One of Nis’ favourite female of all time

Regular visitors to the Japanator IRC channel will know that I’m always seemingly getting tangled up with a few individual females. So, in consideration of that, I’ve opened a new little feature of myself that will have me introducing my favourite females of all time. Of course, by female, I don’t mean the ones I get tangled up with. Who I actually mean are random celebrities…most likely from Japan or other parts of Asia as I hardly care much for the English culture. (Harsh, I know.)

Right right, enough of me rambling on. Let’s get started, shall we?

Let’s start with a little game then, all the pictures below will be common in something. No, the answer is not that they are all anime girls.

(From left to right: Lenalee [D-gray man], Tamaki [To Heart 2], Boota [Gurren Lagann], Rei[Marimite], Wilhelmina [Shakugan no Shana], Akiha [Tsukihime], Himawari [xxxHolic])

Again, no. The answer isn’t that they are all anime girls…or anime character. *Looks at Boota…*

If you don’t know the answer, congratulations; you still have a life.

People with a sense of logic could deduce that I’m talking about a seiyuu. (For those not very Japanese literate, Seiyuu = Voice actor.) People who are my kind would know that the answer is indeed. Itō Shizuka.

Why is she one of my favourite female of all time? Well, find out after the jump.

I should explain, for those who don’t really watch anime. In Japan, the Seiyuu industry is pretty big. How big? Big enough to the point where there are lots of Seiyuu companies, manager companies under them and then there are lots of other related media such as radio shows and fanclubs…you catch my drift.

I can’t really remember since when this began, but sometime through the years of my anime watching, I’ve became aware of seiyuu(s). After I realize I was aware of their existence and them as a whole, I started chasing after them like a little fangirl does to the visual kei bands…okay, maybe not to that extent. Point being is, I started being infatuated with various seiyuu and sometimes I will even go as far as watching an anime just because they are in there. (Ala Dragonaut….)

Out of many the seiyuu(s) I look at, Shizu-sama stands out from the rest. (People of my caliber calls seiyuu by their nickname sometimes, in this case, Shizu-sama is Itō Shizuka’s nickname.) The reason she stands out is probably because of her voice. There’s something in her voice that makes it tick, and I suppose I can label it as ‘cute’ for the moment. Think about for a second, D-gray man’s Lenalee and xxxHolic’s Himawari. Think about their voices…keep thinking…got it? I think cute labels that pretty well.

Though, just having a cute voice won’t make me love her this much. (Yes, I’m using the word love, bite me.)  Her voice also allows her to act out different styles other than cute. Tama-nee from TH2, Wilhelmina from Shana and Akiha from Tsukihime. Tama-nee, although cute and pretty, has a sexy component in her voice. Wilhelmina is rather silent and Akira is sometimes a bitch.

Alright, so cute and great voice acting abilities, what else?

How about voice acting for eroge? For those Japan illiterate, the more common term for that is h-games. Why do I find this appealing? Why, I play h-games of course. Then again, let’s try keeping those sorts of talks out of my posts. Let’s just say I appreciate her voice in adult related material as well.

She can also sing well. What I mean by ‘well’ is that she isn’t amazing like Mizuki Nana or Chihara Minori. If seiyuu who can sing to that extent are class A, then Shizu-sama is in class B. Her voice could be very nice in songs, but only in songs that fit her. The music also have to be great in order to make the song good, in the sense that her singing alone won’t cover for the bad music. One thing that makes her stand out in her songs is that, she acts out the character as she sings. Quite a few seiyuu does that, but to do that and still sound well is quite hard. [Nis recommends: Power of Flower from Hayate no Gotoku and RainyPain from an h-game.]

If that isn’t enough, how about her usual hobbies? She likes to drink, flirt and grope other seiyuu. That’s right; she likes to grope other seiyuu. In fact, she is called the “Boobs Sommelier” by Ueda Kana, another seiyuu. Shizu-sama gained that title through many groping and eventually gaining extensive knowledge of many seiyuu’s breast size, shape and feel.

Gottouza-sama (Goto Yuko) getting attacked by Shizu-sama. Hot.

Summing up the reasons why I like her, she is:

• A voice actress that can voice a variety of characters
• Has a cute and sexy voice
• Voices h-games. (Nis plays a lot of.)
• She gropes other seiyuu, loves to drink, and sounds like a fun girl in general.
• Can sing relatively well.

As an end note, I did borrow a lot of material from a fellow blogger: Byakuya. I even took a picture off of his her post, so give him her some credit and visit his her blog. Also, Byakuya’s owner, if you don’t like me taking materials from you, please tell me. =)

Edit: Sorry Keiri, didn’t know you were a she. XD