Old Persona 4 voice actor is 'deeply grieving' being recast in the remake: 'Everything in life is transient… Thank you for sharing the journey'

Shadow Chie pulls a face into the camera. — (Image credit: Sega)

We got what I would call our first proper look at some Persona 4 Revival last weekend, showing iconic moments like: The Scooby gang falling into their first TV, Charlie summoning Izanagi for the first time, karaoke with Yosuke (pretty sure that's new, unless I'm forgetting a Golden addition), and Marie being annoying in the Velvet Room.

But the most important thing we saw was, uh, something we heard: new voices. Much like Persona 3 Reload before it, Persona 4 Revival is recasting at least some of its characters—no Yuri Lowenthal as Yosuke, for instance. And at least one old cast member is pretty sad about it: Erin Fitzgerald, the voice of Chie Satonaka in Persona 4 Golden (via GamesRadar).

"I'm okay chat. I'm just deeply grieving," Fitzgerald wrote on Bluesky in the wake of the new trailer. "Everything in life is transient. I celebrate that the experience happened. I am grateful that I lived it FULLY. Thank you for sharing the journey with me. Yukiko, I will love you forever. Yosuke, let’s go get a burger. 💚💛💚💛💚 Chie out".

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Fitzgerald was, herself, a replacement for Chie's original actor in Persona 4's PS2 version, Tracey Rooney. Rooney's take was, frankly, iconic (Aha! Is this our chance?), but there's no denying she sounded a bit too sedate and mature for the high-energy action girl Chie is written as.

Nu-Chie's voice actor is thus far unnamed, but from the snippet we got in the trailer? She sounds good! To my ear, she bridges the gap a little between Rooney's mature Chie and Fitzgerald's caffeinated Chie. Her dialogue sounds a touch more naturalistic than it did in Golden—but don't get me wrong, we are still operating in the realm of High Anime.

I’m ok chat. I’m just deeply grieving. Everything in life is transient. I celebrate that the experience happened. I am grateful that I lived it FULLY. Thank you for sharing the journey with me. Yukiko, i will love u forever. Yosuke, let’s go get a burger. 💚💛💚💛💚 Chie out
— @erinfitzbadass.com (@erinfitzbadass.com.bsky.social) 2026-06-10T15:19:05.367Z

I can understand why Fitzgerald's sad not to come back (outside of the obvious 'It is nice to have a paying job' reasons). Persona 4 is a game that endures in no small part due to how attached you get to its cast of goofballs. Why should the people who played those goofballs be any different? I'd be sad not to get voice direction for galactic punting a tank again too.

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