The second cast announcement for "MIX" airing in April 2019! Yuma Uchida and Marei Uchida will be playing the roles of Shoichiro Tachibana and Otomi Tachibana, respectively! The Uchida siblings will play brother and sister!

The second relay cast announcement has arrived from "MIX," which will begin airing every Saturday evening at 5:30 p.m. in April 2019. It was announced that Yuma Uchida will play the role of Koichiro Tachibana and Marei Uchida will play the role of Otomi Tachibana.

MIX" is a popular work by Mitsuru Adachi that was serialized in Gessan (Shogakukan Monthly Shōnen Sunday) and went into overprint as soon as it was serialized in the monthly manga magazine. The manga has already published 13 volumes with a total of over 7.5 million copies in print (including digital editions), and the latest volume, volume 14, will be released on February 12, 2019 (Tuesday). The series depicts baseball, love, and family ties about 30 years after Meisei Academy in the timeless masterpiece "Touch," which all of Japan fell in love with.The TV anime "MIX" will begin airing on Yomiuri and Nippon Television in April 2019, every Saturday evening at 5:30 p.m. The series will be broadcast on the Yomiuri and Nippon Television networks. It will be directed by Shirohiro Watanabe, with series composition by Atsuhiro Tomioka and animation production by O.L.M.
⇒2019 Spring Anime
⇒TV anime "MIX" will begin airing on Yomiuri TV and NTV in April 2019!

A relay project is underway to announce cast members every week, and following the announcement of Hiroki Kaji as Tachibana Touma in the first installment, the second cast member has been announced.
In this second installment of the relay project, the roles of the siblings were announced all at once.

Yuma Uchida will be playing the role of the older brother, Koichiro Tachibana, and Mare Uchida will be playing the role of the younger sister, Otomi Tachibana.
Marrei Uchida and Yuma Uchida are a real sister and brother, and are reputed to be very close to each other.
They will be performing together as brother and sister. What kind of acting will they show us?　We look forward to the broadcast in April.

Here are some comments from them.

Comments】 ※Titles omitted

Yuma Uchida

─ How did you feel when you were chosen to play the role of "Saiichiro Tachibana"?
I am very honored. I have to train myself and fulfill the great role I have been entrusted with!

─ What do you think of your role?
I am looking forward to seeing how I can interact with him since we haven't recorded yet!

───How do you feel about playing the role of a brother and sister with your own sister, Marei Uchida?
I am looking forward to acting with her!

───What are your thoughts on "MIX"? (Favorite scene or character, scene you are looking forward to playing, etc.)
I am excited to see what kind of conversational drama it will be, since there are many characters in this work. I am looking forward to receiving the script!

─ ─ Do you have any thoughts on Mitsuru Adachi's works?
This is the first time I have been exposed to MIX. I would like to enjoy the work before recording it!

───Message to your fans and your enthusiasm for playing the role
My name is Yuma Uchida, and I will be voicing the character of Koichiro Tachibana. I'll be putting my heart and soul into this work, so please look forward to the broadcast!

Marei Uchida

─ How did you feel when you were chosen to play the role of "Otomi Tachibana"?
I am very happy!
I was so happy to hear that I got the part! I was so happy and nervous. I am looking forward to the beginning of the recording of the anime!

─ ─ About your role
Otomi is a strong little sister who watches over her two older brothers.
She loves baseball and I feel a lot of sympathy for her. I hope to follow Otomi's sense of youth together with her.

─ How do you feel about playing the role of a brother and sister with your own brother, Yuma Uchida?
It is a strange feeling!
I haven't started recording yet, but actually...once I get into the role, I feel like I'll forget all that and get lost in it. I am looking forward to seeing how it will turn out.

─ ─ Do you have any thoughts on "MIX"? (Favorite scene or character, scene you are looking forward to playing, etc.)
I like the heat of the time and the heat of the moment depicted in "MIX". I also like the relationship between the three brothers.

─ ─ Do you have any thoughts on Mitsuru Adachi's works?
Mitsuru Adachi's works have a touch...! I love the world view and each frame that shows a scene, and it really touches my heart.
I am very happy to be able to play the role of Otomi this time.

───Message to the fans and your enthusiasm for playing the role
I am looking forward to working with the cast members to color the passionate drama that will color the world of MIX.
I want to head to Koshien with all my strength!
Thank you very much for your support!

Production Information】 ※Honorific titles are omitted.
TV animation "MIX
Broadcasting will begin in April 2019 on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV.

＜Story.
The story takes place in "Meisei Gakuen", the same school as "Touch". About 30 years have passed since the legend of "Uesugi Tatsuya", the main character of "Touch", and now, a fateful brother opens the door to the story....
Due to their parents' remarriage, they became twin brothers with the same birthday, although they are not related by blood. They are two brothers, "Runichiro Tachibana" and "Touma Tachibana," who belong to the baseball team of the Meisei Gakuen Junior High School.
Runichiro plays as a catcher and a batter. Nouma is a third baseman for "certain reasons," but he hides an uncommon talent for pitching. She is the biological sister of Runichiro and is not related to Nouma by blood. Tachibana Otomi, Runichiro's biological sister who is not related to Towa, also enters junior high school, and there is a lot of commotion around the two of them. Will they be able to go on to high school and step on the Koshien pitch...?

<Characters
Tachibana Toma (age 13): Hiroki Kaji
His mother died when he was young, and his father remarried Runichiro's mother, so he becomes a step-brother to Runichiro and Otomi. His birthday is the same as that of Runichiro. He is a right-handed pitcher.

Soichiro Tachibana (age 13): Yuma Uchida
His father died when he was young, and his mother remarried to Tatehama's father, so he and Tatehama are step-brothers. His birthday is the same as Runichiro's, but he was born 10 minutes earlier, making him an older brother. He is a left-handed catcher who throws right-handed.

Otomi Tachibana (age 12): Marie Uchida
Miss Meisei and a popular girl. She is the biological sister of Runichiro and a step-sister who is not related to Nouma. She plays the flute in the brass band.

Haruka Oyama
A rhythmic gymnast. She met Touma when she was a child. Her father is an alumnus of the Meisei High School baseball team and the current baseball team manager.

<Staff
Original story: "MIX" by Mitsuru Adachi (serialized in Shogakukan's "Gessan")
Director: Yasuhiro Watanabe
Series Composition: Atsuhiro Tomioka
Script：Tatsuto Higuchi, Kenichi Yamada, Yukinori Fukushima, Chinatsu Hojo
Character Design: Takao Maki
Music: Sumitomo Norito
Animation Production: O.L.M
Production, Copyright: Yomiuri TV, Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions

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