Genji/Quotes

Genji is voiced by Gaku Space.

Datamined
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Trivia

 * Genji is the only hero who speaks his "Hero Selected" quote in his native language.
 * The voice line "Measure twice, cut once" is a literal as well as figurative phrase meaning to think carefully before you act. It is often associated with carpenters as a literal rule-of-thumb, to double-check your measurements before you finally cut wood.
 * The voice line, "You seem nice, I'd hate to kill you" might be a reference to when Inigo Montoya says to Westley, "You seem a decent fellow, I'd hate to kill you" before their sword fight in "The Princess Bride."
 * This voice line was imported from Heroes of the Storm, as it is the fifth voice line of Genji.
 * The voice line, " Your eyes deceive you " might be a reference to Zer0 from the game " Borderlands 2 ". Indeed, the armoured assassin can say this line during the activation of his Action Skill: " Decepti0n. " We can also see the some similarity between both characters.
 * Genji's multikill line 'The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step' is a reference to the Eastern philosopher Lao Tzu, who was particularly well known for that philosophy on how a great journey begins with something so insignificant as a single step.
 * Genji's voicelines "Fantastic technique" and "Unbreakable body" quote the sentai series Juuken Sentai Gekiranger. (Geki Red and Blue, respectively) Likewise, his voiceline, "Break The Limit" is the callout for Engine Sentai Go-Onger's Go-On Gold.
 * Genji's voiceline during match set up, "While I wait for God's forgiveness unnoticed, many are the years of pain I have endured" is a poem composed by the fictional Hikaru Genji from the twentieth chapter of The Tale of Genji.
 * His 2019 Anniversary voiceline "The sword is an elegant weapon for a more civilized age" quotes Obi-Wan Kenobi in the 1977 Star Wars movie, who was talking about the lightsaber: "An elegant weapon for a more civilized age."