Fall Anime "March Lion" Announces Additional Cast Members!　Marina Inoue, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Shinichiro Miki, Tomokazu Sugita, Takahiro Sakurai, and more!

Additional cast members have been announced for the TV anime "March Lion," whichwill start in October.



March Lion" is an anime work based on the manga serialized in Young Animal by Chika Umino, who is well known for "Hachimitsu to Clover," which has also been made into a TV anime. It depicts a lonely 17-year-old professional shogi player who lost his family in an accident when he was a child, and how he opens his heart through interaction with three sisters he suddenly meets. Directed by Akiyuki Shinbo, the animation is produced by Shaft, and will be broadcast on NHK Sogo Television. A live-action film adaptation has also been announced.


The scene cuts and eight additional cast members have now been released. Koko Koda will be played by Marina Inoue, Yusuke Takahashiby Yoshimasa Hosoya, Kai Shimada byShinichiro Miki, Tatsuyuki Sankakuby Tomokazu Sugita, Issa Matsumoto bySubaru Kimura, Aimeji Kawamoto by Shigeru Chiba, Masachika Koda byToru Okawa, and Takashi Hayashida byTakahiro Sakurai. The recently announced Nobuhiko Okamoto, who will play Harunobu Nikaido, has also been added to the cast.


Nobuhiko Okamoto as Harunobu Nikaido
As someone who knows Shogi, I am very happy to be able to participate in this work.
I will do my best to play the role of Nikaido, who is passionate, serious and has a strong heart.

Marina Inoue as Kako Koda
I am very honored to be able to participate in the work of my favorite teacher, Chika Umino.
Kako, the character I will be playing, is a character who, just like Kakuruma, is straight-forward in her emotions. She is a very attractive person with a sensitive and loving side that is always looking for love, although she also uses women as weapons, as she is called a "poison wife".
I would like to give Zero a full and passionate swing so that I can be the spice of the work!

Yoshimasa Hosoya as Yusuke Takahashi
There is a soft and gentle atmosphere in the recording studio, just like the world of the original work, and I feel happy to be here.
I am happy to be here. I will do my best in the "polite" atmosphere at the recording studio.
I look forward to working with you.

Shinichiro Miki as Kai Shimada
When I read the original story, I found his earnestness to be so wonderful that it created a whirlpool of emotions.
I am very grateful for this encounter and I will try my best to play a role in the production.

Tomokazu Sugita as Ryusetsu Sankaku
Normally, I would laugh and say to the young people who are in a hurry for success, "Our job is not a game of musical chairs," but I am facing this work with cold sweat pouring down my cheeks at the soft killing intent of this work. A lion is a fierce beast. If humans are to fight it, we must become shura. He smiles gently and calmly more than anyone else.

Subaru Kimura as Issa Matsumoto
My name is Subaru Kimura and I will be playing the role of Issa Matsumoto.
When I first saw the world of March Lion as an animated film, I remember how warm and gentle the atmosphere was, just like the world of the manga.
Through the role of Issa Matsumoto, I would like to enliven the work with my full energy. I look forward to working with you.

Shigeru Chiba as Sobeiji Kawamoto
I am the one in Grandpa.
That's right, seriously! Sincerely! Quietly! I am playing the role!
I hope as many people as possible will watch this high-quality animated film!
Please support us, everyone! ( ^ω^)

Toru Okawa as Masachika Koda
I would like to stand firmly in the work as a father of Shogi!

Takahiro Sakurai as Takashi Hayashida
I still clearly remember the teachers who made an impression on me when I was a child.
Some were helpful, some were angry, some were cool, some were not so good, etc. Hayashida is a good teacher with an impressive and human touch. I hope I can be of help to the work in some small way, just as he was to Zero. I look forward to working with you.

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