Kaizen Game Works has announced the main voice cast for “open-world mascot management crime drama” Promise Mascot Agency, which includes Kazuma Kiryu (Yakuza) voice actor Takaya Kuroda in the role of protagonist Michi, as well as a couple of games industry icons like former Sony Interactive Entertainment head of indies Shuhei Yoshida and White Owls, Inc. president Hidetaka “Swery65” Suehiro.
The list of confirmed voice actors include:
- Michi (Protagonist) (voiced by Takaya Kuroda) – known for Kazuma Kiryu in the Yakuza / Like a Dragon series
- Pinky (voiced by Ayano Shibuya) – known for Purah in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Matriarch Shimazu (voiced by Eri Saito) – known for Chainsaw Man, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, and Way of the Samurai 3
- MonouGe (voiced by Shuhei Yoshida) – former Sony Interactive Entertainment head of indies
- Kannushi-kun (voiced by Hidetaka “SWERY” Suehiro) – head of White Owls, Inc.
- And so many more friends to meet!
And here is the official story blurb:
Takaya Kuroda voices the disgraced ex-yakuza Michi, exiled to the forgotten (and quite definitely cursed) Japanese town of Kaso-Machi with two goals: pay off his debt and restore glory to the town’s defunct mascot agency! Recruit the weird and wonderful mascots across town with help from your severed finger assistant manager and chaos goblin, Pinky☆, voiced by Ayana Shibuya, negotiate their contracts and assign them jobs they love.
Promise Mascot Agency is due out for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store in 2025.
Watch the voice cast reveal trailer below, via IGN.