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Aug. 6 is Oonishi Saori-san's birthday.

Oonishi Saori-san debuted in the first half of 2010, and she had won the “Best Supporting Female Actor” and “Best Personality” in the 12th Seiyu Awards.
In 2020, she voiced the main characters from titles, including “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III”, “Monster Girl Doctor”, and “Food Wars! The Fifth Plate”.

Thus, to celebrate Oonishi Saori-san's birthday, we had conducted the annual reader survey title “Who is your favorite character by Oonishi Saori-san?”. The survey was conducted from Jul. 21 until Jul. 28, and 118 responses were received.
Males make the majority, which is about 75%, and females were about 25%. The votes mostly come from youngsters, where about 40% are from aged 19 and below, and 30% are from their twenties.

■The popular series, “SaeKano”, and “Danmachi” took the first two place
1st Place
The first place went to Sawamura Spencer Eriri from “Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend”. The supporting rate is about 20%, and she remained at the same place from last year.

We have received some comments that mentioned the “Saekano the Movie: Finale” (released in 2019), such as, “Her acting of this complex character, Eriri throughout the two seasons of the TV series, and the movie, is quite stunning. Especially the movie, as there are several emotional scenes, and each of that scene is quite amazing.”, and “I can't forgive the tears of Eriri from the movie. She had shown off her amazing acting.”
There were also comments from fans about her attractive part, including, “Her character voice fit her twin tail and her tsundere character. It so moe (cute)!”, and “It because her tears, laughter, and anger are all cute.”

2nd Place
The second place went to Ais Wallenstein from “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?”. The supporting rating is about 12 % and she remained on the same place as last year.

Ais is also an active character in several series, including the TV series, and movie. She is also the main protagonist in the side story “Sword Oratorio”. Some of the comments from the readers said,”She is the silent type but I can feel her cuteness from the expression of the lovely side and the late bloomer​ part due to the lack of speech.”, and “She is cool during the fighting scene!”, which showns that her strength, and beautiful are her attractive points. Do check out the season 3 of the TV anime on Oct.

3rd place
The third place is a tie between Alessandra Susu from “Tokyo 7th Sisters”, and Tsukinose=Vignette= April (Vigne) from “Gabriel DropOut”.

Regarding Susu from “Tokyo 7th sister”, “Her brave action of going overseas because she adores Japanese idol alone, and the childish part that befits 14 years old is quite charming,” and “Oonishi-san has an impression on voicing cool

As “Tokyo 7th sister” had already received an anime adpatation, it seem that the votes are from the fans, who are looking forward to the movie screening.

Regarding Vigne from “Gabriel DropOut”, “She seems reliable but her airheaded personality match Oonishi-san voice perfectly,” and “Despite being a devil, the voice of a serious character is so cute!” This show that the gaps between her personality is her charming point.

■Let's introduce the other comments!!
Regarding Irokawa Ruka from “Comic Girls”, “Despite being an older sister, her everyday appearance while hiding various things is cute,” and “I like how she always thinks of ecchi thoughts.”

Regarding Arata Hisako from “Food Wars!”, “As first she was tsuntsun (not honest) but she is becoming cuter gradually,” and “It's great that the voice managed to draw out Hisako's personality and specialty.”
Regarding Alicia Charlotte from “Aikatsu Friends!”: “Her singing voice for the character songs 'Aru ga Mama (Just as it is)' is amazing. The noble princess-like, elegant voice is a perfect match!” mentioning about the singing voice from the work.

Several characters, who share the same attributes, are ranked in the survey. For example, Eriri in the first place is an illustrator while Irokawa Ruka in fifth place is a manga artist, and both of them have works regarding drawing.
Other than that, characters with the shared attributes, such as princess, and swordsman, are also ranked in.

■Overall Ranking
“Who is your favorite character voiced by Oonishi Saori? 2020 ver.”
1. Sawamura Spencer Eriri “Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend”
2. Ais Wallenstein “Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?”
3. Alessandra Susu “Tokyo 7th Sisters”
3. Tsukinose=Vignette= April (Vigne) “Gabriel DropOut”
5. Irokawa Ruki “Comic Girls”
6. Arato Hisako “Food Wars!”
7. Alicia Charlotte “Aikatsu Friends!”
7. Kuzehashi Akari “Hello! Kin-iro Mosaic”
9. La Folia Rihavein “Strike the Blood”
10. Beelzebub “As Miss Beelzebub Likes”
11. Amanai Kanoka “Haikyuu!! TO THE TOP”
11.Juujou Hiyori “Katana Maidens ~ Toji No Miko”
11. Chiyoda Kanon “The Irregular at Magic High School”
14. Shibasaki Kazuha “Girlish Number”
14. Senju Muramasa “Eromanga Sensei”
14. Dana Iclucia “Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana”

(Survey Period：Jul. 21 ~ Jul. 28, 2020)