Does Naruto Shippuuden retain the original seiyuu from Naruto?


I'm just curious, does Naruto Shippuuden retain its original seiyuu from
Naruto (voice actors)? Or there are certain changes with the voice actors? If
there are changes, what are they and what were the reasons for changing?




The answer is: sort of.

There are a number of characters who have multiple voice actors, but those
don't (as far as I can tell) change as the show goes on.

[Kakashi](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kakashi_Hatake) is a character who has
a second seiyuu in Shippuden, but it is one who voices him as a child.
Normally, and through both Naruto and Shippuden, he is voiced by [Kazuhiko
Inoue](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhiko_Inoue), but as a child, he is
voiced by [Mutsumi Tamura](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutsumi_Tamura).

Orochimaru has had four seiyuu: one for his [normal
body](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kujira), one for his body as a [Grass
ninja](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuriko_Yamaguchi_%28voice_actor%29), one
for him in the [female body](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachiko_Kojima), and
one for him as a [child](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayumi_Yamaguchi).

Deidara's voice actor in the English dub is different between his episode 135
[cameo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinton_Flynn) and his [role in
Shippuden](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Craig_Smith).

Sasori has three seiyuu: one for as an
[adult](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahiro_Sakurai), one for as a
[child](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiko_Yajima), and one for as a [puppet
body](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yutaka_Aoyama).

Tobi has three seiyuu: one for when he is
[Tobi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wataru_Takagi), one for when he is

> Obito

([see](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoya_Uchida))

and one for when he is a child.

Shikamaru has a different seiyuu for episode 141. Normally, he's voiced by
[Showtaro Morikubo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showtaro_Morikubo), but in
that episode, he was voiced by [Nobutoshi
Canna](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobutoshi_Canna). I can't find why that
switch happened, except that Nobutoshi Canna was the stand-in.

Konohamaru has a similar situation: he is usually voiced by [Ikue
Otani](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikue_%C5%8Ctani) but [Akiko
Koike](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiko_Koike) acted as a stand-in.

As far as I can tell, there is nobody who specifically changes seiyuu between
Naruto and Shippuden, but these are characters who have multiple seiyuu for
various reasons.




The answer is: sort of.

There are a number of characters who have multiple voice actors, but those
don't (as far as I can tell) change as the show goes on.

[Kakashi](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kakashi_Hatake) is a character who has
a second seiyuu in Shippuden, but it is one who voices him as a child.
Normally, and through both Naruto and Shippuden, he is voiced by [Kazuhiko
Inoue](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhiko_Inoue), but as a child, he is
voiced by [Mutsumi Tamura](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutsumi_Tamura).

Orochimaru has had four seiyuu: one for his [normal
body](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kujira), one for his body as a [Grass
ninja](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuriko_Yamaguchi_%28voice_actor%29), one
for him in the [female body](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachiko_Kojima), and
one for him as a [child](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayumi_Yamaguchi).

Deidara's voice actor in the English dub is different between his episode 135
[cameo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinton_Flynn) and his [role in
Shippuden](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Craig_Smith).

Sasori has three seiyuu: one for as an
[adult](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahiro_Sakurai), one for as a
[child](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiko_Yajima), and one for as a [puppet
body](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yutaka_Aoyama).

Tobi has three seiyuu: one for when he is
[Tobi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wataru_Takagi), one for when he is

> Obito

([see](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoya_Uchida))

and one for when he is a child.

Shikamaru has a different seiyuu for episode 141. Normally, he's voiced by
[Showtaro Morikubo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showtaro_Morikubo), but in
that episode, he was voiced by [Nobutoshi
Canna](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobutoshi_Canna). I can't find why that
switch happened, except that Nobutoshi Canna was the stand-in.

Konohamaru has a similar situation: he is usually voiced by [Ikue
Otani](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikue_%C5%8Ctani) but [Akiko
Koike](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiko_Koike) acted as a stand-in.

As far as I can tell, there is nobody who specifically changes seiyuu between
Naruto and Shippuden, but these are characters who have multiple seiyuu for
various reasons.

