Picture by way of HoYoVerse
Junta Terashima will exchange Showtaro Morikubo because the voice actor for Ifa in Genshin Influence. In the identical announcement, HoYoVerse revealed Shouhei Komatsu as Cacucu, who’s Ifa’s Saurian buddy.
Although Morikubo had performed Ifa throughout his transient look in Natlan, HoYoVerse needed to take away him for “varied causes” in March 2025. Although the put up didn’t give any specifics, many speculate that it’s because Morikubo appeared in a studying of Inochigake no Shougen, which highlights the Chinese language authorities’s persecution of the Uyghur ethnic group. Morikubo additionally misplaced his roles in Arknights and Onmyoji, which provides credence to the idea.
Terashima is a voice actor who began his profession in 2009. He additionally has a singing profession separate from his job as a voice actor. A few of Terashima’s extra outstanding roles embrace Hyoga Yukimura in Inazuma Eleven Go, Shiki Ando in Paradox Dwell, and Sugiura in Judgment. As for Komatsu, he appeared as Gaming in Genshin Influence and Hizen Tadahiro in Touken Ranbu.
In Genshin Influence, Ifa is a Saurian veterinarian from the Flower-Feather Clan, and a pal of Ororon’s. Since he has a Imaginative and prescient and a singular design, he could seem as a playable character sooner or later. Up to now, he solely made an off-screen look within the Natlan Archon Quest.
Genshin Influence is available on the PS4, PS5, Home windows PC, and cellular units.