{"slug": "ai-tool-that-copied-actors-lustrous-voice-violated-his-rights-says-tokyo-court", "title": "AI tool that copied actor’s ‘lustrous’ voice violated his rights, says Tokyo court", "summary": "The Tokyo district court ruled on Wednesday that the human voice enjoys the same legal protection as publicity rights, in a case brought by actor Kenjiro Tsuda against a TikTok account that used an AI tool to clone his voice. Tsuda, best known for voicing Kento Nanami in the anime Jujutsu Kaisen, claimed the AI-generated videos reproduced his \"lustrous\" baritone voice. The verdict is described as a landmark decision for publicity rights in Japan.", "body_md": "# AI tool that copied actor’s ‘lustrous’ voice violated his rights, says Tokyo court\n\nBy Justin McCurry in TokyoSource: \n\n[The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology)\nKenjiro Tsuda wins case against TikTok account in landmark verdict to protect publicity rights\n\nA court in [Japan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/japan) has ruled that the human voice has legal protection after a landmark case involving a well known actor and a TikTok account whose [AI](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/artificialintelligenceai)-generated videos, he claimed, had cloned his “lustrous” baritone voice.\n\nTokyo district court said on Wednesday that voices enjoy the same protection as publicity rights, at the end of a closely watched legal action brought against TikTok by Kenjiro Tsuda – best known for voicing the character Kento Nanami in the anime Jujutsu Kaisen.\n\n[Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/30/ai-tool-copied-actor-kenjiro-tsuda-tokyo-court)\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-tool-that-copied-actors-lustrous-voice-violated-his-rights-says-tokyo-court", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/ai-tool-that-copied-actors-lustrous-voice-violated-his-right-is5f", "published_at": "2026-09-30 11:09:52+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-30 12:17:01.427476+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-ethics", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Tokyo district court", "Kenjiro Tsuda", "TikTok", "Jujutsu Kaisen", "Kento Nanami", "Japan", "The Guardian"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-tool-that-copied-actors-lustrous-voice-violated-his-rights-says-tokyo-court", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-tool-that-copied-actors-lustrous-voice-violated-his-rights-says-tokyo-court.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-tool-that-copied-actors-lustrous-voice-violated-his-rights-says-tokyo-court.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-tool-that-copied-actors-lustrous-voice-violated-his-rights-says-tokyo-court.jsonld"}}