Some of these voices led blockbuster franchises; others quietly owned one unforgettable role. All of them came up during anime's 2000s boom.
1Mamoru MiyanoBroke out as Light Yagami in Death Note (2006) and became one of the defining leading men of 2000s anime.1000pts
2Miyuki SawashiroVersatile actress who voiced Shinku in Rozen Maiden and Celty in Durarara, admired by peers for her range.569pts
3Nana MizukiSeiyuu and pop star who voiced Hinata Hyuga and Fate Testarossa and became the first voice actress to top the Oricon chart.569pts
4Aki ToyosakiBreakout star of 2009 as Yui Hirasawa in K-On!, which made her and her bandmates a cultural phenomenon.568pts
5Yuichi NakamuraLeading man of the late 2000s, voicing Tomoya Okazaki in Clannad and Graham Aker in Gundam 00.481pts
6Rie KugimiyaThe decade's tsundere queen as Shana, Louise and Taiga, and the voice of Alphonse Elric.481pts
7Romi ParkAward-winning voice of Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) and Hitsugaya in Bleach.481pts
8Daisuke Namikawa2000s mainstay whose roles include Ulquiorra Cifer in Bleach, delivered in a famously cool baritone.374pts
9Aya HiranoExploded to fame as Haruhi Suzumiya in 2006 and Konata in Lucky Star, the face of the decade's idol-seiyuu boom.374pts
10Kana HanazawaDebuted in the mid-2000s and became one of the most cast actresses in anime, from Angel Beats to Psycho-Pass.374pts
11Haruka TomatsuDebuted in the mid-2000s and co-founded the seiyuu group Sphere in 2009, later voicing Asuna and Zero Two.374pts
12Tomokazu SugitaDeadpan narrator of the 2000s as Kyon in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and later Gintoki in Gintama.0pts
13Minori ChiharaVoiced the stoic Yuki Nagato in Haruhi Suzumiya and built a parallel singing career in the late 2000s.0pts
14Kana AsumiBubbly lead of late-2000s comedies like Working!! and Toradora's Minori Kushieda.0pts
Photo credits
- Mamoru Miyano — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0
- Miyuki Sawashiro — paranda☆UP DATE from USA, CC BY 2.0
- Nana Mizuki — KniBaron from Bangkok, Thailand, CC BY 2.0
- Aki Toyosaki — HoneyWorks OFFICIAL, CC BY 3.0
- Yuichi Nakamura — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0
- Rie Kugimiya — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0
- Romi Park — テリー土屋のくるまの話【公式】, CC BY 3.0
- Daisuke Namikawa — Yasuhisa Furuhara, CC BY 3.0
- Aya Hirano — Michael Ocampo from United States, CC BY 2.0
- Kana Hanazawa — K-POPIT 케이팝잇, CC BY 3.0
- Haruka Tomatsu — HoneyWorks OFFICIAL, CC BY 3.0
- Tomokazu Sugita — Japan 独立行政法人男女共同参画機構, CC BY 4.0
- Minori Chihara — Splouge, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kana Asumi — HoneyWorks OFFICIAL, CC BY 3.0
