Persona 5: The Phandub X Project [MAIN CHARACTER EMERGENCY RECAST]: Shoki Ikenami

Persona 5: The Phandub X Project [MAIN CHARACTER EMERGENCY RECAST]: Shoki Ikenami

Project Overview

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY RECASTING FOR THE MAIN CHARACTER ROLE: SHOKI IKENAMI. Due to personal reasons, our VA for Shoki Ikenami has decided to leave the role.

This is for a Persona 5: The Phantom X English fan dub for Chapter 4 in which Shoki Ikenami is the next main character to be joining the Phantom Thieves! We will also eventually be dubbing over the Prologue and the first three chapters!


I have talked with some of my friends and a lot of them said they are interested in P5X but don't want to play the game due to it being a gacha! It's understandable, which is why I'm starting this dub as a passion project with the goal of making a fan-made English dub enjoyable for people who are interested in its story but don't want to play it.


These will be posted on a YouTube channel for everyone to see once it is complete, but since the size of Phase 1 is around 5 hours, it will be split into 5 parts. Shoki Ikenami is the star of the show in Chapter 4, so he has a ton of lines that needs to be recorded.


There's multiple other Persona 5 X fan dub projects around as well, so be sure to check them out in your free time! I think they are pretty neat and I got a little inspired to make my own, as you can see. ^^


Requirements

  • DUE TO SHIMOTSUNA, THIS ROLE IS FOR 18+ AUDITIONS ONLY. IF YOU ARE NOT 18 BY AUGUST 9, PLEASE DO NOT AUDITION.

  • Slating is optional. You may record up to three takes in your audition for each line in any format you wish!

  • Discord is required for communication! Please put your Discord in your audition.

  • USB Mics are OK 👍 as long as your voice is clear to hear. Do you best to keep your minimal background noise low. I don't expect everyone to have studio quality equipment, but we do need to hear you!

  • AI IS NOT ALLOWED.

  • Like having fun. I might do something special for the English dub cast in this fan dub.

Other Information

  • You do not need to know or play the game to audition! I have information about Shoki Ikenami down below.

  • Videos are linked to where the line comes from. Please use them to your advantage to display the correct emotion. Videos also contain spoilers.

  • Don't worry about how to pronounce a character's name! If you are cast as a character, I will tell you how to pronounce it.

  • The ideal vocal range is my idea for Shoki Ikenami. You do not have to follow it if you have a better idea for Shoki Ikenami.

  • If you want to get involved and you think you have something else to bring to the table (video editing, audio mixing, singing, etc), do tell! I may open up roles for them in the future waves if there is interest.

  • You will be starting immediately when cast. Shoki Ikenami has around 120~ lines for Part 1 and Part 2 combined, but he has about 100 more in Part 3. The goal is to get you to catch up ASAP. Be prepared to catch up.

  • This is a long term project. Please keep that in mind when auditioning for Shoki Ikenami.

If you have any questions or want my comment on your audition, feel free to ask! My DMs are always open!


I'll be happy to give you my opinion on what you can do to improve your chances of being cast. Nobody will get cast until the deadline, though!


Latest Updates

  • Less than 24 hours left!!

    Deadline in less than 24 hours!

    Hello everyone. The deadline for submitting Shoki Ikenami submissions closes in less than 24 hours now! After auditions close, I'll have to use up my Sunday to select someone for the role. As always, retakes can be done over CCC or in my DMs!

    The role will be contacted and assigned by Monday. If selected, you will be messaged by me first before assigning the role. Extras selected will be contacted on Tuesday. Thank you everyone for auditioning! 🌸

  • Halfway Update

    Halfway until the deadline closes for the role of Shoki Ikenami!

    If you do not get chosen for Shoki Ikenami but still want to be an extra voice for the dub, please tell in your audition when you submit! Thank you for your time! Assignment will be the same as the First Wave, in which extras will be contacted a full day after casting is done. 🌸

Project Roles: Shoki Ikenami
Shoki Ikenami
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Shoki Ikenami
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: Lucky!

18+ ROLE | Main Character


Codename: Luce (Italian. "Light") 🍝(spaghetti has been deployed to get more people to audition for him)


Please add your Discord in your audition!


The star of the show of Chapter 4! He is a new member that joins the Phantom Thieves during Shimotsuna's Palace. He is a third-year student who goes to Kiga High School and he is an uprising actor on stage plays. He is half Italian, half Japanese, but being able to speak Italian fluently is not required to audition for him! You will still be expected to learn how to pronounce Italian words correctly if chosen (he says like...10 different words in Italian, you'll be fine). As he grew up in Japan and not in Italy, an Italian accent is not required either!


Link to Shoki Ikenami's wiki page. It contains spoilers for Chapter 4.


Line A - Chapter 4 | Line B - Chapter 4 | Line C - Chapter 4


IDEAL VOCAL RANGE: Low - maaaaybe low medium(?). Think "prince charming" with his voice. A voice that sounds handsome. Whether or not you want him to sound flirtatious is up to you. Since this is a very early recast, I am not looking for a voice match for our previous VA.


If you want to include other lines from the video, feel free to do so. The audition lines below are required.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • male young adult
  • male teen
  • fandub
  • male adult
  • (coldly and sternly) They don't really want to act, and we don't particularly need to perform at Kokatsu, right? That sounds like our interests are aligned to me. Are we in agreement?

  • (determined) Yeah, I'm done pretending. I'm ready to be honest with my friends and myself... (yelling) and to show the world the real me! I'm never letting that desire go. Never again!

  • (surprised) ....Huh? Whoa, what the!? Did that owl just talk!? Oh mio Dio! Mamma mia!

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