——The worlds of "Ginpachi-sensei" and "Yoshiwara Dai Enjou" are different, but did your own preparation method remain the same for both?
Hino: In the case of "Ginpachi-sensei," Kamui has a delinquent stance from the start, but in "Gintama," you can catch glimpses of a more innocent, cute side, so there were differences in those aspects.
So, during the recording for "Yoshiwara Dai Enjou," even though I thought I had raised my pitch and adjusted my voice for Kamui from my very first line, the staff told me, "It's a bit too deep" (lol). So I spent some time adjusting my voice before continuing.
——In the TV anime series, "Yoshiwara in Flames" was Kamui's first appearance, right?
Hino: It was his first appearance in terms of me voicing him. If we're just talking about episodes, I think he appeared a bit before "Yoshiwara in Flames."
——For this theatrical version recording, did you watch the main TV series' "Yoshiwara in Flames" again yourself?
Hino: Yes, I listened to my own voice at home and practiced how I had performed back then.
——While there are some differences due to fine-tuning, many of the lines are the same, right?
Hino: It's not exactly identical, but the key highlights and lines from "Yoshiwara in Flames" are basically carried over. So it was like doing a bit of review beforehand.
——Did you recall the feelings you had back then?
Hino: Well, I was younger back then, and I think the way I could just charge in recklessly without knowing anything, with all that youthful energy, overlapped with Kamui. And being able to charge forward with complete abandon, borrowing the strength of Banjō Ginga-san who plays Hōsen—I think that really linked my past self with Kamui.
I did think about various things, like whether I could bring out those fresh feelings from back then again at my current age.
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