Voice Kit Reports Kidnapping And Death Threats Against Sumire Uesaka
An agency treating specific kidnapping and death threats as a police and legal matter, and weighing whether its talent can work through the stated date, is the industry response that matters here, not the unverified fan claims about why the messages started.
Reporting from 1 source: Animehunch.
Voice Kit, the agency of voice actress Sumire Uesaka, says threatening emails were sent to the agency, including claims of kidnapping and killing her with multiple people by Sep 27 and claims the sender knows her address. The agency filed a report with the jurisdictional police station and requested an investigation, and is consulting event organizers about her appearances scheduled through Sept 27.
Voice Kit detailed the threats in a Sep 15 website update, a day after first saying multiple malicious emails had arrived. The messages include a stated plan to kidnap and kill Uesaka with several people by Sep 27, and claims that the sender knows her current address and that she could be taken near her home. The agency says it has filed a report and asked police to investigate.
Voice Kit also asks people to stop speculating about the case and to stop identifying or spreading information about the accounts involved. Uesaka voices Odette in Genshin Impact and appeared on the game's anniversary livestream; the agency has not said the livestream was the motive.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.