According to a survey conducted in Japan in from October to November 2021, 59 percent of male high school students who watch anime had at least one favorite voice actor or actress. The share was almost similarly high among female high school students.
Share of high school students who have an anime voice actor or actress they like in Japan in 2021, by gender
respondents were users of the messaging app LINE; 428 male and 413 female respondents
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Specific ages of the respondents were not given. Japanese high school students are generally between the age of 16 to 18 with some outliers starting one year younger or graduating one year older.
Respondents who stated that they do not watch anime at all were excluded from the original survey sample size of 1,041 respondents.
Values may not add up exactly to 100 percent due to rounding by the source.
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