Cocomi, the eldest daughter of Takuya Kimura and Shizuka Kudo, who plays the flute, attended the premiere screening of the animated film "Kaitou Queen's Elegant Vacation" held in Tokyo on April 21st. She spoke about the joy of acting alongside her "oshi".
The "Kaito Queen" series is a novel by Kaoru Hayamine, and has been popular since its publication in March 2002. It depicts the exploits of the phantom thief Queen, who flies around the world in an airship and steals whatever prey he sets his sights on. More than 1.2 million copies have been published in total. The anime "Kaito Queen Loves the Circus" was released in June 2022.
The second animated film is about the protagonist Queen, who is challenged by his sworn enemy Satchmo Wilson, the president of Satchmo Corporation, and boards the luxury cruise ship Royal Satchmo with his partner Joker (Kazuki Kato) and the artificial intelligence RD. Cocomi voiced Princess Irma, the princess of the Gooko Kingdom.
Cocomi said that it was her first time meeting Yamato Yuuga, who played the Queen, and Kazuki Kato, who played the Joker, during the dubbing session, and recalled, "Yamato, who came to the dubbing session in a suit, looked just like Queen."
She also asked the audience, "Do you know Twisted Wonderland?" and, in response to Kato, who is a voice actor in the smartphone game "Disney's Twisted Wonderland," which Cocomi loves, she said with an admiring look in her eyes, "I never thought I'd get to co-star with one of my favorite characters."
Kato asked with a smile, "I heard this story towards the end of the dubbing. You should have told me earlier, so why did you keep it for later?" Cocomi blushed and said, "I was nervous... sorry."
