Two actors from Silent Hill f revealed at present that they’ve been appointed ambassadors of the actual life location in Japan that impressed the survival horror recreation’s eerie setting.
Takeshi Masago, who performs Kanta Shimizu, the daddy of primary character Hinako, and Tamami Hiraoka, who performs her mom, posted a YouTube quick cryptically entitled ‘Essential Announcement’ on February 2, 2026. The video begins like a solemn apology or critical announcement, with the 2 actors immediately leaping for pleasure on the finish of the video, whereas holding their tourism ambassador certificates.
The actors have each been made tourism ambassadors for Gero Metropolis in Japan’s Gifu Prefecture. Gero Metropolis, particularly the Kanayama-cho space with its quiet, slender alleyways and previous homes, served as inspiration for Silent Hill f’s fictional Ebisugaoka, a rural Japanese village within the Sixties.
Though Hinako’s father within the recreation is abusive, the actors who play her dad and mom began importing healthful movies on YouTube final month of themselves happening “husband and spouse dates.” The actors usually are not married in actual life, however these movies have gotten some followers wishing they had been. The solemn tone of the ‘vital announcement’ video caught many viewers off guard, as did the ‘bounce scare’ with the certificates. “I believed you had been going to say ‘we’re getting married for actual’ lol,” stated one commenter concerning the tourism ambassador announcement video, with others echoing the identical sentiment: “Once they revealed the paperwork, I significantly thought for a second that they had been marriage certificates.”
As a part of efforts to advertise what Gero Metropolis has to supply, Masago lately visited the 300-year-old Okuhida Shuzo rice wine brewery within the space, as posted on X. Final month, the brewery launched Silent Hill f themed sake and goodies, the primary batch of which rapidly bought out.
先日、SILENT HILL fで雛子のお父さん役”深水寛太”を演じられた真砂豪さんが奥飛騨酒造に遊びにいらしてくださいました✨
とても気さくにお話しして頂き、嬉しかったです☺️
寒い中ありがとうございました！#silenthill #silenthillf pic.twitter.com/LajrwornFS— 奥飛騨酒造 (@okuhidashuzo) February 1, 2026
Since Silent Hill f was launched, lots of the Japanese actors concerned within the manufacturing have livestreamed all or components of the sport, whereas sharing behind-the-scenes tales about what filming was like. This kicked off when Hinako’s actress Konatsu Kato started livestreaming her playthrough of Silent Hill f again in October 2025, amassing over 5 million views. Shortly after, Yuuka Iijima (who performs Rinko Nishida) and Natsuki Osaki (who performs Shu Iwai) additionally arrange YouTube Channels and did their very own livestreams of the sport.
Though Takeshi Masago and Tamami Hiraoka are the primary game-related tourism ambassadors for Gero Metropolis, this isn’t the primary time that video video games have been used to draw guests to lesser-known components of Japan. Again in 2020, the Tsushima Vacationer Board partnered with Sucker Punch’s hit PlayStation recreation Ghost of Tsushima to advertise the actual life Japanese island. Not lengthy after, followers banded collectively to lift funds to restore one of many island’s shrine gates, which was destroyed by a storm. The next 12 months, Ghost of Tsushima lead builders Nate Fox and Jason Connell had been made everlasting tourism ambassadors to the island, for spreading its historical past to the world in “such a beautiful means,” in keeping with Tsushima mayor Hiroki Hitakatsu.
Verity Townsend is a Japan-based freelance author who beforehand served as editor, contributor and translator for the sport information web site Automaton West. She has additionally written about Japanese tradition and flicks for numerous publications.