Spike Chunsoft revealed new details about new and returning characters in No Sleep for Kaname Date – From AI: The Somnium Files, including protagonist Kaname Date. The story of the game centers around the abduction of Iris, who wakes up in a mysterious spaceship.
Full details on the first batch of characters in No Sleep for Kaname Date – From AI: The Somnium Files can be read below:
Kaname Date
ABIS Special Agent (Psyncer)
VA: Greg Chun
Japanese VA: Tarusuke Shingaki
Special Agent at the Advanced Brain Investigation Squad (ABIS).
Date is one of the Psyncers who uses the Psync machine to enter the dreams of others and conduct investigations.
After receiving a call from Iris, he supports her from the outside while tracking her whereabouts.
Aiba
AI-Ball
VA: Erika Harlacher
Japanese VA: Akari Kito
An eyeball-shaped AI and Date’s partner.
Aiba usually resides inside Date’s left eye socket as an artificial eye.
She supports investigations with a variety of functions including X-ray, thermography, and information analysis.
She takes a female humanoid form to investigate in Somnium.
Iris Sagan
Internet Idol
VA: Jackie Lastra
Japanese VA: Nao Shiraki
A high school student who works as an internet idol under the name A-set. She met Date through an incident in the past.
She is suddenly abducted and wakes up in what appears to be a mysterious spaceship, where she becomes embroiled in a game that holds the fate of humanity at stake.
Hina Tsukiyono
ABIS Engineer
VA: Michelle Marie
Japanese VA: Fairouz Ai
She was commissioned to provide engineering support for the Psync machine, but recent circumstances led to her becoming the operator.
Akemi
Escape Game Hostess
VA: Jenny Yokobori
Japanese VA: Nanako Mori
The Reptilian host of the Third Eye Game. She’s trapped Iris, presenting the rules and progress of the game to her from behind a monitor.
Moreover, physical and digital pre-orders for No Sleep for Kaname Date – From AI: The Somnium Files are available now. Spike Chunsoft confirmed that the game’s digital soundtrack will be made available via noisycroak RECORDS on iTunes, YouTube Music, and various other music streaming platforms.
Lastly, No Sleep for Kaname Date – From AI: The Somnium Files launches on July 25 for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam.
