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Live-Action Oshi no Ko Series, Film Unveil 28 Cast Members
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
8-episode series premieres on November 28, sequel film opens in Japan on December 20
The staff for the live-action adaptation of Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari's Oshi no Ko manga unveiled 28 new cast members on Sunday.
Kōtarō Yoshida as Ichigo Saitō
Kana Kurashina as Miyako Saitō
Nobuaki Kaneko as Taishi Gotanda
Kazuto Mokudai as Ryōsuke
Haru Iwakawa as young Aqua (right in image below)
Yuna Saitō as young Ruby (left in image below)
Yuzuna Kato as young Kana Arima
Kurumi Inagaki as Sarina Tendoji
Mari Hamada as Eriko Kawamura
Original B Komachi Members
Yuina Sakai
Momoca Kanekiyo
Mahiru Saitō
Aimi Nakano
"Ima kara Gachi Koi Hajimemasu" reality show co-stars
Naenano as Yuki Sumi (second from right in image below)
Tōtarō as Nobuyuki Kumano (rightmost in image below)
Hiromu Kuroda as Kengo Morimoto (leftmost in image below)
Yumi Adachi as Yoriko Kichijōji
Jun Kaname as Masaya Kaburagi
Hideyoshi Kan as Melt Narushima
Anna Ishii as Monemone Anemone
Terunosuke Takezai as Himura
Sho Aoyagi as Masanori Shima
Hina Kikuchi as Mako Azami
Mirai Shida as Abiko Samejima
Aoi Nakamura as Sumiaki Raida
Junki Tozuka as GOA
Kōki Yamashita as Taiki Himekawa
Toshinori Omi as Toshiro Kindaichi
The live-action adaptation also revealed a new teaser visual, which includes the newly announced cast:
The Oshi no Ko live-action series will debut on Amazon Prime worldwide on November 28 with eight episodes, and the sequel film will then premiere after the series in theaters on December 20.
Previously announced cast includes:
Former =LOVE idol group member Nagisa Saitō as Ruby
Former Nogizaka46 idol group member Asuka Saitō (live-action Tomorrow, I Will Be Someone's Girlfriend) as Ai
Kaito Sakurai (live-action Blue Spring Ride, Vivant) as Aqua
Nanoka Hara (Suzume's title role, live-action Wave, Listen to Me!) as Kana Arima
Mizuki Kayashima (Saikō no Kyōshi: 1-nen-go, Watashi wa Seito ni ■ Sareta) as Akane Kurokawa
Ano (Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, theme songs in Tiger & Bunny 2, Chainsaw Man) as Memcho
Ryō Narita as Gorō Amemiya
The filmmaker known by the mononym Smith (Inside Mari, I Want to Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die, music videos for Ikimono-gakari, Ketsumeishi, Snow Man) is directing the film. Director and former actress Hana Matsumoto (Kimi to Nara Koi o Shitemite mo) is helming the TV series with Smith. Ayako Kitagawa (Tokyo Love Story, Laid-Back Camp) is writing the scripts, and the band fox capture plan (Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, Lupin III vs. Cat's Eye) is composing the music. Toei's Ryūsuke Imoto is producing.
The television anime of Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari's Oshi no Ko manga premiered in Japan in April 2023 with a 90-minute first episode. HIDIVE streamed the anime as it aired in Japan, and it is also streaming an English dub. The company stated that the anime has become the streaming service's "#1 series launch in the streamer's history." The second seasonpremiered on July 3.
Yen Press licensed the manga, and it describes the story:
Gorou is a gynecologist and idol fan who's in shock after his favorite star, Ai, announces an impromptu hiatus. Little does Gorou realize that he's about to forge a bond with her that defies all common sense! Lies are an idol's greatest weapon in this outrageous manga from Aka Akasaka (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) and Mengo Yokoyari (Scum's Wish).
Sources: Oshi no Ko live-action series' X/Twitter account, Eiga.com
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