On january 31, it was announced that voice actress Masako Nozawa, who performs the main character Son Goku in the popular anime series "DRAGON BALL," has been certified as a Guinness World Record holder in two categories for video games related to the series that have been released to date.Masako Nozawa was certified as a Guinness World Record holder for "Voice Actor who has played a character in a video game for the longest period of time" and " Voice Actor who has been active as a video game voice actor for the longest period of time" (certified value: 23 years 218 days *as of October 25, 2016). On the same day, she attended the certification ceremony held at the headquarters of BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment in Tokyo.

After receiving the certificates, Nozawa said, "I don't know what to say anymore. I am glad I am healthy. I am so glad I am healthy, otherwise I would not be able to continue," she said. I always jokingly said, 'I'm going to make it into the Guinness World Records. I'm really happy to have done it," .

The record for this series is 23 years and 218 days, from "DRAGON BALL Z: Super Martial Arts" (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) released in March 1993 to "DRAGON BALL Xenoverse 2" (PS4) released last November and "Super Dragon Ball Heroes" (digital kids' card game). DRAGON BALL certification ceremony was attended by the DRAGON BALL creators and the DRAGON BALL fans.

At the certification ceremony, a comment from DRAGON BALL creator Akira Toriyama also arrived.

Akira Toriyama commented wits his letter for the ceremony, "Congratulations on setting Guinness World Records in two categories!　I'm a little bit proud to think that I have a small part in the record too.　I feel a little proud to think that I have a small part in the Guinness World Records," he added in his comments.

In addition to Son Goku, Nozawa also voiced Gohan and Goten in the same series. In other anime, Nozawa has played Hiroshi in "Dokonjou-Gaeru," Dr. Kureha in " ONE PIECE," and Kitaro in "Gegege no Kitaro" (first and second seasons), making Nozawa a veteran of the series in both name and reality.
　　
On the same day, enka singer Kiyoshi Hikawa (39), who sings the opening song "Limit Breaker x Survivor" in the Fuji TV animation "DRAGON BALL Super" (every Sunday at 9:00), which will start a new chapter, "Space Survival," on February 5, also came to congratulate everyone.