Rie Tanaka, the seiyuu voicing Lisa in the Japanese dub ofGenshin Impact, has been regularly streaming the game on her YouTube Channel, Tanaka Rie no Neesan TV. Rie Tanaka started streamingGenshin Impactwhen the game launched on September 28, onPC,PS4, iOS, and Android. Since then, she’s been at it multiple times per week, for around one or two hours. Four streams happened so far. The latest one was on October 8.
The streams are incredibly funny to listen to as Rie Tanaka is acting as if she’s Lisa herself, playing the game and commenting everything. She’s streaming directly from PS4, and only on YouTube. Needless to say she’s only speaking in Japanese. If you can understand the language, and if you’re a seiyuu aficionados, it’s pretty fun to skim through and listen in. I definitely wish I had the time to watch every stream.
Rie Tanaka, Seiyuu of Lisa StreamsGenshin Impact:Episode 1
Lisa’s Japanese Voice Rie Tanaka StreamsGenshin, Episode 2:
Rie Tanaka Does “Lisa Voice” While PlayingGenshin, Episode 3:
Lisa / Rie Tanaka PlaysGenshin ImpactLive Episode 4:
Rie Tanaka became really popular worldwide after voicing Lacus Clyne inGundam Seedand Chi inChobits, both in 2002. Her role as Lacus most notably demonstrated she’s an incredible singer. Rie Tanaka is also voicing Neptune inNeptunia. She’s also voicing Kiara Sesshouin in Nasuverse, so she’s very popular among a younger Japanese audience who discovered her withFGO.
Rie Tanaka is streaming on YouTube for a while now. Many seiyuu recently opened YouTube channels. Especially with the Covid-19 stay home measures in mid 2020. You’ve most notably got the 4Gamer produced showWasyaganatvwith Yuichi Nakamura and Mafia Kajita. Tomokazu Sugita (Yusuke inPersona 5) regularly talks about his figures or anime and manga memories onAGRS.Asami Sanada ofDi Gi Chara,Date A Livefame doesmuscle training videos.Tomokazu Seki opened his YouTube channelas well.
Rie Tanaka is also the kind of otaku who really loves sexy-type female characters. These days for herFGOstreams, she pretty much cosplays every new costume Kiara gets. So it’s possible she’ll cosplayGenshinLisa one day too.
Lisa is by far the most stereotypical character you get inGenshin Impact. However,Genshingets everything right about Japanese games. And this includes having characters who seem very cliché at first turning out to be pretty unique as you play and learn more about them.
DualShockers recently interviewedmiHoYo, who most notably revealedInazuma is the next region coming toGenshin Impact. The othernew regions ofGenshin Impactwere teased as well. The game is also close to20 million downloadson mobile alone. Sure, probably one quarter of that are reroll accounts or bots, but it’s still impressive.
