- For pachinko, it is fairly high. 50,000 yen for as little as 15 lines, making them very lucrative if one gets a chance to work on these.
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- For narration for commercials, it’s in the range of 100,000 yen to 300,000 yen. Famous _seiyuu_ could even push that up to 1,000,000 yen. It is, however, dependent on the station and the region they’re broadcasting to so it’s not uncommon for it to go down to 50,000 yen as well. In terms of time, a 15 second commercial can be recorded in less than an hour so one can imagine how great these opportunities are.
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- For narration for commercials, it’s in the range of 100,000 yen to 300,000 yen. Famous *seiyuu* could even push that up to 1,000,000 yen. It is, however, dependent on the station and the region they’re broadcasting to so it’s not uncommon for it to go down to 50,000 yen as well. In terms of time, a 15 second commercial can be recorded in less than an hour so one can imagine how great these opportunities are.
She further emphasizes that this is subject to negotiation, especially as one climbs the ladder and gains more experience. If one is lucky, their *gyara* could go up 2-3 times as much in a few years. They could also do jobs for free or for less than the estimated gyara. She does however caution against this practice, especially as more hopefuls want to break into the profession, because voice work is a craft and setting lower rates won’t help anyone.
