Mortal Kombat 1 | Kharacters and Voice Actors

[@CalCutieYT]

Alan Lee does such a great job imitating the way the 1st live action Shang Tsung speaks. There were some points I thought it was him.

[@hackareslacksbruh430]

True, to me he has a very good Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa impression

[@thedoctor2833]

Shang Tsung's voice is calming that it's so scary

[@alexanderbobylev4811]

The actor tries to mimic Cary Tagawa. And it works ;)

[@e.vasileva5891]

Yeah, he has an amazing voice! I loved Shang Tsung so much in this game.

[@RenegadeSpider2]

@@alexanderbobylev4811yes. He does a really good impression of him. Hopefully they keep casting him whenever Shang tsung is on the roster

[@lanceducusin4696]

​@@alexanderbobylev4811I genuinely thought that tagawa reprised his role a shang tsung

[@MrCageCat]

Perfect for young Cary.

[@LCTesla]

Shang Tsung's new VA is incredible. Would really have believed he was Tagawa but 30 years younger. Ps. the sample chosen here is one of his worse ones imo.

[@ametozukumazu6073]

When Nethers showed story mode for the first time I immediately noticed Shang just by his voice. The VA is goated

[@TheDirk1141]

Agreed. It’s hard to play off of another actors voice but the new VA pulled it off.

[@TwiliSleepy]

Daisuke Tsuji is perfect casting for Kuai Liang. Loved him in this game and as Jin in Ghost of Tsushima.

[@BryonYoungblood]

I wonder how he would do Kuai when he’s Tundra/Sub-Zero.

[@TwiliSleepy]

@@BryonYoungblood Probably pretty similar. Kuai Liang is not too different from how he was portrayed before. He does seem to be a bit more lax than before though, Sub Zero in MK11 definitely talked liked he was done with everyones bs more than this Kuai Liang does.

[@BryonYoungblood]

@@TwiliSleepy True dat.

[@nicholasdh_63]

If Tekken would have all English speaking option, Daisuke Tsuji voice would absolutely fit Jin Kazama.

[@mattyt3625]

Still preferred Steve Blum. His voice for kuai liang was so good. Definitely better than this new guy imo. Also being a kuai Laing fan, he's kinda ruined in this game for me with him being scorpion instead of subzero/tundra.

[@CheyenneEntertainmentYT]

I swear, there ISN'T a project that doesn't have Steve Blum in it. The man is SO talented.

[@eduardojaviersalvatierrave6185]

Kaiji tang has all my respects. Sub zero never sounded more intimidating and evil

[@karanpersaud1]

For sure

[@gergo2714]

It's also worth mentioning that he voiced Guts in Berserk (2016). I know the adaptation was horrible but he delivered as Guts aswell.

[@Shadow-lb8tf]

Kaiji Tang voice Shao Kahn

[@lucyan8790]

I will miss Richard Epcar as Raiden.

[@hartantoanggoro]

Let us hope that Richard Epcar would return to voiced Older Raiden as a skin for Younger Raiden

[@weakish]

Heard he was retiring, shame he has such an iconic voice that I would put on the level of Kevin Conroy.

[@DjuraValtr]

I hope to god Alan Lee gets more voice acting roles. His voice fits the calm cunning villain perfectly or just a calm and sassy person in general. Regardless his voice is amazing.

[@owlface2365]

Alan Lee did such an amazing job not imitating Cary Tagawa but still being what we expect from a Shang Tsung voice : soothing and evil at the same time. ❤

[@Shadow-lb8tf]

Jet Li voice Shang Tsung

[@immortalghost443]

Jin Sakai as Scorpion is the best casting ever. Now when I will play Ghost of Tshushima it will feel like I am playing as Scorpion

[@eugenekrabs2403]

I kinda wish Richard Epcar provided his voice for Titan Raiden

[@ibrahim24685]

Travis Wilingham is not bad either

[@SnapDagger2307]

"Further resistance serves no purpose. This timeline will be destroyed."

[@Just_Voyager]

The fact that the Jin Sakai's voice actor and the Spider-Man's Voiceactor are in the game shows that the voice acting team is goated. We don't talk about Megan Fox.

[@KingBaihu]

What's crazy about Nitara is that the grunts and screams are voiced by Cristina Vee. She should've been the overall voice actor instead of Megan Fox

[@leebroschaunceyandquincy3385]

It’s kinda sad that Richard Epcar didn’t return to voice Raiden, even for just a few seconds but I guess the torch has been passed on to the new one

[@MALEMization]

OMG KELLY HU IS LI MEI AND MADAM BO?! Damn I liked her so much in Martial Law! She hasn't lost an iota of her acting skills after all these years!

[@UltraxEmerald]

I thought Shang Tsung’s va was the same from mk11. The guy did a great job.

[@capsanavia2593]

me too! when I found out I was ...WHAAAT no freaking way! the voice is almost the same and the way he says the words it's 100% the same! and the va is young as heck!! he has an amazing future in my opinion!!

[@pissa8105]

Is it me or Raiden entire character moves so smooth that it looks real, they digitalized his expresions so well😂

[@ClericV]

Which Raiden?

[@lovipoekimo176]

I knew Geras sounded different. I suspected it was Phil Lamarr. I am happy this confirmed it. And holy cow, Wonder Woman is Ashrah!!!

[@trackandfieldarchive]

Crazy that I remember him as Marvin getting his head blown off in Pulp Fiction.

[@Bluewolfzer]

Love the samurai jack easter egg with geras saying back to the past

[@HB-fq9nn]

@@Bluewolfzer Geras said “Back to the Future”.

[@nightbreed16]

Also one of her fatalities is a nod to her.

[@kennethandrada5565]

Yes, I also thought that he sounded like Kotal

[@greatestever2560]

What makes your videos special is the tidbit u include at the bottom

[@lovipoekimo176]

Agreed. Whenever I watch videos like this, I keep thinking "where have I heard this voice before?" Now it is not necessary since they already included it!

[@SonicAdventureEnjoyer]

Wow Raiden (God/old timeline) went from Jopseh Joestar to Knuckles the Echidna

[@fallen_Spartan79]

Wasn't Reptile's VA also Kollector from MK11? Also, Jin Sakai as Kuai Liang admittedly took some getting used to, but I've come to LOVE it now!! And I just found out that a separate VA does Nitara's effort sounds. Now I wish she fully voiced Nitara instead.

[@catnoirlover1719]

Yup Reptile is Kollector Nice voice range right

[@SOCOM967]

Same, I'd rather have Cristina Vee....

[@siinxx7656]

Great info, about Nitara, me too. I heard some people blaming the producers for not guiding Megan and not giving her enough time to practice and get in character. Might be, however if that's what happened, blame on Megan for the whim of voicing her knowing she was doing a bad job. There's no way you hear this professionals and think for yourself... "I'm doing fine"

[@RoyArkon]

No, that was Steve Blum

[@jessyanderson]

Susan Eisenberg as Ashrah is so good. She does a lot of voices in Skyrim.

[@GrizzleyBruin]

You mean Wonder Woman in the DC animated universe and Injustice Games? She's the best.

[@WarriorV8]

i could listen to her talking for hours

[@ShinyGolduck5]

Wonder Woman

[@ianbrennan9635]

Jennifer Hale sounds a lot deeper as Kronika this time around. I thought it was Vanessa Marshall when the 17-minute story mode teaser dropped.

[@SnugWugs137]

It’s weird to see all these professional voice actors come together for one great performance. Then there’s Megan Fox.

[@TimedRevolver]

I get the feeling that she had very little time to get her lines done. Her work feels like the first draft that a voice actor refines over several sessions.

[@Random-xd4zm]

The facial Animation are incredible and unmatched hats off to these incredible and talented Animators

[@deathcold_longplaysua4846]

Man, Shang Tsung's new VA is freaking over the top amazing! If NRS didn't revealed who voiced Shang Tsung, I would thought that it was Tagawa again. So yeah, this tells a lot. They should now bring this voice actor in the future MK games. But if we talking about bad VA, then it's Megan Fox. Her voice acting for Nitara is straight out flat. They should have brought someone else for Nitara. Some real voice actress instead of Megan Fox. Like, seriously man, she did a poor job.

[@jeffreychinn609]

Or at the very least give her some better direction instead of...whatever that was

[@deathcold_longplaysua4846]

@@jeffreychinn609 Directions? She sucks as Nitara. Her voice acting is straight out flat like a wall near me. Her character has no emotions in her voice, no style, just pure flat voice. So what kind of direction are we talking about here? She needs to visit some acting classes to learn the voice acting, and not waiting for directions lol

[@fallen_Spartan79]

They already had a separate VA doing effort sounds for Nitara... they could've had her do voice lines as well.

[@kg888]

She sound like she reading a book. 😂 and man hers is so flat when you listen to others characters during the story qui chi in living forest section. 😂

[@KaleidoSTAR_PH]

she lacks impact, the emotion is there but fell flat, she could've done better or at least trained more on VA

[@Xenc5]

Johnny Cage giving Deadpool vibes, especially as an announcer and during the Invasions intro 👌

[@ramiyohay7286]

Alan lee sounds like a young Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

[@rayswift5711]

A. I can't believe I didn't recognize Travis Willingham as Raiden. And I watch Critical Role on a regular basis. B. The direction they took with Megan Fox as Nitara is very interesting. She says all these evil stuff, yet her voice is not of your regular evil person nor does she has a particular over the top sex appeal. I kinda dig it. It's very rare for a game such as this to not go on the obvious route of the evil sexy vampiress. C. Jennifer Hale is everywhere. As she should. D. Alan Lee should get some sort of prize for his portrayal of Shang Tsung.

[@Tanzim-Kazi]

There are some voice actors and actresses in this game that I recognized voices of media that I remember back in my days. Yuri Lowenthal voiced teenage Ben Tennyson in Ben 10. Kari Wahlgren voiced Honey in Kick Buttowski and the divisive Chloe in Fairly Odd Parents. Kelly Hu voiced Stacy in Phineas and Ferb. Travis Willingham voiced Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic the Hedgehog. Phil LaMarr, Steve Blum, and Jennifer Hale voiced a lot of characters that I can't list. Seeing those voices in the game is such a blessing. I'm kind of bummed that Richard Epcar and Steve Blum won't be reprising their roles as older Raiden and Kuai Liang respectively, but I like the young Raiden and I find Kuai Liang taking the mantle of Scorpion interesting.

[@WeaklinksBaraGaming]

Also Jennifer Hale voiced Bayonetta/Cereza and Rosa

[@kidalangsamezu6021]

Alan Lee did such a great job I almost mistaken him as Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

[@gamingpro2216]

Of all the mirrors matches I didn’t expect the Shao Khans to make friends

[@charlesdeleo4608]

They actually got Travis Willingham to voice Raiden!? Impressive. I know him extremely well for his anime voicework. The guy voiced Roy Mustang in Fullmetal Alchemist, Kokuto in the fourth Bleach movie, Mōri senpai in Ouran, and Free in Soul Eater. If you really wanna hear him go all out, I recommend watching the fight between Roy Mustang and Envy in FMA Brotherhood English dub.

[@siinxx7656]

VAs absolutely KILLED IT! The theatrics and romance, the passion and pose was absolutely brilliant. And fits MK drama so well. Huge props to them and autor of this video for gluing this collection beautifully. I don't even own a game console and I'm enjoying the heck of it.

[@TraumaCenter13]

Megan Fox's voice acting is really bad

[@siinxx7656]

@@TraumaCenter13 100% thats why Nitaras dialogue stays at minimum throughout the game XD Producers noticed for sure

[@MightyShotgun]

I knew it was Daisuke i heard his voice in that "glory? We fight for duty." Line

[@jaidenschallhorn8009]

Jamieson Price did such a good job as the announcer that he might be my favorite version. So damn satisfying to hear in game!

[@EvilXero359]

I find it interesting about Scorpion's character and his voice actors, in this instance from MK11 he's Japanese and has a Chinese voice actor and in MK12 he's Chinese and has a Japanese voice actor.

[@chrishansen9102]

I'm going to miss Patrick as Scorpion and Steve as Sub zero

[@lordronn472]

But unlike Mileena and Kitana the new actors are good too

[@MILDMONSTER1234]

I can give it pass cause it’s not Hanzo as scorpion here…. Still miss Steve tho

[@hopeestheim7285]

I'm miss Karen Strassman she did great job as Kitana/Mileena since 9 and X

[@Lord_ofcinder]

But then again hanzo is a bit more older scorpion. Kuai liang is younger and he is voiced by the ghost of tsushima. I instantly knew it was him when he said the word “brother”

[@Jameelshah-s4h]

The Freaking Jin Sakai is the Scorpion yesssss!

[@sagarsondarva643]

As long as Andrew Bowen voices Johnny Cage, it's a mega hit...

[@toubass516]

Phil Lamar, a prolific voice actor, credited as Marvin in Pulp Fiction. A hysterical choice

[@icefang87]

Such an incredible voice cast. Well done Netherrealm Studios!!

[@AjZara_]

I will always remember Kelly Hu as Jade Crock aka Cheshire from Young Justice. 😊

[@masterfreeze1054]

the consistent relationship of lines between Raiden and Kung Lao never gets old

[@redthehumanbirdjuangarciaj04]

0:06 Jin Sakai 0:12 Ichiban Kasuga or Gojo 0:18 Spider Man’s voice from Spider Man 2 (2023) 1:06 Ledo’s voice 1:58 Fu’s voice from No More Heroes 3 (2021) 2:04 Karai’s voice from TMNT (2012) 2:24 Samurai Jack’s voice 1:21 Wade Jackson from Call of Duty Vanguard (2021)

[@bluealligator1472]

Jin Sakai voice actor for Scorpion is gold i thought he sounded like him too. I was right.

[@JordanMclleland]

Megan Fox actually delivers some lines well and some really bad but being a voice actor isnt easy and it was also her first time so i dont blame her for sounding a bit blanned sometimes.

[@dawidszymanski3180]

Andrew Bowen best Johny Cage always and ever

[@clarencegutsy7309]

Gotta say, Alan Lee did an insanely good Cary Tagawa impression. Carried that same venomous charm.

[@terryroraus]

I don't mind Travis Willingham as Recurring Raiden, but I really wish that for closure purposes, they would have asked Richard Epcar to make one final return.

[@skinnybepis9579]

holy shit so much talent in this cast! i love rhulks voice in d2 and didnt even recognize gojos voice

[@reaperlm6535]

YOU MEAN TO TELL ME KENSHI'S VA PLAYED FOUR DISTINCT VOICES IN X?!?!

[@mookiez18]

0:38 oh man a joker injustice reference

[@e.vasileva5891]

Even Ed Boon is a better voice actor than Megan Fox. Poor Nitara got the short end of the stick. Which reminds me that my new love Reptile is voiced by Stickler...

[@Swagmaster1102]

Ed Boon’s “GET OVER HERE” is bad? That shit’s epic

[@e.vasileva5891]

@@Swagmaster1102 Like, when did I say it was bad? How did you come to that conclusion? My statement was - Ed Boon, a regular joe, is a better voice actor than an actual Hollywood actress. Where have I said the most ICONIC phrase of the franchise is bad?

[@Swagmaster1102]

@@e.vasileva5891 usually when people say “even _____ is better than _____” that usually implies that the first blank was also kind of bad

[@e.vasileva5891]

@@Swagmaster1102 Well, this was in the context that he is not even a voice actor or an actor at all.

[@RoyArkon]

Megan Fox is doing just fine

[@christopherbardier770]

Steve Blum. Past work: Literally Everything.

[@lm_slayer1]

I was wondering why geras sounded so similar to kotal kahn

[@TheAtos1984]

Johhny Cage, Ermac, Havik and Reiko... my God!!! Those actors are super handsome!!!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@worldwaide]

Everyone (Not Megan) did awesome! I didn’t expect to see so many familiar faces!

[@lucianofranca9501]

I find it amusing that Kelly Hu voices Lin Mei and is the face model for Sindel. Also, I had no idea that Kelly Wahlgren was the voice of the princesses, I thought they had different VAs

[@aiko1601]

I love the details

[@Mariomaster157]

I guess Travis is master of voicing Gods of Thunder

[@steffanwolfe4329]

It’s awesome how Daisuke is now like the voice for all dope ass samurai now!! 1st Jin Sakai now my boy scorpion!!!!

[@RabbitHole20]

"An evil clown tricked me into taking her life" DAMMIT JOKER!!!

[@fabioriato]

Injustice Superman vibes here!

[@ashleejones586]

Dope to see Daisuke get more roles. Dudes a good voice actor

[@sadagastgaming1392]

Alan Lee is really good. He manages to imitate Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa's voice well. But i can't believe Madam Bo and Li Mei share the same voice :-3

[@JanikAshe]

I love the detail of using k instead of c in mortal kombat related media.

[@GgG-zy3nv]

YOU’RE TELLING ME DAZAI IS SUB-ZERO😩😩 kanji slaying his roles as usual

[@onejediboi]

Damn rain being the same guy as bode from Jedi survivor is great

[@_Content-Deleted_]

Finding out that Reptile’s VA in MK1 is the same as Stickler’s in The Cuphead Show is comical lmao 💀

[@DuelaDent52]

I think Andrew Morgado was also the Kollector in the previous game, wasn’t he?

[@catnoirlover1719]

Yup

[@RoyArkon]

Yes he was

[@RoyArkon]

Yep

[@LegionX7N7]

Fun Fact: Geras in another universe and timeline very far away is also another time warrior by the Name of Samurai Jack.

[@kavajahumphrey7338]

He's also the Green Lantern in Justice League and Injustice. And he's Static from Static Shock

[@francis6851]

The pic that they use for Johnny Cage voice actor looks like mr beast

[@ellisi6439]

2:11 I knew Madam Bo sounded familiar

[@nozuchan]

i can't believe spike spiegel voiced baraka

[@SB9426Plays]

0:44 MrBeast😮

[@aryadivairsyadi7756]

Man Kaiji Tang is surely busy in this quarter. He's probably voicing Ichiban right now.

[@bananachild1936]

New Raiden is such a good sport in this game. You just can't help but like the guy.

[@brandon9638]

Jennifer Hale's voice acting was nothing short of amazing

[@Xp070]

I'm surprised Steve Blum is Baraka. I knew he did Reptile and Sub-Zero in X and 11. ALSO I KNEW IT LI MEI'S VA WAS D'VORAH I COULD HEAR IT MY FRIENDS DIDN'T BELIEVE ME.

[@MrWii000]

I didn’t recognize Jamieson Price as the narrator this time, but I’m glad he returned.

[@spookythewombat]

I love the injustice reference for Liu Kangs dialog

[@mew10521]

Van Damme and Megan Fox suprised me

[@estetkaninen]

I did not know Travis Willingham did Titan Raiden 😍

[@ichigokurosaki7505]

Well, this ain’t the first time he voiced a thunder God

[@OrionGPT]

Bully Lowenthal as Smoke is real

[@siroilcan6045]

Noshir Dalal has been in the past 4 story games in a row that I have played. He's pretty good it's just funny to me

[@DirtDirt]

It took me this long to figure it out but smoke is LITERALLY every npc in fallout new vegas

[@pissa8105]

I'm mad they let another celebrity voice act for a character, Nitara having Megan as her voice was the worst decision again like the Dimitri Vegas skin ☠️

[@mercuryman1250]

Richard epcar was a great raiden. When he was dark raiden his voice is menacing deeper and darker

[@RNICJay]

Jin Sakai is scorpion? That’s dope

[@mawinstallation6626]

Alan Lee was the goat, simply amazing voice work

[@ronaldwilliams9635]

Ed Boone doing the GET OVER HERE IS FIRE AF🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🏆

[@Linkaro2]

You forget Christina Vee as Nitara (grunts and screams)

[@hi4851]

1:27 sindels voice actor also voiced dr.slone from fortnite,and valintina (idk how to spell her name) in mlbb,she always gets the iconic characters

[@dave2kretro]

Lisa from Genshin Impact

[@rosecox997]

Evelynn from League of Legends

[@hi4851]

​@@rosecox997NOOOO WAY REALLY?? EVLEYYN IS MY FAVORITE

[@kavajahumphrey7338]

She also X-Men's Oboro Munroe aka Storm in Marvel's Ultimate Alliance 3 and Midnight Sun

[@maniik_flix4837]

Kaiji Tang is also the English Voice Actor for Ichiban Kasuga from Yakuza 7 Like a Dragon. Edit: WAIT! i didnt even realize! I was talking about how much I likes Chales Smith's va! And I didnt even recognize him as Rain!!

[@crimsonite2044]

Ok before anyone comes for Megan’s voice acting, please listen to Jean-Claude Oooh Rain & Shao’s voice actors are handsome

[@darpmosh6601]

Phil LaMarr is also Vamp in Metal Gear Solid

[@xXW1LDDOG13Xx]

Can’t believe Quan Chi VA is that guy with the messed up teeth in the deli on Transormers: ROTF

[@advictoriams]

Steve Blum and Phil LaMarr's credits should also have "nearly every character in Quake 4 and Doom 3" hahaha

[@UMGAWAGADS]

I honestly thought Sub-Zero was voiced by Patrick Seitz and though it was funny that he voiced Scorpion before, but it’s someone completely different. Great work regardless

[@Seph2079]

2:23 this is definitely a Samurai Jack reference. He voices Jack as well.

[@A.jmmmm04]

YESS

[@SuperMandibleclaw]

they should have just gotten cristina vee to be nitara's speaking voice too