#Seiyuu Grand Prix

[always-wizu-you]

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.

[yuurei20]

Meet the Seiyuu: Cater Diamond

Cater's voice actor Kobayashi Tatsuyuki is a singer and musical theater actor. He has been appearing on albums for King of Prism, Prism Paradise, REALIVE! and more since 2014. 

Cater is his first and only lead role in a video game and only his third-ever lead voice acting role overall. 

Kobayashi explains that he enjoyed anime as a child but was embarrassed to admit it to his friends, who all enjoyed sports, so he joined a sports club to fit. In university a friend convinced him to stop being embarrassed of his interests, inspiring him to become a singer for anime theme songs.

He participated in a national anime song Grand Prix competition in 2012 but did not make it to the final round. He spent a year doing voice and physical training, participated again in 2013 and won the competition, being picked up by his current agency.

Kobayashi’s debut single was the opening theme to 2014’s Battle Spirits Saikyou Ginga Ultimate Zero.

Kobayashi has been appearing in musical theater since 2016 and performed on-stage in IdolTimePripara alongside Ace's VA in 2020. 

His musical theater appearances include roles in 100 Sleeping Princes & The Kingdom of Dreams, King of Prism Shiny Rose Stars and Paradox Live on Stage.

[cocotome]

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

Where is this man innocent?! Where?! Anyways, this is one photo from that Komastagram live a little while back, which will be featured in the Seiyuu Grand Prix September issue.

[wolfchild48]

Yuichirou Umehara Seiyuu Grand Prix (10 January 2023)

梅原 裕一郎 We took a photo of him wearing a black jacket to match Klaus’s appearance in “Spy Classroom”, which has finally started airing. How was the photoshoot? Umehara: The costume was exactly like Klaus’s. I was grateful that they prepared it for me. The fact that I was photographed wearing gloves gave me the impression of being a spy. I don’t usually have many opportunities to wear a jacket, so…

[enbyboiwonder]

I got the 2.43 Seiyuu Grand Prix poster and now I kinda wanna try drawing the characters wearing their seiyuu’s outfits from that. Kimura Subaru’s even wearing earrings and I’ve given Ookuma earrings before! (in a fic tho; don’t think I’ve ever drawn him at all)

[kamiyan-luv]

Seiyuu Grand Prix August issue featuring Kamiya Hiroshi for Uramichi Oniisan

[msyuksanh]

声優グランプリ＠26周年@seigura (2021.06.03) 【表紙公開】6月10日(木)発売の声優グランプリ7月号表紙は梅原裕一郎さん！❤️　「白シャツ＆デニム」と「ピンクパーカー」のギャップで魅せるグラビアと、“役者・梅原裕一郎”をひも解く1万字超インタビュー‼️ エッセイ新連載「徒然うめ草」も 🌿 #梅原裕一郎 詳細はコチラ ➡️ https://buff.ly/3g3CAa0

[Cover Reveal] Going on sale on June 10th (Thurs) is July’s issue of Seiyuu Grand Prix with Umehara Yuichiro gracing the cover! In a huge 10K word interview, we unravel “Umehara Yuichiro The Actor”, along with a gravure shoot showing the visually enchanting gap between a “white t-shirt & denim” and a “pink hoodie”‼️ We also see his newly serialised essay “Tsurezure Umekusa” 🌿 #UmeharaYuichiro More details here ➡️ https://buff.ly/3g3CAa0

[yabaifeelings]

“Ume Goyomi” Yuuichirou Umehara Photobook [release date: MAR 3] || 梅を仕込む梅ちゃん。【梅原裕一郎フォトブック「梅ごよみ」メイキング動画】※期間限定公開※ • March 1. 2021

[myaachanissocute]

Seiyuu Grand Prix Feb 2021

Saito Soma - EX-ARM

[always-wizu-you]

DanPri Festival 2024

This is a bit late and by now I think you guys would've known about it, but DanPri is getting their own event in February 2024! I'm really looking forward to it 🥰

Here's the seiyuus' responses below

Pretty Series: ㊗DanPri's first solo event🎊 DANPRI FESTIVAL will be held!! ￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣ 📅2/25 (Sun) Bunkyo Civic Hall Daytime: 3:00 p.m. / Evening: 6:30 p.m. 📌Casts WITH #Yamashita Seiichirou #Kobayashi Tatsuyuki #Tsuchida Reiou DARK NIGHTMARE #Kawai Kentarou #Uzawa Shintarou Mario #Tachibana Tatsumaru Ticket advance starts! https://w.pia.jp/t/danpri-festival/

Reiou: Here, a Christmas present 🎁🤶 Seichi: The long-awaited DanPri event is finally going to be held ❗️✌️ We want to deliver the best show, so we are discussing it passionately and going through many trials and error. Stay tuned for more information! ! ! ! ! ! Kobatatsu: DanPri Festival!!! Will be held!!! Next year!!! I will be appearing as Asahi Mitaka from WITH✨☺️! I really can't wait to see everyone again✨😉 I'm kind of happy that it was announced on Christmas Eve 🎄❤️ Please look forward to see what kind of event it will be~✨😆 Kawai-kun: ✨Information✨ The first solo event of all 6 PriPara boys! “𝑫𝑨𝑵𝑷𝑹𝑰 𝑭𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑽𝑨𝑳” 2/25 (Sun) Bunkyo Civic Hall We're finally allowed to announce it! ! We're not only going to do live performances; there will also be talk show session, etc. It will definitely be an IIZE!! event🐺🎙️ Uzawa-kun: WITH DARK NIGHTMARE Mario Finally, with all 6 of us, “𝑫𝑨𝑵𝑷𝑹𝑰 𝑭𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑽𝑨𝑳” will be held✨ 🥷You'll also be able to see the true YamiPri 🥷 ＼IIZE／＼IIZE／＼IIZE／＼IIZE／ Tatsumaru: Please come and visit us on next year's February 25th ( ´∀｀)! ! Seichi: Please... I'm counting on you to be tsukkomi*... don't lose to "those guys"…🥹 Tatsumaru: If I become a boke* too, Sei-chan might die from the stress huh🤪 Seichi: What's with all the gamesmanship, deception, and betrayal…. Is DanPri the same as Battle Royale...!? I will survive… absolutely… (Looking forward to work with you for real!) Tatsumaru: Life is a series of choices and bargains… No, DanPri is more of a zoo actually. Watch out for the predators!!!! (Yeah, looking forward to it! So excited!)

Pretty Series: ㊗DANPRI FESTIVAL will be held🎊 ＼Comments from all 6 performers／ Don't miss the best "IIZE" show! WITH #Yamashita Seiichirou #Kobayashi Tatsuyuki #Tsuchida Reiou DARK NIGHTMARE #Kawai Kentarou #Uzawa Shintarou Mario #Tachibana Tatsumaru 📅2/25 (Sun) 15:00/18:30 🏠Bunkyo Civic Hall Ticket advance starts! https://w.pia.jp/t/danpri-festival/

Seichi: Did you guys see it? There's not enough tsukkomi* here... Reiou: It's okay, I'm here 😘 Seichi: Ladies and gentlemen, here's exhibit A 😁 Kobatatsu: I'm going to be a tsukkomi! ! ! ! ! ✨😘 Seichi: Alright, let's watch today's M-1 Grand Prix* and do some special training🤓 Kobatatsu: Nandeyanen! ! ! ! ! ! 🫲✨

*Tsukkomi/Boke is the roles in Manzai (a comedy performance style performed typically by duo groups). Boke is the guy who fools around while Tsukkomi is the one who calls them out for it (usually by shouting "nandeyanen" while hitting the boke). M-1 Grand Prix is annual Manzai competition.

[onodaisukefans-mosu]

OnoD's from the upcoming Seiyuu Grand Prix May 2021 issue!

Source: https://seigura.com/news/59971/

~Genkishi91~

[cocotome]

Kyaaaaa!! Hirarin was on the latest episode of Komada Wataru's Komastagram on the official Seiyuu Grand Prix youtube channel!

Komada does entire photo shoot with Hirarin live and it's fascinating to see his facial expressions change so quickly from his usual friendly self to super serious! Not to mention it's cute how embarrassed he gets because Komada is continuously complimenting him lol! There are 2 outfits total, a white button up with black pants, and the rocker style above. Check out the first half of the live for free while it lasts on youtube and you can check nicovideo for the full broadcast if you're a member!

[mamoru-miyano-france]

News du 9 mars au 13 avril 2020

DOUBLAGE

L’anime The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED est disponible en simulcast VOSTFR sur Wakanim ! Mamo double Haru Katô.

Mamo reprendra son rôle de Shu☆Zo dans l’anime SHOW BY ROCK!! STARS!! (site officiel).

Source : @SB69A

MUSIQUE

• Le concert Miyano Mamoru Special Live 2020 in MetLife Dome qui devait avoir lieu le 6 juin 2020 a été annulé à cause de l’épidémie de coronavirus. Au cas où vous ne l’auriez pas encore lue, la traduction de l’entrée de blog de Mamo à ce sujet est disponible sur notre site !

• Pendant cette période de confinement, Miyabi Mamoru a décidé de faire une collaboration avec Gen Hoshino sur la chanson Uchi de odorou (= Dansons à la maison). Vous pourrez y entendre une nouvelle version courte de “Koi wa hop, step, jump” !

→ Voir la vidéo 

Les bonus pour l’achat du single “Hikari sasu hou he” et du LIVE Blu-ray & DVD “MAMORU MIYANO ASIA LIVE TOUR 2019 ~BLAZING!~” ont été dévoilés. Ceux-ci sont différents selon les magasins et en quantité limitée. Premier arrivé, premier servi !

→ voir les bonus

De plus, si vous achetez les deux en même temps dans certaines enseignes, vous pourrez recevoir :

Animate : 2 badges et le CD “MAMORU MIYANO presents M&M REMIX 2″,

Kinkurido, Gamers ou Toranoana : le CD “MAMORU MIYANO presents M&M REMIX 2″,

Sofmap, Animega (quelques magasins) : 2 badges.

Des codes Play Pass seront inclus dans les premières éditions de “Hikari sasu hou he” et “MAMORU MIYANO ASIA LIVE TOUR 2019 ~BLAZING!~” (site officiel).

L’application Play Pass permet de télécharger des CD/DVD/Blu-ray achetés pour pouvoir les regarder ou les écouter n’importe où. Il est recommandé de l’utiliser quand vous avez du wi-fi pour ne pas consommer toutes vos données mobile. L’application n’est probablement disponible qu’au Japon (nous n’avons pas plus d’informations à ce sujet).

MAGAZINES

– TV Guide VOICE STARS : 10 pages de photos et interview en lien avec l’anime “The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED” (numéro 13, en vente depuis le 31 mars 2020). Acheter sur CDJapan.

Source : @TVguidePERSON

– Seiyuu Grand Prix : poster, photos et interview sur le nouveau single “Hikari sasu hou he” (numéro de mai, en vente depuis le 10 avril  2020). Acheter sur CDJapan.

Source : @seigura

– Ani=PASS : photos et interview sur le nouveau single “Hikari sasu hou he”  (numéro 7, en vente depuis le 11 avril 2020). Acheter sur CDJapan.

Source : @BP_30th

[ame77lala]

KAGAYA gave her a calendar of his work https://twitter.com/KAGAYA_11949/status/1177527402878029825?s=20 she said she unable to see stary sky due working on the album (very busy) she will use this calendar as a replacement (for now) to see the skies lol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansevieria_trifasciata she brought a new plant due it require less maintenance ^^;; not need much water and sunlight also easy to clean her air plants wither away ^^;; (she stated on radio somehow it stop keitan barking at the door ^^;;)

http://www.hit-men.co.jp/Page/USP0014 she order take away from Menchintei due she having an interview at king records (which is her favorite ramen)

maisonette studio style~ recording the 10th song for the album (again i might be wrong on the number but this so far how many songs reveal to public eyes) a love song with a warm and rhythmic acoustic guitar with simple music structure, which causes to remind about nana lab lyrics is by nana, she realized that I haven't written a cute feminine song in a while, so she did it

at this blog is now the typhoon hagibis so nana had to stay at home the whole day while staying at home she working hard on lyrics but doing that is kinda brainstorming so she prepares this dish to boost herself up XD also, her title said she looking forward to sing the day after tomorrow XD

lol keitan after she woke up she sees keitan like this and she thinks keitan is looking for warmth for his face (looks to me keitan is hiding ^^;;) 

11th song retro cute song carefree and bright rock style that havent been in a nana song this the 1st time she working with this composer she was fire-up working with this composer after hearing a piece of unique music by this composer’s work ^^;;; (thats why she looking forward to sing this song)  during the chorus she wants everyone to clap together also looking forward to sing during live

for seiyuu grand prix magazine photo shooting theres 2 costume/clothing for it (sporty & classical, from the title) related to the upcoming album CANNONBALL RUNNING also took many autumn photos and ask us to check it out (hai hai will buy it lol)

[sayseiyuu]

Animage Seiyuu Grand Prix 2018

1. Saito Soma 2. Kaji Yuki 3. Ono Kensho 4. Miyano Mamoru 5. Kamiya Hiroshi 6. Nakamura Yuichi 7. Hosoya Yoshimasa 8. Umehara Yuichi 9. Suwabe Junichi 10. Ono Daisuke 11. Yuki Aoi 12. Yonaga Tsubasa 13. Matsuda Toshiki 14. Nozawa Masako 15. KENN, Takahashi Rie 17. Aoi Shouta 18. Fukuyama Jun 19. Okamoto Nobuhiko 20. Kimura Ryohei

21. Kumai Motoko 22. Saiga Mitsuki 23. Sawashiro Miyuki 24. Shimazaki Nobunaga 25. Sugita Tomokazu 26. Sakurai Takahiro 27. Eguchi Takuya 28. Toyonaga Toshiyuki 29. Hayami Saori 30. Kurosawa Tomoyo 31. Ishikawa Kaito, Koyasu Takehito 33. Sanpei Yuuko 34. Kawanishi Kengo, Shimono Hiro, Hanae Natsuki 37. Minagawa Junko 38. Takayama Minami 39. Kobayashi Yumiko, Matsuoka Yoshitsugu, 41. Suzumura Kenichi, Tamura Yukari, Minase Inori, Mimori Suzuko 45. Ogura Yui, Furukawa Makoto 47. Hanazawa Kana 48. Kakihara Tetsuya, Tange Sakura, Miki Shinichiro, Yamashita Daiki 52. Kobayashi Yusuke, Yamaguchi Kappei 54. Ishida Akira 55. Irino Miyu, Uchida Aya, Taketatsu Ayana, Takeuchi Junko, Taniyama Kisho, Tsuda Kenjiro

[sugar-camus]

声優グランプリ7月号は明日（6月9日）発売！前野智昭さんの連載「まえののえま」の今回のお願いは「宣材写真を新しくしたい！」。ということで、いろいろなパターンの撮影をしました。どの写真になったかは、明日以降アーツビジョンさんのHPをチェックしてみてください☆

Seiyuu Grand Prix July edition is on sale tomorrow (June 9th)! For this month Maeno Tomoaki monthly serialisation ‘Maeno no Ema’ is “I want a new promotion photo!” Therefore, we shot a bunch of varieties. For which photo it will be, please check out Arts Vision Homepage tomorrow.

T/N: I’m not sure about “いろいろなパターンの撮影” if it is about shooting method (which i have know no knowledge about) so I put “bunch of varieties” as literal translation. Please correct me if I’m wrong I’m still learning ^^