I Thought I Had Adjusted My Voice for Kamui, But... Satoshi Hino Talks About His Voice Acting Struggles [Interview for "Shin Gekijouban Gintama: Yoshiwara Dai Enjou"]

——How was it facing Kamui again after a while with Ginga-san and Hōchū Ōtsuka-san, who plays Abuto?

Hino: Regarding Abuto, we've been working together throughout the long series, so it wasn't really "after a while," but confronting Hōsen only happened during the battles in "Yoshiwara in Flames," so I really felt a sense of excitement on set about being able to face Hōsen, played by Banjō-san, again.

——As expected, did you get fired up when performing the scenes confronting Hōsen?

Hino: Of course I had my own intensity as a performer, but in the true sense, Kamui doesn't really go all out until later in the series, so at this point I interpreted and performed it as him still observing how Hōsen would act, not yet at full power.

So, if anything, I thought Kamui's tension level was more like checking how much of a power gap existed between Hōsen and himself, discovering interesting warriors like Gin-san and other samurai, and then wondering what kind of person had seduced Hōsen and turned the pride of the warrior race into something spineless—that kind of feeling.

Hino has been facing and performing Kamui for 16 years since his first appearance in the TV anime series in 2009. Please pay attention to his performance and enjoy "Shin Gekijouban Gintama: Yoshiwara Dai Enjou" in theaters.

Text / Ryuya
Photography / kato
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