is the owner of an English-language

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

and

voice actor Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...

information website, which was established on June 10, 1994.

Personal website and voice actor database

Born in

Chigasaki, Kanagawa is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 242,798 and a population density of 6800 people per km². The total area of the city is . Geography The city is located on the eastern bank of the Sagami ...

, Doi got his undergraduate degree in Applied Math at

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

in 1985, and his master's degree in Information and Computer Science at

University of Hawaii Manoa A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

in 1987. Following college, he worked as a software engineer where he has worked on operating systems. In an interview with Sailor Week, Doi said that the anime that turned him into an ''

otaku is a Japanese word that describes people with consuming interests, particularly in anime, manga, video games, or computers. Its contemporary use originated with a 1983 essay by Akio Nakamori in ''Manga Burikko''. may be used as a pejorativ ...

'' fan was ''

Kimagure Orange Road is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Izumi Matsumoto. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine from 1984 to 1987, with the chapters collected into 18 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shueisha. The story follows tee ...

'' and ''

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''. When he was watching, he noticed the voices of many of the characters sounded familiar, and started comparing cast listings from the closing credits. He also learned that the voice actors sing songs, have radio shows and other things. He started collecting the data and created the seiyuu database. On June 10, 1994, he made his website public. Doi said that back then net access meant working in a science or math job, or majoring in that at school. Doi's personal website contains over 94,000 individual pages, and he is considered to be one of the best known fans of anime and

voice acting Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...

in the English-speaking world. In addition to personal information, his views on various

and

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

series, and information on his hobbies, Doi's site contains a massive "Voice Actor Database". In 2001, the database contained over 50,000 entries, and it is considered by anime fans to be a definitive source of Japanese voice acting information. In 1998, Mary Grigsby called two of his sites "two of the more informative World Wide Web URL addresses", and used his site as a reference.Grigsby, Mary (1998). "''Sailormoon'': ''Manga (Comics)'' and ''Anime (Cartoon)'' Superheroine Meets Barbie: Global Entertainment Commodity Comes to the United States" ''

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'' 32 (1) 59-80 Hitoshi Doi was interviewed on CBC's '' Undercurrents'', about the

culture. Doi was a guest of honor at the 1999

Anime North Anime North (AN) is a non-profit, fan-run anime convention, held every year in Etobicoke, a Amalgamation of Toronto, district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its major attractions, activities and events include a Masquerade ball, Masquerade, a D ...

convention in

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.Wilner, Norman.
Anime fest invades Toronto
" Toronto Star. June 18, 1999. Entertainment Start Page 1. Retrieved on April 1, 2012.

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Personal website and voice actor database

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