【OSHI NO KO】 Behind the Scenes Ep3: Voice Recording

Please check out this special documentary featuring the voice recording of the voice actors Takeo Otsuka (voice of Aqua), Yurie Igoma (voice of Ruby) and Megumi Han (voice of Kana Arima) from TV anime 【OSHI NO KO】!
✦INTRODUCTION✦
"In show business, lies are a weapon."
When a pregnant young starlet appears in Gorou Amemiya’s countryside medical clinic, the doctor takes it upon himself to safely (and secretly) deliver Ai Hoshino’s child so she can make a scandal-free return to the stage. But no good deed goes unpunished, and on the eve of her delivery, he finds himself slain at the hands of Ai’s deluded stalker - and subsequently reborn as Ai’s child, Aquamarine Hoshino! The glitz and glamor of showbiz hide the dark underbelly of the entertainment industry, threatening to dull the shine of his favorite star. Can he help his new mother rise to the top of the charts? And what will he do when unthinkable disaster strikes?
✦CAST✦
Ai: Rie Takahashi
Aqua: Takeo Otsuka
Ruby: Yurie Igoma
Kana Arima: Megumi Han
Akane Kurokawa: Manaka Iwami
MEMcho: Rumi Okubo
Gorou: Kent Ito
Sarina: Tomoyo Takayanagi
Aqua (young): Yumi Uchiyama
✦STAFF✦
Original Creator : Aka Akasaka x Mengo Yokoyari (Serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump)
Director: Daisuke Hiramaki
Assistant Director: Ciao Nekotomi
Head Writer: Jin Tanaka
Character Designer: Kanna Hirayama
Animation: Doga Kobo
✦MUSIC✦
Opening Theme Song "Idol" YOASOBI
Enging Theme Song "Mephisto" Queen Bee
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✦Where To Watch✦
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✦Twitter✦
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©Aka Akasaka x Mengo Yokoyari/Shueisha, "OSHI NO KO" Partners
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[@SB-cz6zq]

I got goosebumps when the VA voiced aqua. So amazing that the emotion portrayed the character perfectly

[@0306bnd]

ikr

[@balazs.bence300]

I can't believe Kana's VA actually wears the same type of hat that Kana often wears in the manga..... that IS real dedication ☕

[@Allyfyn]

It's not that uncommon in japanese fashion. It's called a beret btw

[@nagumo2362]

It's called marketing a product.

[@Allyfyn]

@@nagumo2362 it just a beret, it's not even the same colour

[@Zsuki100]

bruh thats just a beret bruv. shit is very common in asian fashion

[@eri6970]

Very cute coincidence

[@RiRickright]

一人一人の熱量が凄いからこんなにも素晴らしい作品が出来上がるんだろうなぁ…。この作品に携わる全ての方に感謝。

[@takana-0925]

感謝感謝！

[@pop14k]

アクアのストーカー役の狂気っぷり、アフレコ出してくれるの神すぎる

[@LeafiSoft]

The voice actors sound very good because they embrace their character and are passionate about them. Their work is amazing, and I hope they continue adding so much character into them!

[@ar.michael8306]

How about english dub? hehe

[@ikhwaneivan4303]

​@@ar.michael8306 sucks of course

[@lavenderiris9744]

⁠@@ar.michael8306 I am mostly biased towards English dubs, but Oshi no ko’s English dub is just..downright awful. The voices don’t match at all. It feels like a comedy parody, which would be fine if it was supposed to be comedy. It’s not. I swear Oshi no ko is the most popular anime with the worst overseas sponsors lmao(I am referring to HIDIVE and the English dub)

[@subhankarbaral9236]

​@@ar.michael8306F off. The dub is worst. Well, I can guarantee you that the dub VAs don't even have read the manga before voicing.

[@0306bnd]

ikr aww

[@seijikun791]

I love how the direction with Ruby's voice. Igoma-san portraying herself into Ruby makes total sense, as her innocence is a very strong point in her character. And Ōtsuka-san perceiving Aqua as someone who looks at acting with an onlooker's perspective was pure genius. Seriously, Oshi no Ko has been given so much love, it's absolutely incredible. To all the voice actors/actresses and production staff who made this work come to life, thank you so much!!

[@anfreith]

Other than takahashi rie and megumi han, i think most of them are rather new seiyuu, but they managed to make the whole series a worldwide hit. Truly the gem of the new generation!

[@subhankarbaral9236]

Not new, rather it's their first time as important characters in a show.

[@kiyomi_kamimoto]

​@@subhankarbaral9236Manaka Iwami played Tohru in Fruits Basket, who's the mc, so she too voiced important an character. Though, Ruby was Yurie Igoma's first role. And I'm not sure for Takeo Ootsuka, I know he's done some other roles, but maybe not as the mc.

[@artmodeling1147]

ここまで来たら、もう、大塚くんのぴえヨン声に期待しかないです。。。

[@tukimurakagerou]

声優さんや監督さん達のインタビューだけでなく、アフレコ中の映像なども見ることができて、すごく嬉しいです‼︎

[@irinechemist2550]

Kana is really complicated character especially her interaction with Aqua (It's even more important now in the manga). Her character development through the entire series so far is what made me love her the most. I'm excited to see THAT scene animated. Kinda spoiler but honestly if Kana actually want to acting cute, she could easily stole Aqua's heart from the start but she doesn't want to get the spotlight most of the time unless provoked later. But I'm glad even though she doesn't try to act cute.. the anime make her so much cuter. I'm thankful to the production team and of course Megumi Han as the VA.

[@xAstaWKx]

Do you think we get the “I’m going to be your star” this season? Maybe like episode 10?

[@irinechemist2550]

@@xAstaWKx Judging by the current pace (3 chapters per eps), we will get it. It's gonna be on the last episode (Eps 11).

[@xAstaWKx]

@@irinechemist2550 they’re going to end it on that aren’t they….

[@irinechemist2550]

@@xAstaWKx That would be the best end honestly but I'm assuming chapter 38 is the start of the eps so its probably end on ch 40 but idk how they gonna do it unless they just do cliffhanger end to Tokyo Blade arc lmao.

[@nazstarz]

@@irinechemist2550 That would be perfect honestly. Id like that.

[@ともき君]

裏側を見せてくれるのはありがたいし嬉しい。 推しの子を作り上げるのに色んな方のたくさんの労力が結集してる。 だからこそ毎話、TVに引き込まれます！

[@cervelo-gg6cq]

こういう制作の裏側公開してくれるの嬉しい

[@riya-wb1pb]

アフレコ中にカメラ回してたの感謝しかない…

[@joshualee7655]

I’m very grateful and impressed at how much effort and love is put into bringing this series to life!!! I can’t wait to see this series through to the end!

[@midorimochi]

Oh my goodness I love the behind the scenes for seiyuus, super cool! It’s mind blowing how much they’ve invested into this series. Also, WHOA I’m so glad we got a glimpse of Aqua’s acting scene with the crazy voice acting

[@MnSakib007]

Their dedication shows at even minute level...like, VA san of Arima Kana is wearing a beret like Arima Kana even at the studio. Really impressive.

[@SIlent5130]

yeaa shes so cute

[@Allyfyn]

Wearing a beret in Japan is a much more common fashion

[@Mii577]

Well, she just mostly wore the hat/beret just for this occasion

[@jijichis]

When they announced that the voice actor of Aqua was going to be Takeo Otsuka I felt so happy that I could cry, I know him from previous characters he had/has and seeing how his efforts were paying off just made me emotional. Thank you, Oshi no Ko.

[@aaaaanh]

Dude really embodies Aqua vibe saying that he wasn’t given a lot of directions and instructions during the audition which correlates with how Aqua acted in the first ep

[@TouchMeDono]

These 3 VAs are perfect for the role. When I look at the characters, these are the voices I can imagine. Also Ai's voice is damn perfect too. I love Ai!

[@nietzchan]

Thank you so much for the english subtitle! Hearing the commentary from the staff and actor/actress themselves is really inspiring!

[@アサハル-j5l]

凄いです本当にこのストーリーに入り込んでるみたいな感じで身体に染み渡ります

[@_alex_6475]

漫画読んで流れ知ってても鳥肌立つし感動する神作

[@しろまるチャンネル]

0:05 和歌わかりしよしよ捨てれれてテルするやつ見た矢田🎉😮🎉😮😂😮😂😮😂😮❤😮😮😂やちやら多々らた

[@user-xv2kq5xn3y]

こういうぶつけかたをされるから、胸の奥の奥から揺さぶられてしまうんですよね。伝えようとする気持ちって本当にすごいものだと思います

[@user-animation.love.forever]

やっぱ声優さんって、マイク前に立ってお芝居している時が一番カッコいいし、輝いて見えるな〜！

[@ゆきだるま-c5h]

有馬かな役が潘さんでよかった。 原作でかなちゃんが一番すきなキャラだけど、難しい役だから自分の中でピッタリな声優さんっていないんじゃないかと思ってました。 それが潘さんの演技は本当にかなちゃんそのものだし予想の上を行っててビックリ！！

[@ADalt-B0yLD]

こういう企画良いですよね。 声優サンを目指す方からプロの方にも見てもらえる

[@dcfavorite]

I notice that the team, especially the director has a lot of reference books in the studio with notes and stickers. They made it sound like fun and pleasant, but honestly, it's very professional hard work from every single person in the sound booth. Kudos to the team.

[@godsrealname]

Igoma was perfectly chosen for the character of Ruby, both in voice and the fact she is an aspiring artist

[@dらんらん]

推しの子の公式の凄いところは、ファンの知りたい、見たい、聞きたいことをKZbinにアップしてくれところ。

[@starmoon2950]

やっぱり、潘めぐみさんの演技のディティールが凄すぎる。有馬かな、相当難しい役だよな…先輩故に説名台詞も多いし、芸能界を渡り歩いてきた苦悩感も出さなきゃだし。

[@7xAce]

gotta love megumi han, gon in hxh is perfect character when she voice act him. Also as kana arima , she voice act on point with the character

[@ウインナー-v1o]

推しの子凄いなぁ、こういうのも見せてくれるんだ

[@meapppxd2304]

One of the best cast this year, especially Iwami Manaka who has been great as Akane

[@abdulazizrefah3240]

I really appreciate all Oshi No Ko staffs for the hard work🥹

[@umeyann]

まだこれから3,4年くらい推しの子を新作のアニメとして観ていけるだろうことが幸せ。

[@tetoraa]

3:12 ページめくる音がならないようにしつつ片手で的確に1ページめくるの上手いw ペラって音入ったらやり直しになるから必然的に上手くなるのかなw

[@user-pasukjgsfgbvshjb]

2枚くらいめくれそうだよねw

[@igcometa]

Thank you for making this available to international audiences as well. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. Frm: a fan from Philippines🇵🇭

[@happyencounter]

This kind of content is what I’ve been waiting for!! Japan needs to flex their voice acting industry more!

[@jorgemurilo6456]

Chainsaw Man and a lot animes are bringing new VA for industry or Lead roles PS:Sorry my english

[@fleurishana]

Thank you for English subs! Really loveee the show, thank you for the amazing work! 🥺

[@とんかつさん-m4c]

伊駒さんは地声もルビーと似てるし新人だしでほんとルビーちゃんって感じがする

[@Mozkun_WinkPikaa]

ルビーの「新人アイドル」というところと伊駒さんの「新人声優」というところが共通しててオーディション受かったってきいた気がする

[@fars_gaming-p8x]

Thank you for your hardwork. Hope more role for igoma yurie in the future career.

[@arifmuzakkir2505]

whoa so that's how it is they’re all great , Aqua-kana-ruby voice act 👍🏻💯 Besides Aqua is great at acting, the voice actor is much more great with him voice acting~

[@I喜びしか知らぬ者に祈りは生ま]

大勢の職人の手によって素晴らしい作品に仕上がってる。本当に感謝。

[@Arkshayh]

I love the behind the scene, it's so good and it shows to us everything behind the production of an anime. Love it

[@coltonstark8379]

Incredibly talented group of people. They should all be proud of the work they have done to help make this such a successful series.

[@tekfu8369]

声優さんの目の中に星が輝いて見えたような気がした

[@Reglus_ast]

声優さんってキャラクターに命吹き込んでるもんなぁ〜

[@mariaeduardada3268]

『推しの』の素晴らしい声優陣に盛大な拍手を ❤

[@hlt5616]

こんな貴重な映像を見ることができるなんて...感激...！

[@kaede_tohrumai1233]

Thankyou for your hardwork minna! I love aqua, ruby and kana's voice actors their voice is very good, to iwami san aaaa she's my fav seiyuu i really love her.

[@kaede_tohrumai1233]

Thankyou also to english sub, i hope the other videos is have eng sub cuz i can't understand Japanese😭

[@sei2234]

アフレコ映像は貴重すぎる！ありがとうございます

[@usonohibana]

潘めぐみさんの有馬かなはホント可愛くて何回でもセリフ見れちゃいます！ 潘さんでホント良かった✨

[@Reacts2Reaction]

Lucky directors and production team being able to witness this talents perform irl ... Also as you tend to focus more on the visuals and dialouge etc when watching... rewatching the episodes not only make you notice ..minor and major details about the story... but You can also appreciate the bgm played in every scene

[@kennynakawaki]

Man, there needs to be more of these behind the scenes for every anime 😂 I absolutely love this

[@borusumi]

there some BTS of Dr.Stone, they even did labs experiments themself not just merely animating the manga.

[@kristin7146]

Thank you for making these videos (and with English subtitles)! I have been enjoying this rare glance at the behind-the-scenes passion that has gone into this show. Thanks to the whole team for all that you do!

[@sakura3_3ko]

まって、ルビー役の声優さんの地声がルビー過ぎて笑った

[@Version_Update]

I absolutely adore everyone in the staff of this show. They all really want to bring out the best through their work which is a very rare and special thing. It’s very uncommon for so many people in the staff to all be passionate about their work. I’m so happy that all staff are truly passionate about this project and it shows in the sheer quality of the anime(reminds me of the One Punch Man season 1). I really love how the director is maintaining a balance by taking in opinions of staff in all the fields. Also the fact that the sound director is worried about the voice actors being intimidated and not sharing their thoughts shows how well he understands how the power dynamics may affect the performances so making a relaxed and frictionless environment helps in creating a better result.

[@Version_Update]

@@gabriel_artworks I’ll have to disagree bro, have you seen how many anime adaptations have no soul behind them. But then there are some series where you know that the staff went harder than they are needed to. While I agree that staff in the anime industry work a lot but you can just tell that they were in love with the series being adapted. For instance, Kaguya-sama love is war doesn’t need to go as hard as it did in season 3. They had a special ed for episodes 5 if I’m not wrong, plus rom com anime don’t usually have such well animated 3D environments for over the top camera movement. But then you look at a series like Nantsu no Taize(seven deadly sins) where season 3 has worse animation than Minecraft for a really important fight in the series. Another example of an anime which went above and beyond what was needed was Violet Evergarden which has arguably one of the most beautiful animation of all time where every frame looks like an art piece. So when I say passion project I mean anime like these and not anime like season 2 of Promised Neverland.

[@ahmadmurjani3546]

@@Version_Update Another case for passion project in anime is Mob Psycho 100. Studio Bones make Mob Choir just to perform All OST for three season of Mob Psycho 100. Thats very rare and also brilliant.

[@Version_Update]

@@ahmadmurjani3546 totally agree bro, I love mob psycho a lot it’s in my top 10 too.

[@justinlam1386]

2:53 Aqua’s performance is spectacular.

[@brezzendorf]

And the laughter after that

[@Miggus7362]

​@@brezzendorfman is having a blast. Love to see that.

[@xstaticelite1640]

Han-san wearing that unique hat is so fitting when she's acting as Kana lol

[@akaGamerChlos]

I love ruby's voice actor! I can see her own energy just like the one ruby has, she's the perfect match!!

[@adrianescobar7558]

wow, thank you very much for the english subs. Excellent interview @ Seiyuu / director. Megumi Han

[@saskara6641]

3:15 god dang i got goosebump with his voice

[@nicotorres12]

We even getting this kind of content, Oshi no Ko just keeps feeding the fanbase, not to mention, the english sub right after the upload, they know it pops off globally as well. Hoping a 2nd cour get announced soon...

[@pudinkeviar4151]

i believe it's already announced last week?

[@ahmadmurjani3546]

@@pudinkeviar4151 it's from leaker, not official announcement.

[@acyned8079]

I thank you so much for including english subtitles for some of the videos!

[@ramen-kamenrider]

こういう裏側観れるの嬉しいなぁ 声優さん達がそれぞれのキャラクターをどうやって演じているかを聞けるところも良いです！

[@兄がホスト]

こうやって海外向けにしてくれるのは本当にありがたい！！

[@かるん-z1r]

ヒトリニサセネーヨ！！も見たかった😂

[@midorimochi]

It’s cool how some seiyuus are still new to the industry but are already doing such a great job

[@lebatien]

Yay, a video with English subtitles! Wish they would have the subtitles on Memcho's video as well heehee 😊

[@xenoxorus]

Ruby's VA might be my new favorite VA because how she delivered her excellent performance bringing Ruby back to life!

[@ojou-sama6683]

Holy shucks Aqua's VA is very amazing... I got literal chills..

[@kumariavalentine]

Aqua's VA fits the char so well! I cant imagine a better va for his personality!

[@cerenkaya651]

Thank u all of you for hard work❤ This anime is a masterpiece

[@トモヤンクン_0812]

声優さん凄いな

[@はと-t5o]

これ全部のアニメでみたいくらい神！

[@Mozkun_WinkPikaa]

ヒトリニサセネーヨ！！　のときの雰囲気すごい気になる

[@pain_tendo]

This BTS series is awesome. I think, especially two points are very important. First, it's for not only Japanese fans, but also international fans. While I'm Japanese, I am sometimes frustrated at watching anime related contents and events which aren't conscious of international fans. I understand it's very difficult translating from Japanese to English, but there are many interesting or funny things most international fans don't know. Second, detailed information like this series is very rare even in the case of contents in Japanese only. I deeply appreciate all OSHI NO KO staffs' efforts.

[@alan14-jx6wk]

Thank you for being considerate to international fans. Luckily, there are some people out there who volunteer to fansub any seiyuu or anime related contents, mostly radio stuff. But recently, some of the video that they're uploading has been taken down by publishers for copyright infringement. What a bummer 😮‍💨

[@xestalfer5774]

@@alan14-jx6wk where can we find said fansubs? And is there one for OnK? The uploads from this channel?

[@alan14-jx6wk]

@@xestalfer5774 I'm not talking about OnK but seiyuu content in general. I think for OnK, the content from this channel is enough.

[@ihatehumans487]

I'm studying japanese, I need to improve grammar.

[@pain_tendo]

@@ihatehumans487 ガンバレ！ / ガンバッテネ！ I'm poor at English. So, I understand your difficulty studying Japanese well.

[@namakebono]

茜覚醒シーンがOK出た瞬間を見たい

[@kobukuro1017]

こんなん、初回版DVDのボーナストラックやん、、、、 KZbin最高かよ、、、❤

[@aaasan25tpk]

裏側見れるのほんとにありがたい

[@yuzenyt]

3:04 That voice acting is so good

[@leonardohenrique5172]

I really like seeing how much work and effort has been put on this anime!

[@CurryLucky]

Thank you for the English subtitles! It's interesting to know who my guesser's co-star is!

[@xenoxorus]

Megumi Han is literally the GOAT!! THE PERFECT CAST FOR KANA!!!

[@erased5535]

Yesss, we love to see english subtitle, so we can better understand the emotion behind

[@Raven28Pisces]

FINALLY some English sub! Thank you so much❤

[@6672Kevin]

0:42 and they struck gold with Iwami Manaka as Akane the new best girl

[@bobbib164]

Can't wait for the ep7 BTS of her

[@bush3126]

thank you for the English subtitles, it’s very interesting as an overseas fan

[@Lumiere20]

Im glad we get a look at behind the scenes! Amazing work !

[@Shresatyt]

Oshi No Ko is PEAK fr ❤ I can't praise and appreciate the staff involved in production of this Masterpiece enough. 🥰 Oshi No Ko is my favourite anime in 2023 and one of my all time favorite amimes so far.

[@elijahhopedotcomslash]

Hey yo, Yurie Igoma's voice is so cute and cool, in fact, Ruby is her debut role in a hit anime series. I'm glad she worked with veterans like Rie Takahashi and Megumi Han. I hope that she will have more roles in the future and have good relationships and friendships with other veteran seiyuus like Kana Hanazawa, Nao Touyama, Ayane Sakura, Saori Hayami, Maaya Uchida etc.

[@notSusNugget]

Ruby does SO GOOD! Kana Arima’s voice ❤️❤️

[@TalesofCROWE]

Tomoyo Takanayagi is amazing, I wish she had more roles

[@TohshiKarashi]

I totally agree with you. Tomoppe is too underrated despite her skills (wide-ranged voice), enthusiasm, and modesty. Her voicing Mira in "Asteroid in Love," whose director was the same as Oshi no Ko, was perfect. Well, I believe she, as Sarina in this work, would have some lines if this anime adaption gets more sequels...

[@TalesofCROWE]

@@TohshiKarashi You're absolutely right. She has some crazy good range from what I've heard. And yes, she brings a lot of energy to any of her roles, and it is underrated

[@권태빈-g7w]

ありがとうございます。大好きです

[@yuika-xp3mw]

ゆりえさんって初の担当が大人気のアニメなのすごすぎんか？

[@重曹ミシン]

演者って本当にすごいよな

[@nerd660]

I always want to see more of behind the scenes of voice acting. I hoped to see Rei Takahashi too but she's a big name and probably had other commitments.

[@brezzendorf]

Busy schedules so understandable. Probably the same case on why we don't see Lynn & Okubo Rumi in this video

[@kristoffer2250]

Thank you so much team

[@chouchie]

Thanks for the subtitles

[@araarabel9752]

Subarashii!! I never knew that making an anime was very difficult because of so many things to consider. But one thing's for sure is that when there is dialogue and openess among everyone, you can expect that the anime will definitely turn out to be so good.