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seiyu

seiyu is the alternative spelling of seiyuu.

Meaning of seiyuu

Noun

seiyuu (plural seiyuu or seiyuus)

  1. A voice actor in a native-language version anime, a video game, a radio broadcast or an advertisement in Japan.
    • i was just wondering if any seiyuus did/do any other voice acting for things besides anime, like video games and other such media.1998 November 8, jjiz...@forest.drew.edu, “seiyuus in other media?”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet)

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Forms of seiyu

pluralseiyu
pluralseiyus

Questions about seiyu

What is seiyu the alternative spelling of?
Seiyu is the alternative spelling of seiyuu.

Words near seiyu in the dictionary

  1. Seitz
  2. Seitzes
  3. Seitzinger
  4. Seitzingers
  5. SEIU
  6. seiyu
  7. Seiyuhonto
  8. Seiyukai
  9. seiyus
  10. seiyuu
  11. seiyuued

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