CATDOLL: 9-year-old girl wins voice actor competition, voice actor industry has successors

Voice actors are the soul of anime characters. With more and more excellent animations being broadcast, many people have made becoming a voice actor their life goal. Recently, the voice actor selection competition hosted by 81 PRODUCE Entertainment Agency has kicked off. In this voice actor competition, the 9-year-old Hikaru Torio won the "10th Anniversary Special Award".

The "10th 81 PRODUCE Voice Actor Selection Competition" held in Shinjuku, Tokyo abolished the age limit, and many young children also actively signed up for the competition. 25 candidates were selected from a total of 2,828 candidates to participate in this competition. Hikaru Torio, who was only 9 years old, received high scores for adding the sound of chewing bread when reciting the lines. At the same time, she was praised by the judges for her good singing skills. The best won the "10th Anniversary Special Award". She happily said that she decided to sign up for the competition after watching "Himuko! Umaru-chan".