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Stop the press, Genshin Impact has replaced Paimon

Genshin Impact's iconic mascot has officially got a new voice, after a leak suggested that a change was coming in the latest update.

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June 18, 2025: We've updated our news piece with official information.

For a while now, there have been some questions as to who voices characters in Hoyoverse games, thanks to strikes. Now, it appears that Genshin Impact's mascot has had a change.

A leaker by the name of Jelena discovered a leaked dialogue from the upcoming Genshin Impact update 5.7, where Paimon's voice sounds a little different. It's still high-pitched and cute, but has a different inflection. You can listen to the snippets here.

It is now confirmed that Paimon has a new voice actor as of version 5.7. This is confirmed on Genshin's official site. The patch notes don't mention who the new voice actor is, but over time, older content will get replaced with new voicelines.

Genshin Impact's Keqing also receives a voice change, which follows Kinich getting a new actor a couple of updates ago. On the flip side, Aether and Venti's voice actors confirm they will return soon. Recent events featured many silent characters, even our iconic favorites like Zhongli and Diluc, so the jury is still out on whether the full cast will return or we'll see more recasts.

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Corina Boettger was the voice of Paimon since the game's launch in 2020. Recently, in a stream interview with Paperbag Boy on YouTube, the voice actor stated that they "would no longer voice Paimon until they became union," and mentioned that "they (Hoyoverse) will probably just replace me."

Genshin's community took this and ran with it, claiming that Corina was already out, that this was confirmation of them leaving the role, and other likely untrue statements. Since the voice actors' strike began, Corina kept working, up until now, which makes some people think that this confirms Corina is no longer in the cast. Now, it seems, it was true.

Well, regardless of who does or does not come back to voice key characters like Genshin Impact's Kaeya or Genshin Impact's Albedo, we can still pull for them. So, here are the new Genshin Impact codes to stock up on some gems.