Two actors from Silent Hill f revealed at the moment that they’ve been appointed ambassadors of the actual life location in Japan that impressed the survival horror sport’s eerie setting.
Takeshi Masago, who performs Kanta Shimizu, the father of foremost character Hinako, and Tamami Hiraoka, who performs her mom, posted a YouTube short cryptically entitled ‘Necessary Announcement’ on February 2, 2026. The video begins like a solemn apology or critical announcement, with the two actors instantly leaping for pleasure at the finish of the video, whereas holding their tourism ambassador certificates.
The actors have each been made tourism ambassadors for Gero City in Japan’s Gifu Prefecture. Gero City, 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 in the Nineteen Sixties.
Though Hinako’s father in the sport 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 are usually not married in actual life, however these movies have gotten some followers wishing they had been. The solemn tone of the ‘necessary announcement’ video caught many viewers off guard, as did the ‘bounce scare’ with the certificates. “I assumed you had been going to say ‘we’re getting married for actual’ lol,” stated one commenter about the tourism ambassador announcement video, with others echoing the identical sentiment: “After 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 City has to supply, Masago just lately visited the 300-year-old Okuhida Shuzo rice wine brewery in the space, as posted on X. Final month, the brewery launched Silent Hill f themed sake and sweets, the first batch of which shortly 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 in the manufacturing have livestreamed all or elements of the sport, whereas sharing behind-the-scenes tales about what filming was like. This kicked off when Hinako’s actress Konatsu Kato began 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 first game-related tourism ambassadors for Gero City, this isn’t the first time that video video games have been used to draw guests to lesser-known elements of Japan. Again in 2020, the Tsushima Vacationer Board partnered with Sucker Punch’s hit PlayStation sport Ghost of Tsushima to advertise the actual life Japanese island. Not lengthy after, followers banded collectively to boost funds to restore considered one of the 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 permanent tourism ambassadors to the island, for spreading its historical past to the world in “such an exquisite approach,” based on 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.