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>Rising in rank depends on experience and popularity.
>Do seiyuu get paid more for voicing main characters? No.
So rookies are so cheap that why certain productions keep using them for mains.

I wonder what it means for Matsuoka, it's obvious that he has his popularity but he isn't like say Kaji or Miyano with fangirl appeal. Sakurai, Sugita etc those male VAs will tons of roles are definitely A and above. I remember older seiyuu threads on /a/ with some going saying Sugita isn't as popular as before because he doesn't get main roles but overlook that he's has shit tons of supporting roles and probably get roles because of popularity and doesn't have to go through the audition process.

>Are current popular VAs like Inorin or Ayaneru considered A even when they really popular they haven't been in the VA scene for that long. Maybe they are B and HanaKana could be A I guess.

Female VAs like Nana, Sawashiro, Hikasa and Kayanon are definitely A. I also wonder how VAs that voice super popular characters in long running show like Takeuchi Junko are ranked. Is she A for voicing Naruto even if she doesn't get that much other roles? She probably earns a nice sum from voicing him in all the media stuff he's in.