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Seiyuu Nobuyuki Furuta Dies
Seiyuu Nobuyuki Furuta has died on Tuesday night from a ruptured aneurysm. He was 59 years old. The funeral will be held on Sunday morning on September 3 by his wife, as well as fellow seiyuu and president of Kenyuu Office Kenyuu Horiuchi. Furuta voiced supporting characters such...
Seiyuu Madoka Yonezawa Announces Marriage and Pregnancy
Seiyuu Madoka Yonezawa has announced via her blog on Wednesday that she has already married to a man not from the industry the previous year and is currently pregnant. She mentioned that she will continue her work as a voice actor. It is also her 36th birthday today. Yonezawa ha...
Seiyuu Ai Nonaka Announces Marriage
Seiyuu Ai Nonaka announced via her blog on Friday that she has gotten married as of August 21 of this year. The announcement came alongside a video released on her YouTube channel, revealing that her husband is a long-time friend and not related to the industry. The seiyuu also...
Seiyuu Azumi Asakura Announces Marriage
Seiyuu Azumi Asakura has announced on her blog on Friday that she has married to a man not from the industry. Asakura has voiced Misaki Tobisawa from Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm, Kumin Tsuyuri from Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! series, Asia Argento from High School DxD series,...
Seiyuu Yoshimasa Hosoya Returns to Voice Acting
Seiyuu Yoshimasa Hosoya has announced via the A&G+ Radio show Tensai Gunshi on Sunday that he is officially back from a three month break. Being on the radio show was his first voice acting job since returning. The seiyuu's official website has also removed the note stating his b...
Seiyuu Risa Taneda Returns to Voice Acting [Update 8/7]
On Friday, the official website of talent management agency Office Osawa has announced that seiyuu Risa Taneda is resuming her work after 11 months of break. The agency further stated that Taneda will slowly resume her career while taking her physical health into account. Some of...
Animator Shouichi Masuo Dies at 57
The official website of studio Khara has reported that animator Shouichi Masuo died on Monday due to chronic illness despite having been under medical treatments. He was 57. Masuo began his career in the anime industry as a key animator for Sengoku Majin Goushougun (Macron 1). He...
Producer Ouji Hiroi Announces Re-marriage
Producer Ouji Hiroi announced on Tuesday that he got married to a dentist last year. He also announced a new multimedia project the same day. Born Teruhisa, Hiroi is well-known for producing the Sakura Taisen and Chou Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru series, both of which received anime ad...
Anisong Unit MimimemeMIMI Disbands, Seiyuu Yuki Takao Ends Career
The official website for the anisong unit MimimemeMIMI has announced on Tuesday that they will disband, as well as the vocalist and seiyuu Yuki Takao will end her career after their live event on September 9 titled MimimemeMIMI Live 2017 ~Bon! Voyage!~. Her reason for ending her...
Seiyuu Aoi Yuuki to Resume Solo Artist Music Career
An official website and Twitter via Nippon Columbia have launched and announced that Yuuki Aoi will resume her solo artist activity and her new song will be released this Fall. It was a short time since her last announcement about her pausing the solo artist activity via Flying...
Composer Seiji Yokoyama Dies at 82
Seiji Yokoyama, the composer known for his work in the anime series Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Herlock and Saint Seiya, died on Saturday in a hospital in Hiroshima Prefecture due to complications from pneumonia. He was 82. Yokoyama was a composer of incidental music, background compos...
Seiyuu Mari Nakatsu Announces Marriage
Seiyuu Mari Nakatsu has announced via her blog on Friday that she has been married to a man not from the industry, but once an actor who used to be in the same agency. She further explained that her manager scouted him and that both of them acted as a couple in a CM when they wer...
Seiyuu Ayumi Tsuji and Michiru Satou Announce Marriage
Seiyuu Ayumi Tsuji and Michiru Satou have announced via their Twitter accounts on Friday that they have married. Tsuji mentioned that her grandmother passed away in a car accident earlier, and she spent teary days. Satou was one of those friends and family members who supported...
Seiyuu Satomi Sato and Takuma Terashima Announce Marriage
Seiyuu Satomi Sato and Takuma Terashima have announced via their blogs on Thursday that they have married. Terashima mentioned on his radio show Unison! on Thursday that they have been together for eight years. Both of them have mentioned that they will still continue working ev...
Seiyuu Keiji Fujiwara Returning to Voice Acting
Talent management company Air Agency announced on Friday that voice actor Keiji Fujiwara will be making a return to his career as a voice actor. Fujiwara took a medical leave in August 2016 with an undisclosed medical condition. The agency further stated that Fujiwara will slowly...
Seiyuu Yuka Imai Takes a Break from Voice Acting Jobs
Seiyuu Yuka Imai announced on her blog that she will take a break from voice acting jobs. The reason being that she has been notified by the doctor through a health check that her 3-year-old son who will be entering kindergarten is diagnosed with PDD (Pervasive Developmental Diso...
Mangaka and Illustrator Hinata Takeda Dies
Writer Kazuki Sakuraba mentioned on the official Gosick series blog on Tuesday that mangaka and illustrator Hinata Takeda died this January from an illness not mentioned. It was also announced in the June issue of Dragon Age magazine on Tuesday. Takeda was known as the illustrat...
Seiyuu Aoi Yuuki to Pause Solo Artist Music Career
The official fan club of Aoi Yuuki has announced that she will pause her solo artist music career as of Friday. She is happy with the result from singing her songs and providing her own world instead of as her characters'. She especially considers her third mini album Tokowakanok...
Seiyuu & Singer Sayaka Kanda Announces Marriage
Seiyuu and Singer Sayaka Kanda has announced on her Instagram account that she has married. Her spouse is actor Mitsu Murata. Both of them performed live-action stage adaptation of Danganronpa (Danganronpa The Stage) together last Summer. Known as daughter of actor Masaki Kanda...
Seiyuu Yoshimasa Hosoya to Enter Hiatus
Seiyuu Yoshimasa Hosoya has announced via A&G+ Radio show Tensai Gunshi that he will take a short break from his seiyuu career to recover from his throat condition. He plans to return within this year. The same announcement was later revealed on his official website. Hosoya has...