The are award ceremonies for the recognition of voice acting talent (seiyū) for outstanding performance in anime and other media in Japan. The first Seiyū Awards were held on March 3, 2007 at the 3D Theatre of the Tokyo Anime Center in Akihabara.

The First Seiyū Awards Nominees (Winners in bold font)

Best Actor in a leading role

• Rikiya Koyama as Hakuoro, Utawarerumono
• Takahiro Sakurai as Haseo, .hack//Roots
• Tomokazu Sugita as Kyon, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
• Tomokazu Seki as Kenichi Shirahama, History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi
• Jun Fukuyama as Lelouch Lamperouge, Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion
• Soichiro Hoshi as Keiichi Maebara, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
• Shinichiro Miki as Ryuusei Date, Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars
• Mamoru Miyano as Light Yagami, DEATH NOTE
• Masakazu Morita as Ichigo Kurosaki, Bleach
• Hiroyuki Yoshino as Zedd, KIBA

Best Actress in a leading role

• Ayako Kawasumi as Saber, Fate/stay night
• Rie Kugimiya as Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Valiel, Zero no Tsukaima
• Houko Kuwashima as Kou Shuurei, Saiunkoku Monogatari
• Maaya Sakamoto as Haruhi Fujioka, Ouran High School Host Club
• Rie Tanaka as Hiroko Matsukata, Hataraki Man
• Yukari Tamura as Akazukin, Otogi-Jushi Akazukin
• Mamiko Noto as Masane Amaha, Witchblade
• Romi Paku as Nana Osaki, NANA
• Aya Hirano as Haruhi Suzumiya, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
• Yui Horie as Youko, Inukami!

Best Actors in supporting roles

• Akira Ishida as Athrun Zala, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny
• Ryōtarō Okiayu as Byakuya Kuchiki, Bleach: Memories of Nobody
• Katsuyuki Konishi as Shinobu Ousaki, La Corda D'Oro ~primo passo~
• Takahiro Sakurai as Suzaku Kururugi, Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion
• Tomokazu Sugita as Takumi Mayama, Honey and Clover II
• Kenichi Suzumura as Hikaru Hitachīn, Ouran High School Host Club
• Junichi Suwabe as Archer, Fate/stay night
• Soichiro Hoshi as Kira Yamato, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Final Plus - The Chosen Future
• Kouki Miyata as Kazumi Yoshinaga, Yoshinaga-san Chi no Gargoyle
• Norio Wakamoto as Gargoyle, Yoshinaga-san Chi no Gargoyle

Best Actresses in supporting roles

• Rie Kugimiya as Kagura, Gin Tama
• Ami Koshimizu as Kallen Kōzuki, Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion
• Yuko Goto as Mikuru Asahina, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
• Miyuki Sawashiro as Aruru, Utawarerumono
• Rie Tanaka as Lacus Clyne, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Final Plus - The Chosen Future
• Yukari Tamura as Rika Furude, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
• Megumi Toyoguchi as Hikari, Pokémon Diamond & Pearl
• Mamiko Noto as Yakumo Tsukamoto, School Rumble
• Aya Hirano as Misa Amane, DEATH NOTE
• Yuki Matsuoka as Orihime Inoue, Bleach

Best Rookie actors

• Miyu Irino as Syaoran Li, Tsubasa Chronicle
• Daisuke Ono as Itsuki Koizumi, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
• Tetsuya Kakihara as Mikoto Yutaka, Princess Princess
• Tomokazu Sugita as Kyon, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
• Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Dick Arkain, Gaiking The Legend of Daikū Maryū
• Takuma Terashima as Wataru Harue, Princess Princess
• Wataru Hatano as Shinsan, Honey and Clover II
• Jun Fukuyama as Lelouch Lamperouge, Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion
• Mamoru Miyano as Light Yagami, DEATH NOTE
• Masakazu Morita as Ichigo Kurosaki, Bleach

Best Rookie actresses

• Yui Kano as Momoko Kuzuryu, Sumomomo Momomo
• Eri Kitamura as Saya Otonashi, BLOOD+
• Ami Koshimizu as Tenma Tsukamoto, School Rumble
• Yu Kobayashi as Setsuna Sakurazaki, Negima!?
• Momoko Saito as Solty Revant, SoltyRei
• Kanako Sakai as Aka Onda, REC
• Minori Chihara as Yuki Nagato, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
• Aya Hirano as Haruhi Suzumiya, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
• Yui Makino as Misaki Nakahara, Welcome to the NHK!
• Ui Miyazaki as Iroha Miyamoto, Sumomomo Momomo

Best Musical Performance

• Maaya Sakamoto - Kazemachi Jet, ending theme, Tsubasa Chronicle
• Tatsuhisa Suzuki - Heated Heart, opening theme, Kimi to Study
• Junichi Suwabe - Jet Drive, image song, Prince of Tennis
• Naozumi Takahashi - Ashita no Kioku, opening theme, Black Blood Brothers
• Kishō Taniyama - Infinite Love, opening theme, Koi Suru Tenshi Angelique - Kokoro no Mezameru Toki
• Yukari Tamura - Ever-Never-Land, opening theme, Otogi-Jushi Akazukin
• Aya Hirano - Bouken Desho Desho?, opening theme, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
• The SOS Brigade - Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara, and Yuko Goto - Hare Hare Yukai, ending theme, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
• Yui Horie - Hikari, opening theme, Inukami!
• Nana Mizuki - Justice to Believe - opening theme, Wild Arms V

Best Radio Personality

• Masumi Asano, A&G Super Radio Show - Anispa!
• Rikiya Koyama, Utawarerumono Radio
• Takahiro Sakurai, Comchat Countdown
• Kenichi Suzumura, Mitsuo Iwata & Kenichi Suzumura Sweet Ignition
• Yukari Tamura, Tamura Yukari no Itazura Kuro Usagi
• Megumi Hayashibara, Hayashibara Megumi no Heartful Station
• Yui Horie, Horie Yui no Tenshi no Tamago
• Nana Mizuki, Mizuki Nana no Smile Gang
• Kouki Miyata, Tokyo Anime Center Radio
• Ryōka Yuzuki, Utawarerumono Radio

Special Achievement Award

• Kei Tomiyama (posthumous)

Achievement Awards

• Toru Ohira, Ohira Production
• Masako Ikeda, Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society (Haikyo)
• Noriko Ohara, Production Baobab
• Mariko Mukai, 81 Produce

Synergy Award

• Pokémon

The Second Seiyu Awards Winners List

Best Actor in a leading role

• Mamoru Miyano (Himawari Theatre) as Setsuna F. Seiei (Mobile Suit Gundam 00) and Hakugen Rikuson (Koutetsu Sangokushi)

Best Actress in a leading role

• Aya Hirano (Space Craft) as Haruhi Suzumiya (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), Reira Serizawa (Nana), Misa Amane (Death Note) and Konata Izumi (Lucky Star)

Best Actors in supporting roles

• Daisuke Ono (Mausu Promotion)
• Hiroshi Kamiya (Aoni Production) as Tieria Erde (Mobile Suit Gundam 00)

Best Actresses in supporting roles

• Rie Kugimiya (I'm Enterprise)
• Mitsuki Saiga (Ken Production)

Best Rookie actors

• Wataru Hatano (81 Produce)
• Tsubasa Yonaga (Ken Production)

Best Rookie actresses

• Emiri Kato (81 Produce)
• Yu Kobayashi (Holy Peak)

Best Musical Performance

• Aya Hirano, Emiri Kato ,Kaori Fukuhara(avex Planning & Development), Aya Endo(Performing Art Center)

Best Radio Personality

• Kenichi Suzumura (Arts Vision)

Special Achievement Award

• Tatsuya Jo (Former Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society)

Achievement Awards

• Nachi Nozawa (Ken Production)
• Michio Hazama (Mouvement)
• Ryoko Kinomiya (Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society)

Synergy Award

• Kamen Rider Den-O

Kei Tomiyama Memorial Award

• Toru Furuya (Aoni Production)

External links

• Seiyū Awards official website