Noun: seiyuu
| Singular | seiyuu |
| Plural | seiyuu; seiyuus |
Sample Sentences
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i was just wondering if any seiyuus did/do any other voice acting for things besides anime, like video games and other such media. [1998 November 8, [email protected], “seiyuus in other media?”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):]
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I was thinking, have there ever been any seiyuu that are native English speakers but have learned Japanese and won a role as an anime character? [2001 March 23, Marcus Mas, “[OT] English speaking seiyuu?”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet):]
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And the seiyuus all fit very nicely with their characters, especially Takuya, who voices our main man, Hikigaya. [December 2013, Pax Alquiza in Anime Reign Magazine, Vol. 1, Issue 2]
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Kasahara might be better-known today to most U.S. fans as an anime seiyuu (voice actor); she played Fuu in Magic Knights Rayearth and Misuki's mother, Hazuki, in Full Moon wo Sagashite. [2014, p. 189]
Nouns inflected like seiyuu
seiyuu,
sensei,
senryu,
whaanau,
xianbing,
samlor,
salumi,
salmon,
sika deer,
shrimp,
shumai,
eastern moa,
Guarani-Kaiowá,
northern shrimp,
izakaya,
pūkeko,
autopaizuri,
yukata,
yueqin,
panzerotti, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 声優 (seiyū), from Middle Chinese 聲 (*ɕiɛ̝ŋ, “sound, voice”) + 優 (*ʔɨu, “actor”).