Winter anime "Kingdom" 5th series, additional cast information revealed! Katsuyuki Konishi as Naki of the Kammu army, Taku Yashiro as Rin Tamaki, and Gakudai Ren as Zenou!

Additional cast information and cast comments from the fifth series of the TV anime "Kingdom," scheduled to begin airing on January 6, 2024, have been released.

Kingdom" (authored by Yasuhisa Hara) is a Chinese Warring States epic romance about a boy, Nobu (CV: Seiichi Morita), who aims to become a great general under the heaven, and the future First Emperor, Isei (CV: Jun Fukuyama). The second live-action movie was released in July 2022 and gained popularity.

⇒The fifth series of the winter anime "Kingdom" will be broadcast on January 6, 2024! The visual depicting the army of Kankan and information on the cast including Kentaro Ito were released!

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As casting information for the three close associates of the Kammu army in the fifth series of "Kingdom," Katsuyuki Konishi will play the role of Naki, Tak Yashiro will play the role of Rindama, and Dai Hasugaku will play the role of Zenou. In addition, cast comments were also announced.

Cast Information & Comments

Katsuyuki Konishi as Naki

My name is Konishi, and I will be playing the role of Naki.
I have been reading "Kingdom" for a long time, but I had no luck with it and thought I would never be able to appear in "Kingdom" again, but then I was asked to play the role of Naki.
I thought I would never be able to appear in Kingdom again, but then I was asked to play the role of Naki. That Naki? I couldn't believe my ears, but I am so happy. Thank you very much for your support.

Taku Yashiro as Rintama

My name is Taku Yashiro, and I will be playing the role of Rintama.
First of all, I am very happy to be involved in this great work.
Lingyu is a member of the Kammu army. In my mind, the Kankan army is a "gorgeous and powerful band of thieves.
General Kammu, who leads them, is very attractive, and I was one of the people who were fascinated by him.
I would like to serve him like a thief until the end of my life.

Zenou: Gakudai Ren

My name is Ren Gakdai. I am honored to be a member of the Kammu army!
As I will be playing Zenou, I will do my best to give an inhuman performance! Voilà!

I will do my best!

I'm honored to play Zenou.
TV animation " Kingdom 5th series
＜Broadcast Information
Broadcasting is scheduled to begin on January 6, 2024 from 24:00 on NHK Sogo.

＜Staff
Original story and supervisor: Yasuhisa Hara (serialized in Shueisha's "Weekly Young Jump")
Director : Kenichi Imaizumi
Series Composition: Noboru Takagi
Character Design : Hisashi Abe
Art Director：Junichi Higashi
Color Designer: Miyuki Abe
Director of Photography: Hiroki Takano
3DCG Production: Dandelion Animation Studio
Editing: Keisuke Yanagi
Music: Hiroyuki Sawano / KOHTA YAMAMOTO
Music Production: Avex Pictures
Sound Director: Kazuzo Hamano
Sound Production: Jinnan Studio
Animation Production: PIERO / STUDIO SIGN POST

<Cast
Makoto: Seiichi Morita
Hasei: Jun Fukuyama
Kawarakiten: Kugimiya Rie
Qiang Qiang: Yoko Hikasa
Fuchi: Susumu Akagi
Ohei: Kosuke Toriumi
KANKI: Kentaro Ito
Kurozakura: Haruka Nagamine
Raido: Kenji Nomura
Maron: Motoki Sakuma
Naki: Katsuyuki Konishi
Rintama: Taku Yashiro
Zenou: Hasugaku Dai
etc.

＜Synopsis
Qin Dynasty in western China, B.C.
As a young boy, Shin, a former servant who aspired to be a "general under heaven" as he dreamed of with his late best friend Drifting, was involved in a coup d'etat for the throne of the Qin Dynasty, and fate led him to meet the 31st King of Qin, Eisei Yeisei.

As the leader of the "Hishintai," the Qin Army's "Flying Squadron," he and Yeisei aim to unify China, a goal that no one has ever achieved, and steadily rise through the ranks while engaging in friendly competition with generals of the same generation such as Meng Ten and Wang Peng.
Meanwhile, Yomei, who took the throne of King Qin at a young age, also slowly built up his power within the court, and finally regained control of the country from his rival Lu Fwei. With this, he finally embarked on his long-cherished plan to unify China in earnest.
The Qin army aims to capture "Black Sheep Hill" in Zhao Province to make it a new base for the unification of China.
The Qin army's general in this battle is Kanki, who is known as a "battle genius" and is willing to use any means necessary to win the battle.
In contrast, the general of the Zhao army is Keisha, who is trusted by the rare military genius Li Moku and is known as the "silent hunter." Under the command of these two generals, both of whom have an unfathomable fearlessness, an offensive and defense battle over the key point, Heokuyogoka, begins!

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(c)Yasuhisa Hara/Shueisha, Kingdom Production Committee