The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Hajime Musashino's Burning Kabaddi (Shakunetsu Kabaddi) manga has announced the cast for the five members for the Souwa High School team, who are among the top four teams in Tokyo's Kantō region.
Shunya Ohira will be performing the opening theme song titled, "Fire Bird," and Yūma Uchida will be performing the ending theme song titled, "Comin' Back."
Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Kyouhei Misumi / Shunsuke Takeuchi as Shinji Date
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Burning Kabaddi is set to premiere in Japan on TV Tokyo and other stations on April 2, 2021.
NEW CAST ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hiroki Yasumoto as Ayumu Rokugen / Kenichi Suzumura as Ren Takaya
Taku Yashiro as Shintarou Kazaki / Shuichi Uchida as Yuu Eikura
Junichi Yanagita as Daisuke Muroya
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 / Shunsuke Takeuchi as Shinji Date
Shinichiro Kamio as Nobutaka Ban / Wataru Komada as Ryuta Seki
Ayumu Murase as Yuuki Hitomo
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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KEY VISUAL:
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.