Re:ZERO Subaru VA Yusuke Kobayashi Drops Out of SAO Event Due to COVID-19

 

The official Twitter accounts for Japanese talent agency Yu-rin Pro and the Sword Art Online anime announced tonight that voice actor Yusuke Kobayashi had tested positive for COVID-19. 

 

Kobayashi, who is best known as the voice of Subaru in Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, also voices Morte in the new Sword Art Online Progressive anime film and has had to drop out of a stage event on December 29 due to being sick. The talk event will still be going ahead.

 

 

【ご報告】
当社所属 小林裕介の新型コロナウイルス感染症への陽性確認に関しまして、ご報告申し上げます。 pic.twitter.com/7jUYr61oio

— （株）ゆーりんプロ (@yourinpro) December 28, 2022

 

 

Yu-rin Pro said on the talent agency’s website that Kobayashi had come down with a fever and sore throat on the evening of December 27. He got a PCR test on the morning of December 28 which returned a positive COVID-19 result. He is currently under treatment by his doctors and his local health center.

 

Sources: Yu-rin Pro on Twitter, Sword Art Online’s official website

 

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Daryl Harding is a Senior Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.