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The guest voice actor of “My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission” (August 6, 2021 roadshow) has been announced. Yoshizawa Ryo, an actor who has been a fan of “Hiroaka” for a while, will play the original character for the movie, Rody Soul.

“My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission” is a 3rd movie in movie series following “My Hero Academia: Two Heroes” released in the summer of 2018, and “My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising” released in the winter of 2019.
With the idea that “Quirks” will lead to the end of human history, “Eschatology of Quirks”, the greatest crisis in the history of “Hiroaka” starts by a mysterious group that aims to annihilate “Quirks” holders around the world, while Deku who were entrusted with the future of the world’s hero makes his movies.

Yoshizawa Ryo, whose guest appearance was announced this time, is an actor who won the “62nd Blue Ribbon Award for Supporting Actor” and “43rd Japan Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor” for the movie “Kingdom”. In the animated movie “Her Blue Sky” released in 2019, which was his first animated film, he played the main character Kanemuro Shinnosuke in his bloom of youth and adolescence and received high praise.

Since Yoshizawa has been known as a fan of “Hiroaka” for a long time, and finally he was decided to play the role of Rody Soul, a character the original author Horikoshi Kohei worked on the design draft for .
It is the role of a good boy who does not reveal his true intentions and even has a distrust of the hero, but who works together with Deku in the wake of a certain incident.
Attention is also focused on Yoshizawa’s “Hiroaka” acting full of love.

“My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission” will be on a roadshow on August 6, 2021.

Yoshizawa Ryo
I will play the role of Rody Soul in the movie “My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission”.
My beloved Hiroaka. I’m pretty excited about the fact that I’ll be a part of this world.
I’m glad that I talked about my love so many times!
It came! As planned!
There are so many moments to keep the wonderful worldview full of passion and humor, so I’d like to take on the challenge with full effort to express the character .
Please support me.

■ Character introduction Rody Soul

A boy who lives in a trailer house in , where Deku, Bakugo, and Todoroki landed.
He gave up his dream to take care of his little brother and sister, and made a living by working as a carrier, but in the wake of a certain incident, he decided to work with Deku and others.
He is even distrustful of heroes because of the environment in which he grew up.
He is a clown and has a humble personality, but he does not reveal his true intentions to anyone.

(C) 2021 “My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission” Production Committee (C) Horikoshi Kohei / Shueisha