TV anime "Hinomaru Sumo" announces additional cast members including Shunsuke Takeuchi, Takuto Yoshinaga, Noriaki Sugiyama, Tak Yashiro, and Justin Tomimori!

Additional cast information has been released for the TV anime "Hinomaru Sumo," which will begin airing in October 2018 on TOKYO MX and other stations.

The manga "Hinomaru Sumo" (original story by Kawada; comics volumes 1-19 currently on sale), currently serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (published by Shueisha), is an exciting coming-of-age fighting romance filled with "friendship," "effort," and "victory" as men pursue their dreams of becoming high school wrestlers. Sumo is an ancient Japanese martial art and one of the few non-discriminatory fighting sports in which those who are "big" and "heavy" are said to have absolute dominance. In the world of high school sumo, where wrestlers of exceptional physique and talent are called "national treasures," the small protagonist Hinomaru Ushio, as the "national treasure Onimaru Kunitsuna," fiercely fights with his friends from a weak sumo club to become the "Yokozuna," the top of the sumo world.

The TV anime will be directed by Kounosuke Uda of "DAYS," directed by Yasutaka Yamamoto of "Actually I Am," with character design by Norie Tanaka of "Bless This Wonderful World!

The cast information released this time includes Shunsuke Takeuchi as Sosuke Kuze, Takuto Yoshinaga as Shun Kariya, Noriaki Sugiyama as Jin Yomoda, Taku Yashiro as Rion Sawai, and Daniel Stefanov as Daniel. Justin Tomimori as Stefanov. Visuals of each character have also been released.

Production Information
TV anime "Hinomaru Sumo
Broadcasting will begin in October 2018 on TOKYO MX, AbemaTV, BS11, Suntelevi, TV Aichi, and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting!

＜Staff
Original Story: Kawada "Hinomaru Sumo" (serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump)
General Director : Kounosuke Uda
Director : Yasutaka Yamamoto
Character design：Kie Tanaka
Music : James Shimoji
Animation Production: GONZO
Production: NAS

＜Cast
Ushio Hinomaru: Atsushi Abe
Shinya Koseki: Fukutsugu Ochiai
Gojo Yuma:Kentaro Kumagai
Kunisaki Chihiro：Takuya Sato
Mitsuhashi Hotaru: Ayumi Murase
Kirihito Tsuji: Takuatsu Terashima
Gojo Reina: Mikako Komatsu
Hori Chizuko: Tanabe Rui
KUZE Sosuke: TAKEUCHI Shunsuke
KARIYA Shun: YOSHINAGA Takuto
Yomota Kanabusa: Sugiyama Noriaki
Rion Sawai: Taku Yatsushiro
Daniel Stefanov: Justin Tomimori and others


©Kawada/Shueisha/"Hinomaru Sumo" Production Committee