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81 Produce

Voice actor management agency

Field	Value
name	81 Produce Co., Ltd.
native_name	株式会社81プロデュース
native_name_lang	ja
romanized_name	Kabushiki-gaisha Eitiwan Purodyūsu
logo	81 Produce Logo.png
logo_size	150px
type	Public
founded	3 February 1981
founder	Michiyoshi Minamisawa
(President and CEO)
location	BOF2 Yoyogi Park, Tomigaya
location_city	Shibuya, Tokyo
location_country	Japan
industry	Voice acting
key_people	Ryūsei Nakao
Toru
Hayami Kentaro
Nishina Takeshi
subsid	HALF H・P STUDIO Co., Ltd.
Sewedi SP
81Actor's Studio
homepage

(President and CEO) Toru Hayami Kentaro Nishina Takeshi Sewedi SP 81Actor's Studio 81 Produce is a voice talent management firm in Japan founded on 3 February 1981 (thus the year is the company's namesake). A hybrid CD-ROM featuring voice talent data for members of 81 Produce was released on 19 October 1997. The company is located in Shibuya, Tokyo.

History

In the late 1970s, when the term "seiyū" was just beginning to take root, some actors were against this, arguing they were full time actors and not just voice actors, a term that sometimes hindered the types of events they could be hired for. Among these people were Toyama Kei and his staff, and this led to the major agency Aoni Production being divided into two camps.

Michiyoshi Minamisawa (born in 1952) joined Aoni Production in 1976, and at the age of 28, he became a figurehead at its forefront. In February 1981, he established 81 Produce (the company's name comes from the year it was founded) with some staff from the planning and production department of Production Baobab. Minamisawa did not aim to become a company president, but he wanted to manage voice actors and produce programs, so he decided to leave the company in order to allow young talents to do their best in a free environment.

It started out as a production company whose main business was producing plays featuring voice actors, such as the musical Fly! Keihin Dracula; and in 1983, it added an acting department and began operating as a voice acting agency.

The company's voice actors often appear in NHK Educational TV productions such as documentaries and school broadcasting programs, and some school broadcasting programs have featured live-action actors (with their faces shown). In addition, the company's affiliated sound production company, HALF H・P STUDIO, is responsible for many of the Japanese dubbing of foreign TV dramas and sound production for anime broadcast on NHK, and for works with episodes of about 5 to 10 minutes, it often casts voice actors affiliated with 81 Produce. It also cooperates with casting for most of the anime produced by Shogakukan's Shueisha Productions. Although not as strong as Aoni Production, it also has strong ties with Toei Animation. It also has strong ties with Avex, and is involved in collaborative activities.

On 19 October 1997, a hybrid CD-ROM featuring voice talent data from members of 81 Produce was released.

In 2015, the "Seiyuu Museum" and "81 Live Salon" were opened in the building where the agency's voice actor training institute, "81ACTOR'S STUDIO" is located.

In 2022, the company held a new "SUN AUDITION" in collaboration with Universal Music.

Attached talent

All names are in Western order (given name followed by family/last name).

Male

Shigeru Chiba
Takuya Eguchi
Tesshō Genda
Wataru Hatano
Katsunosuke Hori
Naruhito Iguchi
Ryuzou Ishino
Hiroshi Ito
Kent Itō
Jun'ichi Kanemaru
Kunihiro Kawamoto
Daiki Kobayashi
Arthur Lounsbery
Yuuki Matsuda
Shin-ichiro Miki
Kazuma Miki
Kenta Miyake
Kōki Miyata
Yū Mizushima
Shigeru Mogi
Yoshiki Nakajima
Ryūsei Nakao
Kōtarō Nishiyama
Ryūsuke Ōbayashi
Tetsuharu Ōta
Soma Saito
Kōichi Sakaguchi
Toshiharu Sakurai
Toshihiko Seki
Mitsuo Senda
Shigenori Sōya
Shunsuke Takeuchi
Kan Tanaka
Tomohiro Tsuboi
Hiroshi Tsuchida
Hidenari Ugaki
Kousei Yagi
Takayuki Yamaguchi
Kunihiko Yasui

Female

Himika Akaneya
Chinatsu Akasaki
Yoshino Aoyama
Yōko Asada
Madoka Asahina
Yoshiko Asai
Kana Asumi
Nanami Atsugi
Sumie Baba
Sachiko Chijimatsu
Arisa Date
Yui Fukuo
Sayuri Hara
Coco Hayashi
Nene Hieda
Rina Honnizumi
Mako Hyōdō
Tomoko Ishimura
Masako Jō
Rie Kanda
Masako Katsuki
Yuko Kobayashi
Kaho Kōda
Aoi Koga
Chie Kōjiro
Kujira
Motoko Kumai
Masayo Kurata
Mayuki Makiguchi
Miyu Kubota
Kurumi Mamiya
Yōko Matsuoka
Ui Miyazaki
Marie Mizuno
Haruhi Nanao
Chinami Nishimura
Keiko Nemoto
Rumi Ōkubo
Kaya Okuno
Misaki Sekiyama
Yū Serizawa
Chiyako Shibahara
Azuki Shibuya
Mari Shimizu
Anri Shiono
Yuri Shiratori
Noriko Shitaya
Yumi Takada
Miyu Takagi
Rie Takahashi
Minami Takayama
Aimi Tanaka
Minami Tanaka
Megumi Toyoguchi
Ayumi Tsunematsu
Reina Ueda
Rumiko Ukai
Yuki Wakai
Fushigi Yamada
Saki Yamakita
Erina Yamazaki
Madoka Yonezawa
Yukiji
Ryōka Yuzuki

Formerly attached talent

Male

Masashi Ebara (currently affiliated with Aoni Production)
Yuzuru Fujimoto (deceased)
Satoshi Goto (currently affiliated with Beckers Act)
Tetsuya Kakihara (currently affiliated with Zynchro)
Saburo Kamei (deceased)
Kiyoshi Kawakubo (deceased)
Iemasa Kayumi (deceased)
Kaneta Kimotsuki (deceased)
Issei Miyazaki (currently affiliated with TAB Production)
Daiki Nakamura (Contract canceled due to operational troubles at the private school sponsored by Nakamura)
Hidetoshi Nakamura (deceased)
Tōru Ōhira (deceased)
Hiroshi Ōtake (deceased)
Takahiro Sakurai (currently freelance)
Nozomu Sasaki (currently affiliated with Aoni Production)
Daisaku Shinohara (deceased)
Mahito Tsujimura (deceased)
Kyousei Tsukui (retired)
Toshiya Ueda (deceased)
Hideyuki Umezu (deceased)
Takeshi Watabe (deceased)
Kiyoyuki Yanada (deceased)

Female

Runa Akiyama (deceased)
Keiko Hanagata (deceased)
Emiri Katō (currently affiliated with Stardust Promotion)
Miyu Matsuki (deceased)
Tamaki Nakanishi (deceased)
(deceased)
Masako Nozawa (currently affiliated with Aoni Production)
Noriko Ohara (Freelance now deceased)
Ai Shimizu (currently freelance)
Kaoru Shimamura (deceased)
Emi Shinohara (deceased)
Asako Shirakura (currently affiliated with Aqua Place)
Kumiko Takizawa (deceased)
Kazuko Yanaga (deceased)
(terminated)

References

"会社概要".
"CD-ROM「声優王国」81プロデュース編".
link
[http://www.81produce.co.jp/company/ 株式会社81プロデュース　会社概要] 81 Produce. Retrieved on 5 April 2010.
[http://www.81produce.co.jp/access/ 株式会社81プロデュース　アクセスマップ]. 81 Produce. Retrieved on 5 April 2010.
"Eriko ISHIHARA - Anime News Network:SEA".

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