On December 5, Yahoo! Japan revealed the 2023 Yahoo! Japan Search Awards winners in various categories.
The Yahoo! Search Award began in 2014 and has since honored several individuals and products across various categories.
Based on data from January 1 to October 15, 2023, the awards are granted to individuals or things that had the most rise in Yahoo searches over the previous year.
‘Mamoru Miyano’ won the top spot in the Voice Actor (seiyuu) division this year.
His famous works include Osamu Dazai from the anime series Bungo Stray Dogs, whose fourth and fifth seasons aired in the Winter and Summer of 2023, respectively, and the Upper Moon Two Doma from Demon Slayer: Swordsmith’s Village, which aired in the Spring 2023.
The well-known voice actor, who has been working in the voice-acting field for more than 20 years, has taken on a variety of jobs this year.
His performance as Mario’s Japanese voice actor in the 2023 American animated movie The Super Mario Bros. Movie is what landed him as the top searched seiyuu in Japan on Yahoo.
Top 5 lists of Voice Actors in the 2023 Yahoo! Japan Search Awards include:
- Mamoru Miyano (Upper Moon Two Doma in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc)
- Megumi Hayashibara (Ai Haibara in Detective Conan/Case Closed)
- Subaru Kimura (Jin Adachi in KAWAGOE BOYS SING -Now or Never-)
- Ayumu Murase (Tsubasa / Cure Wing in Soaring Sky! Precure)
- Kotono Mitsuishi (Usagi Tsukino / Sailor Moon in Sailor Moon)
This is an award decided by the public based only on their interests, with the data displayed from the search engine serving as the only criterion.