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July 12 is Taneda Risa’s birthday.

Taneda Risa debuted as a voice actress in the 2010s. In 2021, she appeared in various titles, including “Zombie Land Saga Revenge”, “Strike the Blood IV”, and “Kin-iro Mosaic: Thank You!!”.

Therefore, to celebrate Taneda Risa’s birthday, we conducted a reader survey entitled “Who is your favorite character played by Taneda Risa?” We received responses from 215 people during the survey period from June 25 to July 2.
The male-female ratio is almost the same. About 35% of the age group were teens, and about 40% were in their 20s.

■ Characters from popular series gathered at the same place!
1st place
1st place is shared between Tedeza Rise from “Is the Order a Rabbit?” and Himeragi Yukina from “Strike the Blood” with an approval rating of about 16%.

Rize is a part-time worker at a Rabbit House coffee shop. Her doubled-face personality attracted attention, “The soldier’s daughter, Rize is usually cool. But she is good at sewing and similar stuff, and this image change is cute.”, and “She tends to say harsh things but she is a good older sister who looks after others.”
Some readers pointed out that her voicing put together various elements, “I love Taneda-san’s voice and acting, which coexists with dignity, cuteness, and kindness.”

Himeragi Yukina is a heroine who acts as a watchdog for the main character, Akatsuki Kojo. Many comments about the character that has been performing since 2013, “I got to know Taneda-san from this work, and it was a life-changing encounter.”, and “I adore this role that she has been playing in 50 episodes of the TV anime and OVAs. ”

Of course, characters are also popular, “They look like a married couple with the main character.”, and “She is so cute when she is shy and blushes.” Characters from the titles produced in multiple series are at the same rate.

3rd place
3rd place goes to Miyazono Kaori from “Your Lie in April” with an approval rating of about 9%.

Miyazono Kaori is a violinist in her 3rd year of middle school. The fans seem to be attracted by the subtleties of her emotion behind her cheerful personality, saying “I was drawn to her gap that she usually behaves cheerfully, but she sometimes shows her weakness.” Many readers paid attention to the interaction with the main character, pianist Arima Kousei, and especially regarding the letter scene, saying “The line ‘I like you’ was so great that it might be the first time I cried when I watch the anime.”

■ Let’s introduce other comments!

For Mizuno Ai from “Zombie Land Saga”, “She is a hard-working person who carries idol’s pride with dignity.”, and “Even though she is an idol she has a poisonous tongue.”
About Tanaka Kotoha from “The Idolmaster: Million Live!”, “She is tough but she has weak spots. Without Taneda-san, such a double-faced character would not exist.”

For Hinata Yukari from “Yuyushiki”, “Taneda-san often plays a sharp and serious character, but Yukari-chan is a sweet young lady and is preeminently cute.”
About Komichi Aya from the “Kin-iro Mosaic” series, the movie “Kin-iro Mosaic: Thank You!!” of which will be released on August 20, “A tsundere maiden who can’t be honest”

In this survey, characters with a wide range of titles are ranked, from the debuting works to the latest works broadcast in 2021.

■ Ranking Top 20
“Who is your favorite character played by Taneda Risa?”
1st place Tedeza Rise “Is the Order a Rabbit?”
1st place Himeragi Yukina “Strike the Blood”
3rd place Miyazono Kaori “Your Lie in April”
4th place Mizuno Ai “Zombie Land Saga”
5th place Kusano Yui “Princess Connect!”
5th place D.Va “Overwatch”
7th place Hinata Yukari “Yuyushiki”
8th place Kuriyama Mirai “Beyond the Boundary”
8th place Kuroha Neko “Brynhildr in the Darkness”
8th place Xenovia “High School DxD”
8th place Tanaka Kotoha “The Idolmaster: Million Live!”
8th place Mercury Rory “GATE”
13th place Orion Altina (1st generation) “The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki II”
13th place Eyjafjalla “Arknights”
13th place Kozukata Yuri “Zero-Fatal Frame: Maiden of Wetness-”
13th place Nakiri Erina (first generation) “Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma”
13th place Mash Kyrielight (first generation) “Fate / Grand Order”
13th place Meetia “Dragon Quest VIII Sky, Sea, Earth, Cursed Princess”
19th place Azusa “Blue Archive”
19th place Kuon “Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception”
19th place Komichi Aya “Kin-iro Mosaic”
19th place Celistia Largris “The Weakest Undefeated Bahamian Machine Dragon”

(Response period: June 25-July 2, 2021)

* This survey is part of a survey of readers’ awareness of “current interest in and attention to anime works and characters.” Regarding the results, we do not intend to decide the superiority or inferiority of any character or work. We hope that this article will help you to get to know new works and characters, and to deepen your understanding and interest.