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seiyuu's
career:

Stage 0: Thousands of girls enroll in trade schools to
learn the business.  80% will drop out, 10% will move
on to some other kind of "art", and 10% move to Stage
1.

Stage 1: As part of the glut of cheap labor with no
name value, they do the "grunt" work of seiyuu,
performing as an anonymous voice in commercials, store
pitches (I think Hisakawa Aya's voice
still haunts the halls of an Akihabara Sofmap store),
and any and every other scrap of work that comes their
way, though they will still have to work other
part-time jobs to make ends meet.
KiraMelo was another attempt to make money off of the
anonymous girls by pooling a bunch of them together. 
The strategy produced a small group of rabid fans, but
not enough to continue the experiment.  Again, 80% of
these girls will drop out after an
undistinguished "career", 10% more move into other
arts, and the remaining 10% (about 1% of the starters
from Stage 0) move on to Stage 2.

Stage 2: These are the seiyuu who get their "big
break", such as a major part in an anime, or their own
radio show.  They get enough exposure to achieve "name
value", and some coverage in the
seiyuu magazines.  Many will begin a grueling schedule
of events to get them more known. About half of these
girls will fizzle out in a year, but the other half
may make it to Stage 3.

Stage 3: They've achieved enough name value and skill
to get bumped up in class, and finally earn enough
money to make a living off of their seiyuu work alone.
 They get multi-page, full-color articles
in a seiyuu magazine, many times their own radio show.
 Some anime parts are written specifically with them
in mind.  Some release their own CDs or video
collections.  Seiyuu can stay at this level
for several years.  Some will eventually get married,
or drop out of the public eye to do something less
visible.  Those who hang around for the long haul
becoming one of the 0.1% of all seiyuu
prospects who get to choose one of the two paths of
Stage 4.

Stage 4A: Some seiyuu find that their true
talents/interests are elsewhere, and drift away from
seiyuu work in favor of their music career (such as
Hayashibara Megumi, Shiina Hekiru, or Kouda Mariko)
or acting career (such as Sakurai Tomo).  Though still
recognized as "seiyuu", they really don't do much
seiyuu work most of the time.

Stage 4B: After a long and distinguished career as a
seiyuu, they have so much experience that their value
rises to a level that is too expensive for most
companies to afford.  Pretty much the only thing
left for them in NHK Public Television Children's
shows.  This is the path taken by Mitsuishi Kotono,
Hisakawa Aya, Koorugi Satomi, and many others.

If anyone has more accurate numbers for this, which I
basically just pulled out of nowhere, please let me
know.  :-)

  - Joe


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