Aya-chama, go, go, go! /fanboy mode off. Good to see Nana, Minorin, Yukarin, Nakajima Megumi and Sakamoto Maaya in the top 10. And why so much hate for Aya? There are other Seiyuu who 'dominated' the last few years. Like Kugimiya Rie. *looks at almost every Anime with a Tsundere as lead* |
| This goes to show that Aya Hirano and popularity goes hand in hand. |
| Guys, careful, if you hurt Aya-chan's feelings, she might go buy up more stores. |
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| it's no surprise there that Aya is first on the list... |
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tehnominator said: Oh yeah, Kugimiya is "getting old" now though, so fresh blood! If anything, people just don't like Hirano because they think she's capitalising on her moe appeal to fanboys. Like I said, she's a good-looking woman, she's young, and she's voiced two female characters who nearly all otaku want to get married to: Haruhi and Konata. So in a way, she's a goddess of voice acting. For now. She has to start getting some range, because when someone younger and cuter or more popular comes out, she'll just be there getting typecasted for the rest of her career. If she even gets hired at all in the future. I see good things happening, for example, for the seiyuu of the characters of K-ON! They'll shoot up in popularity soon enough, especially Mio's seiyuu who is already garnering legions for her tsundere characterisation of Mio and her singing voice. Yeah, and I think the same guys who are complaining about Aya's popularity now are part of this Hikasa Yoko Legion. For whatever reason. I do like her as Mio but I think her voice isn't outstanding. Neither is Mio as a character herself. She isn't special, she's just a combination of the most successful moe-characteristics. Considering Aya's popularity: She has her own TV-Show. She's a pretty successful musician. Those are all factors influencing her popularity among people. She isn't only a Seiyuu, at the moment she's more like an Idol/Seiyuu combination. |
| I don't think this is really a popularity ranking. As an example, when I google some voice actor it it often because I'm watching an anime featuring that VA but I'm not sure where I recognize the voice from. I have never google'd Ueda Kana even tough she is my favorite VA, but that is just because her voice is so easy to recognize. Same thing goes for Horie Yui and Kugimiya Rie etc. I know that I google'd Hirano Aya just a few days ago, because I once again had forgotten where I recognized voice from. Also did it once more because of a picture of Konata wearing her bikini "Aya-style". So in conclusion, I often google voice actors because I'm not interested in them enough to remember them. And those I really like I don't need to google. I'm sure this isn't true for a lot of people, but I still think it is a big source of misinformation. |
DarkBlueMay 9, 2009 6:40 AM
tehnominator said: And their looks are still better than voice acting ;]Have you seen English voice actors? Most look like they crawled out of their parents' basements. Nothing much to say about this rank. It's google popularity, not how good they are. In that case Kugumiya Sux should be below bottom of the list ;] |
Ii tenki desu ne... |
| isn't it that less people know hirano aya and then google for her to know more? :S |
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| I'm so glad that Maaya Sakamoto is so high =) |
Antanaru said: tehnominator said: And their looks are still better than voice acting ;]Have you seen English voice actors? Most look like they crawled out of their parents' basements. Haha, QFT :D |
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| 24TH!!! Japan fails As for Aya, she was Haruhi, Konota, Misa, Mei, and Shizu, I like her work(and am now tempted to ask her if she wants to be a voice actress if I meet her on the street) |
mitamakingMay 9, 2009 8:09 AM
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Yuuh said: Why the hell is someone who did only three characters [one of them known for having an annoying voice] 6th place while Hayashibara Megumi is 24th AND NAKAHARA MAI IS 37TH? She has also passed Kugimiya Rie, Horie Yui and Inoue Marina! I haven't heard her voice, though. But, really, sometimes japaneses scary me. Because people searching google for Nakajima Megumi are doing so for mainly for her music and not her voice acting which this fails to take into account. Also being attached to the biggest tv series of 2008 helps... I bet Aya Endo wouldn't have made this list if she didn't voice Sheryl in Macross Frontier for instance.. Nakajima Megumi gets a double bump from Frontier because she not only voiced a character she was singing as well and has been featured on some of the best selling anime singles and osts released. |
| Why IS Hirano Aya so popular? It doesn't make any sense at all...*sigh* I'm surprised someone like Romi Paku isn't on that list. Well, atleast Rie Kugimiya and Maaya Sakamoto are on there.. |
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KayChan4U said: Why IS Hirano Aya so popular? It doesn't make any sense at all...*sigh* No it makes a lot of sense, she's voiced some of the most popular characters of recent years and is pushing herself in public a lot more than anyone on the list not named Mizuki Nana. She has a tv show for herself ffs.. this list is based on amount of hits not the quality of the voice actors... And while Hirano is nowhere near the best I see she gets a lot of blind hate because she's popular and has so many fanboys. I don't give a shit about her popularity and her annoying fanbase, I thought her Haruhi was a tour de force performance before I even knew who did it. |
| I find Aya's voice slightly annoying, also her singing voice isn't the best. However, I can see how she is ultra popular though. Just glad Kugimiya Rie is somewhat up there. |
| I love Aya as Haruhi and Konata but the rest of her roles grate on my nerves. |
Znips: When Shay is born she just crawls back in the womb to shitpost for another year |
| Although i don't like her much, but the fact that Hirano is the most popular is just nothing surprise. Yukari tan no.3... hmm, it's ok. But Mamiko chan no.13 ? |
| hahaha it is too bad i don't know any of them or this list might mean something to me. |
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