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Naruto’s Voice Actors Met Each Other for the First Time, And It’s Delightful

Originally posted on Nerdist | By Tai Gooden | Last updated Aug 27, 2025 2:52 PM ET

Are you due for some heartwarming and wholesome news? Of course you are. At Nostalgia Con 2025 in Houston, the loveliest meeting happened for fans to witness. Both of the voice actors for Naruto Uzumaki met each other for the very first time. It’s quite interesting considering they both started voicing the character back in 2007. Malie Flanagan does Naruto’s English dubbed voice while Junko Takeuchi is the voice in the show’s original Japanese language.

They came together onstage for a panel to chat about all things Naruto. You can check out this lovely meetup between the two Naruto voice actors below in a video from Anime Secrets:

Both Flanagan and Takeuchi admit that there are a few moments in the series that they wish they could re-record. We are all very critical of our past (and sometimes present) work, so this isn’t surprising.

Personally, we think they both have delivered the goods over nearly 20 years of voicing Naruto. And maybe they will become good friends and continue to swap recording stories for years to come.

This article first appeared on Nerdist and was syndicated with permission.

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