The latest Japanese voice actor directory is out, and the number of active female voice actors has increased by more than a thousand

With the continuous development of animation and games, the voice actor industry is also growing stronger and stronger. Recently, a Japanese professional voice actor magazine released the "Voice Actor Directory 2025 Female Edition", recording that the number of active voice actors has reached 1,099.

You should know that when the directory was first published in 2001, there were only 225 female voice actors on the list. After 14 years of development, the number of voice actors has continued to increase every year, and in 2022 it has skyrocketed to over 1,000.

The data of male voice actors has not been released yet, but it also shows an increasing trend year by year. Here is the number of female voice actors over the years: