{"rewrite":{"id":"r_0866c8aafa13fb0f18e0e0db","clusterId":"c_8044f9f4d9edab76d7f2cf93","slug":"hideo-kojima-reprises-cyberpunk-2077-character-in-edgerunners-2","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Hideo Kojima Reprises Cyberpunk 2077 Character in Edgerunners 2","summary":"Hideo Kojima confirmed on Monday that he performed in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, reprising Hideyoshi Oshima, the braindance producer he played in Cyberpunk 2077. Kojima posted photos from his voice recording session. The sequel to Studio Trigger's Cyberpunk: Edgerunners premiered on Netflix on October 20. The first series, based on CD PROJEKT RED's Cyberpunk 2077 game, premiered on Netflix in September 2022.","whyItMatters":"Kojima's cameo carries a character across from the 2020 game into the anime, a small sign of how tightly CD PROJEKT RED is tying the Netflix series to the source game.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eKojima played Hideyoshi Oshima in CD PROJEKT RED\u0026#39;s 2020 game, and the character was a braindance producer. Braindance is the game\u0026#39;s term for recorded sensory playback, which is why a producer of it fits a cameo rather than a lead role. The director\u0026#39;s own post included photos from the recording session, not a clip of the performance. Kojima said Monday that he performed in the new series.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sequel premiered on Netflix on October 20. The first Cyberpunk: Edgerunners series, produced by Studio Trigger and based on the Cyberpunk 2077 game, premiered on Netflix in September 2022.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kojima voiced Hideyoshi Oshima in the Cyberpunk 2077 game, so his Edgerunners 2 session is a game-to-anime link. That is a crossover between two separate CD PROJEKT RED works, not a stunt cameo.","twitterPost":"Kojima voicing Hideyoshi Oshima in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 links the game and the anime through one character, not a stunt cameo.","threadsPost":"Hideo Kojima's Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 role is Hideyoshi Oshima, the same braindance producer he played in Cyberpunk 2077. A voice carried from game to anime keeps one character consistent across two separate CD PROJEKT RED works.","newsletterBlurb":"Hideo Kojima confirmed he voiced a cameo in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, reprising Hideyoshi Oshima, the braindance producer he played in Cyberpunk 2077. He posted photos from the recording session. The sequel premiered on Netflix on October 20.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-10-22/hideo-kojima-reprises-cyberpunk-2077-character-in-edgerunners-2/.243062\",\"title\":\"Interest Hideo Kojima Reprises Cyberpunk 2077 Character in Edgerunners 2\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4217,"outputTokens":638,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792730234,"createdAt":"2026-10-23T04:34:10.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-23T04:36:08.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T04:36:08.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_8044f9f4d9edab76d7f2cf93","canonicalTitle":"Interest\nHideo Kojima Reprises Cyberpunk 2077 Character in Edgerunners 2","representativeArticleId":"a_bf7ce840f056b8e51dfb1e85","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Cyberpunk 2077\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Hideo Kojima\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-23T03:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-23T03:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T04:36:07.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-10-22/hideo-kojima-reprises-cyberpunk-2077-character-in-edgerunners-2/.243062","title":"Interest\nHideo Kojima Reprises Cyberpunk 2077 Character in Edgerunners 2"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Cyberpunk 2077"],"studios":[],"people":["Hideo Kojima"],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}