{"rewrite":{"id":"r_50241d91c6485ff0dfb3e266","clusterId":"c_82557a9e07404583969d30a1","slug":"kentaro-ito-goes-on-hiatus-following-brain-hemorrhage-and-surgery","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Kentarō Itō Goes on Hiatus Following Brain Hemorrhage and Surgery","summary":"Mausu Promotion announced Friday that Kentarō Itō is recovering after a brain hemorrhage and emergency surgery. The agency said Itō fell unwell a few days ago and was taken to hospital, where he showed symptoms of a hemorrhage and had surgery the same day. His life is not in danger and his postoperative progress is going well. He will focus on rehabilitation with the goal of returning to work.","whyItMatters":"Itō's hiatus lands mid-run on Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, where he is currently voicing Renji Abarai, so the break is a production matter for an ongoing series as much as a personal one.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eItō\u0026#39;s credits span long-running shonen and seinen work: Renji Abarai in Bleach, Chouji Akimichi in Naruto, Yoshitake Shiraishi in Golden Kamuy, Han Ki in Kingdom, Jin Tadoroko in Yowamushi Pedal, Gōki Daimonji in Cardfight!! Vanguard, and Kazuichi Banjō in Tokyo Ghoul. He has also worked in stage productions and in dubbing Western animated series.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMausu Promotion did not give a date for his return. The agency said it will announce again once that decision is made.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Mausu Promotion's notice names the surgery date but not the cause of the hemorrhage, and the agency frames return to work around rehabilitation without a timeline. Itō's roles stay cast until the agency says otherwise.","twitterPost":"Mausu Promotion announced the surgery but gave no cause and no return date. Itō's rehabilitation, not a schedule, is the update.","threadsPost":"Mausu Promotion confirmed Kentarō Itō had emergency surgery the same day he was hospitalized, but the agency's notice carries no cause and no return date. The hiatus is open-ended by design: recovery is the only timeline Mausu Promotion has given.","newsletterBlurb":"Voice actor Kentarō Itō is on hiatus after a brain hemorrhage and emergency surgery, his agency Mausu Promotion announced Friday. The agency said his life is not in danger and his postoperative progress is going well. Itō, currently voicing Renji Abarai in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, will focus on rehabilitation with the goal of returning to work.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-11/voice-actor-kentaro-ito-goes-on-hiatus-following-brain-hemorrhage-surgery/.241667\",\"title\":\"Voice Actor Kentarō Itō Goes on Hiatus Following Brain Hemorrhage, Surgery\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4229,"outputTokens":615,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789132479,"createdAt":"2026-09-11T13:09:45.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-11T13:13:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-11T13:13:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_82557a9e07404583969d30a1","canonicalTitle":"News\nVoice Actor Kentarō Itō Goes on Hiatus Following Brain Hemorrhage, Surgery","representativeArticleId":"a_9f8ecb61b61bc01016c1c72f","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Kentarō Itō\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"industry\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-11T11:41:06.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-11T11:41:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-11T13:13:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-11/voice-actor-kentaro-ito-goes-on-hiatus-following-brain-hemorrhage-surgery/.241667","title":"News\nVoice Actor Kentarō Itō Goes on Hiatus Following Brain Hemorrhage, Surgery"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Kentarō Itō"],"type":"news","domain":"industry","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}