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In many anime, characters that are supposed to be foreign (particularly
English or American), it's clear that the seiyuu are Japanese because of the
heavy accents. For example, Chris from _Itazura na Kiss_ is supposed to be
English, but her English has a thick accent and comes about as naturally as
Naoki's (who is a native Japanese character).

But sometimes the English appears to be natural, such as in the opening scene
for _Eden of the East_ , where both the security guards outside the White
House and the policy officer who questions Akira, seem to have no accent at
all. Unfortunately, I was not able to find out if these were voiced by actual
English speakers or just very skilled Japanese seiyuu because they were very
small roles.

Do anime production teams hire native English (or other languages) speakers?


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Are there any foreign seiyuu that have been credited for anime work?


Anime production teams tend to hire native speakers of other languages to
voice non-Japanese characters.

To use your example of _Eden of the East_. there are a number of English-
language voice actors who are used for when it is set in America. For example,
[David
Whitaker](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10474)
played the black man in the apartment in episode 1. Policeman A was played by
[Gregory Pekar](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1404231/), who has actually
appeared in other Japanese movies/shows such as _Hana Yori Dango_ , as well as
American movies such as _Lost in Translation_.

These seem to generally appear in small roles and/or roles where they only
speak English, such as the policeman.


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