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Hello everyone, today I wanna talk about the people behind DanPri characters (a.k.a. their VAs/seiyuu, though they do more than just voice act). Some kind of introduction I guess.

Sorry for reposting this, I accidentally posted it when I saved the draft :(

So without further ado, let's start! :D

Seiichirou Yamashita

Nicknames: Seichi (Koba, Reiou), Sei-chan (Tatsumaru), Yamashita-san/kun (Kawai-kun, Uzawa-kun, almost everyone else) Birthday: May 21, 1992 Hometown: Hiroshima Agency: Office Osawa Some well-known roles outside PriPara: Touken Ranbu - Yagen Toushirou & Aizen Kunitoshi Horimiya - Toru Ishikawa Twisted Wonderland - Ace Trappola

Shougo's voice actor, the most normal one among WITH in a glance. His voice is generally low-to-mid tone, but he's also good at voicing mischievous early-teen boys. Seichi chose to be a voice actor because he's always loved acting, but he actually longed to be an actor. However, he sees voice acting as the most realistic path for him.

Seichi debuted from 2012, but it wasn't until 2016 that he started getting main roles. A year later, he got the role as Shougo. When he found out about PriPara stage play, where the main casts' VA also act on stage, he basically told the director that "If there's a stage play for DanPri too one day, I'm available (wink)". And yeah, that dream was no longer a dream, as he got to be Shougo's actor on the stage play.

Role in WITH: Tsukkomi (the "normal one")

If you watch them enough, you'd know that Kobatatsu and Reiou are known to be fooling around while Seichi reminds them to behave. He gets them to be back on track in radio shows, free talk sessions in lives, etc. However, according to Koba and Reiou, he's actually more carefree than it seems, and sometimes went out somewhere on his own without notice. In some fan reports, Seichi's often seen to be the one being doted on the most, and Koba-Reiou admitted through a Q&A session that he's the one that feels like the youngest despite being the tsukkomi.

Tatsuyuki Kobayashi

Nicknames: Kobatatsu (fans/almost everyone), Ta-tan (Seichi), Tatsuyuki (Seichi) Birthday: April 21, 1989 Hometown: Chiba Agency: avex Some well-known roles outside PriPara: King of Prism - Ace Ikebukuro Twisted Wonderland - Cater Diamond Paradox Live (Stage play) - Satsuki Ito

Asahi's voice actor, literal personification of bright morning sunshine on stage. He's actually more of a singer and stage actor than voice actor. He started his career as a singer after winning the 7th Anisong Grand Prix in 2013. You can see some footages of it on Youtube (here's the digest of his performances). After debuting as a singer, he also started acting on stage plays since 2016.

Kobatatsu's career as a voice actor started in 2015, and Asahi is his first non-nameless supporting role. His voice is generally mid-to-high, and he's good at playing cheerful, happy-go-lucky characters. Seichi said that Kobatatsu has a habit to talk in childish voice outside from work.

Role in WITH: Main performer + co-mentor(?)

Due to his background, he's the most experienced stage performer among WITH members. And because of that, he became the "main dancer" of WITH, especially during their early days. He also helped the other two on learning choreographies (e.g. Tick-Tock Magical Time for their first solo event) and on performing in general. Seichi and Reiou said that they learned a lot from him during the rehearsals of their stage play.

Reiou Tsuchida

Nickname: Tsuchi (Tatsumaru), Reiou, Tsuchida-san Birthday: January 6, 1993 Hometown: Hokkaido Agency: 81produce Some well-known roles outside PriPara: Ensemble Stars - Tsukasa Suou VS AMBIVALENZ - Taiyo Haruno & Subaru Takaya

Koyoi's voice actor, one of the funniest guys in the industry. He started his career as voice actor in 2012, but he doesn't have that much leading roles yet. He has quite distinctive voice, but it's pretty versatile. Reiou started becoming more well-known after voicing in Ensemble Stars in 2015, and he got the role as Koyoi in 2017.

Although he seems so unserious, he's actually very multitalented. He's good at imitating other people's voice, drawing, making stories, singing, and so on. Reiou even drew WITH members on their birthday back in 2020 (here's the link: Shougo, Koyoi, Asahi). He started working on his own manga since 2023 and self-publishing it on his Twitter.

Role in WITH: Ghost-director

I've written about how Koyoi's past story was developed from Reiou's idea, but that's not the only thing he contributed to WITH's back story. He proposed many ideas for WITH Stage as they rehearsed, e.g. the dance battle scene between Koyoi and Shinya and DARKNESS SOUL duet scene with Shinya. The director originally asked him to do Koyoi's solo song on that part, but Reiou felt that it'd be more fitting to involve Shinya more.

He also came up with a concept for Quest Milky Way performance during their #IIZE Tour in 2019. Reiou asked the audience to light up their penlights in their own color instead of WITH's members, because WITH were going around the galaxy in that song, and the penlight colors represent everyone's colors as the "stars" (idols) in the galaxy.

Kentarou Kawai

Nickname: Ken-chan (Seichi), Kawataro (some fans and DanPri members), Tono (Uzawa-kun), Kawai-kun (almost everyone) Birthday: April 7, 1997 Hometown: Tokyo Agency: Japan Music Entertainment

Shinya's voice actor, a newcomer who debuted in 2019. He focuses more on being an actor than voice actor, so his only role as a seiyuu is Shinya so far. He's especially close with Uzawa-kun, often goes out together and even invited Uzawa-kun to his family's home. Some fans called the two of them "Tarotaro" (from Kentarou and Shoutarou).

WITH members often praises Kawai-kun as a very earnest, polite, and hard-working kid. He's also a certified sword-fighting actor, and showcases his fighting skills through videos on his SNS accounts (example here). Among all DanPri casts, he's the one that often holds streaming to interact with fans via Instagram Live.

Shoutarou Uzawa

Nickname: Uzawa-kun (almost everyone), Taroumaru (fans) Birthday: January 22, 1997 Hometown: Chiba Agency: 81produce

Ushimitsu's voice actor, also a newcomer who works in the same company as Reiou. He has mid-to-high tone voice. He's voiced many supporting roles in anime, movie dub, and games. Before working under his current company, he was under Japan's children theater company.

Uzawa-kun is a Pretty Series fan, and he was really excited to get the role as Ushimitsu. He's also the one who played Adopara the longest (or, rather, the only one who really played it) among DanPri casts. He's really close with Kawai-kun, but due to the long stage play rehearsal, he used to call Kawai-kun "Tono" (Master) everywhere, even when they meet outside work.

Tatsumaru Tachibana

Nickname: Tatsumaru Birthday: April 21, 1991 Hometown: Fukui Prefecture Agency: Stay Luck Some well-known roles outside PriPara: The God of High School - Mori Jin Aoashi - Eisaku Ootomo Kabukicho Sherlock - Toratarou Kobayashi

Mario's voice actor, an experienced stage actor who started his career as a voice actor in 2019. His natural voice is mid-to-high and sounds mild. He started acting since the age of 10, joining his father's theater company and performing with traveling troupe. He became the theater company's chairman in 2010-2015 before deciding to reside in Tokyo and work there.

Like Kawai-kun, he's also a certified sword-fighting actor, in addition to specializing in playing as a female on stage. His career as a voice actor is still quite short compared to his acting experience, but he's been climbing up in popularity and started getting more main roles. Among all DanPri casts, he's the closest with Seichi due to having voiced as main characters in a series together.

Oh, and he also has a youtube channel, although it doesn't seem to be that active lately.

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comeback and the profile used to be...

Team Handsome!! Mizuta Kouki, Kai Shouma, DearDream. Actors from Kamen rider. Isomura hayato, Matsuda gaku. Voice actors from 81produce.

7 years ago :0

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FOE Brazy - "US": A Powerful Rap/HipHop Track from Atlanta, GA

Artist: FOE BrazyTrack: USBPM: 81Producer: Soul Beats/NoBuddyLabel: F.O.E. The LabelHometown: Atlanta, GAMood: ConfidentEmotion: DefiantGenre: Rap/HipHop Experience the Raw Talent of FOE Brazy Hear the story of a street legend in the making with F.O.E. Brazy’s new single, “US”! This thought-provoking rap/hip-hop track showcases the powerful lyricism and captivating flow of FOE Brazy. Backed by…

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▼ Kamio fully utilising the massage gun Asanuma gifted him 

love and care from 81produce senior towards his juniors 

[sssakyoizu]

Juza's VA is sooo awesome.

I need more of this content.

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Congratulations to Saito Soma for finally being able to officially debut as an artist ! \[^A^]/

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hey do yall have a favorite seiyuu :0c ? im curious now after how much ive gushed over tarorin hdjfnc

[315-no-stage]

Happy birthday, ItoKen-san!

My SideM seiyuu oshi, the diamond of 81Produce. I was lucky enough, as an overseas fan, to have experienced his talent twice at a live reading drama. I even had to adjust flight plans to accommodate ahaha. I'm excited to see more from him in the future.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY - NANAMI YAMASHITA

The 19th of July, is the 25th birthday of Nanami Yamashita (Nanamin), the voice provider for Yui Ohtsuki! She is currently employed under 81 Produce as a voice actres. She obtained her first named role as Nanami Hisami in the Wake Up, Girls! (2014) anime.

She joined the IM@S family on the 21st of March 2015 as a surprise voice reveal through the 10th Episode of the Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Anime.

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Website　　  : 81produce Instagram 　 : @aishite773

Official Profile Translations:

Birthday　       : July 19th Place of Birth  : Tokushima Prefecture Dialect　　　   : Awa-ben Hobbies&Skills : Cooking,  Nail Art, Smiles, Flute Qualifications : Wake Up, Girls! Audition Winner

Trivia

※ Was originally not as acting-savy or anime-savy as the other members of WUG, only warming up due to the other members ※ Cites Rie Kugimiya as her main inspiration, basing most of her performances from the former’s role as Taiga Aisaka from Toradora ※ Known to sleep at 21:00, this time known as “Nanamin Time”

Thank you for joining the IDOLM@STER family, and let’s wish her all the best of luck in her career! Again, happy birthday!

[beevean]

st-aro-dustspeedway ha risposto al tuo post “Apparently there has been some Hetalia discourse these last few days...”

Wait, Kanemaru appeared in a Hetalia episode? :o Which one, if you don't mind me asking?

From the Hetalia wiki:

Jun'ichi Kanemaru (金丸淳一 Kanemaru Jun'ichi) is a seiyū affiliated with 81produce and most notable for his role as Sonic in the Sonic The Hedgehog video game series. He provided the English vocals for America, England and Lithuania in the previews for America's Cleaning Of The Storage in the anime adaptation of Hetalia: Axis Powers/ Hetalia: World Series, as well as providing the narration for the previews. He also did both the Japanese and English narration for the German Simulator segment in Episode 14.

Here, at 1:23, you can hear Kanemaru narrating in Japanese and English at the same time

and I’m pretty sure that here, at 3:28, you can hear him in the Storage preview, although it’s not much and it barely sounds like him

[himanji]

WUG：人気声優ユニットが19年3月に解散　6年の活動に幕

　声優ユニット「Wake Up，Girls！（WUG）」が、2019年3月をもって解散することが15日、明らかになった。13年の結成から約6年の活動に幕を下ろすことになった。

　WUGは、「avex×81produce Wake Up，Girls！AUDITION 第2回アニソン・ヴォーカルオーディション」に合格した吉岡茉祐さん、永野愛理さん、田中美海さん、青山吉能さん、山下七海さん、奥野香耶さん、高木美佑さんの7人で結成。15年には、東日本大震災被災地の復興応援活動が評価され、第9回「声優アワード」で特別賞に選ばれた。

　メンバー全員が声優として出演するテレビアニメ「Wake Up，Girls！」が14年1～3月、新作「Wake Up，Girls！ 新章」が17年10月～18年1月に放送された。

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81Produce Asks Fans to Stop Harassing Voice Actors

81Produce Asks Fans to Stop Harassing Voice Actors

Voice talent company 81 Produce, the agency of Takuya Eguchi (My Love Story!!’s Takeo, Re:Zero’s Julius) and Wataru Hatano (ReLIFE’s Kōshi, STARMYU’s Sakuya),… …read more

Source:: AnimeNewsNetwork

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“You’re the type who’ll be surrounded by cute dog plushies aren’t you?”

-- Komada, at Soma’s answer of not really liking dogs 

From the 3hour no ticket live event: 2-gumi talk corner 

Translation under cut! 

Q: Please tell us your favourite thing, and we’ll see if other members all match up to your preference. Everyone has a choice of ‘like’, ‘neutral’, and ‘not really’ on their paddles. 

——

Haruki: (likes gourmet food) 

2-gumi: (immediate like; immediate clear task) We like it! 

Haruki: (touched) I’m so happy! These five people are so kind! 

MC: (doing best to fit into program plan, asks further Qs) Which type of gourmet food are you into lately, Haruki? 

Haruki: Recently it’s been yakiniku. 

2-gumi: (immediate like again) 

MC: Well it looks like I’ll ask about the type of yakiniku now. 

Everyone (leaders, 3-gumi): (clamour) Is this really necessary? 

Soma: Oh so we can’t actually all raise ‘like’ to clear this game. 

Haruki: I like leaner cuts of meat. 

2-gumi: (immediate like again)  

MC: Right now the staff look very hurt by the progression of events. 

——

Komada:  We have to choose something that everyone may like right?  (likes dogs) 

MC: (once bitten twice shy) What dog breed, specifically what dog? 

Komada: I like the ones with short legs, for instance corgis. I love corgis. 

Kijima, Yuki: (like) / Haruki, Kengo: (neutral)  / Soma: (not really) 

MC: Komada can you extrapolate on why you chose dogs? 

Komada: Hmm dogs, well… a living thing is tough to judge isn’t it (switches tracks) how about dog plushies? 

2-gumi: (confused laughing) Suddenly changing? 

Komada: (targeting Soma) You have it don’t you? I’m sure you have some dog plushies. 

Soma: What kind of person do you think I am? 

Komada: You’re the type who’ll be surrounded by cute dog plushies aren’t you? 

Soma: (uses ‘not really’ sign) 

Komada: Eh? Then what kind of plush toys do you have? [Komada why do you insist he has plushies lol] 

——

Soma: This is quite difficult. (likes salt on fried eggs) 

Kengo, Yuki: (like) / Haruki, Soma: (neutral) / Kijima, Komada: (not really) 

MC: Wait a second, Soma you’re the one who came up with this, but you raised ‘neutral’? 

Soma: (nodding vigorously)  I either like salt or some sauce on fried eggs. 

MC: So which is your favourite? 

Soma: Ah, salt please. 

MC: So it’s not neutral? 

Soma: (trolling) It’s neutral. 

MC: What’s going on with you? 

Soma: (laughing, raises ‘like’ sign) I like salt. 

——

Kijima: Sorry, but I like pigs [his love for pigs is widely known]. (likes pigs—both as an animal and as food source) 

Kengo, Yuki, Soma, Haruki: (neutral) / Komada: (not really) 

Kijima: (kindly to Komada) Ah, so you don’t like pigs? 

Komada: I’m on team Cow. (everyone laughing) Love it as an animal, love it as a food source. 

——

Kengo: (likes protein powder) 

Haruki, Kijima: (like) / Komada, Yuki: (neutral) / Soma: (not really) 

Kijima: (shocked) Huh? Koma-chan you’re neutral? [Komada is known for being an exercise nut and ripped] 

Komada: Ah cause I don’t really rely on protein… (everyone laughing) 

Kijima: Dammit. 

Kengo: I’m hurt! 

Komada: But I really respect those who like it—

Kijima: —it’s actually disrespect isn’t it? 

——

Yuki: (likes the world’s largest mushroom, Armillaria ostoyae) 

Everyone: (confused af, asking what is it) 

2-gumi: (blank puzzling) 

Komada, Soma: (like) [the 81produce senpais really be supporting their kouhai] / Haruki, Kengo, Kijima: (not really) 

MC: Komada why do you like it? 

Komada: I’m curious just from hearing the words ‘world’s largest mushroom’; (laughing) though I have no idea what it looks like. 

MC: And Soma, you like it? 

Soma: (old man voice) I don’t think anyone can dislike the world’s largest  mushroom right? 

Kijima: So you know it? You know what it looks like? 

Soma: Like this. (immediate weird pose as mushroom) 

Kijima: (deadpan face + awed voice) That’s huge! 

Komada: (wheezing) Isn’t this Saito Soma-take? [from 茸 (‘take’) = mushroom] 

Everyone: (laughing off their chairs) 

——

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Voice Actress Rie Yamaguchi Retires

Voice Actress Rie Yamaguchi Retires

Voice actress Rie Yamaguchi has announced that she resigned from her agency 81Produce on February 28, 2017, and has retired from voice acting. She has also stated that she has a new goal to work toward. Yamaguchi thanks her first agency JTB Entertainment, 81Produce, FlyingDog, her staff, and her fans. She states that her last work is MyDearest’s School of Talent: SUZU-ROUTE game, where she voices…

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VA Unit Run Girls, Run! Plans Their 4th Anniversary Concerts This Summer

    "The important announcement" revealed during the three-member voice actress idol unit Run Girls, Run!'s urgent live-streaming program last night was about this summer's two special concerts to celebrate the fourth anniversary of their formation. The unit was formed by Coco Hayashi, Yuka Morishima, and Nanami Atsugi, the three winners of the "avex×81produce Wake Up, Girls! AUDITION 3rd Anime Song Vocal Audition" held in 2017. 

  The title of the summer tour is "Run Girls, Run!4th Anniversary LIVE Run 4 You!!!" It will be held first at Sendai PIT in Miyagi Prefecture on July 25, 2021, then at Yamano Hall in Tokyo on August 14. It will have been three years since they held their first live event in Sendai since the "Run Girls, Run! 1st LIVE TOUR Tomatte Nanka Irarenai" in November 2018. The official lottery for its 8,500-yen tickets will be available from June 15 to 21.

  One of the unit's members, Nanami Atsugi writes on Twitter, " The happy news was about our fourth anniversary concerts. The Runners (fans) have always given us the courage to run, so for the fourth anniversary, we'd like to return the favor and make it a live concert that delivers power. Thank you very much for your ideas for the goods. Let's run through the summer together!"

    配信ありがとうございました☺️！ 嬉しいお知らせは、 4周年ライブのお話でした???? ランナーさんからいつも走る勇気をもらっているので 4周年はそのお返しができるように、パワーを届けるLiveにしたいと思います????‍♀️ グッズ案もたくさんありがとうございました???? 夏一緒に駆け抜けよー????！ #RGR_JP https://t.co/mmuik1TJtZ pic.twitter.com/RHtkYh029U

— 厚木那奈美 (@rgr_nanami) June 15, 2021

    "Run Girls, Run!4th Anniversary LIVE Run 4 You!!!" logo:

          Source: Run Girls, Run! official website / Nanami Atsugi Twitter

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  By: Mikikazu Komatsu

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