Bushiroad has released character visuals and cast comments for Seigo Naruyama in their new mixed-media project titled Road59: Shin Jidai Ninkyō Tokku (Road59: The Special Ward for a New Era of Chivalry).
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Seiji Maeda is portraying Seigo Naruyama.
The project is yakuza themed.
It is the company's fourth major mixed-media project after BanG Dream!, Revue Starlight, and D4DJ.
"Road59" is a play on the Japanese word "gokudo" (the extreme path), a poetic term referring to the yakuza way of life. The franchise's tagline is "A path from which you cannot return."
The franchise begins with a stage play that will open December 24-27 at Nakano Zero in Tokyo.
Character Profile:
It is the company's fourth major mixed-media project after BanG Dream!, Revue Starlight, and D4DJ.
"Road59" is a play on the Japanese word "gokudo" (the extreme path), a poetic term referring to the yakuza way of life. The franchise's tagline is "A path from which you cannot return."
The franchise begins with a stage play that will open December 24-27 at Nakano Zero in Tokyo.
NEW CAST ANNOUNCEMENT/VISUALS:
SEIGO NARUYAMA (ACT. SEIJI MAEDA)
He is the chief strategist and comedian of the Shinonome-gumi, who always struggles with financial difficulties and manages to organize the troubled children of the clan. Although he always complains about Bakuto's outrageous behavior, he admits his charisma in the end. His eyesight has been greatly enhanced by Jingi's cup, and he supports his allies as a sniper in battle. Incidentally, he wears glasses because he can "see too much" in his daily life.
Seiji Maeda Comment:
I am Maeda Seiji as Naruyama Seigo! I'm very excited to announce a new project and to be involved in this work. I hope you will look forward to the relationships between the characters, the fights between the groups, the action scenes, and the secrets of the city... I hope you will look forward to seeing what the story will be about. I'll do my best to give you all the charm of this play, ROAD59!
MAIN CAST:
Yūki Kimisawa as Bakuto Yanagi (Shinonome-gumi) / Shūya Sunagawa as Shō Himuro (Hakurō-gumi)
Masahiro Inoue as Kensei Sumeragi (Kurojō-gumi) / Shouta Aoi as Benedict Lorenzo Vasari (Phoenix)
ADDITIONAL CAST:
Character art to be released at a later time.
Taiyo Ayukawa as Yuuto Kirimiya
Hiroki Nanami as Shion Hyuuga
Haruka Kudo as Renge Hiiragi
Mei Okada as Sara Hiiragi
Rihona Kato as Irina Spessivtseva
Seiji Maeda as Seigo Naruyama
Atsushi Shiramata as Takahisa Ooimachi
Kohei Yamamoto as Shigure Toudou
Aina Aiba as Shizuka Himuro
Wakana Kingyo as Suzuka Himuro
Takuma Sueno as Kazuomi Kurogane
Kazuki Watanabe as Anthony Cielo
Kana Sakai as Inaba Okino
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Misato Kawauchi as Kayoru
Nobuhiro Mōri is penning the story and setting of the franchise. Ghidora is drawing the character designs.
GACKT is performing the franchise's theme song.
The setting's story is set in the near future, a few decades after the start of Japan's current Reiwa era, and is set in a new manmade island and "special ward" in Tokyo known as the Tengai Ward. Here, four yakuza organizations vie for prestige and influence, with each organization's leading figures bearing god-like powers as "Jingi." Each of the organizations seek the "Yamatanoorochi no Kubi" (The Head of Orochi) whose blood when consumed grants Jingi a power equal to gods, as well as a girl who bears the Orochi blood and can break the seal on the ancient artifact.
Jingi are individuals who have passed on their supernatural powers from sire to successor since the age of myth. They pass on their power to chosen successors, with their sire offering their blood in a cup in a formal ceremony. In the past, they have made their mark on the secret world by slaying mythical beasts, and performing incredible feats on the battlefield, and have sometimes clashed with each other in the shadows. As the ages pass, they adapt their form to the times, and today they operate in secret societies in the underworld. With ancient powers able to bend the rules of space and time, they are demigod-like beings.
