What The Actor Who Voices Pikachu On The Show Looks Like In Real Life

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Pikachu's status as a legendary lightning lad has come under threat after a video emerged showing that he is in fact voiced by a woman.

What a shocker!

Have a look at the footage, which was shot on a Japanese TV show, here...

What's that all about then?

A quick Google is telling me that 50-year-old Ikue Ōtan is the Japanese voice actress responsible for voicing the Pokémon, as well as characters in shows such as Detective Conan, Naruto and One Piece.

Don't ask me what any of those shows are like though, because everyone knows cartoons are for children and adult fans of anime needs to grow the fuck up, move out of their parent's basement and get a wash.

Pokémon has come back in a big way after the launch of Pokémon Go. It was reported earlier this week that the augmented reality mobile game developed by Niantic is seeing about 21 million daily active users. Technology news website Techcruch has reported that the game makes a $1.6million daily revenue.

But what are you saying after watching that then mate? Does it matter that Pikachu wasn't voiced by a lad? I suppose I always knew he didn't speak in a smooth baritone, so maybe we should have known all along?

Let us know whether Pikachu is still a legendary lad or just a lightning rat in the comments.

Words by James Dawson

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James Dawson

James Dawson is a Journalist at LADbible. He has contributed articles to LADbible’s ‘Knowing Me, Knowing EU’ series on the EU referendum, the 'Electoral Dysfunction' series on the 2017 general election, the ‘U OK M8?’ series tackling mental health amongst young men, and for its ‘Climate Change’ initiative in partnership with National Geographic.

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