{"id":556858,"date":"2026-07-19T02:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T02:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/556858\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T02:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T02:39:12","slug":"my-hero-academias-daiki-yamashita-and-koki-uchiyama-talk-to-anime-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/556858\/","title":{"rendered":"My Hero Academia’s Daiki Yamashita and Koki Uchiyama Talk to Anime Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interview Location: Anime Expo 2026<\/p>\n

Interview Format:\u00a0In-person, One-on-One<\/p>\n

\"HeadshotKoki Uchiyama<\/p>\n

\"HeadshotDaiki Yamashita<\/p>\n

Anime Herald: Congratulations on reaching the finish line. What are some of your favorite moments from the series (My Hero Academia)?<\/p>\n

Daiki Yamashita: There are so many that it is hard to choose.<\/p>\n

I have received this question many times. It\u2019s always hard for me to choose, but I do have to come back to the first episode, where All Might reaches out and says, \u201cYou can be a hero.\u201d That stuck with me though the final season.<\/p>\n

Koki Uchiyama: For me, it\u2019s season one. The first appearance had an impression on me, especially the U.S.J. Attack arc. As I look back on it now, my voice has changed, my acting style has changed. It\u2019s almost hard to believe it\u2019s me.<\/p>\n

\"StillIzuku Midoriya, \u00a9 K. Horikoshi \/ Shueisha, My Hero Academia Project<\/p>\n

Anime Herald: Any stories from recording that you would like to share?<\/p>\n

Daiki Yamashita: In the battle between All Might and All For One, the final battle, Miyaka-san (Kenta) lost his breath and collapsed. The first one to go help him was Akio-san (\u014ctsuka), the voice actor for All For One.<\/p>\n

Koki Uchiyama: For me, it was the time progression with meeting Akio-san of All For One. When I first met him, he really praised me for my past acting experiences and characters. After the time skip, there was a part where All For One took in (Tomura) Shigaraki and the process of the voices, they were in unison. In the recording process, I recorded after him. His voice made an impression on me. I was listening to it over and over.<\/p>\n

Anime Herald: Both of you had to deal with some major character changes (Dark Deku, All For One\u2019s takeover). How did you handle what was effectively a new character?<\/p>\n

Daiki Yamashita: A lot of people tell me it appears [as if] Deku has fallen into the darkness, but to me, I interpret it as his sense of justice becoming very strong, in the sense he is doing everything for himself. I never felt that it was dark.<\/p>\n

Deku was in a mental situation where he was battling alone, and fighting with loneliness. It\u2019s almost a situation where he can\u2019t hear anyone. He\u2019s alone, and almost being cursed by All For One\u2019s voice. It was very hard to act that out. I didn\u2019t have an appetite. I lost around 5 kilograms.<\/p>\n

Koki Uchiyama: As for me, when All For One took over Shigaraki, yes that made an impression on me. But, from season one onward, Shigaraki was a character that had so many changes. I felt like every season there was a wall for me and a challenge for me to change my acting.<\/p>\n

\"StillTomura Shigaraki, \u00a9 K. Horikoshi \/ Shueisha, My Hero Academia Project<\/p>\n

Anime Herald: If you could have a quirk (either from the show, or something completely new), what quirk would you like to have?<\/p>\n

Daiki Yamashita: I\u2019m greedy, so I\u2019d want many. From when I was young, I\u2019ve always wanted to fly. As a kid I had a dream that Goku taught me to fly. If I had to choose, I\u2019d choose flight.<\/p>\n

Anime Herald: Good dream.<\/p>\n

Daiki Yamashita: Yes.<\/p>\n

Koki Uchiyama: I\u2019m pretty stiff. I have knots in my shoulder, so I\u2019d like a massage quirk. I\u2019d like a relaxation quirk.<\/p>\n

Anime Herald: Thank you very much.<\/p>\n

Header image \u00a9 K. Horikoshi \/ Shueisha, My Hero Academia Project<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Interview Location: Anime Expo 2026 Interview Format:\u00a0In-person, One-on-One Koki Uchiyama Daiki Yamashita Anime Herald: Congratulations on reaching the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[226840,61,1635,60,80],"class_list":["post-556858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-anime-expo-2026","tag-ie","tag-interview","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}