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Bushiroad has released character visuals and cast comments for two new characters in their new mixed-media project titled Road59: Shin Jidai Ninkyō Tokku (Road59: The Special Ward for a New Era of Chivalry).  

Aina Aiba portrays Shizuka Himuro and Hiroki Nanami portrays Shion Hyuuga.

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. 

NEW CAST ANNOUNCEMENT/VISUALS:

SHIZUKA HIMURO (ACT. AINA AIBA)

Character Profile:

The eldest daughter of the Himuro family, who practically runs the Hakurō-gumi. She dares to be strict with her younger brother, Shō, in order to help him become the leader of the clan. She has a lot of guts, and when confronted with unreasonable demands, she dares to retort with bravado. Her commands are so absolute that she is feared by all the men in the clan.

Aina Aiba Comment: 

New Project Announcement! I am very happy. First of all, the premiere stage in December. It's going to be a passionate play of righteousness and humanity, and I'm pretty excited and nervous myself! I'm going to challenge the world of chivalry with Shizuka Himuro! Please stay tuned ♡

SHION HYUUGA (ACT. HIROKI NANAMI)

Character Profile: 

He has been with Suzuka since he was a child, and is a great supporter of his family's destiny. He is soft-spoken, but is ruthless and merciless to those who oppose him. A side effect of the Divinity Cup is that prolonged combat is risky.

Hiroki Nanami Comment: 

I'm very happy to be a part of the ROAD59 project, and I'm looking forward to seeing how the project develops in the future. I'm also looking forward to seeing how the project will develop in the future. First of all, as Shion Hyuga, I will fight and live seriously as Shion Hyuga on the stage in December, and do my best to deliver a performance that will touch your hearts. I look forward to seeing you!

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 

and

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.