Arts Vision

Arts Vision Incorporated (株式会社アーツビジョン Kabushiki-gaisha Ātsu Bijon) is a Japanese talent agency that employs a large number of high-profile seiyū voice actors. It was founded in 1984 by Sakumi Matsuda.

General information
Arts Vision was founded by former Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society manager Sakumi Matsuda as an independent corporation in 1984.

The studio became famous in the 1990s during a boom time in the popularity of seiyū, or voice-over acting. At its peak, the studio employed many of Japan's most popular voice actors, who became known as "Seiyū Idols." In 1997, however, many of those popular young performers moved to I'm Enterprise, a subsidiary agency also managed by Matsuda. Since that time few new performers have joined Arts Vision.

In 2003 Chihiro Suzuki and Masumi Asano moved from I'm Enterprise to Arts Vision, but in subsequent years the trend has been in the opposite direction, with artists such as Yukari Tamura and Natsuko Kuwatani moving from Arts Vision to I'm Enterprise.

Seiyū currently affiliated with Arts Vision

 * Sayaka Aida
 * Yuri Amano
 * Yu Asakawa
 * Eiji Asanuma
 * Isshin Chiba
 * Kaoru Fujino
 * Tomoe Hanba
 * Risa Hayamizu
 * Nobuyuki Hiyama
 * Sōichirō Hoshi
 * Yayoi Jinguji
 * Yoshio Kawai
 * Masayo Kurata
 * Eiji Maruyama
 * Miyuki Matsushita
 * Yūji Mikimoto
 * Hironori Miyata
 * Kaori Mizuhashi
 * Jun Mizusawa
 * Toshiyuki Morikawa
 * Takashi Nagasako
 * Miki Narahashi
 * Tomomichi Nishimura
 * Kazuo Oka
 * Takeharu Ōnishi
 * Chika Sakamoto
 * Yūko Sasamoto
 * Akira Sasanuma
 * Ikuya Sawaki
 * Hekiru Shiina
 * Katsumi Shiga
 * Chihiro Suzuki
 * Katsumi Suzuki
 * Kenichi Suzumura
 * Wataru Takagi
 * Yoshino Takamori
 * Fujiko Takimoto
 * Chiharu Tezuka
 * Nobuo Tobita
 * Kōsuke Toriumi
 * Kumiko Watanabe
 * Miho Yamada
 * Kozue Yoshizumi

Former seiyū

 * Masumi Asano - now at Aoni Production (since 2007)
 * Megumi Hayashibara - now at Aksent
 * Yui Horie - now freelance (since 2007)
 * Yumiko Kobayashi - now freelance (since 2007)
 * Mami Kosuge
 * Kotono Mitsuishi - now freelance (since 2007)
 * Kumi Sakuma
 * Chiaki Takahashi - now freelance
 * Yuji Ueda
 * Narumi Tsunoda - now at Honey Rush (since 2007)
 * Chisa Yokoyama - now at Bambina
 * Nozomu Sasaki - now at 81 Produce