Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-5110462-20140619152140/@comment-4646462-20140623182750

11zeeshha wrote: Why would the producers(?) choose a voice actor based off of that instead of the current info about him? Because the current info didn't exist at the time (the anime debut of the first summoning of Hashi/Tobirama was long before chapters 617/18 came out). Gotta remember that Kishimoto thinks things up as he goes; he likely didn't have him like this back then.