“Yuugiou 5D’s” MIYASHITA Yuuya and HOSHINO Takanori interview
Miyashita Yuuya-san and Hoshino Takanori-san, who are the voices of Yuusei and Jack on 5D’s, were interviewed together.
Excerpted from the August 2008 issue of Seiyuu Grand Prix magazine
Information provided by Mia-sama
Discussion to commemorate the start of the new series
Yuusei vs. Jack
A new duel, standby!
Behind the title is a black and white photo of Miyashita-san, looking bright-eyed, next to Hoshino-san, looking sleepy.
Continuing from “Yuugiou Duel Monsters” and “Yuugiou Duel Monsters GX”,
it’s the start of a new series, “Yuugiou 5D’s”! This work is set in a
near-future city several decades after the time of Mutou Yuugi. We
asked Miyashita Yuuya-san, who plays the main character Fudou Yuusei,
and Hoshino Takanori-san, who plays his rival Jack Atlas, about the
attractions of the new series.
-->Rivals and former friends, what’s their relationship?
Interviewer: The characters Yuusei and Jack are opposites, but what impressions do you get from playing them?
Miyashita: Yuusei has a strong fighting spirit in him, but he doesn’t
show it. Cool-headed, but blunt and practical, he’s a brainy main
character. That’s why it feels like he’s aiming for come-from-behind
victories with the cards he uses and the skillful use of traps when he
duels. I think it’s great how he trusts his cards when he’s dueling.
But he’s incredibly sensitive to words like “junk” or “useless” or
“trash”. If one of these bad words shows up, the next thing is
invariably a close-up of Yuusei…
Hoshino: Like something snapping. :-) He thinks twice about bad words himself.
Miyashita: Because he knows his own sore point. He even gets angry
quietly, and that’s scary. On the other hand, I want to know what it
would be like to make him laugh. Yuusei probably doesn’t laugh until
around episode 7. :-)
Hoshino: Although Jack is hot-blooded, he has a fairly mature side.
He’s not just riding high on hype. He has his own image of what the
King should be, and he has the idea that he must play that position
well. He’s a person who can exercise mental control.
Miyashita: He’s the best actor. He’s an entertainer.
Hoshino: He said, “The King’s duels must be entertainment.” :-)
Miyashita: But it’s like, even if he thinks it, he’s not supposed to say it. :-)
Hoshino: Maybe he’s lonely. He’s saying, I want someone to understand me!
Miyashita: I think in the old days Yuusei and Jack used to be close
friends, but we haven’t yet had an episode showing how things started
to go wrong between them, so I wonder about that a lot.
Interviewer: I wonder how they used to get along as friends in the old days.
Miyashita: The dinner table conversation was probably boring. :-)
Hoshino: Like Jack would do all the talking himself, and Yuusei just goes, “Yeah, yeah.” :-)
Miyashita: I think Yuusei probably hasn’t really come to hate Jack. If he really hated him, he wouldn’t care about him.
Hoshino: There may be a part of them where they acknowledge each other as duelists.
-->Understanding the characters through card games!
Interviewer: “Yuugiou” has been a popular series for almost 10 years running. How did you like being cast in it?
Miyashita: I watched “Yuugiou Duel Monsters” around the time they were
doing the story of the Millennium Puzzle, so I’m surprised to be
taking part in it now. Some of my young relatives are fans, and the
other day when my mom was on the phone, she said, “Yuusei is here,” and
turned it over to me. I was jumpy about ad-libbing Yuusei, but the
kid seemed very happy. I wound up inadvertently saying I’d give him a
Junk Warrior card, though. :-)
This sort of thing puts a lot of pressure on me, but it’s also very encouraging.
Hoshino: At my age, some of my friends have kids, and the response
from them has been overwhelming. Back home, they ask me to appear as a
guest at duel tournaments at the local toy store. :-)
Interviewer: The “Yuugiou” card game is also popular. Have you played it?
Miyashita: The director gave me the Yuusei deck, and I’ve started to
play. I’m the aggressive type, and if I build my own deck I want to
put in cool-looking cards with a strong attack, and I’ve lost that way
sometimes too. But Yuusei uses the sort of cards you’d say, “I don’t
need this weak stuff,” and pulls off great turnarounds. Yuusei loves
all the cards.
He may think they’re all alive. I love things like shoes, and they
have a life of their own too. So if I wear them with love, and give
them a rest once in a while, they return the favor by staying in good
shape. It’s the same with cards. Everything has a life of its own and
has a purpose… I feel that’s the message Yuusei conveys.
Hoshino: When I was cast in this production, I started to play the
card game, too. Jack uses cards with a deluxe, high-powered feel, and I
think it expresses his personality well. Where Yuusei values the
process, Jack has a strong sense that the result is what matters.
But I have the feeling that, by dueling Yuusei, Jack has noticed for
the first time where his own weaknesses are, and it may be a fresh
opportunity for him. At the point of the 15th episode, Jack is still
angsting, so I hope he gets a refreshing type of duel soon.
Interviewer: The duel scenes have their own special kind of dialog. Is it hard to act?
Hoshino: It’s tricky to pace myself. If I’m shouting already in the
test runs, I’ll regret it when we get to the real take. :-) But it
sure makes it easier if you understand the effects of the cards.
Miyashita: If I don’t grasp what the cards mean, I won’t grasp the timing for the dramatic turnaround.
Hoshino: Whenever new rules appear in “V Jump,” I always bring it to the studio, and I urge the guests to read it, too.
-->The worldview is different, but the message is timeless
Interviewer: What’s it like in the recording studio?
Miyashita: Hoshino-san’s mike stand is tall!
Hoshino: They built a mike stand for me, and only I can reach it. :-)
Miyashita: No one else can reach it. So the mikes on both sides get
crowded. I thought that was funny, the King gets his own personal
mike. :-)
Hoshino: I was embarrassed… :-)
Interviewer: Miyashita-san, this is your first time as a voice actor, isn’t it.
Miyashita: I’ve been on stage a lot, so to be honest I approached it
as if it wouldn’t be much different. But I’ve been late stepping up to
the mike and I’ve blown into the mike and so on, and it’s been a big
deal. And the booth is soundproof, so sometimes my voice comes out
with less tension than I thought. It’s frustrating to think, The music
covered for me that time! But at first I had these areas that needed
improvement.
Interviewer: “5D’s” has a hard storyline, not like the previous works. What are its highlights?
Miyashita: The episodes in the detention center reminded me of a movie
I like, “The Shawshank Redemption.” Even in rough surroundings, if a
guy stands up for what’s right, people will gather around him. The
message of “Yuugiou” is that you need to have ties to other people and a
trusting heart, and I’m absolutely sure kids understand it.
Hoshino: Even if the worldview changes, “Yuugiou’s” keystone theme doesn’t change.
Miyashita: The same for the card game. You can’t play that game
unless you talk to the other person. I think the game is a great
opportunity to make friends.
I think that no matter how many times Yuusei stumbles, he’ll continue
to believe in his friends and his cards, and he’ll get up again. I
want to do my best to express Yuusei’s strong faith that keeps him
going in the face of anything. That’s the impression I’d like you to
get from the entire production.
Hoshino: More characters are coming after this. With more characters
come more cards, and new duel developments, so I look forward to the
duels themselves for one thing. And I’m also looking forward to how
the various human relations around Yuusei and Jack will cause reactions
between them. I’d like you to watch for that.
Miyashita: I want Yuusei and Jack to fight on the same side soon. If
those two join forces they’d be the best. I wonder which one would
raise the subject first? I want to see the two of them laughing out
loud together. And first of all I want to duel Jack one more time!
The previous time didn’t come to a conclusion. And sometimes if men
fight in earnest, they get along better afterwards. I want them to
fight it out.
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