Square is officially announcing on social media the voice actors of the Arcadion fighters. I'll update the thread as more actors are being revealed.
I am not familiar with any french or german voice actors, so if anyone want to add something else they did for FFXIV to put as reference, I will add it here too.
Black Cat
- EN: Merryl Ansah, also voiced the Meso Terminal
- JP: Yahagi Sayuri, also voiced Cachiua
- FR: Clémentine Blayo, also voiced Wuk Lamat
- DE: Diana Ebert
Honey B. Lovely
- EN: Anairis Quiñones, also voiced the sisters Nostalgia and Wayakkwe
- JP: Sekine Hitomi, also voiced Gulool Ja
- FR: Elsa Davoine
- DE: Sarah Alles
Brute Bomber
- EN: Timothy Watson, also voiced Urianger
- JP: Genda Tesshō, also voiced Kentenramm
- FR: Emmanuel Gradi, also voiced Runar and Sicard
- DE: Andreas Wisniewski
Wicked Thunder
- EN: Jaye Jacobs, also voiced Hilda and Llymlaen
- JP: Higuchi Momo, also voiced the Meso Terminal
- FR: Marie Nonnenmacher, also voiced Shale and Mablu
- DE: Christina Wöllner
Dancing Green
- EN: Ben Balmaceda, also voiced Linuhanu (the Vanu Vanu from the 7.0 MSQ)
- JP: Mikami Satoshi, also voiced Kam'lanaut (on Dissidia, safe to assume its also him on FFXIV)
- FR: Rémi Gutton
- DE: Jochen Drechsler
Sugar Riot
- EN: Jaimi Barbakoff, also voiced Cirina and Beq Lugg
- JP: Tamukai Yuzuki
- FR: Valérie Bescht
- DE: Sophia Längert
Howling Blade
- EN: Joey Sourlis
- JP: Kamio Shinichiro
- FR: Benjamin Gasquet
- DE: David Hörning
Vamp Fatale
- EN: Cassie Layton, also voiced Zero and Mephina
- JP: Watanabe Akeno
- FR: Amandine Hauguel
- DE: Lisa Braun, also voiced Fordola
Brute Bomber being Urianger wasn't in my bingo card, what a surprise
I'm not that surprised considering he was Metal Face in Xenoblade 1
Yeah he is basically doing his Metal Face voice for Brute Bomber
"I'll blow you!" - Mumbar to Duncan
“Monado Boy!”
That was the biggest hint for me, it's so similar to Metal Face that I was sure it had to be him. I had no idea on anybody else, though.
Username checks out for a Xenoblade fan.
Monnnnnado boyyee
Haven't played it :( it's in my list still
Highly recommended for the 7.5-8.0 content drought. One of the best jrpg stories ever!
If you like ffxiv you'll like xenoblade
I think zenoblades in console only tho? It may be problematic :S
He was METAL FACE??? Like now that I know that he did Brute Bomber, I can hear it. But just going off of Urianger alone? No way.
That's a crazy impressive difference.
The amount of voice actors shared between FFXIV and Xenoblade is insane.
He also voiced Susano and Thunder God, such a talented actor.
Wait TG as in the Ivalice raid? That’s Tim?
Indeed it is. He also voices Susano, the Travelling Merchant from the start of Shadowbringers (the one that talks about how it's been a hundred years since they've had a dark night), and a crapload of roles from various other games too. DQXI, SWTOR, The Talos Principle, both Bond and Goldfinger in 007 Legends...
The man has insane vocal range.
Yeah, I kinda assumed it was him because of how similar his Brute Bomber voice is to Metal Face.
You know it doesn't surprise me because I know his range, but for some reason I didn't think he was Brute Bomber, I thought it was someone else.
holy shit!
Can we get some brute bomber quotes in Urianger voice please?
Pray, thou shouldst be reminded that one is very swift to temper.
Verily, thou shalt be blown unto smithereens!
Mindest mine actions not, for my throat is as dry as the sun-scorched dunes.
Removest thyself from mine path forward, canister construct!
Verily
But with Uriangers old english
if urianger spoke old english you'd understand even less of what he says.
Hwæt. We Gardena in geardagum,
þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.
Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum,
monegum mægþum, meodosetla ofteah,
egsode eorlas. Syððan ærest wearð
feasceaft funden, he þæs frofre gebad,
weox under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þah,
oðþæt him æghwylc þara ymbsittendra
ofer hronrade hyran scolde,
gomban gyldan. þæt wæs god cyning.
I think I’ve gone cross-eyed just reading that. If I tried hearing it I’m pretty sure my brain would blue-screen.
That's the opening lines of Beowulf, a 3,000 word Anglo-Saxon epic poem. The verse is alliterative, as opposed to the rhyme typical of more modern English poetry. Here is is spoken in OE..
I only learned that because Brute Bomber sounded like Metal Face, a villain from the first Xenoblade. By looking it up to check, I learned that Timothy Watson voiced Metal Face and Urianger and with that I was sure about Brute Bomber. Nice to have it confirmed tho!
The VAs of Aymeric, Thancred, Tataru and Pipin are also in Xenoblade 1, while the VA of Meteion is in Xenlblade 3's DLC!
If Adam Howden isn't revealed as the voice of Ealdnarche when the 7.5 credits come, I'll eat a Fantasia.
Urianger also voices Susano and Thuder God.
And the merchant from the Shadowbringers intro.
Fucking ridiculous range
FFT game TG Cid, idk if he did the alliance raid one?
I believe he did both
That's some vocal range
And the Cid of Final Fantasy Tactics in the newest version. I think Timothy Watson reprised the role from Orbonne Monastery.
YOUR COMING WAS FORETOLD, SERVANT OF IVALICE
It's kind of nice they found a way to give that VA a little more work on an expansion where their primary character wasn't overly present
Doth not one want something like unto fire?
Fr I deadass thought that was like a totally different dude or somethin
I was like "Oh yeah, it's obvious he's the Tyrant. Wait.. brute bomber?!"
Okay I can definitely hear sugar riot as beq lugg, but cirina too?
and here I was sure it was Ryne's VA. Actual surprise.
Yeah I
had her pegged asthought she was Ryne too.Edit: sorry, didn't even think about the phrasing lol
Please don’t peg Ryne
I definitely don't hear Ryne there. Emma Ballantine also voices the main character of another game I played (Duet Night Abyss) and her voice is very very identifiable, almost 1:1 Ryne. Junah from Metaphor: ReFantazio also sounds 1:1 Ryne.
Ballantine has some range, even if she mostly gets cast for Ryne-like voices, but her demo track definitely shows she's got more in her. I was also so sure she was sugar riot because to me it seemed like a pretty close match for the one she did on p9
Crazy, I knew it was cirina immediately but never would have guessed beq lugg.
HONEY B LOVELY IS FEIXIAO?!?
And dancing green is Moze/kaveh!
Now we're just missing Jiaoqiu for the full trio!
My foxian general can’t be this cute
VICTORY IS INEVITIBLE
Also if you've seen it, she is Aiko, the MC in "I don't wanna be a Magical Girl"
As someone who's trying to get into voice acting myself I shouldn't be surprised every time a VA does voices thst are wildly different from each other but every time I get surprised when a VA does voices wildly different from each other.
That is to say, what the fuck do you mean that Urianger is also the Brute Bomber???
He has the range!! I actually know him more for Brute Bomber-like voices than Urianger-y ones, since he also voices Metal Face in Xenoblade Chronicles
I never played the XC series so thst piece of trivia completely eluded me but man
Life is full of surprises
A lot of FFXIV actors did XC generally.
Here's a list but be aware there are some minor name spoilers.
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fxenoblade-x-final-fantasy-xiv-voice-actors-v0-77chxnaw71vc1.jpeg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3D1dd64440d11fdeca3dcae13c847309376a65f860
Watson is basically doing his Metal Face voice for Brute Bomber.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ShitpostXIV/comments/1npt7r5/still_thinking_about_how_the_devs_had_absolutely/ng8j4xd/
He also does Susano and Orbonne Monastery Thunder God.
Also, fun fact, Halone serious voice is made by the same woman which voices Livingway. (Also voices Nymeia)
Titania is voiced by Y'shtola.
bigger is better
fuck you, have my upvote
I remember finding out about Halone and Nymeia then being shocked because after countless of Euphrosyne runs, it never occurred to me that these two bosses (who we literally fight back to back) share the same VA.
Also shoutout to Zero the monotone goth RPR lady having the same VA as Menphina the perky love goddess.
I remember being floored that Sicard and Zenos shared a VA
He also voices Carvallain! I can't remember if he has any voiced dialogue in MSQ but he's one of the trusts for the first SB dungeon and you can really hear it there lol
He does have voiced dialogue for some of the cutscenes before and after the dungeon
Is he having an orgasm there, too?
"Yes, yes, just so!"
No, instead he's busy telling me about his BDSM habits
"I hope you like it rough"
After 'water water froth and foam' I knew the Titania/'Shtola bit. It's. Weird.
Bold of you to acknowledge having witnessed that.
She's stuck in Eitherys. I'm pretty sure if she tried to find me she'd get lost.
Again.
Didn't know he was also Cid in the Ivalice raids. If IMDB is right, it seems he reprised the role for the new Tactics remake as well.
He did, and he did a great job of it.
He also did Orlandeau in the tactics remake. I'm just sad he didn't have any of his 14 lines in the game as an Easter egg.
Holy crap... I did not know about any of these 😮
I knew about Susano and Titania but not T.G. Cid or Halone, jeeeeesus lmao
What the fudge cake?! They're so different! Oh to be so talented.
Where did you find the voice credits for SB? I tried looking online but found nothing, unless I have to scroll through the credits myself.
Titania was definitely the "Sera Dragon Age" voice being brought out again from Robin lol. All I hear when I hear Titania is Sera, just missing Titania talking about butts for the full effect tbh.
Also a few giggles and breeches.
Zero and Menphina are the same VA, Cassie Layton.
Zenos and Sicard (the oi oi pirate guy) are the same VA, Luke Allen-Gale.
He also voices Carvallain, the other pirate guy.
I saw Sicard and was like oh they made a character just to keep Zenos’ actor around. But then I learned the Carvallain thing and was now doubly confused why we have two pirate guys
I didn't know about Zero but I did know about Zenos!
I'm still stuck on Lyna and Athena being the same VA, personally
THROATS A BIT PARCHED
Y'shtola being Titania as well.
And Paplymo's VA being used in a few characters every expac here and there
He also narrates the 40k novel "The Lion: Son of the Forest"
Timothy Watson been around for a long long time, I was shocked to hear him in Dragon Age Origins the other day lol
Did you know that Mr. Watson also voices Susano? It's one of my favorite facts about the latter. You know Mr. Watson had a blast recording those lines.
Except yshtola when she voiced a god. (Yes I forgor the name, sry)
Her voice is too recognisable xD
Honestly, The Tyrant sounds more like Timothy Watson voiced him (no disrespect to either VA, both are great)
Eutrope also being Llymlaen and Hilda. That is a strong woman, right there.
Everytime Eutrope said "How's this?!" during the fight, I thought 'I know this voice, where have I heard it before?'.
Now that I know it's Llymlaen, it all makes sense.
Oi, cut it out you!
I had that same feeling that I couldn't shake, too.
Her massive cannon was just what the machinists built for Hilda confirmed.
I knew Eutrope was Llymlean since day one and I was so happy to be right. I made her yell “Oi! Cut it out!” enough times to recognize her voice.
Hilda stans everywhere recognized her instantly
…apparently I have a vocal type
Nothing but baddies.
meanwhile I kept thinking it was Erika Ishii
Oh man, I would love for her to be in FFXIV.
Based
Alayla, too. She's done some really good work for FFXIV.
I KNEW it.
I heared Metal Face from Brute Bomber I was right! Thats also how I learned that Urianger was Metal Face xD (I knew about most of the other Xenoblade and FFXIV "cross" VAs)
Still waiting for Reyn Time in XIV...
YES! SQUARE GIVE ME JAY TAYLOR IN FFXIV AND MY LIFE IS YOURS.
EDIT: Although I think right now the sort of voice he would do is being filled by Nigel Pilkington or Luke Allen-Gale.
Alright I'll also accept a Catrin-Mai Huw appearance when we get to FFXIV's version of Wales.
I am betting Jaimi Barbakoff is Prishe too.
I am surprised Brute Bomber is Timothy Watson. Not that I doubt his talents (he was, after all, also Susano). It's just that I thought the Bomber sounded an awful lot like Alec Newman's Cagnazzo.
My prediction for the Heavyweight tier is Sarah Ovens (Sphene) as Vamp Fatale, and Nigel Betts (Vrtra, Byregot, Gosetsu) as the Tyrant.
And Metem is 100% Ciaran Owens (Kokkol Dankkol, Hancock).
Since the first wing, I've been saying Metem is voiced by the same actor that did Vauthry. That "the match has been decided" sound too similar to Vauthry's banter.
That is wild but... I can hear it. Vauthry's VA did such a fantastic job.
THE LIGHT SURGES WITHIN ME, ah, such bliss....
It burns! IT BURNS!!!
big feels moment then...
IMPUDENT WORMS OF THE CHRYSTARIUM
I didn't pick up on this but now I can't unhear it.
Now that you mention it, the tone he uses on "decided" there does kind of remind me of "I am righteousness!"
Do we know who Seiryu’s VA is because that’s my bet for the Tyrant. Both of them say “folly” in the same tone.
Right there with you on Metem; there’s no way that’s Edward Dogliani (Vauthry).
I’m not sure I hear Nigel Betts as the Tyrant, though; I think that sounds more like James Goode, who voiced Galuf, Grynewaht, and a bunch of other smaller roles throughout the last several expansions. I will be curious to see the rest of the announcements.
I thought Tyrant could be King Thordan's VA. There's one line that sounds just like him.
I've been thinking Tyrant is Brian Protheroe (Seto, Bismarck) because of the way he says the line about not having that much fun for a long time. But I also keep getting a weird glitch occasionally where the audio sounds almost distant and mono and one time that happened with Tyrant and it sounded like Stephen Moore (Regula)
Very interesting to see who it ends up being.
I'm both surprised and impressed at Sugar Riot's voice actress. I was pretty sure that it was Sarah Ovens, since i personally heard a bit of Sphene from her.
But man, Jaimi's got some range. Cause she also voiced the Worldy Affairs Official. And i also wasn't able to tell it was her based on her voicework for Cirina. Same with her being Beq Lugg.
Props to Timothy Watson too. I was also convinced it was Lahabrea's voice actor, Alec Newman. Since he's done a similar voice style with Cagnazzo. Guy's got some range too.
She's also Triss in the Witcher games.
I'm betting Alec voiced the Tyrant, but I'm not counting out Edward Dogliani (Vauthry) either.
Bel Balmaceda my GOATTTT
"How's it poppin'?"
Good to see Hilda’s VA popping in.
The range on some of these VAs... Holy shit.
I mostly knew of Anairis from her voicing Harriet Bree in RWBY so that is fucking wild that she's the VA for Honey B. Lovely because those voices are totally different.
Same for Wicked Thunder's VA. Never would've clocked that's Hilda and Llymlaen's VA o.O
“Prithee, pay me no mind, mine thirst requires quenching.”
“I shall felate thee asunder!“
Because of course Dancing Green is Kaveh. Makes SO much sense.
Where's Kenny Omega, YoshiP?
WHERE IS HE?
THE BEST COLLAB EVER WAS RIGHT THERE!
Holy shit Sugar Riot’s VA also voiced Triss Merigold in Witcher 3.
I'm guessing Timothy Watson also voices The Tyrant
I reckon he might be Alec Newman, some of his lines reminded me of Hephaistos and Cagnazzo
This seems pretty plausible - he played Kettenramm in Dawntrail, so he's been around recently.
And Geode. RIP.
o7
Personally, I think there's a good chance that he's actually voiced by James Goode since some of his lines remind me of Grinewaht (aka Mr "All my Namedays have come at once") from Stormblood.
And in Dawntrail, he voiced Galuf and Genolt.
Huh, somehow I missed that he was Hephaistos - TIL that Syfy Paul Atreides is actually a pretty prolific voice actor (Adam Smasher and Caz from Still Wakes the Deep too???).
He had six roles in Cyberpunk 2077, including two fixers (Dino and El Capitan). Adam Smasher is one of three Arasaka-affiliated characters with A names he voiced, the others being Arthur Jenkins and Anders Hellman.
Aw I loved Caz, that's cool to hear!
I'll never say no to more Alec Newman.
I'm not going to lie, when we first saw tyrant I very briefly thought it was Uri and I almost wished the story had been batshit enough to pull that off
I've been thinking it's him, but not entirely sure. Does sound very similar though.
Jaye Jacobs never misses clearly
Urianger as Brute Bomber is such a surprise! The difference between professional voice actors and actors given a voice role is huge.
I’m also surprised about Sugar Riot, but thinking back it makes sense. The entire time I thought it might’ve been Ryne.
Do we know who voiced Best Boi Metem yet?
Ciaran Owens, also voices Hancock and Kokoll Dankoll (sp?)
I really wanna know who the french VA for Metem is. That guy was freakin’ outstanding.
Holy crap Anairis also voices Nifl from FEH (one of my favorite characters)
Wait she's NIFL? WTF
Now, I need to hear Brute Bomber speak in old English.
Don't even gotta click the link to know that my girl Anairis is Puertorrican.
Captain Amalthea from Trails in the Sky is Honey B Lovely?! :0
DANCING GREEN IS KAVEHHHHHHH!!
Interested to see who is Howling Blade, loved that character
That's who I wanna know bc he sounds like someone I know but Im not sure if its him.
He's voiced by Joey Sourlis.
Okay so basically an enraged Urianger is Brute Bomber.
Okay
Wait Kaveh's VA is Dancing Green?! Fucking christ my friend will not shut up about this
Bets on Howling Blade being Jonah Scott
It's a voice actor named Joey Sourlis.
Huh, I was so sure on Scott. Seems like Sourlis is relatively unknown as far as credits go but they sound so similar
This I want to know ever since the fight debuted.
Whoever it is I really love his voice and hope they do more.
For French, Black Cat is Wuk Lamat, Brute Bomber is Runar and Sicard and Wicked Thunder is Shale and Mablu.
Thanks, added these to the OP.
Jaye Jacobs played one of my favourite characters on the UK tv show(s) Holby City (Casualty), wild to think she voices Wicked Thunder.
Its like Y'shtola's VA who was in Doc Martin on TV, some who don't come from the games/anime side of voicing but off theater/TV instead like Colin
Are the twins actually triplets?!?
I'm curious about the Japanese voices too. And Metem in both languages.
I am almost positive Vamp Fatale is voiced by Krile
Do we know Metem’s English VA already? I know he’s not a fighter, but I’m really curious.
Arcadion has had some really fun voices, but real talk: They already had these folks around or have had them before, sometimes to voice the MSQ even scions like with Urianger...
Why the hell aren't they just voicing the Raid Quest story too? Why is it just the fights? They already get them in the recording booth, surely having them voice some quests wouldn't be that much extra. It's like they have this weird rule that after ARR, optional content can never be voiced ever no matter what. Except the fights themselves sometimes for some reason.
Like if the fights didn't have voices then that's one thing, but in the past couple expansions we've seen more voiced raid bosses/fights, Arcadion having a ton plus uhh Metem which I think was really fun commenting on your performance, or lack of, ha. Those fighter introductions at least were perfect for voiceovers, even if that was all they voiced, at least IMO.
Surely they're already paying the VAs for some time, having them read for some quests too wouldn't be that much more effort -- even if it was like the MSQ where not every scene is voiced. Unless they're doing something goofy where raid quests are being written or changed close to patch releases (which c'mon, time between patches is so long for DT that's just weird). //qq
Waiting for the Howling Blade VA…….. been curious since day 1
https://bsky.app/profile/joeysourlis.com/post/3lxb27q5hq225
I'm waiting the SQEX announcement to add to the list, but this one was revealed for a while now.
oooh I didn’t know that! Hope he gets more roles in the futures, fantastic voice
He's also Native, which makes sense because Hhetsarro (Turali Miqo'te) are heavily Plains Native coded. My native friend was really happy when he found that out because there are not a lot of Native voice actors.
That’s so cool!!! Representation definitely matters 🥹
Who voices azeyma? I hear her VA alot now
I was wrong I’m sorry! It’s Sheena Bhattesa. I was thinking of Titania
Titania is Y'shtola (Robyn Addison)
Always good to see a Hilda mention
I love that Kimberly from Street Fighter is Honey B. Lovely!
I’m pretty confident the Tyrant also voiced Hephaistos in P8 too.
Neat
Vamp Fatale I'd bet shares a voice actress with Athena.
Apparently it's Zero/Menphina's VA.
Ohhh Hilda and Cirina mentioned!
Sugar Riot being Beg Lugg now makes sense. The tone of the voice is pretty similar
Genuinely surprised about Sugar Riot. She sounded SO much like Ryne to me, I was completely convinced.
Especially because she sounded so similar to the "mage" voice for Kokytos, which definitely is Ryne's VA, Emma Ballantine.
Update pls
Wow, they announced that our sadistic dominatrix is Cassie Layton, aka Zero/Menphina.
Hi, new voice actors were added so i figured i'd keep you updated :
Howling Blade :
JP : Kamio Shinichiro → https://bsky.app/profile/jp.finalfantasyxiv.com/post/3mcbrkbmdpc26
FR : Benjamin Gasquet → https://bsky.app/profile/fr.finalfantasyxiv.com/post/3mcc6xq33dr2a
EN : Joey Sourlis → https://bsky.app/profile/en.finalfantasyxiv.com/post/3mcc6yxyrax26
DE : David Hörning → https://bsky.app/profile/de.finalfantasyxiv.com/post/3mcc6zkllo62z
Vamp Fatale :
JP : Watanabe Akeno → https://bsky.app/profile/jp.finalfantasyxiv.com/post/3mcbyarm66c2c
FR : Amandine Hauguel → https://bsky.app/profile/fr.finalfantasyxiv.com/post/3mcciz4gcrh2p
EN : Cassie Layton → https://bsky.app/profile/en.finalfantasyxiv.com/post/3mcciz6a5qn2q
DE : Lisa Braun → https://bsky.app/profile/de.finalfantasyxiv.com/post/3mcciyvqqzc23
Edit : tried adding bluesky posts for consistency. i don't really know how bluesky works so i hope links aren't broken
Thanks, we were doing the same work at the same time, but I appreciate the quick reply. It would save me a lot of time if I didn't checked socials before going to work.
I used your romanization for JP actors.
I'm pretty sure the VA for the one sheriff in Shaaloani (the miqote one), the one red headed guy in Heritage Found you talk to a few times, Howling Blade, and Deep Blue are all the same guy.
We just want to know who the Announcer's voice is