The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Hajime Musashino's Burning Kabaddi (Shakunetsu Kabaddi) manga has announced a new cast member. Shunsuke Takeuchi will be voicing Shinji Date.
Burning Kabaddi is set to premiere in Japan on TV Tokyo and other stations in April 2021.
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.
Burning Kabaddi is set to premiere in Japan on TV Tokyo and other stations in April 2021.
NEW CAST ANNOUNCEMENT:
Shunsuke Takeuchi as Shinji Date, a second year student at Noukin High School. Prior to playing kabaddi, Shinji was an experienced baseball player who played in the position of pitcher, but he had to retire from baseball due to an injury. When he was looking for something new to do in high school, Shinji was invited to join the kabaddi club by Mizumi. Shinji is blessed by a powerful body and great muscular strength, but he's a bit awkward. He's been playing kabaddi for approximately 6 months.
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:
Gen Sato as Sōma Azemachi / Makoto Furukawa as Kei Iura / Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Kyouhei Misumi
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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