Tamura Yukari is one of Japan's top seiyuu, or voice actresses, who are viewed as celebrities in the anime-centric Japanese culture. She's also a radio show host and a singer known for both anime theme songs and original compositions done in the cute J-pop style that corresponds to her "sweet Lolita" fashion preferences. Her albums have been rising steadily in the charts, eventually cracking the Top Ten, and she was one of the few seiyuu to book the Budokan, the nation's top venue.
The Fukuoka-born Tamura was dreaming of being a voice actress since elementary school, but it d...