An Interview With To Your Eternity Voice Actor Reiji Kawashima

<p>Reiji Kawashima is a voice actor from the Aichi prefecture of Japan&period; Besides voicing Fushi from <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;mid-season-impressions-to-your-eternity&sol;">To Your Eternity<&sol;a>&comma; he’s also worked on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;anime-impressions-shadows-house&sol;">Shadows House<&sol;a> as Patrick&sol;Ricky&comma; Ekimemo&excl; -Station Memories&excl;- as Master&comma; and Skygalleon of the Blue Sky as Eros and Krishna&period; Crunchyroll graciously provided us an opportunity to interview Kawashima to discuss his motivations&comma; how to become a proper voice actor&comma; and more before his upcoming panel on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;expo&period;crunchyroll&period;com&sol;en-us&sol;guests&sol;guest-profile&period;html&quest;gtID&equals;295397&amp&semi;guest-name&equals;Reiji-Kawashima" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Virtual Crunchyroll Expo&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;static2&period;cbrimages&period;com&sol;wordpress&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;to-your-eternity-fushi-watch-parona&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Reiji Kawashima - To Your Eternity" width&equals;"1400" height&equals;"700" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What inspired you to start voice acting&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>My father loved manga&comma; and I was exposed to anime and video games from a very young age&period; In particular&comma; when I played Final Fantasy X&comma; I was moved to tears by the story of the game&comma; and that was one of the original experiences that made me want to become a voice actor&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><strong>What is the easiest and most challenging part of voicing Fushi from To Your Eternity&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>In &&num;8220&semi;To Your Eternity&&num;8221&semi;&comma; the characters&&num;8217&semi; emotions are very carefully and delicately depicted&period; The easiest thing is to be able to read the manga and feel the emotions wholeheartedly&period; The hardest thing is to express the complex emotions with care and delicacy in my voice&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;otakukart&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;Shadows-Housing-Episode-9-Preview-and-Recap-e1622416076595-1200x767&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Reiji Kawashima - Shadows House " width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"767" &sol;><strong>Do you have any advice for those interested in voice acting&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>I believe that people with more life experience can play their roles better in acting&period; People&comma; books&comma; and travel are the three main elements that help us grow&period; I believe that the many happy and sad experiences you have had will help you if you ever want to become a voice actor&period; &&num;8230&semi;&&num;8230&semi; Let&&num;8217&semi;s take a book and go on an eternal journey like Fushi&excl; &lpar;laughs&rpar;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><strong>Any message to your overseas fans&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>The reactions and support from overseas have reached here in Japan&excl; We are waiting for your wonderful feedback so that this wonderful story can continue forever&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m also waiting for your reactions to this interview on SNS&excl; &lpar;laughs&rpar; Thank you for always supporting us&excl;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><strong>To learn more about Reiji Kawashima&comma; catch his upcoming panel on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;expo&period;crunchyroll&period;com&sol;en-us&sol;guests&sol;guest-profile&period;html&quest;gtID&equals;295397&amp&semi;guest-name&equals;Reiji-Kawashima" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Virtual Crunchyroll Expo<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Are you a fan of To Your Eternity&quest; What do you think of our interview with Reiji Kawashima&quest; Let us know your thoughts in our comments section below&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;