Tokyo court rules AI voice clone of actor Tsuda Kenjiro violated publicity rights
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-30
In Japan's first case defending an individual's vocal identity against AI copies, the Tokyo District Court ruled that unauthorized use of a performer's voice constitutes an infringement of publicity rights. Actor Kenjiro Tsuda (voice of Kento Nanami in Jujutsu Kaisen) sued over a TikTok account's AI-generated videos cloning his baritone voice. The court dismissed his request to force TikTok to remove videos since the user deleted them after the November filing. Japan's voice actors increasingly fear AI mimicry threatens their livelihoods.
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