“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)
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