Seiyuu News Roundup Feb 09 Edition
Shortest month of the year, so likewise I’ll keep the roundup short (and pointless).
16-year old wins KADOKAWA×UP-FRONT STYLE Idol☆Seiyuu Audition
16-year old Misawa Sachika (三澤 紗千香) is the grand prize winner in Kadokawa & Up-Front Group’s 2008 Idol Seiyuu Audition, chosen from over 1000 hopefuls. Hailing from a small town in Yamanashi-ken, Misawa spent many nights practising singing at the top of her lungs, inciting the wrath of her mom who told her to shut up. She proclaims herself a Gundam 00 and Haruhi fan and hopes to emulate the success of her heroine Sakamoto Maaya in the future. She is said to be debuting in the upcoming GONZO anime Shangri-la, and will also be performing the ending theme. I suppose I won’t knock all these public seiyuu audition things as such enterprises have unearthed talents like Inoue Marina, Nakajima Megumi, Chihara Minori & Kitamura Eri before so I’ll just wait and see how it turns out.
Source: Yahoo News
New temp super seiyuu group for Basquash!
GONZO’s upcoming spring production Basquash! will see the formation of a temporary idol group called Eclipse (though the official site lists it as ‘eqrips’), made up of Nakajima Megumi, Tomatsu Haruka and Hayami Saori (average age = 18.3). The trio will be singing insert songs within the anime, so I guess the chances for CD releases are pretty high. I’m pleased with the line-up, we should at least be getting some decent singing there but dang, I was hoping they’d go for a more original name like er… Squashed Butts, or Beauty, Cutey and the Beast (don’t kill me), something catchy like that. Instead, I’ll forever associate them with a fansubbing group.
Fukuyama Jun Takes on Makino Yui
Fukuyama Jun mentioned that he bought his first ever PC (he’s 30 years old btw) and Makino Yui somehow ignited a blog war with him after gleefully declaring that she was ‘the winner’ because she had the ‘blind touch’ (ie typing without looking at the keyboard, which Jun is still learning). Fukuyama then indignantly responded ‘How can you compare a person who’s been playing the piano since she was a baby (ie Yui) to a complete amateur like me?’ and threw down the challenge that if he could learn to blind touch by the end of the year, he would win. Yui then responded that the deadline should be the end of the broadcast of SoraKake (on which they’re both working together) instead and Fukuyama agreed, warning that there would be a punishment game for whoever lost the challenge. So er… may the biggest ego win?
Source: Makino Yui’s blog & Fukuyama Jun’s blog
Mistaken identities
Two cases in February: Kaneda Tomoko (35 going on 36) got mistaken for a student on the street, being told to ‘Do your best!’ and getting handed a free stationery set (above) during the recent exam season. And Mizuhara Kaoru (age unknown) got mistaken for a pregnant lady on the train after a particularly heavy all-you-can-eat meal – a young boy offered his seat to her, pointing to her stomach and saying ‘oh you’ve got a baby in there haven’t you?’.
Source: Kaneda Tomoko’s blog and Ga-Rei radio #18
Third volume of Seiran Hyakka series out March 18
Remember those CDs that had a bunch of seiyuu singing anison karaoke style? Well they’re back to torment you – volume 3, both guys & girls versions will be released on March 18. Participating seiyuu:
Girls: Shintani Ryoko, Tanaka Rie, Nagasawa Miki, Orikasa Fumiko, Asakawa Yuu, Asumi Kana, Ohara Sayaka, Sato Rina, Minagawa Junko + Nakamura Eriko (oh god no)
Guys: Ishii Makoto, Okawa Toru, Suzuki Chihiro, Kaji Yuki, Toriumi Kosuke, Kishio Daisuke, Suwabe Junichi, Koyama Tsuyoshi, Namikawa Daisuke
Some amusing song choices include Nagasawa Miki singing crappy Ponyo, Tanaka Rie with Pegasus Fantasy and Suwabe Junichi singing Mahou Tsukai Sally (lol).
Link: Aniplex Hyakka Seiran site (with full tracklisting)
Plume go on ‘hiatus’
Female seiyuu group Plume announced on their radio show that the project would be going ‘into a long, long hibernation’ – I guess that means a permanent break-up? The trio were made up of Endo Aya, Mizuno Manabi & Kawaragi Shiho (left to right above) and released 2 indies singles and 1 major under Lantis during their 3 years of activity. Well I guess I wasn’t expecting that… their major single (Kimi to Yume to Umbrella) was actually pretty decent, and I like the members individually so I’m disappointed that it’s come to an end so quickly.
Source: Plume blog
>Mizuhara Kaoru (age unknown) got mistaken for a pregnant lady on the train after a particularly heavy all-you-can-eat meal
ouch
lol @ Fukuyama Jun vs Makino Yui.
I bet Yui will win… Pianist for so many years = better muscle memory?
Nakajima Megumi and Tomatsu Haruka together? Wow, I hope this’ll be good.
And lol @ Fukuyama Jun. Ego Wars? Maybe he’s more like Leopard than I thought.
I bet Jun Fukuyama calls into his own radio shows.
“Two cases in February: Kaneda Tomoko (35 going on 36) … exam season.”
She beats out Eien Jyuu nana sai in that she actually looks younger than 17. Good thing.
“And Mizuhara Kaoru (age unknown) got mistaken for a pregnant lady on …haven’t you?’.”
How’s about them love handles.
- So let’s make a bet, when will Misawa get a makeover and become the next Hirano Aya?
- Plume is actually decent, but I guess they don’t make enough profit. They released a DVD too, I remember seeing it in some second-hand stores.
- Basquash! sounds promising.
- And Kaneda Tomoko is 永遠の１０歳!
Tomoko Kaneda is 35 going on 36? More like 35 going on 16. Heh, I wonder if she replied by singing Chiyo’s “Tsukarimasho” song. And I wonder if that guy figured out who she was.
I know she hasn’t given her age, but do you suspect Kaoru Mizuhara is older or younger than Minorin? Watching GRZ I kept thinking how funny it would be if Kaoru was actually younger than Minorin. Of course, Minorin can obviously loli it up pretty well.
Saori Hayami, Megumi Nakajima, and Haruka Tomatsu. *head explodes* Okay, well maybe Haruka Tomatsu isn’t adding to the excitement as much as the first two, but still. Yay. For bringing for this awesomeness to my attention, I’ll forgive you for insulting the adorable (but certainly not gorgeous) Saori Hayami. Not that you care if I forgive you or not… But I do anyways.
I wonder how Namikawa Daisuke’s going to sing all of his songs? I only know him as Italy from Axis Powers Hetalia so I’d like to hear if he’s going to sing in that cute, naive voice or in some other voice.
Kaneda is more like 35 going on 11, yeah.
Poor Mizuhara Kaoru.
Who knows, maybe Fukuyama Jun will draw from Geass and magically have Zero’s random FAABULOUS mecha piloting/typing skills *snorts*
@Andrew
I believe Kaoru’s the same age as Minorin. Problem is, nobody knows if Minorin is really 28 as it is often claimed… she could be 30+
@Erin
Thanks for forgiving me, lol. I don’t hate Hayamin, she’s just uhhhh.. totally not my type. Singing is great though.
@Vness
Well Namikawa might as well sing like Chibitalia cos his normal singing voice is terrible.
@issa-sa
I bet Jun wishes he had Zero’s FAABULOUS powers too. I dread to think what sort of horrible punishment he’s dreaming up for poor Yui if he wins…
JunJun, you can do it! Well, there’s me hoping that he gets something out of this. Hopefully, a bit more skill than what he has right now at typing… Hmm, I wonder how big his ego is compared to his determination? XD
And Sugita <3. His personality is just XD.