Itโs tough being a Kingdom Hearts fan when Square Enix drops an announcement trailer for Kingdom Hearts IV, then mostly disappears for three years. These days, those waiting to hear more about Goofy and companyโs next foray into the Disney/Final Fantasy crossover universe will lap up even the smallest of crumbs in hopes that it means a full-course meal could be waiting for them at the end of development. This weekโs crumb is an Instagram story from Haley Joel Osment, the voice behind Kingdom Heartsโ key-wielding hero Sora, that implies heโs recordingโฆsomething!
On November 5, Osment posted a photo to his Instagram story of a big red sign that says โRECORDINGโ with the caption โBack to workโ in what looks like a recording studio. Now, this could be for anything. Osment has done plenty of voice work over his decades-long acting career, and itโs not limited to playing Sora in the Kingdom Hearts series, which he’s done since the series’ debut in the PS2 era. Take a cursory look at his acting credits, and youโll see heโs done a lot of voiceovers for tons of animated Marvel, DC, and Star Wars projects over the past few years. So itโs entirely possible heโs just doing another routine gig.
But we also donโt know that this isnโt him gearing up for another monologue about how Soraโs friends are his power, right? Kingdom Hearts IV is still in an uncertain point of development, but if Square Enix is considering a re-reveal of sorts, itโs entirely possible Osment is doing a session or two for a trailer. But letโs not jump to conclusions. Nobody would ever get themselves in a tizzy over a simple, nondescript Instagram story, right?ย
GUYS GUYS HALEY JOEL OSMENT JUST POSTED THAT HES IN THE RECORDING STUDIO TONIGHT THIS IS NOT A DRILL pic.twitter.com/SqUI9IKjic
— Seiph (@seiphcos) November 5, 2025
HALEY JOEL OSMENT BACK TO VOICE RECORDING?!!!!! Kingdom Hearts hopium????????? ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ pic.twitter.com/bUpHpiBq99
— โใชใผใใชใผAudreyโ (@aitaikimochi) November 6, 2025
This could be for literally anything but does Haley Joel Osment do other VA work because otherwise ๐๐๐๐ https://t.co/kH0AmPqxIg
— John โ ~ ProdigyxCD (@ProdigyxCD) November 6, 2025
WE ARE PRAYING THIS IS FOR THE BIG KINGDOM HEARTS 4 ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ https://t.co/T3G8LmckAn
— Cynical (@thegamersjoint) November 6, 2025
YALL IS IT TIME??? IS IT FINALLY TIME???? #KingdomHearts #KH4 pic.twitter.com/GrM2IpDeNe
— Calix (@PixelBoyCos) November 5, 2025
โจThe odds of it being Kingdom Hearts 4 are in our favor
Save us, Kingdom Hearts pic.twitter.com/jx31iEN1kE
— KH Tomorrow (@KHMLTomorrow) November 6, 2025
— HMK (@HMKilla) November 6, 2025
YโALLโฆ SUICIDE POSTPONEDโฆ WE ARE SO BACKโฆ https://t.co/IDtP3vLIqX pic.twitter.com/Cm1S0bQWIE
— Spy-Dโผ๏ธ| KH3 / NEO: TWEWY (@_SpyDtroid_) November 6, 2025
Kingdom Hearts IV is the first game in what Square Enix calls the โLost Masterโ arc, which introduces a new conflict and characters separate from the original trilogyโs โDark Seeker Sagaโ that focused on Soraโs Disney-world-jumping battle against Master Xehanort. What little we have seen of the new RPG shows Sora in a more realistic setting called Quadratum, which includes areas that look like real-world Japan. According to a recent update from director Tetsuya Nomura, KHIVโs development is โsteadily moving forward according to schedule.โ
Anyway, in other Kingdom Hearts voice actor news, David Gallagher, the voice of Riku, has been playing the games for the first time on stream, and that man knows how to clip farm.
