Voice actor Kikunosuke Toya, recognized for taking part in Denji in Chainsaw Man, revealed throughout an interview within the November situation of Japanese style journal Oggi, the weird lengths he went to in an effort to embody the character, together with baking bread, slamming into partitions.
Within the interview, printed on Sep 27, 2025, Toya defined that merely studying his traces was not sufficient to convey Denji to life, stating, “Simply mimicking the shape doesn’t really feel full, nor does it convey something to the viewers, and I can’t be glad both,” he mentioned.
For the scene the place Denji prepares and eats his final bread, Toya did the identical factor and ate it whereas training the road.
This dedication prolonged into fight scenes as nicely. Toya admitted to slamming his again towards a wall to really feel the bodily influence and uncover the sorts of sounds that might naturally come out in that second. “Even when the influence is in your again, the shock nonetheless reaches your chest, and also you understand what sort of sounds naturally slip out. I like exploring these real particulars,” he defined.
He added with fun that he usually spent total weeks immersed in preparation throughout recording periods, joking that typically he questioned if he’s going too far, however he at all times hoped to search out “a touch hidden there” that makes the efficiency extra genuine.
The actor emphasised that he prepares completely till nobody can query his efficiency earlier than stepping in entrance of the microphone.
Toya first got here into the highlight after successful a particular award on the sixth Anistoteles’ voice appearing audition in 2017. His profession breakthrough got here 5 years later when he was solid because the protagonist of Chainsaw Man. Since then, he has additionally performed Choji Tomiyama in Wind Breaker and Donny in The Seven Lethal Sins: 4 Knights of the Apocalypse.
Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc film hit the Japanese theatres on Sep 19, 2025. The movie has surpassed 2.9 billion yen in field workplace inside simply 10 days, attracting 1.96 million moviegoers.
Supply: Oricon
