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If you’ve ever watched Teen Titans, Scrapped Princess or Rave Master you’ve heard Yuri’s voice before. He’s no stranger to the voice acting world, in fact his work as Haru in Rave Master set the stage for his role as Sasuke. “The director at the time, Marc Handler, had worked with me on Rave Master. That’s where it all began, anyway. After I auditioned - I actually read for a few characters including Naruto and Iruka Sensei - I got called back for the role of Sasuke. That’s, of course, when I started getting nervous about it. But fortune favored me that day, I guess. It’s a little tough, because I knew it was down to me and a few people I knew, including one of my best friends, Doug Erholtz. (editors note: Doug Erholtz does the voice of the Hokage Asuma) Maybe I got it because I introduced myself in Japanese right before I auditioned.” Anyone who has seen Naruto knows Sasuke is no small role in the 170+ episode series. Sasuke’s an expert ninja in Konoha, the same village where Naruto. Instead of goofing around like his other teammates, Sasuke prides himself on mastering ninjitsu so one day he can “destroy a certain someone.”
Sasuke’s certainly got a dark side to him and Yuri likes that. “It certainly allows me to go to some dark places as the series continues. And it makes Sasuke that much more interesting as a character. And that much more fun to play.” Eventually Sasuke comes in contact with Orichimaru who promises to give Sasuke the power he craves. Since Orichimaru hasn’t been featured in the US dub fans have been wondering who is going to take on the role. Yuri leaves us a little tidbit about this, “I think the hunt for Orochimaru’s voice was the hardest they’ve had yet. I think everybody’s gonna like it. You’ll know the actor - we all love him - but I’m not telling you who…” Any guesses?
Besides Yuri’s work in the anime world he’s done a lot of voiceovers for games. He’s featured in Radiata Stories as Daniel, Dandelion in Steambot Chronicles and of course Sasuke in the Naruto games. When he spoke about Clash of Ninja, the upcoming Gamecube fighter he said “it was fun recording the voice and the game looks really good.” Switching gears for a second to Steambot Chronicles, which is a unique open ended RPG with Victorian style robots. We asked if Yuri got a chance to play the game and he responded with “I haven’t really gotten much of a chance to check it out. We never get to play them before we dub them, unless we already knew about it. Usually we’re shown some artwork on a character and we’re off. Sometimes not even that. But I did get to play a character named ‘Dandelion,’ in SC and the director allowed me to get a little wacky with it, so I can’t wait to see it.” But Yuri still plays some video games in his spare time, “I’m not the hardcore gamer I used to be - too busy, but I still play. At least the ones that I worked on. That’s extra fun. I do honestly love the Prince of Persia series and I’m an RPG gamer from way back.”
Since Yuri is fluent in English and Japanese we wanted to hear his thoughts about Viz Media’s US dub. “The translation always leaves something to be desired, it’s inevitable, but they’ve been doing a pretty good job so far. Of course, the show being for broadcast makes it difficult. I mean, the show’s a little more hardcore than Cartoon Network’s allowed to air so things get cut, things that make the show cool. Luckily, they’ll be releasing an uncut version to DVD.” Naruto’s uncut DVDs are looking good since the cast has been recording two different sets of dialogue simultaneously. “We’re actually doing it as we go, recording "TV safe" and "Uncut" versions of lines. I can’t remember a lot of specific ones, but a lot of them deal with avoiding the word "kill," and such. I have a feeling it’ll sound cooler when Sasuke talks about "Killing a certain someone," rather than "Destroying a certain someone," you know?" And some of the blood that’s painted out will be back in the uncut version, as I understand it. They have weird rules about what kind of blood they can show and what kind they have to paint out.” Of course there’s still a 
community that prefers to watch Naruto in Japanese. In response to the sub versus dub Yuri said, “Being that I prefer to watch the subs over the dubs, it’s hard to come down on the pro-sub/anti-dub community. On the other hand, this is my work, and I know how much love and care we put into creating the best, most engaging dub possible while still respecting the original Japanese. Luckily, I’ve seen a lot of people who were originally against the CN dub become quite fond of it. Some people will always have gripes with the dub, that’s fine. Some people prefer to hear the original Japanese. Fine. I’m one of those people. And some people just want to remind you that they were there first, before the dub, and that means they’re cooler than people who just learned about it. That’s okay, I’m one of those people too, sometimes… In a show and that’s fine by me.”
We’d like to thank Yuri for doing this interview with us. You can check out the US dub on Cartoon Network at 9:00 PM on Saturdays and while you’re at it check out Yuri’s independent works at MonkeyKingdom productions.
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42 Responses to “Yuri Lowenthal Speaks about Sasuke”
March 31st, 2006 at 1:19 pm
If any of u play kingdom hearts? i just wanna know cuz i heard Doug Erholtz in that playing as Leon when origianlly it was played by David Boreanaz…could someone tell me why? Anyways, i LOVE Doug’s work so i really don’t care if its him instead of David.
April 8th, 2006 at 3:48 pm
Where oh where had my little rave master gone? cartoon network no longer plays it? does anyone know if it’ll come back or if the last episode aired was actatuall the LAST?……….Oh and Naruto roks!!!!!
October 7th, 2006 at 8:28 pm
I love Naruto in fact my fav Char is Sasuke but reacently all my firends hate him and ninjas want to kill ghim on naruto can some one plz tell me what did he do i like him and would never turn my back why are ppl doing it now :(
October 28th, 2006 at 1:26 pm
Yuri, i am very happy for you well since you got the part of Sasuke! I just love him! Anyway i have to ask you a question. Cand you help me.
I really like vocie acting like what you do but i dont know how to get on auditioning.
can you help? email me!
~lonelysasuke
November 5th, 2006 at 2:06 pm
THAT IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOO AWSOME THAT YOU PLAY SASUKE!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HE(and you) ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WE ARE YOU #1 FANS!!!!!!YOU ROCK ROCK ROCK ROCK ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WE ? YOU!
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:26 pm
hey yuri i’am sasuke and itachi #1 fan and i going to be series you have
a sexy voice when you are doing sasuke i looove sasuke he is hot
like you.
June 16th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Sasuke rocks! He is an awesome charictor! Its GREAT that he doesnt like the fan girls, because if he did that would kinda ruin things… any way u rock!
July 11th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
Sasuke (The character) is freaking hawwt! :D I am Sasuke’s #1 fan. I am like, REALLY REALLY in love with Sasuke. Plus Yuri gives him a sexy voice! IIIIIIIIIIIII AAAAAMMMM SSSSSAAASSSSUUUUKKKKEEE’SSS #1 FFFFAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:20 pm
hi everybody.i am yuri tristan lowenthal.in the show naruto i ply the roll of sasuke uchiha.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:23 pm
im yuri lowenthal.i also play a game called runscape
August 5th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
I like Sasuke Uchiha and he is my fav. and Naruto is my 2nd and Itachi is my 3rd. I think that Sasuke has became weaker in the newer eposides and he was alot cooler in the older eposides. But I think he is still the coolest ever. GGGGGGGGGGGG-unot
Sasuke uchiha
Naruto your such a loser
August 5th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Tha rite mutafucas yall dont fuc wit sasuke cuz we the black wall sreet mutafuca ggggggggggggggggggggggggggg unot
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:51 pm
hey there…
i enjoyed reading about sasuke cuZ his my future husband :p his sooooooooooo cute
ill do any thing 2 protect him
i luv you sasuke
September 23rd, 2007 at 7:09 am
Hey Yuri,
So since your an actor or whatever and your on the show Naruto can you tell us if there’s going to be any new characters in the show, because I got me addicted to the show and i wonder if they will happend?
alesha just your eveyday fan :)
September 23rd, 2007 at 9:09 am
hey yuri, do u also do the voice of haseo in dotHACK. if u do, THAT IS SOO AWESOME, that games rokz and is sooo additive. email me plz about this, if u do that would be awesome cause i would of gotten an EMAIL FROM A REALLY FAMOUS MAN!!!! my email is xrenoxsephirothx@aol.com
October 11th, 2007 at 10:59 am
MY SASUKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~KYOMI UCHIHA
October 21st, 2007 at 3:52 pm
Hey Yuri,
How did you become the character Sasuke anyway? Just Wondering.
You are the best!! Please tell if you have a website.
Sincerley,
~Kaitlyn Uchiha~
October 23rd, 2007 at 10:54 am
the akatsuki will die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and so will Karin!!!
November 11th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Yuri, you give Sasuke such a badass voice I swear! Although
He is a Moron for leaving.So i hate him But I LOVE HIM.
But thats ok cause I love you to!
(Why?! Why did you have to leave Sasuke?! Naruto NEEDS YOU!)
-SasuNaru fan
December 15th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
Yuri
You play Sasuke very well and im a huge fan of your voice-over work!
I think Sasuke is a bum for leaving naruto and the others though but he still rocks!
U ROCK!!
Sanaki Uzumaki
December 15th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Yuri
Me and my friend Sanaki love the way you voice Sasuke and your voice-over work.
No one could play Sasuke better than you!!
Mina Nara
December 15th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Yuri
Me and my friend Sanaki both love the way you voice Sasuke. We’re also big fans of your voice-over work!!
Although we think Sasuke’s a bum for leaving Sanaki thinks he is still the best! I think that Neji is better though (no offense) Do you know who voices him??
if you could can you email me sometime?
Mina Nara
December 28th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
OMG I LOVE YURI!!!! well, I mainly love him cuz he plays Sasuke in Naruto and Sasuke is SO
SEXY!!!!!!!!! on the english dub, Sasuke wouldnt be Sasuke if it wernt for Yuri´s sexy voice!!! no seriously, Yuri´s voice as Sasuke is like the smexiest voice in the world and its exactly how I imagined Sasuke´s voice to be. Sasuke acts like such a prick but Ive seen Yuri in interviews and he seems like such a sweetie and he always seems to make me laugh so hard!! when fans ask him, he says like AYYTHING in Sasuke´s voice for them and hes so cute.
I love you Yuri and I´m Sasuke-Kun´s biggest fan xoxox
January 5th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
it’s cool that he knows japanese too- i prefer the jap dub however, the manga too- but he pulls off Sasuke’s voice pretty well(a hard task) i suppose he might sound almost identical to noriaki if he spoke in japanese, it fits pretty well. Naruto’s voice actress was actually a nice pick too, suits well- meh, now that i think about it, ppl who complain abot english dub should just appreciate it, can’t really do anything about it- all the voice actors work hard on them. O_o Shippuuden will probably be challenging, it gets more monotone
February 19th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
I love how you makes sasuke’s voice sound so sexy esp. when he rolls his letters, i’m going to be honest and say i expected a younger person…. but keep on doing what do babe from the looks of it your mad good, keep up the great work.
April 13th, 2008 at 9:45 am
hey, yuri!♥ i have a question: r u married? i heard u r married to that person who plays the voice of Temari…i just wanted to know,thanx♥
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:02 am
OMG!!!!!!!I LOVE SAUSKE AND U R SO CUTE I ALWAYS WONDERED WHO WAS SAUSKE VOICE WAS OMG!!!!!!!!! I LOVE SAUSKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;()
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:04 am
I LOVE SAUSUKE AND U I MEAN LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! N ALWAYS wanted 2 know who was sauske vocie and u r so cute
May 24th, 2008 at 5:45 am
Yuri, I absolutely love how you play Sasuke on Naruto! I know your voice whenever I hear it! You are my most fave voice actor and I wish to meet you in person someday! My other fave characters you play are Haru (Rave Master), Shu (Blue Dragon), Alviss (MAR), Reks (Final Fantasy XII), and of course the Prince (Prince of Persia). I just totally love you and your gorgeous voice and please tell your wife Tara I love her too and she plays my fave female Naruto character Temari!!! :)
June 21st, 2008 at 11:11 am
OMG! OMG! OMG! I CANT BELIEVE THIS IAM ACUALLY GONNA TALK TO YOU! (girlish scream)ok ok well any way how did you get the role of the most hottest guy in the naruto series and will sasuke ever come back to the village of kanoha! cuse me and other sasuke fangirls miss him (sniffle)
June 21st, 2008 at 11:40 am
oh and U FREAKING ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!! your voice is so smexy that i swoon every time i hear your voice but i hardly hear it since sasuke left to that cold hearted snake orochimaru but any way u and ur wife tara are cool i luv ya and hope that sasuke comes back to the village and who knew your wife plays temari but keep up the nice work and i would luv to meet you in person like at a anime convention over in vegas but i dont want to keep you from doing your job but i think my cousin will be at a convetion in oregon, portland and if you are there i would like and atograph if thats ok. ok i gotta go see ya and dont loose that sexy voice k see ya
June 21st, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Hai Yuri! :)
Congratulations on getting the part for Sasuke Uchiha. I must say, you do an AMAZING job of doing the voice-over for him.
I haven’t seen you in any interviews, but I really want to!.
I think it would be quite different to seeing the real person doing Sasuke’s voice it would also be really sexy. :P <3
If someone else took over your part of playing Sasuke, I would stop watching the show, because I would NEVER get used to the new voice. Also, I must admit, I agree with some other fans, that you don’t look anything like I thought you would, I thought you would be younger. But I guess looks can DEFINATELY be decieving.
Please tell Tara that I think she does an Awesome job at playing Temari. I hope you both have fun! I’m a big fan ;)
~Ashleigh
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March 1st, 2006 at 8:12 pm
Doub Erholz does the voice of Asume NOT the Hokage. Steve Kramer does the 3rd hokage.