“Five years ago I approached performances from a very linguistic perspective, analyzing grammar, modifiers, pronouns, and sentence structure. Now I can focus more on emotional expression, which allows me to bring the character to life in a more natural, nuanced way. I aimed to blend these improvements into my anime performance.
Thanks to Trey, I was able to get roles of older characters or supportive main characters quite early on.”
– Suzuki Ryota, Nikkei Entertainment (2025)
“In truth, (Trey) has a strong personality, just like the other characters.
He comes from a family that runs a cake shop, he’s caring, and seems like the most ‘normal,’ but that’s not actually true.
I have slowly come to understand his charm over the past five years, so I was nervous when I had to deliver his first line in the anime while hiding that depth.
These days I’m happily focusing on my work, but there have been times when I have been elated and depressed over audition results, when I cried about not being good enough. I was only able to push through it all by shouting alone at a riverside. But it’s exactly because we sometimes have emotions that we bite back and suppress that we’re able to grow.
Becoming an adult doesn’t mean we stop feeling frustrated, but maybe it means figuring out how to live without letting those frustrations control us. This series shows us that process. Maybe that’s why so many people are able to overlap their own emotions with those of the characters, and come to love the work so deeply.”
– Suzuki Ryota, DaVinci magazine (2025)
“There are scenes where he says mean things aloud, but even at the time it doesn’t feel like he truly means them deep down.
Trey gives off this atmosphere like he is an actor portraying ‘Trey the person,’ and I had a hard time fully grasping that.
Something that surprised me when I portrayed him in the game was that Trey is in a bad mood when he first wakes up. If that’s the real Trey, then I was happy to finally see a genuine, unmasked part of him.
When I think about Trey’s feelings when the dorm begins to rebel against Riddle, it’s really painful. He has to support his dorm’s students, but as vice Housewarden he also has to help Riddle. Caught between both sides, I think Season 1 is also a story about Trey wondering what ‘true kindness’ really is.”
– Suzuki Ryota, Nikkei the Television magazine (2025)
“When the game recording started, I was about 19 or 20 years old. Every other voice actor was an older senpai, while I needed to portray an older character. I thought I had to make my voice convincing, and there was a point where I stretched myself.
Five years later I felt that Trey Clover had finally become easier to portray, and then the topic of the anime came up.
I was able to approach the animation recording thinking that it would be good if I could do natural expressions that I hadn’t been able to do back then.
Cater is a flexible, broad-minded character, but does not show his true feelings very much. I cannot tell if he understands everything and deliberately refuses to act, or if he is watches for opportunities for others to grow. In that way, he is similar to Trey.
One part of Cater is how he provides support in areas that Trey cannot cover himself, so I think they are a good combination. If Cater plays the role of brightening the mood and raising the dorm students’ morale, Trey supports the students by being sincerely close to everyone. I think it is a wonderful balance.”
– Suzuki Ryota, Newtype magazine (2025)
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