At the moment, throughout a livestream from Tokyo, Sega introduced the winner of the Grand Prix of the audition for a task within the upcoming recreation Like a Dragon 8.
The winner, picked amongst 5 finalists who had been offered a month in the past is Kson. Who many might know as a preferred YouTuber and Vtuber (digital YouTuber) related to the VShojo company. Her channel Kson ONAIR has 1.25 million subscribers.
In consequence, she obtained a 1 million yen prize (simply north of $7,100 on the present change fee) and extra importantly, she’s going to play a related position within the upcoming mainline recreation. Through the livestream, chief producer Hiroyuki Sakamoto supplied extra coloration about her position. There’s a location within the recreation wherein the protagonists and their mates collect, and Kson will play the “Madonna” of that place.
Upon the announcement, Kson was visibly moved, and she or he expressed her shock and pleasure, mentioning that she’s going to do her finest whereas understandably struggling to speak amongst tears and guffawing. Contemplating that she’s recognized to be an enormous fan of the sequence, the response is not shocking. Later through the livestream, she even greeted her Western followers in English with “I did it guys! Thanks!” Kson is bilingual, which helped her develop her reputation with the English-speaking viewers as effectively.
You possibly can try the video beneath on the 40:46 mark to see her response when she realized that she’s going to play a related position in considered one of her favourite sequence.
By the way, Kson and the opposite finalists will all play a smaller live-action position in Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Identify, which is coming this yr, showing as cabaret membership hostesses. Kson’s position in Like a Dragon 8 might be extra related and she or he could have a full-fledged 3D mannequin that includes her voice.
If you happen to comply with Vtubers, chances are you’ll remember that many followers imagine Kson to be the performer behind Hololive’s Kiryu Coco, who retired after being on the receiving finish of a widespread harassment marketing campaign by Chinese language customers on high of bans on native media attributable to her point out in passing of Taiwan as a separate nation throughout considered one of her streams. Whereas this wasn’t formally confirmed for apparent causes, I am positive many followers will respect the poetic justice in at this time’s triumph.
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Identify is coming later this yr for PS5, PS4, Xbox Sequence X|S, Xbox One, and PC. It will mark the return of protagonist Kazuma Kiryu and showcase the occasions between Yakuza 6: The Tune of Life and Like a Dragon 8, which is able to see Kiryu Share the protagonist position with Yakuza: Like a Dragon hero Ichiban Kasuga and can launch in 2024 for PS5, Xbox Sequence X|S, and PC.
At the moment we realized that the following RGG summit livestream might be hosted subsequent month, offering extra details about the upcoming video games.
