Voice actress Sumire Uesaka is in an unusually broad stretch of 2026 work, with voice roles in Genshin Impact, One Piece, and multiple anime and film projects, but her agency Voice Kit has reported kidnapping and death threats to police and is consulting event organizers about appearances scheduled through Sept 27. The threats are under investigation and no arrests or charges are stated.
Across the twelve stories, Sumire Uesaka's 2026 are defined by volume: voice roles in games, films, and television that stretch from One Piece's Elbaph arc in May to a Genshin Impact preview program in September. Most of the work is supporting or announced cast in ensemble projects. She is Saint Gunko in One Piece, Odet in Genshin Impact, Mana Shinomiya in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Exceeds Gun Blaze Vengeance, Shueste Flumvelk in From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman season two, Epona Rhiannon in The World's Finest Assassin season two, and Matsu Inu in Tatsunoko's short anime Matsuken Anime. She is also in the full main cast of the Votoms film The Grey Witch, and among the Japanese voice cast for Delta Force's 17 operators.
The headline development is not a role. On Sep. 15, Voice Kit said threatening emails were sent to the agency, including claims of kidnapping and killing Uesaka 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. No arrests, charges, or motive are stated in the report.
Some of her roles carry franchise weight. Genshin Impact's Ver.7.1 preview program on Sep. 12 lists her as Odet alongside Kanae Ito and Aoi Koga, following her Version 7.0 reveal in August. One Piece's Knights of God cast puts her in an elite World Government faction. The Votoms film is Sunrise's 50th anniversary project directed by Mamoru Oshii, opening nationwide Nov. 20. The Nanoha project marks the franchise's 20th anniversary.
Her work is spread across studios and publishers, including Tatsunoko Production, SILVER LINK, and NBCUniversal Japan, with releases in July, August, September, October, and November. The threats remain the active unresolved item.
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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.
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