Cory Yee

Cory Yee’s Path from Behind the Camera to Behind the Mic

The story of how Cory Yee arrived at voice acting is not a straight line it is a decade-long detour through the unglamorous trenches of live-action film production. Growing up in Orange County, California, Yee discovered theater, musicals, and improv in high school, but his Chinese American heritage made a professional acting career feel like a closed door. So he chose film school instead, training at the Los Angeles Film School with ambitions to become a filmmaker behind the camera.

What followed was roughly ten years of grinding through production work – sound mixing, editing, and nearly every other crew role imaginable. That hands-on experience sharpened his instincts for storytelling and timing, skills that would later feed directly into his voice performances. The turning point came when Yee reflected on the media that had shaped him most deeply: the chaotic energy of Animaniacs, the richly voiced characters of Blizzard Entertainment games, and the larger-than-life personalities he had admired since childhood. He realized that being heard mattered more to him than being seen, and he redirected his career toward voice acting.

Genshin Impact and the Role That Opened Doors

Landing the role of Gorou in Genshin Impact (2020) marked a turning point in Yee’s career. Gorou, a loyal and battle-hardened general within the Watatsumi Army, gave Yee the opportunity to bring warmth and quiet intensity to a character beloved by an enormous global player base. The game’s reach – spanning multiple platforms and over 50 languages in localization – put Yee’s work in front of millions of players worldwide, and the role quickly became one of the anchors of his growing reputation.

GhostWire: Tokyo and Akito Izuki

In the 2022 supernatural action game GhostWire: Tokyo, Yee stepped into the lead role of Akito Izuki – a young man thrust into a spirit-haunted version of Tokyo following a mass disappearance. The performance required Yee to carry emotional weight across an entire game’s runtime, grounding a character dealing with loss and survival in a world gone surreal. It was a showcase moment that demonstrated Yee’s range outside ensemble anime dubbing, placing him at the center of a major AAA gaming release.

Bungo Stray Dogs and the Depth of Sigma and Bram Stoker

The literary-inspired anime Bungo Stray Dogs gave Yee two notably distinct characters to voice in the English dub. As Sigma in season four – a calculating, identity-questioning figure tied to the mysterious organization Decay of the Angel – and then Bram Stoker in season five, a centuries-old vampire imprisoned and weaponized, Yee navigated two very different emotional registers within the same franchise. Both performances earned attention from the show’s dedicated fanbase and reinforced his growing foothold in high-profile anime dubbing.

To Your Eternity and the Award-Winning Beholder

Among all of Yee’s credits, the role of The Beholder in To Your Eternity carries particular weight. The Beholder serves as an omniscient, narrating presence – a being outside of time watching over the immortal protagonist Fushi across lifetimes. It is a role that requires restraint, gravity, and a sense of ancient detachment. The anime earned award recognition, and Yee’s work as The Beholder has been cited across multiple official and fan platforms as among his most memorable contributions to the medium.

Live-Action Dubbing and the Netflix Connection

Beyond animation and games, Yee has built a substantial body of work in live-action dubbing, particularly for Korean productions distributed through Netflix. His voicing of Baek Yi-Jin in Twenty Five Twenty One – one of the platform’s most-watched Korean dramas of 2022 – introduced his voice to a different audience entirely. Additional Korean drama credits include D.P., Hellbound, Extraordinary Attorney Woo, and Culinary Class Wars, reflecting both the industry’s expansion into K-drama localization and Yee’s adaptability across formats.

Record of Ragnarok and the Mythology Bench

Across all three seasons of Record of Ragnarok, Yee voiced Hermes – the quick-tongued messenger god serving as a commentator and behind-the-scenes mover throughout the series. The recurring role across seasons one through three gave him sustained presence in one of Netflix’s most-viewed anime titles, alongside additional voice work as Qin Shi Huang Di in season two. Playing a god with a wry, knowing energy suited Yee’s skill set and gave the character a consistent, recognizable voice throughout the series’ run.

Most Known Roles of Cory Yee

• • Gorou – Genshin Impact  (Video Game, 2020)
• • Akito Izuki – GhostWire: Tokyo (Video Game, 2022)
• • The Beholder – To Your Eternity (Anime, 2021-2025)
• • Sigma – Bungo Stray Dogs Season 4 (Anime)
• • Bram Stoker – Bungo Stray Dogs Season 5 (Anime)
• • Hermes – Record of Ragnarok (Anime, Seasons 1-3)
• • Inui Seishu – Tokyo Revengers (Anime)
• • Ash – Code Geass: Roze of the Recapture (Anime)
• • Baek Yi-Jin – Twenty Five Twenty One (Netflix Live-Action Dub, 2022)
• • Bang/Silver Fang – One Punch Man Season 3 (Anime)
• • Kinjo – Heavenly Delusion (Anime, 2023)
• • Cody MacMillan – The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak (Video Game, 2021)
• • Jang Su – D.P. (Netflix Live-Action Dub)
• • Fan Wujiu – Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld (Animation, 2024)