Yuri Lowenthal Explains How Naruto's Sasuke Changed Over The Years

Sasuke has been torn between walking the path of good and the path of evil since a young age, and Yuri Lowenthal knows this as well as anyone. The troubled ninja was the first dark character that Lowenthal voiced, and this proved quite challenging for him to begin with. However, he soon found his rhythm, and he brought Sasuke to life in a way that made him easy to love and hate in equal measure.

Speaking to Crunchyroll in 2022, Lowenthal said that Sasuke being torn between light and dark is part of what makes him so compelling to watch. "My character has changed from the time we started to now," he said. "He's undergone quite an arc that I love. I love that he wasn't just a troubled antihero." Much of this is down to the writing of Masashi Kishimoto, creator of the "Naruto" manga. He gave the character layers, and this translated to the anime. "Thankfully, everybody loved him throughout, which speaks to the storytelling and the other characters that were part of his story," Lowenthal said of Sasuke's journey.