Kazuki Yao, voice actor for One Piece's Franky, retired due to worsening health issues after a decade of voicing the character. Fans bid farewell as Kazuki Yao expresses gratitude in a heartfelt ...

One Piece has found a gem with Mayumi Tanaka, because nobody embodies Luffy better than her, when she is basically him in ...

One Piece star Kazuki Yao had announced his retirement from the series, and it meant that after all these years there would be a new voice actor behind Franky when the anime returned.Now that the ...

Fans are curious about why Franky’s voice actor was replaced in the popular animated series, One Piece. Previously, Kazuki Yao lent his voice to the beloved shipwright of the Straw Hats Pirates ...

Shueisha and Toei Animation revealed at Jump Festa 2025 that Subaru Kimura has become the new Japanese voice actor for the One Piece character Franky. He will succeed Kazuki Yao, who has retired ...

The One Piece anime did not state that this would be true for the cybernetic shipwright but it seems like a safe bet that Yao’s health issues might make it so. The swap will begin with the next ...