Hideo Kojima will reprise Hideyoshi Oshima in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2

Hideyoshi Oshima first appeared in Cyberpunk 2077 as a missable non‑player character during the Heist quest at Konpeki Plaza. Sources note that the player can encounter him only when exploring the hotel bar area during the Heist mission.

Hideo Kojima will reprise Hideyoshi Oshima in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2. Netflix will launch Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 on October 20, 2026. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 describes Hideyoshi Oshima as a Japanese Braindance director.

CD Projekt Red confirmed that Hideo Kojima will reprise his role as Hideyoshi Oshima for a cameo in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2. The season places Hideyoshi Oshima’s appearance six years after his appearance in Cyberpunk 2077.

Official sources have not disclosed how much Oshima will feature in the plot of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2. Kojima will once again provide the voice for Hideyoshi Oshima in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2.

Cyberpunk 2077 has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. Masahiko Otsuka writes the screenplay for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 does not continue the story of David Martinez and Lucy from the first season; its episodes constitute a separate narrative.

The season functions as both a sequel to the first anime season and a prequel to the Cyberpunk 2077 video game, linking their major plotlines. The official Cyberpunk: Edgerunners social media account announced that Hideo Kojima will reprise his role as Hideyoshi Oshima in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2. Viewers will see many familiar sights and sometimes familiar faces when returning to Night City. Edgerunners Season 2 has significant ties to broader Night City storylines from Cyberpunk 2077 beyond overt cameos.

In Cyberpunk 2077, Hideyoshi Oshima works as a braindance producer, a technology that records and replays full sensory experiences. In Cyberpunk 2077, the braindance technology used by Hideyoshi Oshima records and replays not only sight and sound but also smell, touch, taste, emotions, and thoughts. During the Heist mission in Cyberpunk 2077, Hideyoshi Oshima sits at a table at the back, talking to people about his work.

Before achieving fame with Metal Gear Solid, Hideo Kojima created the cyberpunk‑themed visual novel Snatcher, which has attained cult classic status. Snatcher first appeared on the PC-8801 and MSX2 computers in Japan in 1988, later ported to the Sega CD/Mega CD, PC-Engine Super CD-ROM2, PlayStation and Saturn in the 1990s, with only the Sega CD/Mega CD version receiving an English-language release.

Animation studio TRIGGER produces Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 under the supervision of CD Projekt RED. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 is a new standalone 10‑episode story presented as a raw chronicle of redemption and revenge. Kai Ikarashi directs the series, with Kanno Ichigo handling lead character design, and the series features Masahiko Otsuka on screenplay and Bartosz Sztybor as showrunner, writer, and producer.

A Cyberpunk 2077 live-action movie is currently in development alongside the anime sequel.

David Martinez does not appear in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2, as the character has died. The season follows four protagonists who each are the central figure in their own storyline while also serving as antagonists to the others’ narratives. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 introduces four new characters: Roman Carax (voiced by Valeria Rodriguez in English and Momoka Terasawa in Japanese), D (voiced by Nazeeh Tarsha / Kouki Uchiyama), Weak Kingsley (voiced by Clancy Brown / Kentaro Tone), and Talia (voiced by Kimoy Lee / Akari Kitou).

For most of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2, the four main characters split into duos, crisscrossing and clashing as each pursues shifting goalposts. A mysterious digital construct in the form of a shard is dropped between the characters, containing a grant that bestows immense power in a monkey’s‑paw fashion.

Weak Kingsley’s arms appear as frail robotic limbs that resemble C‑3PO. Roman Carax is a twelve‑year‑old filmmaker who documents events with a 35 mm camera. D’s entire Nomad clan was killed, and he now pursues vengeance against those responsible.

The return of Hideo Kojima as Hideyoshi Oshima underscores ongoing connections between the anime adaptation and the original Cyberpunk 2077 developers.