The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Hajime Musashino's Burning Kabaddi (Shakunetsu Kabaddi) manga has announced a new cast member. Makoto Furukawa will be voicing Kei Iura.
Burning Kabaddi is set to premiere in Japan on TV Tokyo and other stations in April 2021.
Makoto Furukawa as Kei Iura, vice captain of Nōkin High School's kabaddi team. He is intelligent with an excellent analytic ability. At first glance, he seems calm and gentle, but his true nature is cunning. When Yoigoshi joins the kabaddi club, Kei sees him as half a threat and takes appropriate measures. Kei has six years' experience with kabaddi.
Yūma Uchida as Tatsuya Yoigoshi, a former soccer ace nicknamed "Unconquerable Yoigoshi". Tatsuya gave up sports when he entered high school, but he ends up joining the kabaddi club after being scouted and challenged by Masato.
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Masato Ohjyo, the captain of the Noukin High School kabaddi club. Despite his slender physique, Masato has mastered the art of the "counter", and he takes on a completely different, beast-like expression when playing kabaddi. Masato has been playing kabaddi for about 10 years, and his skill level at the sport is one of the highest in Japan.
Gen Sato as Sōma Azemachi, a first-year Nōkin High School. Since he's lived most of his life on a tall mountain where his family home and his parents' pottery kiln are located, everyday for Sōma has been like rugged muscle training, and he's much stronger than his small frame would indicate. Sōma has been playing kabaddi for about one month.
Burning Kabaddi is set to premiere in Japan on TV Tokyo and other stations in April 2021.
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MAIN CAST:
Yūma Uchida as Tatsuya Yoigoshi, a former soccer ace nicknamed "Unconquerable Yoigoshi". Tatsuya gave up sports when he entered high school, but he ends up joining the kabaddi club after being scouted and challenged by Masato.
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Masato Ohjyo, the captain of the Noukin High School kabaddi club. Despite his slender physique, Masato has mastered the art of the "counter", and he takes on a completely different, beast-like expression when playing kabaddi. Masato has been playing kabaddi for about 10 years, and his skill level at the sport is one of the highest in Japan.
ADDITIONAL CAST:
Kazuya Ichikawa is directing the anime at TMS Entertainment, with animation cooperation by Domerica. Yuuko Kakihara is writing and overseeing the series scripts, and Midori Gotou is also writing the scripts. Mari Takada is designing the characters. Shōji Hata is directing the sound, and Ken Ito is composing the music.
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First-year high school student Tatsuya Yoigoshi is a former ace soccer player who dislikes sports. He gets invited to join a team for the contact sport kabaddi. He scoffs at the idea at first but becomes interested after watching a kabaddi practice.
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