Atlus announced on Tuesday that it has removed
voice actor Tōru Furuya from the cast of its upcoming Metaphor: ReFantazio fantasy role-playing
game "due to various circumstances," and will announce the replacement cast member sometime in July. Atlus had not previously announced which character or role Furuya would be playing in the game.
On his X (formerly
Twitter) account on May 22, voice actor Tōru Furuya acknowledged a recent
report by the Weekly Bunshun magazine regarding an affair he had with a fan. Weekly Bunshun interviewed him for the article.
Furuya admitted that he had been in a relationship with a female fan for four and a half years until last September. He said that he had become attracted to a fan of his that was supporting him earnestly, and that he had contacted her to begin the affair. He also admitted that during their relationship, he had raised his hand to strike her once when they had an argument. Furuya also admitted that he had caused the woman to have an abortion.
