# Robert Downey Jr. Officially Confirms the MCU’s New Doctor Doom Actor

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/robert-downey-jr-officially-confirms-the-mcus-new-doctor-doom-actor/
- Published: 2026-11-04T19:57:49+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T20:49:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/avengers-doomsday-doctor-doom-toshiyuki-morikawa-japanese-voice/
- Topics: Asia, Celebrity, Entertainment, World

## Key points

- Toshiyuki Morikawa will voice Doctor Doom in the Japanese dub.
- Robert Downey Jr. announced the casting in a video.
- The film is due in cinemas on 18 December 2026.

## Summary

Robert Downey Jr. has announced that Toshiyuki Morikawa will voice his Doctor Doom in the Japanese dub of *Avengers: Doomsday*. The casting brings a well-known Japanese voice actor to the role and recognises the history of Japanese audiences hearing different performers voice Marvel characters.

Marvel Japan released Downey’s video announcement alongside a Japanese-language trailer. Morikawa is known to game audiences as Sephiroth in *Final Fantasy 7 Remake* and *Rebirth*, and has also voiced characters in *Devil May Cry*, *JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure*, *Demon Slayer* and *One Piece*. *Avengers: Doomsday* is scheduled to open in cinemas on 18 December 2026.

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