Voice actor Soma Saito debuts as Novelist! On SNS, some people call him the “Real Gentaro Yumeno” of Hypmic
Soma Saito, a well-known voice actor and avid reader, announced the writing of his first novel on Fuji TV’s variety show “Typewriters: The World of Writers”!
The novel written by Mr. Saito was published in a new magazine “Spin” released on Tuesday, September 27, 2022.
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- Soma Saito announces the writing of his first novel!
His short story 'Isana' was published in a new magazine 'Spin'
On SNS, there is comment like 'The Real Gentaro Yumeno'
Voice Actor Soma Saito announces the writing of his first novel “Isana”!
Soma Saito has announced the writing of his first novel, titled “Isana,” which is a short story of 50 of 400-character manuscript pages.
In 2018, Mr. Saito wrote a collection of essays titled “Healthy, Cultural Bare-minimum Living”. This time, he is taking on the challenge of writing a novel for the first time in his career.
Mr. Saito also voiced the novelist character Gentaro Yumeno in Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle.
He has also voiced the characters of Isamu Yoshii in the Woodpecker Detective’s Office and Ranpo Edogawa in Bungo and Alchemist, as well as many other real-life authors and novelists.
On SNS, this led to comments such as “Thank you for the real Gentaro Yumeno sensei,” “That is the real Ranpo,” and “Gentaro really existed…”.
Where can we read “Isana”?
Mr. Saito’s first novel is published in the first issue of “Spin,” a new magazine published by Kawade Shobo Shinsha.
It is an all-genre small literary magazine with the concept of “bookmark reading in your daily life” and features writers from different genres in each issue.
In addition to Mr. Saito, you will be able to read works written by many celebrities in the first issue, including Sekaikan Ozaki, vocalist and guitarist of the rock band CreepHyp.
“Spin” went on sale at bookstores nationwide on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, and subscriptions are also available at bookstores, so be sure to take this opportunity to check it out.