{"id":127220,"date":"2022-08-12T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-135908"},"modified":"2022-08-12T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T19:00:00","slug":"random-kirbys-voice-actor-surprises-at-anniversary-concert-and-everyone-loves-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/12\/random-kirbys-voice-actor-surprises-at-anniversary-concert-and-everyone-loves-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Kirby&#8217;s Voice Actor Surprises At Anniversary Concert, And Everyone Loves Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3876a81fa7112\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3876a81fa7112\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Kirby Anniversary Concert\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3876a81fa7112\/kirby-anniversary-concert.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3876a81fa7112\/kirby-anniversary-concert.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Kirby Anniversary Concert\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo \/ Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/08\/watch-kirby-30th-anniversary-music-fest-live\">Kirby&#8217;s 30th Anniversary Music Fest<\/a> gave us plenty of surprises yesterday on top of some top-tier renditions of incredible Kirby music, but one of the concert&#8217;s biggest &#8220;wow&#8221; moments from a certain guest appearance \u2014 Kirby&#8217;s voice actor.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Kirby really does have a voice; it&#8217;s not just a conglomeration of noises! But, even better than that, she&#8217;s pretty adorable herself. Makiko Ohmoto has been voicing the pink puffball in video games ever since the original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/super_smash_bros\">Super Smash Bros.<\/a> on the Nintendo 64 and made her series debut in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/kirby_64_the_crystal_shards\">Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards<\/a>. She&#8217;s played the little guy ever since, and arguably, it&#8217;s because of her voice that so many people have fallen in love with the character.<\/p>\n<p>Ohmoto appeared at yesterday&#8217;s concert, and many watching the stream were surprised. But, within seconds, everyone was utterly charmed by her.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kirby&#8217;s VA is so precious, I love her dress. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H4ri6VBPHd\">pic.twitter.com\/H4ri6VBPHd<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Ultima | #\u0432\u029f\u043c (@UltimaShadowX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UltimaShadowX\/status\/1557671202063355904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It&#8217;s not that surprising given Kirby&#8217;s popularity, and just how many people \u2014 young and old \u2014 enjoy mimicking the character&#8217;s cute, quirky voice. But knowing that Ohmoto herself is a ray of sunshine has brought a lot of people joy.<\/p>\n<p>Still, people <em>were<\/em> surprised to see Kirby&#8217;s voice actor in the flesh, but all she had to do was &#8220;do the voice&#8221;, and she won everyone over.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kirby&#8217;s voice actor!\ud83d\ude33\ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M4sHzJMYEa\">pic.twitter.com\/M4sHzJMYEa<\/a><\/span>\u2014 \ud83e\uddc0\ud83c\udfb8 (@Cheese_Guitar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cheese_Guitar\/status\/1557696061489106944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SHE POYOD I LOVE KIRBY&#8217;S VA<\/span>\u2014 All Hail Kirby (@AllHailKirby) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllHailKirby\/status\/1557672142568824832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kirby Concert peak just for this <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vU8cap3NPy\">pic.twitter.com\/vU8cap3NPy<\/a><\/span>\u2014 GamesCage &#8211; Hype Fortnite Guy (@OnTheDownLoTho) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OnTheDownLoTho\/status\/1557926280506515456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Some fans took to Twitter to share their shock that Kirby even had a VA, let alone that she was making an appearance at the concert. Ohmoto even sang at the concert, performing a duet of &#8216;Welcome to the New World&#8217; from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/kirby_and_the_forgotten_land\">Kirby and the Forgotten Land<\/a> with Neichel to close out the show. And what a wonderful concert it was.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You know it never occurred to me that Kirby did have a human VA for some weird reason?<\/p>\n<p>That said, protect her preciousness at all costs. \ud83e\udee1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9ThWrYTPn5\">https:\/\/t.co\/9ThWrYTPn5<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 TheHattedGamer (@TheHattedGamer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHattedGamer\/status\/1557810183199490050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WAIT IS THAT THE VA FOR KIRBY?<\/span>\u2014 Susie, The Queen Of Shiver Star (@ShiverStarQueen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShiverStarQueen\/status\/1557670794922188800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Of course, Makiko Ohmoto doesn&#8217;t <em>just<\/em> voice the pink puffball, and she has several credits on both Nintendo and non-Nintendo games. In the Kirby series, she&#8217;s provided the voices for Rick and Iro (<strong>Kirby: Right Back At Ya!<\/strong>), Queen Sectonia (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/kirby_triple_deluxe\">Kirby: Triple Deluxe<\/a>), and Susie (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/kirby_planet_robobot\">Kirby: Planet Robobot<\/a>). She&#8217;s also the voice of Ness in the <strong>Smash Bros.<\/strong> series, which means you can make her two characters fight each other! And to round off those Nintendo voice credits, she&#8217;s even voiced Viridi in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/kid_icarus_uprising\">Kid Icarus: Uprising<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not an exhaustive list of her roles on Nintendo games, but she&#8217;s had plenty of other noticeable credits throughout her career. She&#8217;s been the long-time voice of Makino from the anime <strong>One Piece<\/strong>, and she&#8217;s also had a reoccurring role in the <strong>Samurai Warriors<\/strong> and the <strong>Warriors Orochi<\/strong> crossover games. But, most surprisingly, she&#8217;s the voice of Sayaka Maizono from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/danganronpa_trigger_happy_havoc_anniversary_edition\">Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s a talent and a star, and everyone loves her. It was a lovely surprise seeing her at the concert yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>How did you feel seeing Kirby&#8217;s voice actor? Is this the first time you&#8217;ve seen her? Or are you a fan of her in other roles? Let us know!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo \/ Nintendo Life Kirby&#8217;s 30th Anniversary Music Fest gave us plenty of surprises yesterday on top of some top-tier renditions of incredible Kirby music, but one of the concert&#8217;s biggest &#8220;wow&#8221; moments from a certain guest appearance \u2014 Kirby&#8217;s voice actor. Yes, Kirby really does have a voice; it&#8217;s not just a conglomeration [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}