Voice acting in Japan has far greater prominence than in most other countries. Japan's large animation industry produces 60% of the animated series in the world.

Besides acting as narrators and actors in radio plays, as well as performing voice-overs for non-Japanese movies and television programs, the voice actors are extensively employed as character actors in anime and video games. Some voice actors — especially certain voice actresses — often have devoted international fanclubs. Some fans may watch a show merely to hear a particular voice actor. Some Japanese voice actors have capitalized on their fame to become singers, and many others have become live movie or television actors.

There are around 130 voice-acting schools in Japan. Broadcast companies and talent agencies often have their own troupes of vocal actors. Magazines focusing specifically on voice acting are published in Japan, with Voice Animage being the longest running.

The English term character voice (or CV), has been commonly used since the 1980s by such Japanese anime magazines as Animec (ja) and Newtype, for a voice actor associated with a particular anime or game character. Conversely, the Japanese term seiyū is commonly used among English-speaking anime and game fans for Japanese voice actors.

Jun Fukuyama (福山 潤, Fukuyama Jun^?, born November 26, 1978) is a Japanese voice actor. He was previously represented by Aoni Production and Production Baobab, and is now represented by AXLONE. In 2007, he won the first Seiyu Awards for the best actor in leading role as Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass. He was on the cover of October 2008, issue #28 of the Japanese magazine Voice Newtype.

Leading roles in bold.

Junko Takeuchi (竹内 順子, Takeuchi Junko^?, born April 5, 1972 in Saitama) is a Japanese voice actress employed by Love Live.

Taking a well-trod path by many voice actresses, she often voices young male characters with generally very quirky and goofy personalities. Her most notable recent roles are in Naruto, where she plays the main character, Naruto Uzumaki, in Hunter x Hunter as Gon Freecss and in Medabots as Metabee, and in Inazuma Eleven as Mamoru Endou.

Leading roles in bold.

Nakagami, Yoshikatsu et al. "Voice Actress Spotlight". (June 2007) Newtype USA. pp. 112–113.

Rina Satō (佐藤 利奈, Satō Rina^?, born on May 2, 1981 in Kitakyūshū) is a Japanese voice actress (seiyū) who works for Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.

Bold denotes leading roles.