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Seiyu - Definition and Overview
For the article about the company named Seiyu, see Seiyu Group.

Seiyū (声優, also known as Seiyuu or simply Seiyu) is a Japanese term that roughly equates to a voice actor/actress for radio, television and video games. On television, they are mostly used in anime and commercial advertisements, and are somewhat more famous than voice actors traditionally are in America.

The typical American fan convention is when speaking of a character in a series translated into English to use 'seiyū' to refer to the Japanese actor and simply 'voice actor' for the English one.

American fandom is sometimes divided over the opinion that some prominently-known seiyū will "perfect" certain voice types (e.g. the ditsy schoolgirl, the deep-voiced loner) sometimes resulting in these seiyū becoming typecast.

Notable seiyū and their major roles (Japanese version unless noted):

See also List of Seiyu

See also

Example Usage of Seiyu
tomochansan: 続・グリーンカレーヌードル情報！杉並区だと京王ストア、いなげや、Seiyu（一部店舗除く）で取り扱い有のようですが、永福の京王ストアと浜田山のSeiyuにはなかったぞ。
nekodemo: @qmy Seiyuさんにしくよろ
igarimtrcommuon: Seiyuの片隅にひっそりとペプシのアズキがあった。シソの時もこんな扱いだったな～。なんでこんな変わり種をだすんだろう？
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