"Kingdom" 6th series announces voice actors for new characters

It has been announced that voice actors Komura Masaru, Hayashi Daichi, and Hayashi Isamu will appear in the sixth series of the TV anime "Kingdom," based on the popular manga by Hara Yasuhisa. The three new characters joining the Hi Shin Unit in the sixth series will be played by Komura and Hayashi Daichi as brothers Souji and Sotan, both skilled archers, while Hayashi Isamu will play Hitoshi, a man with excellent physical abilities who passed the rigorous test to join the Hi Shin Unit.

"Kingdom" is a popular manga that has been serialized in "Weekly Young Jump" (Shueisha) since 2006. Set in the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period of China, it depicts the exploits of Shin, who aims to become the greatest general in the world, and the drama of heroes such as King Ei Sei of Qin, who later becomes known as the First Emperor. The total number of copies of the comics published is over 110 million.

The first series of the TV anime was broadcast from June 2012 to February 2013, the second series from June 2013 to March 2014, the third series from April to October 2021, the fourth series from April to October 2022, and the fifth series from January to March 2024.

In the sixth series, Shin, who has grown as a warrior, decides to take up the spear entrusted to him by Ouki and enter into an all-out war with Zhao. The series will be broadcast on NHK General TV from October.

◇Cast (titles omitted)

Shin: Masakazu Morita ▽Ei Masa: Jun Fukuyama ▽Karyo Ten: Kugimiya Rie▽Kyou Kai: Hikasa Yoko▽Aoni: Komura Masaru▽Aotan: Hayashi Daichi▽Kanto: Yoshimasa Hosoya ▽Wang Ben: Hosoya Yoshimasa▽Meng Tian: Nojima Hirofumi▽Wang Jian: Horiuchi Kenyu▽Yang Duanhe: Sonozaki Mie▽Kank: Ito Kentaro▽Li Mu: Toshiyuki Morikawa ▽Kisui: Ishii Yasutsugu