Japanese Anime Actor Fights TikTok over AI Voice Cloning
Tsuda says the account drew more than 200,000 subscribers and up to 500,000 yen a month by using a cloned voice.
- Japanese voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda is suing TikTok over videos featuring an AI-generated clone of his 'lustrous' baritone, with the Tokyo District Court scheduled to deliver a verdict on Wednesday.
- Tsuda's legal team argued the account 'only gained popularity because its dubious, sordid content was narrated by the attractive voice of a popular actor,' potentially earning upwards of 500,000 yen monthly.
- Supporting the actor, Japan Actors Union executive director Yuko Sasaki said 'we support Tsuda wholeheartedly,' as Japan's justice ministry clarified last month that voices are subject to publicity rights.
- Rejecting the accusations, TikTok argued the audio is a 'generic male voice' and that the platform only acted to 'host a forum where users could post creative and ingenious content.'
- Waseda University professor Tatsuhiro Ueno believes the verdict 'will garner a lot of international interest' as performers globally face inadequate protections against AI-generated voice cloning.
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A Japanese dubbing actor accuses videos of imitating his voice stamp. The verdict of the complaint is expected Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
This website is from Cedarnews.net. To learn more about the latest news and developments, visit our site. On the 30th, the Tokyo District Court will hand down a ruling in a lawsuit filed by popular voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda against the operator of the short video sharing app TikTok, demanding the removal of videos containing his voice, which he claims were imitated without his permission using generative AI (artificial intelligence). Cedarnews …
Kenjiro Tsuda, voice of Kento Nanami and Seto Kaiba, attacked the operator of TikTok after at least 188 videos of an anonymous account. The actor claims that his narration was imitated by IA without permission. The Tokyo District Court is to rule Wednesday, September 30, 2026 on the platform's responsibility to delete these publications.
Kenjiro Tsuda, a Japanese actor who has lent his voice to famous animation series, attacks TikTok in court for videos that he accuses of imitating his "baryton" stamp via artificial intelligence: the verdict, scrutinized by the sector, is expected on Wednesday.
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