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Yui Horie-san’s birthday lies on the 20th of September.

Yui Horie-san first debuted as a voice actor in the late 90s. She won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 4th Voice Actor Award, and voiced as the main character in the summer anime 『How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? 』.
In July this year, her new album 「A literature girl’s song collection」 was released after 4 and a half years. A live tour was also planned in December 「Yui Horie LIVE TOUR 2019 The literature girl’s club」 , charming fans with her singing voice.

To get into the birthday celebration mood for Yui Horie-san, Anime!Anime! made a survey asking viewers 「Favorite character played by Yui Horie-san is？」 continuing from last year. Within the survey period September 7th till the 14th, 123 responses were received.
The male-female ratio is about 65% for men and 35% for women, with more men. The age group was about 30% for those under 19 years old and about 30% for those in their 20s, mainly young people.

■The top place goes to Tsubasa Hanekawa for two consecutive years！
1st place goes to Tsubasa Hanekawa from the 『〈Monogatari〉』 series. With a support rate of 13%.
Comments from fans that were attracted to her calm class representative-type of vibe 「Horie-san’s voice perfectly fits with the character, with a sort of mature vibe」 and 「Hanekawa’s gentle and kind type of acting can only be done by Horie-san I believe」.
It doesn’t stop there, her Black Hanekawa form is also popular with comments like 「The difficult “Nya” at the end of each of her lines were quite enjoyable」and 「Having a dark side deep within, contradicting her words with her actions and various other performances can be seen」

2nd place goes to Riko Izayoi/Cure Magical from 『Witchy PreCure！』. Ranked at the same spot as last year.
Riko who is bad at magic even though she’s attending a magic academy received comments complimenting her strong courage 「She’s a little of a clutz but I like her strong detemination」.
Viewers commenting on the cute side of her like how she always says 「Just as planned」 to cover up her mistakes, 「Her phrases and atmosphere are just very cute, a perfect match for Horie-san！」.

3rd place goes to Tohru Honda from 『Fruits Basket』（2001）. The support rate was around 8%, ranking up from last year’s 4th place.
『Fruits Basket』 was re-adapted into an anime in 2019 but we’ll be focusing on the 2001 version where Horie-san voiced in. Comments like 「The first role where i found out about Yui Horie-san」, 「Because her cute and kind voice fits perfectly」 and 「Because she’s the best heroine in anime history」 were gathered, from fans that have not just seen the new one, but the old one as well.

■Introducing the other comments!!
Naru Narusegawa from 『Love Hina』 with comments 「Speaking of Yui Horie-san, Naru Narusegawa is one of top choices. Excellent style, excellent grades, punching strength that increases every day… The character that holds the anime together.」
Michiru Mayumura from 『Major 2nd』 with comments 「Because I was moved by how she despise losing」 and 「Her cheerful personality was acted out perfectly」

Sakuya from 『Sister Princess』 with comments like 「Her voice when she stretches her arms were acted out perfectly」 and 「Because she’s my sister！」.
Miss Monochrome from 『Miss Monochrome -The Animation-』 with comments like 「Because of her positive type of character matching along with her wonderful songs, also being tasked with character drafts and numerous character’s CV 」

Looking at the overall ranking, characters that are the talk of this time like Satomi Tachibana from 「How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift？」 was tied at the 13th. Characters from smartphone games were also ranked in. Don’t look away!
■Top 10 Ranking
[Favorite character voiiced by Yui Horie-san is？ 2019 Edition]
1st Tsubasa Hanekawa 〈Monogatari〉Series
2nd Riko Izayoi／Cure Magical 『Witchy PreCure！』
3rd Tohru honda 『Fruits Basket』（2001）
4th Wiz 『KonoSuba！』
4th Naru Nasegawa 『Love Hina』
6th Minori Kushieda 『Toradora！』
6th Sakuya 『Sister Princess』
6th Carla 『FAIRY TAIL』
6th Tsurara Oikawa 『Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan』
6th Hanyuu 『Higurashi When They cry』
6th Michiru Mayumura 『Major 2nd』
6th Wagon 『Ressha Sentai ToQger』

（Survey Period：September 7th ～ September 14th 2019）

■Top 20 Ranking
[Favorite character voiiced by Yui Horie-san is？ 2019 Edition]
1st Tsubasa Hanekawa 〈Monogatari〉Series
2nd Riko Izayoi／Cure Magical 『Witchy PreCure！』
3rd Tohru honda 『Fruits Basket』（2001）
4th Wiz 『KonoSuba！』
4th Naru Nasegawa 『Love Hina』
6th Minori Kushieda 『Toradora！』
6th Sakuya 『Sister Princess』
6th Carla 『FAIRY TAIL』
6th Tsurara Oikawa 『Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan』
6th Hanyuu 『Higurashi When They cry』
6th Michiru Mayumura 『Major 2nd』
6th Wagon 『Ressha Sentai ToQger』
13th Iris 『White Cat Project』
13th Oryou 『Fate/Grand Order』
13th Hiyori Kirishima 『The World’s Greatest First Love Movie: The Case of Yokozawa Takafumi』
13th Chie Satonaka 『Persona 4』
13th Kotori Shirakawa 『D.C.～Da Capo～』
13th Satomi Tachibana 『How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift？』
13th Ayu Tsukimiya 『Kanon』
13th Millhiore Firianno Biscotti 『DOG DAYS』

（Survey Period：September 7th ～ September 14th 2019）