About

Dear Girl ~Stories~, or DGS for short, is a Japanese radio show hosted by seiyuu (voice actors) Kamiya Hiroshi (HiroC) and Ono Daisuke (OnoD). It airs Saturdays at 25:00 (Sunday 1AM) on the radio station Bunka Housou (JOQR AM1134kHz) and 23:30 (Saturday 11:30PM) on Radio Osaka (OBC 1314kHz). It is also rebroadcast online at Chou! A&G Digital Radio (see below for details). Mail can be sent to the program at dgs@joqr.net or the following address:

Kamiya Hiroshi-Ono Daisuke no Dear Girl ~Stories~
Bunka Housou
105-8002
JAPAN

The show’s current corners include FutsuSto, Dear Girl Jouhou, Sylph Danwashitsu, and Dear Voice.

FutsuSto
Short for futsuu no story. Letters from listeners.

Dear Girl Jouhou
News about the Dear Girl corner on the AnimeloMix mobile website.

Sylph Danwashitsu
Letters from authors published in Sylph.

Dear Voice
Listener-contributed lines that HiroC and OnoD record to later be added to the DGS mobile website and available for free download. They alternate each week.

Two corners, Dear Letter and One Phrase Story, were pronounced “dead” in #100 since they were always forgetting to do it.

Kamiya Hiroshi, born January 28, 1975 in Matsudo-shi, Chiba-ken, Japan (raised in Ushiku-shi, Ibaraki-ken), is a Japanese voice actor with the agency Aoni Production. He has been in the business for over 15 years with notable roles including Tieria Erde (Gundam 00), Natsume Takashi (Natsume Yuujinchou), Itoshiki Nozomu (Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei), and Takemoto Yuuta (Hachimitsu to Clover aka Honey and Clover).  Kamiya is well-known for his love of cats, Gundam, and video games. He has a Russian Blue cat named Nyanko Sensei, coincidentally the same name as Natsume’s partner in Natsume Yuujinchou.

On August 7, 2006, Kamiya was victim in a traffic accident that left him hospitalized for two months. He was back in the studios recording by December after three months of rehabilitation. At the Second Annual Seiyuu Awards in 2008, Kamiya won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his roles as Tieria and Itoshiki sensei. The following year, he took home the prize for Best Lead Actor and Best Personality. Due to his popularity, he is often referred to as “Asia No.1,” but being the modest guy he is, he’s not exactly keen on it.

Fan letters can be sent to the following address:

Kamiya Hiroshi
c/o Aoni Production
Pola Aoyama Building 5F
2-5-17  Minami Aoyama
Minato-ku, Tokyo-to 107-8572
JAPAN

Ono Daisuke, born March 4, 1978 in Kouchi-ken, Japan, is a Japanese voice actor with the agency Mausu Promotion. Ono has been in the business for over 5 years, making him kouhai (junior) to Kamiya. His breakout role was Koizumi Itsuki in the highly popular series Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (aka The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya). Since then, he has voiced many well-known characters such as Sebastian Michaelis (Kuroshitsuji), Hosaka (Minami-ke), and Kunisaki Yukito (AIR). In addition to his OnoD nickname, he is also often referred to as “Handsome,” a nickname he is not particularly fond of but has gotten used to. During the Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisou event, Ono described his character Koizumi as “kimokakkoii” (cool but gross), but somehow that description has now become synonymous with Ono himself. Kamiya can often be heard calling Ono “kimochi warui” (gross; translated as “you suck” in One Point Eikaiwa in DGS #61).

Aside from voice acting, Ono also has a solo music career. His first mini album, Hinemosu, was followed by a few singles and then a full album. At the Second Annual Seiyuu Awards, Ono was co-recipient with Kamiya for the Best Supporting Actor award for his roles as Hosaka and Kagezaki (Rental Magica).

Fan letters can be sent to the following address:

Ono Daisuke
c/o Mausu Promotion
S2 Building Annex 1F
6-25-14 Shinjuku
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo-to 160-0022
JAPAN

How To Listen
Dear Girl ~Stories~ can be listened to in real-time using KeyHoleTV, PeerCast, or at this URL using your favorite media player. Please note that these methods are not always available. DGS is also broadcast digitally at JOQR’s Chou! A&G website Fridays at 23:00, Saturdays at 14:30, and Mondays at 11:00 JST. Just click the digital radio link on the left under the navigation menu.