Author: izumi
Cover Source: Life in Another World from Scratch
Animatetimes interviewed Yusuke Kobayashi on topics ranging from voice actor careers to daily life, including many anecdotes that Kobayashi first made public to the media. The content of the first round mainly revolves around the determination to become a voice actor and hone his acting skills. Original japanese text.
The character of Arslan in the battle record of "The Battle of Arslan" has a delicate and beautiful face and looks like a young girl, but she is soft and transparent, and has the leadership temperament of an innate commander of all armies. And Cai Yuepeng in "Re: Living in Another World from Scratch", who is the male protagonist, but he shouts at the female protagonist, does his best to do despicable and shameless things, and ends up with a dishonesty and self-inflicted fruit... With his fierce acting skills, he interprets the role's good and evil, contradictions and complexities to the slightest, and his name is Yusuke Kobayashi.
In reality, Kobayashi is not a "Arslan" who needs to be escorted everywhere. Not only is he a karate black belt, but he has also done martial arts and stunts, and cars and motorcycles are also playing well, and the whole "Dalong" style tough guy. Since starring in "The Witch's Mission" Duohua Gongfu, Kobayashi seems to have stepped on the Kangzhuang Avenue of Male No. 1. But before that, like many young people with voice actor aspirations, he had a long and painful wait before dawn.
Yusuke Kobayashi
Japanese male voice actor born in Tokyo on March 25. Yu-RIN PRO firm belongs. His major works include: "The Witch's Mission" Byohua Miyagi, "Arslan War" BySlan, "Comet Lucifer" Sogo Tenjo, "The Dark World of The Obscene Terrier" Oma Tanukiyoshi, "Dancing Weapons and Dance Tricks" Katsuhito, "Re: Life in Another World from Scratch" Cai Yue Tsai, "This Art Society Has a Big Problem!" Inner Scroll, Monster Marble, Flame Lotus, etc.
The first work that made Kobayashi and voice actors associate was "Crazy Horse 1/2", through which Kobayashi first learned about the existence of the voice actor industry. Another work that plays a key role is Evangelion, because of this work, Kobayashi Jr. first went to observe the voice actor meeting, which was a talk show of Megumi Ogata. What Kobayashi remembers most about that event was that Ogata performed shinji who tried to stop the first machine from running away on the spot, and watched his friend roar when he was injured, which made Kobayashi stand up in an instant, and truly felt the voice actor's acting skills. Just when Kobayashi developed an unprecedented interest in voice actors, a friend's "Why not work towards this goal" contributed to his motivation to choose a career in the future.
Fans who follow Kobayashi should have heard that when he was in high school, he always liked to roar animation lines while riding a bicycle. So what are he yelling about? It turns out that the most is the line of "Crazy Horse". According to him, it takes 30 minutes to ride from home to school, so he used a portable tape recorder to record the most favorite passages in "Crazy Horse" into a 30-minute tape, listening and reading lines all the way to school. In addition, at that time, Kobayashi teenagers thought that the shouts of the killing skills in the "White Book of Youyou" were cool, and they would often imitate the roar of the Spirit Pill when shooting randomly. The vast majority of "Chaotic Horses" are also recorded killer skills.
Kobayashi debuted in 2009, and he first started working mainly in the categories of narration and narration. But even such job opportunities can only be encountered 1 to 2 times every six months, and those who dub characters can basically take turns once in 3 to 4 years, which is about equal to nothing.
After such a long time of dark night walking without seeing the light, Kobayashi's morale gradually faded, his heart was discouraged, and he gradually retreated. While studying at the Voice Actors College, Kobayashi quit his job and joined the firm after graduating from the college. In the third year after entering the industry, he fell to the bottom of his career... During this period, he relied on talking with his agent and dispelling distractions and devoting himself to stage performances. It was at that time that he finally looked forward to the interview of "The Witch's Mission" and was selected as the CV of Duohua Palace, and finally survived a first-line turnaround.
In the most obscure years, Kobayashi continued to hone his acting skills, mainly relying on public performances in offices other than dubbing work and participating in external stage performances. Even after winning some animated characters, there was still no interruption. His official farewell to work was on the eve of the opening of "The Battle of Arslan". In fact, at that time, it was still a bit reluctant to quit part-time, but someone told Kobayashi that if he didn't make up his mind now, he might not be able to quit in the future, and if he resigned, he might be able to transfer. Therefore, Kobayashi gritted his teeth and resigned, and it turned out that he really invited one by one to come to the door.
Looking back, Kobayashi analyzed that this may have a lot to do with his fighting spirit and the adjustment of his state. Before he worked mostly at night, the worst time, after the night shift, he quickly took a shower in the Internet café, squinted for 1 hour, and then entered the recording studio at 10 o'clock to record. In such a serious lack of sleep, it is strange to be able to act well, so quitting part-time should be regarded as "Sai Weng lost his horse" in a sense.
"Arslan War" let Kobayashi experience the sense of accomplishment of being the male protagonist for the first time, but what really made him build up his self-confidence was "Re: Living in Another World from Scratch". It can be said that he poured all his acting skills into this work, objectively speaking, through the role, you can see all of Kobayashi's accumulation so far.
Before that, no matter what kind of role he played, Kobayashi was slightly underwhelmed. And Cai Yuepeng in "From Zero" has a flamboyant personality and clear positioning, which is far from the depressing and convergent drama he has played before, and there is no way to learn from it. Therefore, when Kobayashi tried his best to perform the work of "From Zero", his confidence was doubled.
Of course, looking back, Kobayashi also has a "black history" that he does not want to be dug up. The first is episode 1 of Witch's Mission. According to his recollection, after getting the full version before the first screening, he did not have the courage to go to the event scene at the thought of presenting his poor acting skills in front of everyone.
Before "The Witch's Mission", Kobayashi did not say more than 10 lines in one sentence, but the number of lines in the first episode of "Witch" suddenly increased to 10 times that of before. Kobayashi, who has done his best just to read the dialogue to the lips, still has the heart to take care of his acting skills. At that time, he got the script 3 days before the official recording, only remembered that the first two days of recording, and on the day of recording, he had to spend 5 hours doing V チェック (referring to the voice actor checking the dubbing time with reference to the sample tape before recording), and there was no time for him.
Kobayashi still clearly remembers that two days before the recording, when V チェック, no matter how quickly he rushed to read, time was not enough, let alone join the feelings, and he always felt that he must not be able to do well, almost crazy. The next day, just in time for the studio seniors to play a game of the heroine to hold offline activities, he had long thought of going, but at the moment there was no interest, but thinking about it, the more this time, the more should change the mood, he went to the scene sullenly, and just happened, Shimono's predecessor was also present.
Because Kobayashi happened to be watching the debut work "Legend of the Wing God" starring Shimono, he asked Shimono's predecessors how to overcome it when he first served as a star. In the face of Somewhat abrupt questions from Kobayashi, Shimono patiently gave him various suggestions. Listening to the words made Kobayashi feel much more relaxed, and he made up his mind to let go. To his surprise, he worried for several days and prepared for mistakes to be scolded, but the result was that the recording was smooth sailing on the day. However, the effect made him extremely depressed, and to this day he is still wondering why the supervision does not require retake.
<h1>Yusuke Kobayashi's acting skills are discussed</h1>
Usually, the way actors handle roles can be roughly divided into two categories, one is to let the character follow him, and the other is to follow the role. Kobayashi belongs to the former, and he says that he has not yet realized the second type of realm that is completely in the drama. Therefore, when acting, he always thinks about how the role should be, and interprets the role according to his own subjective ideas, and most of them find feelings based on first impressions.
The reporter also believes that actors like Kobayashi are indeed more suitable for playing the main role, and those actors with "chameleon" skills are more suitable for supporting roles. Kobayashi felt that it made sense, and it was precisely because of the group of supporting characters around him who were completely integrated into the role that he was able to play "willfully". On the contrary, he does not understand the feeling of leaning on the role, and he is afraid that too much investment will become a kind of constraint, resulting in his own bad performance, so he will deliberately maintain a certain safe distance from the role. For example, as just mentioned, do not read the original in depth.
When playing roles, Kobayashi often does not know where the story will go from here. And his reading of the original work is limited to the grasp of the general structure, and is not eager to turn back. Whenever he gets a script of a new episode, he will first shape the character according to the inspiration he received at that moment, and then read the original as if he had done the exercises and answers, so as to find his own deviation in understanding.
When asked if he had any ideas for going from voice actor to sound supervisor or screenwriter in the future, Kobayashi said that when he was in a professional college, he had made a wish to "always be active in the front line of voice actors as a leading actor", so he still wanted to focus on the protagonist CV.
Next, Kobayashi expressed his views to the students who aspired to become voice actors with their own experience. He said that before he debuted, he had secretly regarded someone as an opponent in his heart, thinking," he couldn't lose to that person!" Be like that guy one day! ”。 Therefore, he suggested that everyone can follow the law and set a clear goal of struggle.
Speaking of opponents, Pleiades and Petilqius in "From Zero" are notoriously sworn enemies, and after several desperate fights, Pleiades, who thought that he had finally defeated his opponent, was possessed by the enemy at the last moment and fell into tragedy again... As a result, Kobayashi briefly took over the baton of "strange" Matsuoka Akira. Kobayashi admitted that he was under a lot of pressure when he played that part. At one point, he was in a state of anxiety that he "did not want to lose to Matsuoka" and "worried about what the people around him thought of him." According to him, because he heard Matsuoka talk about his experience in playing Petirchius during an interview, he gave up parrot parrot imitation of the character's speech and speculated on the psychology of the other party at a higher level. Although it is difficult for Kobayashi to directly judge his performance, in terms of the response of the production team and the audience, it has been widely affirmed, so he feels that his efforts have not been in vain.
Finally, Kobayashi said that this is the first time he has confided his views on many aspects of acting to the media. He's happy to be interviewed like this to give fans a deeper understanding of himself.
Next time, Kobayashi will recommend some of his previous works to you and explain his "good intentions" for character development.
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