Which actor voices Atari in Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs?

Koyu Rankin voices Atari in Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs.

Atari Kobayashi is a 12-year-old boy who travels to Trash Island after his dog is exiled there. Rankin, who was born in Vancouver to a Japanese father and American mother, provides Atari’s spoken voice in the film’s English-language version.

The stop-motion film was released in 2018 and is set in a fictional near-future Japan. Bryan Cranston voices Chief, the stray dog who becomes Atari’s companion, while Edward Norton voices Rex and Liev Schreiber voices Spots. Human Japanese dialogue is generally presented without English translation, while the dogs speak English.

Atari’s name can be confused with the name of his missing dog, but they are different characters. The boy is Atari Kobayashi; his dog is Spots, whose disappearance motivates the journey to Trash Island.