CV(CharacterVoice) is a Japanese name for seiyuu. Seiyuu is also an actor who interprets sound, and can also be understood as a voice actor. Basically, seiyuu's activities are dubbing foreign language films, games and animations, and generally do not perform in front of the stage. In Japan, seiyuu is now in the "idol seiyuu era", and now his work is to match animations, release albums, hold concerts, make broadcasts, meet people, give photos and be a guest on various TV programs. Its characteristic is that many young seiyuu actors enrich their performing life through activities other than dubbing activities, making seiyuu another form of idol in the entertainment circle and gradually spreading it.
working range
Traditional seiyuu refers to the dubbing of foreign language films, cartoons and video games. Nowadays, seiyuu is not only active in the fields of animation, games and foreign language films, but also influenced by the upsurge of "idol seiyuu era". Young seiyuu expands his acting life by doing a lot of activities other than dubbing. Some seiyuu have successfully transformed into idol singers, and of course some idol singers have joined the ranks of seiyuu. Some seiyuu are very lethal, causing large-scale infectious diseases such as thyroiditis.
Traditional scope means seiyuu's work. It should be noted that seiyuu can only be truly called seiyuu works if it plays a certain role.
Therefore, announcers, radio DJs, and one-man audio novels are not excellent voices.
Main classification
Child stars of the first kind.
When I was a primary and middle school student, I began to train my acting skills. At that time, I was a child star belonging to a large company troupe. After graduating from high school, I began to dub, and most of them became first-line actors and voice actors.
Example:
Namikawa Daisuke
Masterpieces: Ulquiorra Cifer in Death, Gerard in The Goblin's Tail, Kazehaya Shouta in I Want to Tell You, Weaver Velvet in Destiny/Zero, etc.
Sakamoto Maaya
Representative works: story series Oshino Shinobu, black deacon ciel phantomhive, male public relations department of Yinglan University, Fujioka Haruhi, Ryougi Shiki in the air, etc.
Irino Miyu
Masterpieces: Spirited Away White Dragon, Little Wolf in Wings Age, Shashi Kloster in Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Niwa Makoto in Young Woman on the Radio, Yadomi Jinta in We Don't Know the Name of the Flower We Saw That Day, etc.
Miyano Mamoru
Masterpieces: Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Male Public Relations Department of Sakura University, Xu, Death Notes, Night God Moon, sleepy hollow's unlikely records, etc.
Hanazawa Kana
(Masterpiece: Little Dove Flowers Pigeons, Story Series Sengoku Nadeko, AngelBeats! "Tachibana Kanade" and "Black Rock Shooter" black rocks.
The second one was discovered.
Most of them were found to be stage actors in the troupe after graduating from high school, technical secondary school or university, and later became a model of seiyuu.
example
Park Romi
Masterpieces: Edward Elric, steel alchemist, Temari Naruto, Hitsugaya Toushirou, Nana Oosaki Nana, Daolian, the king of souls, etc.
Hikaru Midorikawa
Masterpieces: slam dunk expert Rukawa Kaede, Incredible Game Haunted House, Novice Tour Gundam W, Ciro Joel, Death/Zero Lancer, etc.
Graduated from the third kind of college
After graduating from high school, technical secondary school or university, go to a special seiyuu school for further study. People who look forward to seiyuu work in their student days often choose this road, which is also the simplest choice for ordinary people to become seiyuu. Although becoming a seiyuu is not that simple, few people succeed.
example
Hayashibara Megumi
Representative works: Ayanami Rei in Eva, Lina Inverse in The Magical Wizard, Ai Haiyuan in Detective Conan, Anna in acrophobia, etc.
Takahiro Sakurai
Masterpiece: Yu Kanda the Exorcist; Rebellious, Lu; Scorpion, Naruto; We still don't know the names of the flowers we saw that day; Matsuyuki Atsumu, etc.
The fourth seiyuu competition
This category is to participate in the seiyuu competition to stand out and participate in seiyuu activities.
example
Tomatsu Haruka
Masterpieces: God _ _, the queen girl _ _ Satalin Debiruk, we don't know the names of the flowers we saw that day, Anjo Naruko, and Athina.
Kotobuki Minako
Masterpieces: girl with light voice, playing piano _, Channel, Duan Liyang, Tiger &; Bonnie, karina Lyle, DOGDAYS, Weir, etc.
The fifth kind of job-hopping in other industries
From other industries or completely unrelated jobs, switch to seiyuu.
example
Junko Iwao
Original position: idol, singer.
Masterpieces: Tomoyo, Maid Sakura in Moka, Tomoe Yukishiro, Tohat, Qin Xiang who came to Sichuan, and Dong Muguang of Eva.
Nakai Kazuya
Previous post: civil servant.
Masterpieces: One Piece, Lolo Noah Zorro, Silver Soul, Hijikata Toushirou, Chaos Warrior, No Illusion, basara in Warring States, Data Masamune, etc.
meaning
A successful animation may have different emphases, but the three essential elements are plot, picture and sound effect. Sound effects, including music and dubbing, are an increasingly important part of the work. In addition to musical success, such as Memories of Rogue Sword and CowboyBebop, there are even animations with seiyuu as their selling point. Good dubbing plays a decisive role in the finishing touch of the whole animation. The shaping of characters, the unfolding of story lines and the expression of theme ideas are largely accomplished by dubbing. It is seiyuu that determines the quality of dubbing.
Personally, one of the important reasons why Japanese animation is so popular lies in its unique and individual characters. However, if seiyuu doesn't inject human emotions such as talking, laughing, crying and anger into these vivid characters behind the scenes and give them real vitality, then these vivid animated characters can only be active color blocks concocted by painters or computers. From this point of view, seiyuu is very important for an animation. The level of seiyuu dubbing and the quality of film dubbing directly affect the appreciation and entertainment of animation.