Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.7 Preview Program Set for October 30
HoYoverse will stream the preview program for Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.7, subtitled "Now, the Stars Are Wrapped in Laughter," on October 30 at 20:30 JST. The announcement came on October 26.
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Reporting from 4 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark, Inside.
Why it matters
HoYoverse is promoting the 4.7 broadcast around Aha while the game's next announced content, the Zenless Zone Zero crossover, does not arrive until Version 4.8, leaving the preview as the only scheduled Star Rail news beat in between.
Key Facts
- HoYoverse will stream the Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.7 preview program on October 30 at 20:30 JST.
- The Version 4.7 update is subtitled "Now, the Stars Are Wrapped in Laughter."
- Aeon Aha, the god of laughter, is voiced by Haruka Tomatsu in Honkai: Star Rail.
- The Honkai: Star Rail and Zenless Zone Zero collaboration is set for Version 4.8, with Ellen Joe as a 5-star Ice-type on the Path of Destruction and Astra Yao as a Quantum Harmony character.
- Zenless Zone Zero will host Kafka and Robin as collaboration characters in winter 2026 during its Version 3.4.
HoYoverse has not detailed the program's contents. The stream thumbnail and description point toward information on Aeon Aha, the god of laughter, voiced by Haruka Tomatsu. A character called Fukuo, voiced by Kotaro Namura, appears in the program's promotional material in a joy-themed getup. The official account framed the broadcast around Aha's first appearance on a live stream, inviting viewers to "Aha's Night." The program airs on YouTube. Honkai: Star Rail is available on PS5, iOS, and Android, and separately on PC. The Version 4.7 preview follows the October 27 character introduction for Ellen Joe, a Zenless Zone Zero collaboration character set for Version 4.8 as a 5-star Ice-type on the Path of Destruction.
The program description on the official stream page sets a theatrical tone. It asks "people of joy throughout the universe" to put on their "most extraordinary masks of joy," and it frames Aha as "the god of laughter, back from miHoYo," asking what information he will bring.
- Haruka Tomatsu voices Aeon Aha, the god of laughter whose live stream appearance the broadcast is built around.
- Kotaro Namura voices Fukuo, a regular presence on Star Rail preview programs, who appears in joy-themed dress for this one.
- Shion Wakayama voices Ellen Joe, the Zenless Zone Zero collaboration character introduced on October 27.
The Zenless Zone Zero crossover arrives in Version 4.8, not 4.7. Ellen Joe is an Ice-type on the Path of Destruction; Astra Yao joins her as a Quantum-type on the Path of Harmony. Battle scenes shown in development recreate Zenless Zone Zero's action staging, and the announcement says further surprises are prepared beyond the two collaboration characters.
The crossover runs in both directions. Zenless Zone Zero plans its own Honkai: Star Rail collaboration for winter 2026 in its Version 3.4, with Kafka and Robin appearing as collaboration characters there.
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Sources
- 4Gamer.net 「崩壊：スターレイル」，Ver.4.8で実施される「ゼンレスゾーンゼロ」コラボで登場する「アストラ・ヤオ」（CV：遠藤 綾）の情報を公開
- Denfaminicogamer 『崩壊：スターレイル』×『ゼンゼロ』コラボキャラ「エレン（CV:若山詩音）」の紹介が公開！氷属性・壊滅の運命を歩む☆5キャラクターとしてVer.4.8で参戦へ
- Game Spark 『崩壊：スターレイル』×『ゼンゼロ』コラボがVer.4.8で開催！エレン・ジョー、アストラ・ヤオの公式イラストや属性・運命が公開
- Inside 『崩壊：スターレイル』×『ゼンゼロ』コラボがVer.4.8で開催！エレン・ジョー、アストラ・ヤオの公式イラストや属性・運命が公開