80% Of Voice Actors Struggle To Pay The Bills

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Economic hard times are everywhere, even for those with a dream job. In a recent interview with Shomu Shirogane, a voice actor manager from Japan, he reveals that out of the approximately 1600 voice actors in Japan, 80% cannot make ends meet simply with their voice acting gigs so they take on part time jobs to pay the bills. Only about 5% can actually make a living solely from voice acting, the other 5% are actors or idols as well as voice actors.

A harsh reality, but an interesting scenario, were the guy delivering food to your door or that voice at the call center may very well be your favorite character’s voice.

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4 Replies to "80% Of Voice Actors Struggle To Pay The Bills"

  1. Sol d-_-b says:

    I got the chance to be a voice actor in a game a long time ago. It was fun, but can completely seethat it is something you have to have many gigs to make ends meet.

  2. Enner says:

    Aww, so even Japan pays voice actors like crap :(

  3. Khaim says:

    Of course it does, Enzo Fortuni!

  4. Velcor says:

    damn that’s some pretty bad news.
    and I thought Japan had the anime scene well paid and under control…you would expect that, huh?


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