Toshihiko Seki’s birthday commemoration! Who is your favorite character? 3rd place goes to Momotaros from Kamen Rider Den-O, 2nd place goes to Hansuke Doi from Nintama Rantaro, and the 1st place goes to…<24th edition>June 11th is the birthday of Toshihiko Seki.

Toshihiko Seki made his debut as a voice actor in the 1980s. At the 2nd Seiyu Awards, he won the Synergy Award along with his co-stars in Kamen Rider Den-O, and at the 15th, he won the Toyama Kei Award, which is given to people who have popularized the profession of voice actor through various media.

From 2023 to 2024, he appeared in many web and movie titles such as PLUTO'', Onimusha”, Black Clover: The Magic Emperor's Sword'', and Kitaro’s Birth: GeGeGe no Mystery”. In the future, we have titles such as I'm going to [parie] everything ~ The world's strongest person with a reverse misunderstanding wants to be an adventurer ~'' and Nintama Rantaro the Movie: Dokutake Ninja Team’s Strongest Tactician” coming up.

A collaboration is underway at the zoo’s Nasu Animal Kingdom. For a limited time until August 11th, we will be in charge of audio guides inside the park to welcome visitors.

So, to celebrate Seki Toshihiko’s birthday, we conducted a reader survey for the first time in two years, asking “Which character has been your favorite among the ones you have played?”

The survey was conducted from May 30th to June 3rd, and we received responses from 609 people. The gender ratio was about 20 percent male, about 75 percent female, and about 5 percent gave no response, with more females. In terms of age group, about 15 percent were under 19 and in their 20s, about 20 percent were in their 30s, and about 25 percent were in their 40s.