It took no more than 30 minutes for the readers of this blog to solve my precious quiz yesterday, so I’ve made a new one, which will hopefully take slightly longer to puzzle out. Either way, it’s clear to see that anime has a lot of very unique voices working in the business.

Again, I’ve chosen 10+1 clips, but this time I made an effort to pick different series, since there seems to be an interest in identifying the characters in addition to the actors. The next quiz will probably be posted some time next week, and if you happen to have sound clips of your own you think would fit in a quiz like this, feel free to mail them to me, 5-10 seconds in 128 kbps mp3 format. Include actor name, anime series, and character name, please.

Edit: No one managed to post all of the actors correctly in a single comment, but as a combined effort, you sure solved it fast. I was particularly surprised by people getting #11.

Here are the answers for quiz 2:
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Answers for quiz 1 can be found in the 1st quiz post.

58 Comments

  1. This is considerably harder! I had to relisten many times before deciding on answers.

    Here’s my take for now:
    1. Satou Rina
    2. Shiraishi Ryouko
    3. Kugimiya Rie
    4. Sakurai Takahiro
    5. Matsuoka Yuki
    6. Nakahara Mai
    7. Tanaka Rie
    8. Koyasu Takehito
    9. Paku Romi
    10. Wow… uhh… Sanada Asami? I seriously can’t tell.
    11. There’s no way I’d get that right. :p

    Katapan
  2. 1) rina sato
    2) ryoko shiraishi
    3) ???
    4) takehiro sakurai… but when he said “zashiki warashi” i suddenly remembered nakamura yuichi in his ikuto voice, shugo chara ~_~
    5) miyuki sawashiro – eve no jikan
    6) ???
    7) rie tanaka – yuri-sensei, toradora
    8 ) takehito koyasu – ??? just remembered his voice in basara
    9) natsuko kuwatani – ???
    10) tamura yukari – ??? just remembered her voice in kurokami
    11) sanada asami – ??? just remembered her voice in maria+holic

    baka~
  3. 1. Aya Hirano
    2. Kaneda Tomoko
    3. ?!
    4. Takahiro Sakurai
    5. Matsuoka Yuki
    6. Orikasa Fumika
    7. damn, I can’t recall
    8. Takehito Koyasu
    9. I don’t think it’s her, but Mamiko Noto is my guess
    10. ???
    11. complete guess, but Ryouko Tanaka?

    runrun
  4. Tipp for 11: Its Miho Shiraishi
    The scene is from Full metal alchemist, she is the female thief (who poses as non as well as teacher etc.) its the moment when the full metal one lets her get away.

    This game is boring, I wont bother with the rest

    civer
  5. Hirano Aya definitely sounds right, now that you mention it. I’m not sure why I heard Satou Rina here. I also agree with Orikasa Fumiko, nice job. I’ve never heard Saito Chiwa much, though, so I couldn’t have come up with that answer.

    #10 is fairly frustrating! I had vaguely thought of Kuwatani Natsuko and Shitaya Noriko at first, but I quickly forgot about them. I don’t think I’ll ever find a satisfying answer before the right answers are posted.

    This is once again definitely fun, thank you for the quiz!

    Katapan
  6. Maybe something like this:
    #1 – Hirano Aya
    #2 – Shiraishi Ryouko
    #3 – Kugimiya Rie
    #4 – Sakurai Takahiro
    #5 – Matsuoka Yuki
    #6 – Orikasa Fumiko
    #7 – Tanaka Rie
    #8 – Koyasu Takehito
    #9 – Paku Romi
    #10 – Tamura Yukari
    #11 – no idea ^^

    a bit hard, some are from shows i haven’t seen too 🙂

    Soet
  7. 1. Hirano Aya
    2. Shiraishi Ryouko
    3. Kugimiya Rie
    4. Sakurai Takahiro
    5. Matsuoka Yuki
    6. Orikasa Fumiko
    7. Tanaka Rie
    8. Koyasu Takehito
    9. Paku Romi
    10. Shitaya Noriko
    11. Shiraishi Miho

    Beteigeuze
  8. 1. Satou Rina
    2. Shiraishi Ryouko
    3. Kugimiya Rie
    4. Sakurai Takahiro
    5. Matsuoka Yuki
    6. Orikasa Fumiko
    7. Tanaka Rie
    8. Koyasu Takehito
    9. Paku Romi
    10. Tamura Yukari
    11. Sanada Asami

    firefly
  9. 1. Aya Hirano
    2. Chiwa Saito
    3. Kugimiya Rie
    4. Sakahiro Takurai
    5. Matsuoka Yuki
    6. Fumiko Orikasa
    7. Rie Tanaka
    8. Takehito Koyasu
    9. Romi Paku
    10. Shitaya Noriko
    11. Don’t know but the correct answer seems to be Miho Shiraishi :p

    Tracer
  10. 1. Aya Hirano
    2. Chiwa Saito
    3. Kugimiya Rie
    4. Sakurai Takahiro
    5. Matsuoka Yuki
    6. Fumiko Orikasa
    7. Rie Tanaka
    8. Takehito Koyasu
    9. Romi Paku
    10. Shitaya Noriko
    11. Don’t know but the correct answer seems to be Miho Shiraishi :p

    Messed up on Takahiro’s name.

    Tracer
  11. … the only one I knew was #4, Takahiro Sakurai, because I recognized it was the clip from Mononoke the moment after he said “zashiki-warashi” and then heard the sword click.

    *fails*

    michiko
  12. 1. Aya Hirano
    2. Chiwa Saito
    3. Kugimiya Rie
    4. Sakurai Takahiro
    5. Matsuoka Yuki
    6. Fumiko Orikasa
    7. Rie Tanaka
    8. Takehito Koyasu
    9. Romi Paku
    10. Tomoko Kawakami (you can tell from the way her words end)

    11. no idea

    Melchior
  13. 1. Aya Hirano – Chiko, Daughter of 20 faces (Nijuu-mensou no musme)
    2. Shiraishi Ryouko – dunno what series… binbo… what series is she poor in? LOL … HAYATE NO GOTOKU? mentioned tama which is the tiger XD
    3. Kugimiya Rie – something about kouhai… gakuen alice? i never saw it D:
    4. Sakurai Takahiro – Mononoke?
    5. Matsuoka Yuki? – NO idea what series though. saying about death or killing… elfen lied? xD
    6. Fumiko Orikasa – have NOT seen enough comedy anime with her in it… only one i saw was Hyakko… but then she has a huge cast line… strawberry marshmallow…? T__T again, haven’t seen.
    7. Rie Tanaka – if only i understood what she was talking about LOL… so i’m guessing yandere like… not tomoe… sayara – mnemosyne?
    8. Takehito Koyasu – so distinctive yet i don’t know what anime … regios? though i doubt it. heh…. what’s with the stripping and shower??
    9. Romi Paku – as some ojou-sama in an anime i don’t know… lol… white album? lawl doubt it.
    10. Tomoko Kawakami – Amber, Darker than BLACK – damn i actually had to HUNT for that D:!!!! ty episode 25 @ 4.57 (XD!!!!)
    11. Miho Shiraishi – Psiren, fma

    Furuba
  14. Looks like there’s a consensus on Sakurai Takahiro. He’s my favorite voice actor, and I’m terrible at recognizing voices without looking them up first (I’m just nerdy like that?), so I would have been really disappointed if I hadn’t gotten that one right. XD And Takehito Koyasu is the only one, I believe, that I could pluck from memory without even thinking about it. Anyway, um… I want to stick something out there and guess that the first one is Yukana. 😀

    Rayestar Ikina
  15. @Patrik – I think #11 was found out pretty easily because the soundtrack from the background sightly gave it away =P! Not that I recognised the voice but I was vaguely thinking FMA when I heard the OST!

    PYROtechnic
  16. Wow… people here have either really good ears or just watch a lot of anime lol XP
    Surprisingly I got #10 and #11 ^^” Only because… I finished Darker than Black only a week ago and I only finished watching the entire FMA series again recently -__-‘

    TM
  17. wow, this is really much harder than the 1st one. i could only identify 3 of them but only cos they have such distinct voices.

    4) Sakurai Takahiro
    7) Rie Tanaka
    8) Takehito Koyasu (my FAV!! i can recognize his voice anywhere. u really should use the ones he uses in comedies.)

    naixil
  18. damn now that i listen again, i think #2 is Chiwa Saito. Shoot I was under influence of Hayate no Gotoku!!, Zettai Karen Children and Saki watching last night lolol. o well… it’s only one shot this thing isn’t it.

    Furuba
  19. I only recognized:

    2 – Saito Chiwa – Bin-chan – Kamichu! – only because I instantly recongnized Bin-chan’s distinctive Hiroshima accent and him talking about misfortune, having watch Kamuchu some time ago.
    4 – Sakurai Takahiro
    8 – Koyasu Takehito
    10 – Tamura Yukari – only 60% sure

    Some said Kugimiya Rie for no. 3, but I must shamelessly admit that I could not pin-point her voice properly when she’s not doing her usual lolis or Alphonse Elric.

    Kinny Riddle
  20. Hmmm…

    1. Aya Hirano (No idea about show or chara)
    2. Chiwa Saito (Again, no idea about show or chara)?
    3. Ayako Kawasumi (Nono from Hitohira)?
    4. Takahiro Sakurai (Kusuriuri, Mononoke)
    5. Yuki Matsuoka (Osaka, Azumanga Daioh)
    6. Rie Kugimiya (No idea about show or chara. I just heard shrill loli and went straight to her)?
    7. Romi Paku (Lady Red, Kuroshitsuji)?
    8. Takehito Koyasu (Fool, Kaleido Star)?
    9. Aya Endo (Sheryl, Macross Frontier)?
    10. Yukari Tamura (Rika Furude, Higurashi)?… I will zetsubou-shita if I’m wrong T_T
    11. I have no idea.

    Matt
  21. Wow, congrats to the people who found #10! I have actually watched DtB, so that must be why it felt frustrating not to recognize the voice… yes, that’s Amber all right.

    Katapan
  22. 1) Aya Hirano (guessing)
    4) Takahiro Sakurai (sounds like…)
    7) Rie Tanaka (sounds like her Suigintou voice…)
    9) Romi Paku (sounds like from Kuroshitsuji…)
    11) Shiraishi Miho (Psiren from FMA!)

    Wow, this time it’s really hard. 😛

    Linpau
  23. Haha, #8 and #5 were the only ones I knew for sure. Between the voice and his mentioning of Showers, without understanding everything he said I knew #8 was Fool. I also recognized #5 as Orihime’s voice, though I’m not sure if that clip is actually from bleach. I recognize 4, 6, 7, 9, and 11, but not well enough to know who they are or what they’re from for sure.

  24. #2 Chiwa Saito (Bin-chan in Kamichu!)
    #6 Fumiko Orikasa (Miu Matsuoka in Ichigo Mashimaro)
    #10 Tomoko Kawakami (Amber in Darker than Black)

    these three are definitely sure…

    other guess:
    #1 Aya Hirano
    #3 Ryou Hirohashi or Kana Ueda
    (everybody guessing Kugimiya Rie? I can’t recognize her voice different from Shana,Louise,Nagi…)
    #7 Yuuko Kaida or Rie Tanaka
    #8 Takehito Koyasu
    #9 Romi Paku

    sul
  25. This one is not easy > <
    i hope i get half of them right:
    1 Hirano Aya
    2 Saitou Chiwa
    3 Hirohashi Ryou
    4 Sakurai Takahiro
    5 Matsuoka Yuki
    6 Orikasa Fumiko
    7 Tanaka Rie
    8 Koyasu Takehito
    9 Paku Romi
    10 Kawakami Tomoko
    11 ???

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