Talk:Seiyuu

I would like to have a "Records" section in this article listing all the records and achievements held by different seiyuu. But I can't seems to find a complete list, nor can i think of how to format the section.

Here is what I have so far.

• Highest charting album: Mizuki Nana - "Ultimate Diamond"
• Highest charting single: Mizuki Nana - "Shin'ai"
• Best selling album: Hayashibara Megumi - "Iravati" - I think it is. I have yet to see one that has sold more.

Any thoughts or help on this is appreciated!! ~ Themonkeyofdoom 16:04, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

• Here a list of best selling albums and singles by seiyuus:
  • Best selling single: Mezame Pocket Monster by Matsumoto Rica: 1,127,760. By the way, why I don't see Motteke! Sailor Fuku and Seikan Hikou by Nakajima Megumi?
  • Best selling album: iravati by Hayashibara Megumi: 277,060

• First seiyuu single to reach #1 on Oricon daily chart (on the first day, thanks to Gundam SEED) is Honoo no Tobira by FictionJunction YUUKA (personally, I don't consider it a 'seiyuu single' since Nanri was in a pop duo with Kajiura), following by Shin'ai by Mizuki in January 2009 and then Don't say "lazy" by Sakurakou K-ON Bu in April 2009.

• Houkago Tea Time by HO-KAGO TEA TIME is the first character album to reach #1 on the weekly charts, it is still the best selling character album to date.

• For the weekly charts (according to an article by Oricon published when Ultimate Diamond topped the charts (I can't find it now)):
  • First seiyuu album to enter top 3 is iravati by Hayashibara (1997): #3
  • 2nd is Single Collection+ Nikopachi by Sakamoto (2003): #3
  • 3rd is Ultimate Diamond by Mizuki (2009): #1

• Longest charting character single are:
  1. Suzumiya Haruhi no Tsumeawase by Hirano Aya and Goto Yuko: 129 weeks with 146,059 copies.
  2. Hare Hare Yukai by Hirano Aya, Chihara Minori and Goto Yuko: 92 weeks with 125,349 copies.

• XD, just found the total sales ranking, I thought I lost it (up to July 2009)
  1. 3,708,000　TWO-MIX (is it considered? It a pop duo too)
  2. 3,670,693　Hayashibara Megumi
  3. 1,383,320　Matsumoto Rica
  4. 1,202,018　Shiina Hekiru
  5. 929,308　Mizuki Nana
  6. 918,077　Koda Mariko
  7. 890,548　Sakamoto Maaya
  8. 529,721　Horie Yui
  9. 323,675　Tamura Yukari
  10. 281,901　Kuribayashi Minami
  11. 211,173　Hirano Aya
  12. 119,691　Chihara Minori

• I think Motteke! Sailor Fuku is still the best selling group single up to now (maybe Don't say "lazy" will out sell it).

• I think the first seiyuu/anime song to enter top 10 weekly is Ai Oboete Imasu ka by Iijima Mari in 1984 (^_^ Lynn Minmay) (CAT'S EYES by Anri in 1983 was a pop song used for anime). After that, Iijima stopped working as a seiyuu and works full-time a singer but Lynn Minmay is still a big role, the first anime music to made a hit.

• Here is a list of best selling character image singles (image only and not used as OP ED or insert song, I link to popular seiyuus) up to this week (in case of K-ON!), so the best selling character single now is Heart Goes Boom!! by Hisaka Yoko (still charting along with Gidai ni Kubbitake by Toyosaki Aki).
  1. 10 weeks　52,563　K-ON! Image Song Akiyama Mio (Hisaka Yoko)
  2. 10 weeks　50,800　K-ON! Image Song Hirasawa Yui (Toyosaki Aki)
  3. 17 weeks　40,344　Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu Character Song Vol.2 Nagato Yuki (Chihara Minori)
  4. 04 weeks　39,694　Hetalia Character CD Vol.4 English (Sugiyama Noriaki)
  5. 10 weeks　36,726　Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu Character Song Vol.1 Suzumiya Haruhi (Hirano Aya)
  6. 07 weeks　34,594　Mahou Sensei Negima Character Song 1-gatsu: Yami no Fukuin & Doll (Aisaka Kayo (Shiratori Yuri), Karakuri Chachamaru (Watanabe Akeno), Evangeline A. K. McDowell (Matsuoka Yuki))
  7. 08 weeks　32,265　Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu Character Song Vol.3 Asahina Mikuru (Goto Yuko)
  8. 06 weeks　32,088　Mahou Sensei Negima Character Song 9-gatsu: Undoubu Nakayoshi 4nin Gumi (Akashi Yuna (Kimura Madoka), Izumi Ako (Yamakawa Kotomi), Okouchi Akira (Asakura Azumi), Sasaki Makie (Horie Yui))
  9. 07 weeks　31,983　Mahou Sensei Negima Character Song 11-gatsu: Fudoushi Tenou (Gu Fei (Tanaka Hazuki), Sakurazaki Setsuna (Kobayashi Yu), Tatsumiya Mana (Sakuma Miho), Nagase Kaede (Shiraishi Ryoko))
  10. 09 weeks　31,874　Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu Character Song Vol.4 Tsurara-san (Matsuoka Yuki)
  11. 07 weeks　31,349　Mahou Sensei Negima Character Song 12-gatsu: Yukihiro Ayaka (Minagawa Junko)
  12. 13 weeks　31,105　Hetalia Character CD Vol.4 Nihon (Takahashi Hiroaki)
  13. 09 weeks　30,887　Mahou Sensei Negima Character Song 2-gatsu: Itazura 3nin Gumi (Kagusa Misora (Bando Ai), Narutaki Fuuka (Koyama Kimiko), Narutaki Fumika (Kano Mari))
  14. 06 weeks　30,382　Mahou Sensei Negima Character Song 3-gatsu: Bunkabu 4nin Gumi (Asakura Kazumi (Sasagawa Ayana), Naba Chizuru (Kobayashi Misa), Murakami Natsumi (Aizawa Mai'), Zazie Rainyday (Inokuchi Yuka)
  15. 13 weeks　29,437　Mahou Sensei Negima Character Song 5-gatsu: Konoe Konoka (Nonaka Ai')
  16. 09 weeks　29,181　Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu Vol.5 Asakura Ryoko (Kuwatani Natsuko)
  17. 08 weeks　28,973　Mahou Sensei Negima Character Song 6-gatsu: Toshokan Tankenbu (Ayase Yue (Kuwatani Natsuko), Saotome Haruna (Ishige Sawa), Miyazaki Nodoka (Noto Mamiko)
  18. 12 weeks　28,627　Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu Vol.9 Kyon (Sugita Tomokazu)
  19. 06 weeks　28,386　Mahou Sensei Negima Character Song 7-gatsu: Mahora Cheerleading (Kakizaki Misa (Ito Shizuka), Kugimiya Madoka (Deguchi Mami), Shiina Sakurako (Omae Akane))
  20. 14 weeks　27,245　Mahou Sensei Negima Character Song 4-gatsu: Kagurazaka Asuna (Kanda Akemi)
  21. 05 weeks　26,840　Mahou Sensei Negima Character Song 10-gatsu: Kagaku to Nikuman (Chao Lingshen (Osawa Chiaki), Hakase Satomi (Kadowaki Mai), Yotsuba Satsuki (Inoue Naomi) --Seph 18:04, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

WOW!

Thank you so much for all of that!! Now I just have to think on how to organize it. I think I'll just list the best selling/rankings and what not, then probably make a table (like the end of the year chart) listing all of them.

For the groups such as TWO MIX and FictionJunction YUUKA, I don't really count them. Since they're a group an not just a seiyuu, I don't like to count them. What do you think though? I do think this chart is a bit off though. They didn't list Bertemu at all (which is the first seiyuu album to reach the top 3, and it has over 100K in sales), and it should have a lot more of Hayashibara's singles. It looks like maybe it lists only the best selling single by a seiyuu? ~ Themonkeyofdoom 19:00, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, this list is really incomplete but at least it will give us a idea (at least we know about the Pokémon XD). If we going to made an article for top selling seiyuu singles/albums lisk this, we can complete this list... For the highest charting albums, I think I missed Bertemu, sorry, and how did Hayashibara's Ayanami Rei character album sell?

Albums:

1. Hayashibara - Bertemu (1996): #3
2. Sakamoto - Single Collection+ Nikopachi (2003): #3
3. Mizuki - Great Activity (2007): #2
4. Sakamoto - Kazeyomi (2009): #3
5. Mizuki - Ultimate Diamond (2009): #1

Singles:

1. Hayashibara - Northern Lights (2002): #3
2. Mizuki - Eternal Blaze (2005): #2
3. Mizuki - Secret Ambition (2007): #2
4. Sakamoto - Triangler (2008): #3
5. Mizuki - Trickster (2008): #2
6. Mizuki - Shin'ai (2009): #2

Seiyuu group:

1. Hirano Aya, Kato Emiri, Fukuhara Kaori, Endo Aya - Motteke! Sailor Fuku (2007): #2
2. Hirano Aya, Kato Emiri, Fukuhara Kaori, Endo Aya - Motteke! Sailor Fuku Re-Mix 001~7 burning Remixers (2007): #3
3. Sakurakou K-ON Bu - Don't say "lazy" (2009): #2
4. Sakurakou K-ON Bu - Fuwa Fuwa Time (2009): #3

Character image single:

1. Akiyama Mio (Hikasa Yoko) - Heart Goes Boom!! (2009): #2
2. Hirasawa Yui (Toyosaki Aki) - Gidai ni Kubbitake (2009): #3

I'm still thinking about the most popular seiyuu by era, is it...

• 1995-2005: Sure Hayashibara, following by Shiina Hekiru and Koda Mariko
• 2006-: Mizuki, following by Hayashibara and Sakamoto
• Idol seiyuu: Hirano Aya, Tomatsu Haruka and Nakajima Megumi (new generation); Tamura Yukari, Horie Yui (old generation) --Seph 02:48, 28 August 2009 (UTC)