Sector Gaming 08: Entrevistamos a Juan Navarro, voz de Jin Sakai en Ghost of Tsushima
Episode notes
Juan Navarro, the voice of Jin Sakai, reviews his dubbing career and explains how video game localization has evolved since he began working professionally in 2004. The conversation focuses especially on Ghost of Tsushima: his selection to play Jin, a recording process lasting more than 100 hours, and the challenge of keeping the voice varied throughout the adventure. He also describes the differences between dubbing video games, series and films, the work with cinematics, motion capture and synchronization with the English reference. The interviewee highlights the importance of translation, adaptation and adjustment, including the use of older Spanish to reinforce the samurai setting. He also discusses the difficulty of interpreting a virtual character, Jin Sakai’s tension between honor and the shadows, and the positive reception of the dubbing. Juan recalls other work, such as Ryse: Son of Rome and God of War, comments on the importance of localizing open-world games and explains that his goal is for the audience to hear the character, not the actor.
Chapters
- 2:58 Professional career and the evolution of dubbing
- 6:56 How he was chosen as Jin Sakai’s voice
- 8:08 More than 100 hours interpreting Jin
- 12:17 Differences between video games, series and films
- 18:24 Translation, adaptation and older Spanish
- 20:00 Synchronization and motion capture
- 22:40 Other roles and preparing for Jin Sakai
- 29:27 Adapting the Japanese tone into Spanish dubbing
- 35:41 The conflict between honor and the shadows
- 51:11 Notable characters and recent career