The official Genshin Impact Japanese Twitter teased a new character appearing in the main event of Version 1.6, and said character is voiced by Kikuko Inoue, the legendary voice actress who recently dubbed Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village’s Japanese version – here are the rumors and theories on this mysterious character.
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Genshin Impact 1.6 teases mysterious character voiced by Lady Dimitrescu (Kikuko Inoue)
On Twitter, Genshin Impact and miHoYo teased that a new character voiced by Kikuko Inoue will be appearing in the 1.6 main event, Midsummer Island Adventure.
The tweet explains that during the 1.6 event, a mysterious voice will be heard via a “recorder” a device made through an unknown technology. One of the character’s lines was shared: “You’re finally here, daughter of the evil flames”, most probably addressing Klee.
This is very similar to how Fatui Harbinger Scaramouche was teased before he appeared in the Version 1.1 main event, Unreconciled Stars. Meaning it’s very likely the Kikuko Inoue mysterious character in Genshin Impact will not be playable. Moreover, since we only hear the mysterious Kikuko Inoue character through a recorder, we might not even actually see her.
Who is Kikuko Inoue?
If you’ve been watching anime for at the very least five years you’ve probably heard the voice of Kikuko Inoue at least once. And you’ve definitely already heard her voice if you know your 80s or 90s anime classics.
Kikuko Inoue is one of the most popular seiyuu (Japanese voice actresses and actors) of all time. She can voice young male characters like Tsubasa in the Captain Tsubasa Road to 2002 anime, gentle women like Belldandy in Ah My Goddess, or femme fatale characters like I-No in Guilty Gear, Lobelia in Sakura Wars, or Lust in Full Metal Alchemist.
To take more recent examples, Inoue also voiced Minerva in Fairy Tail and Rhea in Fire Emblem Three Houses. When it comes to English to Japanese dubs, Kikuko Inoue recently voiced Ameli in Death Stranding, and Alcina Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village.
miHoYo, true to its “Tech Otakus save the world” slogan, has been adding numerous veteran and popular seiyuu to Genshin Impact. It was only a matter of time until Kikuko Inoue voiced a Genshin Impact character.
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Genshin Impact Kikuko Inoue character – Alice, Mona’s astrology master theories
Several Japanese fans have been sharing theories in the official tweet’s replies. Some pointed out the mysterious voice might be Alice, Klee’s mother.
Alice is a character mentioned multiple times in Genshin Impact, she’s a famous adventurer and the author of the Teyvat Travel Guides we collect through the game’s main story. However, we’ve never seen Alice herself and what she looks like. Alice is also a renowned alchemist in Teyvat.
The theory is that basically all of the summer event is a big prank organized by Alice for her daughter’s enjoyment. Which would make Alice the true identity of the “Dodo-King”, who sent Klee the mysterious letter which pushed her, Jean, Barbara, and the Traveler to go to these summer islands. Personally, that’s the theory I share as well.
Another amusing theory, shared by a Japanese fan in the above tweet, is that Kikuko Inoue might be voicing the astrology master who taught Mona everything she knows. As it has been confirmed in the past that Mona’s master is an older woman, the type of characters Kikuko Inoue often voices.
What do you guys think? You can always share your own theories with me on Twitter @A_Iyane07. Genshin Impact 1.6 will be launching on June 9 on PS4, PS5, PC, iOS, and Android.
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