

Before they are famous, many seiyuu would work part-time whether it be at fast
food restaurants or even physical works. For example the seiyuu [Uchida
Aya](http://love-live.wikia.com/wiki/Uchida_Aya):

> During the early stages of her career she supported herself with part-time
> jobs such as being sales staff at departmental stores, production line
> quality inspector at factories, and sometimes even menial labor carrying
> cardboard boxes. The key criteria she had in choosing her jobs were that
> they had to be shift-based and versatile such that she could report to her
> entertainment office any time she needed
> to.[2](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/36207/why-do-seiyuu-famous-
> for-doing-eroge-still-use-alias)

Others also have career as eroge seiyuu (Nitta Emi, voiced a character in an
eroge, Da Capo III), before they went famous and might continue even after
they are famous, such as [Itou Shizuka and Asakawa
Yuu](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/36207/why-do-seiyuu-famous-for-
doing-eroge-still-use-alias).

Like all entertainment job, a seiyuu job has its peak, and after that peak is
over, the number of job offers one receive would reduce. I'm curious as to
what does a seiyuu that is no longer at their peak of fame do for a living
when they no longer have many anime to voice? **Do they work on eroge? Or just
normal games? Or they turn into salary-man/woman (office workers)? Please give
some examples with your answer.**

**Edit 1:**

If they retire at age of 40 or so (which is already stretching it as most
female seiyuu would see the peak of their fame at their 25s, while the male
ones would still be able to retain their fame longer), then they still have
around 30 to 50 years of life ahead as a retired seiyuu. Certainly they would
still need some jobs that earn them money to support their living, which is
what this question is about. This is especially true since seiyuu don't get
royalties from having their voice recorded, unlike singers. Mangaka gets their
royalties from every copy of goods that is produced from the series they make.

krazer suggested that they are like athletes and other celebrities, they
retire. Many athletes continue working after they retire from their
professional career. Some famous footballer becomes a coach, for example,
Zinedine Zidane, Antonio Conte, Diego Simeone, Pep Guardiola, and many more.
**But as for seiyuu, I never heard of a seiyuu that turned into a voice-acting
coach.**

senshin suggested that they do Hollywood dubs, while Aki Tanaka suggested that
they do freelance voice-acting and voicing for mobile games. Problem with this
is that as Aki has mentioned, it is not regular, while their living bills
(accommodation, food, etc) still needs to be paid regularly. And with the
seiyuu being no longer at the peak of his/her fame, freelancing might not be
enough to earn them the money they need. Also I don't think the number of such
job available is not much. I mean how many hollywood movies are being dubbed
into Japanese anyway? I bet not much. Only the famous ones would see itself
being shown in Japan. As I noticed from games such as Chain Chronicles,
Kancolle and Panzer Waltz, one seiyuu voice several characters in such games.

Thus, I think the number of jobs available from dubbing Hollywood movies and
mobile games won't be that much, and they still have to compete with seiyuu
that is still at the peak of their fame, plus the rookie seiyuu as they are
often also chosen to mitigate the production cost.


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What do Seiyuu do after they are no longer at the peak of their fame?


> What I'm asking here is what most seiyuu do after they are no longer famous

Firstly, the assumption that other professions with an early retire age
generally have a following job that most workers transition to is not entirely
accurate. For your NFL example, according to
[this](http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000383420/printable/report-19-percent-
of-nfl-coaches-have-experience-playing-in-league), only 19% of coaches were
former players and when you consider the much faster player turnover rate and
the fact that there is far more players than coaches, it is clear that most
players do **not** become coaches.

In the respect of what seiyuu do after their peak, they are just like other
professions of a similar nature. **If someone needs money, they try to get the
'best' job they can with their skillset and connections.** What someone's
connections are, and what they view 'best' to mean is **so** subjective, and
varies so much from person to person that it is impossible to point to a
specific job as what most seiyuu do after fame. (and thats before bringing in
the ever-changing job market)

The next job is still _likely_ to be at least partly related to seiyuu work,
since that is their skillset and they probably made some connections along
their career that could offer them some other work. However, this is not
necessarily true and because of the variation of job market and each person's
circumstance, it seems meaningless to point to any specific examples of
working ex-seiyuu's... Someone could probably make a very long list, but
hopefully this should answer your question to satisfaction.


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