Two other roles 4 actors say they did not return unannounced role 4 remake

Formal, we don't know if the persona 4 will be remake. But, if there is Once was For such a thing, we now know that at least three original voice actors have not returned.

Earlier this week, Yosuke Hanamura's voice actor Yuri Lowenthal was brought to Bluesky and said he would not be in the role of “Role 4 Remake”. You know, that person has not been officially announced yet.

“For those who keep asking, no, I won't make a 4 remake like Yosuke,” Lowenthal said in the deleted post. “I asked. Maybe I even beg, but they don't want me back.”

Since then, two other actors in the original game have said that they won't re-enact their role. Two days ago, Chie Satonaka's English voice Erin Fitzgerald, Said she was not asked to come back. And then just yesterday, Amanda Winn Lee said she didn't come back like Yukiko Amagi:

Since then, I have had a few people asking me: No, I didn't ask for a voice in a P4 remake Yukiko

– Amanda Winn Lee (@Amandawinnlee) May 30, 2025

All of these comments lead characters fans to suspect that they might be there yes In fact, the Character 4 remake will not be coming soon. Last year there were rumors that this song was Recent domain name registration Promoting hope that it may soon announce.

That is, assuming that the character 4 remake is real, it is not clear why the beloved actors who have not answered the voices of these characters. One possibility is with the ongoing sag-aftra voice actor strikes. Another is for cost or other reasons, which is just what the developer Atlus does. After all, it Recasting Character 3: Reloading English sounds, including Lowenthal.

However, some fans have another Zanier theory: it's all marketing stunts. As one fan pointed out on Twitter/X, voice actors who announced they weren't in the remake in the exact order you recruited them to your party 4: Yosuke, Chie, Yukiko.

This is definitely a marketing stunt

The first Yosuke
Then Chie
Yukiko now

They speak in the order of who joins the party in P4. They are definitely in the P4 remake. https://t.co/gesyonva4o

– re(@reismyname2) May 30, 2025

Some people on social media took further influence, which suggests that if Troy Baker or Matt Mercer (both played Kanji Tatsumi at different times) announced that they were not in the remake, almost all the actors actually confirmed all four actors. yes In the remake. This sounds crazy, but given that character 4 involves the theme of rejecting and accepting the true self, it's not entirely off the foundation. A suggestion It is the original actor who will actually express it in the shadow version of its original characters, effectively making its original statement a reality…if misleading. Having said that, most fans seem to Find this theory too crazy. For whatever reason, Atlus is more likely to just recast everyone.

There is so much smoke around the character 4 remake, hopefully we will get officially announced soon, which will clear everything. Maybe next week's Summer Game Festival or Xbox Showcase?

Rebekah Valentine is a senior journalist at IGN. You can find her post on bluesky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Is there a story tip? Send it to [email protected].