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Honkai Star Rail Phainon release date speculation, voice actors, and lore

Honkai Star Rail’s Phainon recently got his official drip marketing, confirming him as a playable character using the physical element.

honkai star rail phainon's key art as seen in his drip marketing post
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Honkai Star Rail's Phainon, totally not a Kevin Kaslana expy, is a key part of Amphoreus' storyline. Trailblazers meet him as soon as they touch down on the mysterious planet, and then start to learn about his past – and how ingrained in the locale's lore he is. Here's what we know about his release date, backstory, and voice actors.

For those of you keen to save up for Phainon, get the new Honkai Star Rail codes from our guide. You can see what's going on in the latest Honkai Star Rail update, and who's available on the current Honkai Star Rail banner, as well.

Here's everything we know so far about Honkai Star Rail's Phainon:

Honkai Star Rail Phainon release date window

Phainon will likely release in Honkai Star Rail's 3.4 version update, likely in the first half of the banners, judging by Star Rail's schedule of drip marketing and releases. Hoyoverse will fully announce his kit and banner information in a livestream during the next patch.

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Who is Phainon?

Phainon is a five-star physical character on the path of destruction who you meet as soon as you touch down in Amphoreus. He hails from Aedes Elysiae, a village that sadly no longer exists.

He bears a striking resemblance to Kevin Kaslana from Honkai Impact 3rd, and considering Phainon's intro tweet includes a five-letter name blacked out, it's safe to say he's likely an expy, just as Cipher resembles Pardofelis, Anaxa resembles Su (as does Genshin Impact's Alhaitham), and Mydei resembles Kosma.

Phainon is a Chrysos Heir, who carries the Worldbearing flame – this also leans into the theory of him being a Kevin expy, as Kevin is part of the Flame-Chasers.

Who are Phainon's voice actors?

Well, wouldn't you know it – Phainon's Chinese voice actor, Qin Qiege, voices Kevin Kaslana in Honkai Impact 3rd, he also voices Genshin Impact's Baihzu. His Japanese actor, Hino Satoshi, also voices Kevin. In English, he's voiced by Joshua Waters, and in Korean, Yoon Yong-sik.

If this has you itching to jump into more Hoyoverse games, we have Honkai Impact codes to get you started, along with the new Genshin Impact codes and Zenless Zone Zero codes, too.

Usually found roaming through Teyvat or throwing Pokéballs around, Holly is a lover of Hoyoverse, Nintendo, and indie games. Animal Crossing is her ride-or-die. She also plays too many mobile games, including Monopoly Go. She got started doing freelance lists for GameRant and Roblox pages for VG247, and producing Genshin builds for Gfinity. Her biggest achievement to date is getting her Pikmin 4 score on adverts across the UK. She can, and will, lay some hot takes out if you let her but sticks to correct opinions like arguing what the best wireless chargers and stylus phones are, and which farming game is the best (it’s Stardew). Also owns a really cute lizard.