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The story
In a 5ch thread ranking voice actors’ popularity, fans clashed over how popular various Liella! members really are. Venue capacities, event lottery results, and rumors surrounding an Okinawa concert were all thrown into the mix, fueling a heated debate. Specific venue sizes were cited for Nako Misaki’s solo tour — 1,146 seats in Nagoya, 1,417 in Osaka, and 2,021 in Hachioji.
What people said
Somewhat: sk yi
Average: nk yb
I'll beat you senseless, hater!
Don't insult Liella!'s leader!
Re: #4
Makes no sense.
They're both popular.
nn nk sk
ng Li
yb km
py
yin em
Was really torn on where to rank yb, km, and py
Top spot is sy, runner-up nn — the bottom two being yin and em is a lock
sy sk
nn nk ng
yb Li
py
yin em
nn got knocked down a rank over the Okinawa incident
The "boyfriend rumor" crew is mid-tier (kareba = a boyfriend rumor getting exposed)
The unpopular bottom two are locked in as yin and em
emoyu might drop off though
Did nobody go to nako's Hachioji show?
I went to J:COM Hall Hachioji
It was honestly over 90% full
delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete
Even 5 of her top fans have "died" (fan slang for quitting)
Stop spreading baseless delusions
There's no such fact anywhere
She's a consistently popular figure
Pupu's 24 now too
Her voice troubles are still the same as ever, so following her solo work is rough
At this rate she's hit her ceiling
Yuina's been overseas so much she's only made it to the "Sign Rough" and "Mada-con" events (fan nicknames for specific events), but she nailed the cheerful-girl role at Sign Rough, and did well at Mada-con too — pulled some odd moves during the greeting and got called out by Ishida for it
Murder-mystery events aren't really her thing though
Capacity of 2000, huh
Ah, but they might not have used the 3rd floor and up
I was up front so I don't really remember
What's even good about voice actors anyway?
Because anything else gets covered on Shitaraba (a separate forum site)
I'd want to do one for Ren too, but that'd basically be a Hanamiya monopoly
Didn't nn's bar-event capacity get cut in half from last year? Is her popularity dropping?
Not at all
It's because her usual venue wasn't available
Her popularity just keeps growing
Heard they couldn't book their usual spot (Nissho Hall)
Well, venues that size are the perfect fit, so they're probably in high demand
So you can't say for sure Non's Okinawa thing has nothing to do with the capacity getting cut in half either
All that's left now are clueless newcomers and foreign fans, plus a handful of weirdos
Remember all the uproar over sy's letter?
Hii's probably a good example of it right now
Says a lot about how much people expect from Non
Re: #61
Don't underestimate Apollo Bay
Suzuhara Nozomi is the agency's ace
Letting your top earner earn is just capitalism 101
2026
Apr 18 (Sat)
Niterra Nihon Tokushu Togyo Civic Hall Village Hall — 1,146
May 6 (Wed, holiday)
NHK Osaka Hall — 1,417
May 23 (Sat)
J:COM Hall Hachioji — 2,021
When it comes to live capacity, nako's the strongest, no doubt — though who knows if the seats are actually filled
Osaka's 2nd floor wasn't full, but
the rest were reasonably packed
Sakurai's done the same thing two years running. I heard even this month's fan club event had a lot of lottery losers — do they not realize what'll happen if they cut capacity even more than that?
Don't talk down to people like you know it all
Sometimes you just can't book a venue
Don't stoop to being a pathetic hater who does nothing but complain
Look who's talking — someone who barely even goes to events
Background and Key Points
Voice actors in Japan’s “seiyuu-idol” scene, especially those tied to franchises like Love Live!, don’t just voice characters — they hold real concert tours, meet-and-greets, and radio shows under their own names, performing as an extension of the characters they play. Liella! is the voice-actor unit behind the Love Live! Superstar!! anime, and its members build individual fan followings that rival the characters themselves. Because agencies rarely publish ticket sales or fan-club membership numbers, fans on 5ch use proxies — venue capacity, how full a hall looked, and lottery win rates for fan-club events — to informally rank who is “really” popular, which is exactly what this thread is doing with Nako Misaki’s 2026 solo tour stops (1,146 seats in Nagoya, 1,417 in Osaka, 2,021 in Hachioji).
The actual disagreement isn’t over the raw numbers but over what they mean: one camp reads a shrunken fan-club bar-event capacity and a wave of lottery losses as proof that an unspecified “Okinawa incident” cost a top actor real fans, while another insists the smaller venue was simply a booking availability issue (their usual hall, Nissho Hall, wasn’t free) and that demand is unchanged or even growing.
What outside readers are likely to miss is that none of this is verified — no agency statement, sales report, or attendance count backs either side; it’s fans eyeballing photos and half-empty upper floors. The “Okinawa incident” itself is never explained in the thread, so its severity is pure speculation, and terms like “died” (a fan quitting) or “kareba” (an exposed dating rumor) are insider shorthand, not documented events.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Love Live!) thread 「💫Voice Actors’ Real Popularity Ranking」.
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