My Hero Academia Voice Actor Dubs Over Viral Cheating Apology

In My Hero Academia, protagonist Deku is a typical shonen hero: naive, courageous, decided, and actually, actually corny. The voice actor behind Deku, Justin Briner, is an authorized shitposter who’s been recognized to channel Deku’s whiny pleading for fun (with nice energy comes nice accountability, and even higher joke potential). Briner’s newest such foray includes a now-deleted Tweet and a streamer scandal.

Sykkuno, a preferred livestreamer recognized for his gaming content material and “healthful” character, has been having a tough go of it these days as accusations that he’d been unfaithful to his girlfriend reached a fever pitch, finally ensuing within the YouTuber and his girlfriend releasing an apologetic statement on April 16. Whereas one by no means is aware of how such apologies are going to be acquired by the general public, Sykkuno virtually actually couldn’t have predicted that his assertion could be as ridiculed because it has been, with Justin Briner even getting in on the motion by studying Sykkuno’s feedback in a voice that sounds a complete lot like Deku.

Streamer Sykkuno’s response to dishonest allegations has been dubbed over by ‘Deku’ actor Justin Briner pic.twitter.com/LOjO0Rqt9j

— Dexerto (@Dexerto) April 17, 2026

The impression is archived by Dexerto, however Briner’s authentic put up has since been deleted—more than likely as a result of backlash given the sensitivity of the topic. Briner’s authentic put up was captioned “did my finest impression of the streamer” and, in a follow-up reply, Briner clarifies that the voice was not explicitly Deku, however a special twerpish character primarily based on “the unusual streamer.” Briner additionally says in regards to the Sykkuno state of affairs: “ofc I don’t condone this, and we beat his ass within the sajam slam,” referring to a streamer fighting game event.

Aside from deleting the unique put up, Briner appears to be taking the state of affairs in stride, cracking jokes about his “excessive” conduct being attributed to the cancellation of the Northernlion Tremendous Cruise and being jailed for “excessive crimes towards the web.”

okay I’m sorry, I’d by no means have been pushed to those extremes if the northernlion tremendous cruise weren’t cancelled

— Justin Briner (@justinbriner) April 17, 2026

fast replace from me – I’ve been despatched to the jail the place they ship youtubers for top crimes towards the web, particularly the Weirdo Wing. I’ve a lot but to be taught from them.

Now I’m scheduled to be executed reside on the subsequent Mr Beast Video games half time present. See you there!

— Justin Briner (@justinbriner) April 20, 2026

For the report, the impression is basically humorous—though I’m not satisfied Deku’s the dishonest sort. However what do I do know, I haven’t watched the anime.