2011年初Soramimi ランキング

It's time for another 6-month Soramimi ranking!

I think using only the total number of works seen is unfair for seiyuu who doesn't work on as many series　(that I've seen) but play more important roles, so starting from this one, the format will be as followed:
Name
Number of works seen
Number of lead roles
Number of regular roles
(name: seen/lead/regular)

Using Bleach as an example, only Ichigo and Rukia are considered lead roles. The shimigami from Soul Society are mostly regular roles unless they don't appear enough. The Bound and zanpakutou are not regular roles as they only appear for the single arc, so they are just guests in the grand scheme of Bleach. They normally would be considered regulars if the series isn't 300+ episodes... The three plushy supposedly made by Uehara in the anime are considered regular roles since they seem to have taken permanent residency at the shop, as much as I don't care for them.

Characters who died in the series but are often remembered through flash backs might be considered regular roles even if they died in the 3rd episode. If the image of a certain musket-wielding blond girl appears here, yes, that's who I am referencing.

Characters who have their own routes in renai games are counted toward lead roles.

I scratched the merchandise count because it's a pain to try to remember all the stuff I own (and do I count things on order or kept at a friend's place?). I also keep about 30 CD's at work, all anime or seiyuu related. Too much work to keep track for the ranking purpose.

Now that's out of the way, here's the top 10 list of Soramimi seiyuu of whom I've heard the most.

#1 石田彰: 97/34/43
#2 朴璐美: 55/25/22
#3 安元洋貴: 42/3/18
#4 中井和哉: 35/10/14
#5 矢島晶子: 35/6/14
#6 山口勝平: 33/10/15
#7 長沢美樹: 32/9/10
#8 秋元羊介: 30/0/10
#9 田中理恵: 27/8/17
#10 中多和宏: 26/0/8

Now the real top 10 list, in the order of number of works where the seiyuu plays the lead or regular roles. The percentage indicates (% of total important roles against total number of works seen / % of lead roles against total number of works seen)

#1 石田彰: 34/43 = 77 (79.4% / 35.1%)
#2 朴璐美: 25/22 = 47 (85.5% / 45.5%)
#3 山口勝平: 10/15 = 25 (75.8% / 30.3%)
#4 田中理恵: 8/17 = 25 (92.6% / 29.6%)
#5 中井和哉: 10/14 = 24 (68.6% / 28.6%)
#6 安元洋貴: 3/18 = 21 (50% / 7.1%)
#7 矢島晶子: 6/14 = 20 (57.1% / 17.1%)
#8 池田秀一: 5/15 = 20 (90.9% / 22.7%)
#9 長沢美樹: 9/10 = 19 (59.4% / 28.1%)
#10 浅野真澄: 4/14 = 18 (85.7% / 19.0%)

In an ideal world, the percentages should translate to the likelihood of me watching a series because of the seiyuu. However, anime watching is never so straightforward as seiyuu is only one factor in determining the quality of a series. It might be the only driving force if an anime sucks to a degree but has a good cast or lead characters, but it's not an everyday occurrence.

Only 2 female and 2 male seiyuu are in my surveyed top 15 list (for each gender). It would be interesting when I add more seiyuu from the top 15 list to Soramimi and do a comparison then.