{"id":45566,"date":"2025-10-24T15:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T22:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/?p=45566"},"modified":"2026-10-25T22:09:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T05:09:04","slug":"tvfan1026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/tvfan1026\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Fan<\/em> interviews, October 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Daisuke Ono X Makoto Furukawa<\/h2>\n

The latest installment in the Space Battleship Yamato<\/em> series is a reinterpretation and reimagining of the third theatrical film, Be Forever Yamato<\/em>, released in 1980. The final chapter of the seven part series will soon be released in theaters nationwide. We spoke with Daisuke Ono, who plays Kodai, and Makoto Furukawa, who plays Alphon, about their thoughts on the final chapter.<\/p>\n

Text by Rina Tanaka, photos by Kei Masuda<\/em><\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> The two of you hadn\u2019t had the opportunity to do voice recording together until chapter 6. I had the impression that Harutoshi Fukui was intentionally keeping you apart, but it seems you finally did voice recording together in the final chapter.<\/p>\n

Furukawa:<\/em><\/span> apparently it wasn\u2019t intentional, it was just a coincidence. It really just happened that way because of scheduling. We were just joking around.<\/p>\n

Ono:<\/em><\/span> that\u2019s right. (Laughs) As for Yamato<\/em>, there are so many people involved that we have to record in separate groups. If you go back farther, even for 2199<\/em>, the Earth side and the Garmillas side were recorded separately. That\u2019s why I missed opportunities to work with Koichi Yamadera, who played Dessler back then, too.<\/p>\n

Furukawa:<\/em><\/span> So, you\u2019re in a position where you\u2019re just passing each other by, right?<\/p>\n

Ono:<\/em><\/span> That\u2019s how we recorded it. So it didn\u2019t feel strange. But Houko Kuwashima was also on Furukawa\u2019s team. Yuki is with Alphon and they\u2019re talking, so if we were going to record together, it would naturally be on Alphon\u2018s side, but when I left the recording studio after Kodai and Sasha had finished recording, Furukawa and Kuwashima were there in the next group. That happened three or four times, so I thought, “Are they doing this on purpose?” I thought, “If they just tried a little harder, we could record together!” But in the end, I think it was good that we were able to build that kind of relationship. <\/p>\n

In Yamato<\/em>, there are some roles that you can\u2019t do unless you know what\u2019s going to happen during the recording, but I deliberately tried not to know what would happen next in the story. For example, in the previous series, when we were fighting together with Garmillas, Keyman, played by Hiroshi Kamiya, was a role that you couldn\u2019t do unless you knew what was going to happen next, so Mr. Kamiya knew far into the future. But we Yamato<\/em> crew didn\u2019t know anything. That\u2019s the kind of setup we\u2019ve been using for the recording up until now. This time, Furukawa was in that position.<\/p>\n

Furukawa:<\/em><\/span> That\u2019s right. I had heard a lot of things even before the voice recording session.<\/p>\n

Ono:<\/em><\/span> When I think about all that, I think it probably would have been a bad idea for us to record together. We take on the challenge because we don\u2019t know what the future holds, while Alphon\u2018s sadness arises precisely because he knows what\u2019s going to happen. Kodai, Who initially clashed with Alphon, and even tried to kill him, believed that they could understand each other and pressed on. But in this final chapter, he has to confront the meaning of life, so considering all of that, I think it was good that they didn\u2019t meet until the final chapter.<\/p>\n

Furukawa:<\/em><\/span> I think there might have been some tweaking regarding the order of the voice recording sessions. I can\u2019t deny the possibility that Fukui egged on Ono in that regard. Certainly, I\u2019m glad that I was able to do the voice recording without knowing the circumstances from Kodai\u2019s side. It was good that I understood it only after seeing the finished product. But during the voice recording for the final chapter, I also had the feeling that I finally got to meet Mr. Ono! The feelings that Alphon wanted to express were conveyed to Kodai by Yuki, and I was happiest to hear that conversation right in front of me! It was like, “is that the transcendence and brilliance that underlines what Dezarium has lost and what humans possess?\u201d I was happy to hear that.<\/p>\n

Ono:<\/em><\/span> That\u2019s true. Being able to feel things through voice recording, even in parts where you don\u2019t have any lines, is the ultimate reward for an actor.<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> During an interview for chapter 1, Furukawa\u2019s first words were, “With Mr. Ono as my rival, there\u2019s no way I can win!\u201d What are your thoughts now that you\u2019ve come this far?<\/p>\n

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Furukawa:<\/em><\/span> I\u2019ve come to realize that the word “rival” was too much of a reference to the original series. Back then, I didn\u2019t know the end of Rebel 3199<\/em>, so I imagined that there might be some kind of rivalry stemming from jealousy. But when I looked into it, Susumu Kodai was an object of interest for Alphon to learn about humanity, and the person he wanted to understand the most, Yuki, loved Kodai the most. Because Kodai was the farthest thing from Alphon\u2019s understanding as a Dezarian, he wanted to know more about Kodai to deepen his understanding of humanity. In the end, Alphon\u2019s position is that of someone who skillfully assists the ball that comes his way and finishes the match.<\/p>\n

Ono:<\/em><\/span> I also thought we were rivals competing to win or lose. But we fought together, and beyond that there was understanding and empathy. Normally, one would think that aliens could never understand each other, but Kodai was able to last against both the Garmillas and Gatlantis, so we were able to cooperate this time as well. What\u2019s always at the heart of Susumu Kodai is “understanding each other.\u201d I think this is a universal theme of Yamato<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> You said that you were surprised at the time, thinking, “Furukawa is being cast in this position!<\/p>\n

Ono:<\/em><\/span> Up until now, my opponents have been too strong. Dessler is voiced by Koichi Yamadera, and Zordar is voiced by Hideaki Tezuka. All the enemies are strong! At first, I thought Furukawa would be the enemy, so I thought, “A young generation has arrived!” Right now, I’m in the middle generation of the industry. There are more and more juniors coming up, and there are also many seniors, so I feel like I\u2019m right in the middle. And in the midst of all that, Furukawa was chosen as Alphon from among the young voice actors who are shaping the current era. At the time, I thought it was amazing. Because out of the actors who were shaping the industry today, Yamato<\/em> chose Furukawa. So I felt intimidated. I thought, “I can\u2019t lose to him.” But when all was said and done, people were excited, saying, “Your voices are similar.” (Laughs) I also thought, “Maybe there\u2019s meaning in that. Maybe that\u2019s why Yuki is attracted to him.”<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> Even before you started working together, people were saying that your voices sounded similar, right?<\/p>\n

Ono:<\/em><\/span> That\u2019s right. We\u2019ve played brothers in several roles, too.<\/p>\n

Furukawa:<\/em><\/span> I got to do a lot of different things.<\/p>\n

Ono:<\/em><\/span> the sound Director of an anime once told me that I sounded like Furukawa. I was like, “really? I don\u2019t think I sound that much like him,” but then Furukawa was cast in Yamato 3199<\/em> Houko Kuwashima told me the same thing on the Yamato<\/em> site. (Laughs)<\/p>\n

Furukawa:<\/em><\/span> Right. Since she said so, I thought we must sound alike.<\/p>\n

Ono:<\/em><\/span> Maybe that’s why you were cast, and we got to work together. So I\u2019m glad. All is well that ends well.<\/p>\n

Interviewer:<\/em><\/span> You\u2019ve also mentioned that you have a similar level of passion for acting.<\/p>\n

Ono:<\/em><\/span> in this work, our positions are quite different, so there aren\u2019t many similarities in our acting styles, but Furukawa is also someone who can project his voice really well. He can really belt it out.<\/p>\n

Furukawa:<\/em><\/span> I suppose that’s a good thing, huh?<\/p>\n

Ono:<\/em><\/span> He\u2019s the kind of person who can be tense even in situations where it\u2019s not necessary, because it makes things interesting. I remember hearing from Jun Fukuyama when we were on the site together before, “Furukawa is amazing, he\u2019s incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Furukawa:<\/em><\/span> Oh! Is that so?<\/p>\n

Ono:<\/em><\/span> He said that your voice is really powerful, especially when you’re making witty remarks. Jun has built up his physique to produce a stable voice. For Jun to praise you, it must mean that you also have considerable power.<\/p>\n

Furukawa:<\/em><\/span> (Laughs)<\/p>\n

Ono:<\/em><\/span> in that sense, I also really value and enjoy the fun of raising my voice in acting. I just think you’re someone who does the kind of acting I like.<\/p>\n

Furukawa:<\/em><\/span> Thank you. In the end, I think it was just as I said at the beginning. In a sense, there were areas where I was clearly at a disadvantage when it came to the relationship surrounding Yuki. The people of Dezarium, including Alphon, are trying to invade Earth based on a fabricated past, but even so, what the people of Earth have woven together is incredibly long and unshakable. <\/p>\n

There is an incredibly long history of various people going through invasions and wars from aliens to somehow get to where they are now, finally achieving a brief period of peace. And it is Daisuke Ono who has been leading that history from the very first installment of this remake series. Not only in his acting, but also after having this conversation with him, I realize once again that there is no way I can surpass Daisuke Ono\u2018s history and the history of Be Forever<\/em>. In that respect, I am absolutely right about what I said in the past. I think this was the time when I was able to feel the greatness and weight of my senior, Daisuke Ono, while overlapping it with Susumu Kodai, who has woven the history of Yamato<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ono:<\/em><\/span> Thank you.<\/p>\n

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Anime pavilion<\/h2>\n

Voice actor edition<\/h3>\n

Get up close and personal with the voice actors who play characters in popular and highly anticipated works!<\/p>\n

Yuki Mori loves and trusts Susumu Kodai more than anyone else.<\/h3>\n

Houko Kuwashima<\/h2>\n

What were your impressions after reading the script for this film?<\/span><\/p>\n

The unease and mysteries surrounding Dezarium up to Chapter 6 are finally revealed, and the way the story rushes toward the ending is breathtaking. I was simply swept away.<\/p>\n

How do you perceive the character of Yuki Mori, the woman whose voice you provide?<\/span><\/p>\n

She\u2019s always had a strong will, but it seems to have been further refined in the 3199<\/em> series. She never gives up, no matter the situation. And she loves and believes in Susumu Kodai more than anyone else.<\/p>\n

In the series so far, there have been many scenes where you\u2019ve been in danger or had your emotions stirred. What were you conscious of when you were acting in those scenes?<\/span><\/p>\n

The character portrayed in the script is very strong and tough, and the longer she’s separated from Kodai, the more she takes having to endure things for granted. That makes it difficult to see her true feelings. She may actually be pushing herself too hard, but because she’s so capable, she’s able to do what is expected of her. I tried to portray that suffering as I played the role.<\/p>\n

Did Director Harutoshi Fukui give you any specific directions?<\/span><\/p>\n

Since we\u2019ve been working together on this series for so long, I think they\u2019ve trusted me with the role, and I\u2019ve been given a lot of freedom in my performance. However, there are episodes and scenes where Yuki doesn\u2019t appear, which can make it difficult to grasp the situation. So I would listen to an explanation of the overall flow and the current situation before doing the voice. After that, I would perform it once and then receive requests to correct anything that was wrong, and I would make adjustments.<\/p>\n

Has Mr. Fukui ever given you any explanations or advice regarding your relationship with Susumu Kodai or Alphon?<\/span><\/p>\n

When I asked early on, “will anything happen between Alphon and Yuki later on?\u201d Mr. Fukui said, “nothing,\u201d but I don\u2019t really remember. (Laughs) I\u2019m glad Yuki is devoted to Kodai.<\/p>\n

Aside from Yuki Mori, are there any other characters that interest you?<\/span><\/p>\n

Since they’re not in the same place as Yuki, I hardly ever get to talk to Shiori Nagakura or Caroline Raiden. Every time I see them bravely supporting me, I feel like saying, “thank you for putting your body on the line.\u201d I want to express my gratitude to them when we have peacetime.<\/p>\n

How do you perceive the relationship and bond between Susumu Kodai and Yuki Mori?<\/span><\/p>\n

They’re “the most expensive couple in the world,” and in this situation where they can\u2019t be together, they\u2019re wondering, “When will spring finally come?” They’re both devoted to each other, so once this situation is over, hopefully this time\u2026???<\/p>\n

What were you thinking about while you were perceiving Alphon\u2019s feelings?<\/span><\/p>\n

I think it was an important mission for Yuki to learn about the Dezarium people through Alphon, and at first she was biting at him like a wounded wolf. Gradually she not only vented her emotions, but also tried to involve him and fight together. I felt that a certain kind of trust grew between them. I felt a little sad that she couldn\u2019t reciprocate Alphon\u2019s feelings and had to apologize for that.<\/p>\n

What are some of the key points you\u2019d like viewers to pay attention to regarding Yuki Mori?<\/span><\/p>\n

In Chapter 7, Yuki finally becomes the captain of Arizona<\/em>!!! That\u2019s definitely a highlight. Enjoy the exciting developments.<\/p>\n

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Special thanks to friend-of-the-website Minoru Itgaki<\/em><\/p>\n

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