Continuing the development of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, director Hideo Kojima announced through a post on social media platform X that actor Shioli Kutsuna has wrapped up her part of the filming, scanning and acting required for the upcoming game.
In a post on X, Kojima thanked Kutsuna with a cute video where he presented her without a bouquet of flowers for her work on Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. As part of her work on the game, Kutsuna had to get 3D scanned for her performance capture in the game.
“That’s a wrap for Shioli Kutsuna,” posted Kojima. “Thank you so much for your hard work! Despite the challenges of the pandemic, she handled 3D scanning, performance capture in LA, and both English ADR and Japanese voice recording across various locations. Great job, and much appreciated.”
The fact that Kojima thanked her for her work during the pandemic indicates that Kutsuna had been working on her role in the Death Stranding sequel for quite some time. The fact that she just now completed the work for her role in the game would indicate that development of the title is all hands on deck.
Kutsuna is only the latest actor to wrap up her work on Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, with Kojima also having revealed that both Kikuko Inoue and Yasuyuki Kase had also wrapped up their parts. The duo also got their own bouquets.
The announcement comes after a post by Kojima earlier this month indicating that studio Kojima Productions had entered the crunch phase of development for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. In the post, Kojima spoke about how the studio is going all out in what he referred to as the most demanding period of game development.
Kutsuna is just one of several actors that will be present in the game, with other Japanese actors in the game including Shion Wakayama as Tomorrow, Mutsiru Miyamoto as Tarman, and Tomokazu Sugita as Dollman.
Kojima had announced the Japanese voice cast for the game back in September, which includes Satoshi Mikami as Higgs, Nana Mizuki as Fragile, and Kenjiro Tsuda taking on the role of protagonist Sam Porter Bridges..
Despite talking quite a bit about development of the game, Kojima has been relatively quiet about letting us know what we can expect from the upcoming title. The few details we do have include the fact that the game will feature an event revolving around the character Dollman that will also involve dancing, as well as the fact that it will feature a recap of the original Death Stranding that will allow players to catch up to the insane story of the series.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach doesn’t yet have a release date, but it is expected to come out some time later this year on PS5. If you’re excited about the upcoming title, here are 10 new details about the game that you may not have known. A release date for the game is also expected to be announced some time this year, and will likely happen during one of the bigger gaming events of the year.
In the mean time, you can check out our review of Death Stranding, as well as our review of the Director’s Cut, which brought with it quite a bit of new content.
That’s a wrap for Shioli Kutsuna. Thank you so much for your hard work!
Despite the challenges of the pandemic, she handled 3D scanning, performance capture in LA, and both English ADR and Japanese voice recording across various locations.
Great job, and much appreciated!… pic.twitter.com/uoByv26gu4— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) January 21, 2025
That’s a wrap for Kikuko Inoue and Yasuyuki Kase. Thank you so much.
But the game still remains in development🙏👍🫶😅 https://t.co/mexIZZ0veM pic.twitter.com/lYzIDa9J3S
— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) December 26, 2024
