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What You Need to Know:

• A seiyuu's acting can make or break an character - but did you know that many women voice actors are loved for their roles as young anime boys?
• But which leading ladies are Japanese fans' favourites? A recent Goo ranking went out to find just that, getting answers from 500 people in their twenties.
• So who stole the number one spot, and which character is she best known for? Let's take a look at the list - you might be surprised just how many popular anime boys are voiced by women!

Top 10 - Top 6

10. Ryouko Shiraishi (Macaron from Amagi Brilliant Park) / 3.6%

9. Megumi Ota (Shinji Ikari from Neo Genesis Evangelion) / 3.7%

8. Ikue Ootani (Tony Tony Chopper from One Piece) / 3.8%

7. Rica Matsumoto (Satoshi from Pokémon) / 4.2%

6. Romi Park (Toushirou Hitsugaya from Bleach) / 4.3%

Top 5 - Top 1

5. Junko Takeuchi (Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto)

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Clik here to view.' text="4.3%" text_position=""]

4. Noriko Hidaka (Near from Death Note)

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Clik here to view.' text="5.5%" text_position=""]

3. Mayumi Tanaka (Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece)

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Clik here to view.' text=" 11.8% " text_position=""]

2. Masako Nozawa (Goku Son from Dragon Ball)

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Clik here to view.' text="12.3%" text_position=""]

1. Minami Takayama (Conan Edogawa from Detective Conan)

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Clik here to view.' text=" 13.2% " text_position=""]

Source: Goo Ranking

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[balloon_speech align="left" text="I never would have guessed half of these were voiced by women! I wonder if there are many girl characters voiced by guys? Maybe not..." image="bee-happy2"] [balloon_speech align="right" text="This is so cool, though! Maybe I could voice a boy character if I work on my vocal range!" image="honey-happy4"]

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