#matsuzaki risa

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Every Chizuru. Ryu is official a Chizuru, you know it!

Anyway let these be my prayers for announcements again. This time with our latest Chizuru, Takeno Ruri.

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Kidofuji (2023) Director: Atsuro Shimoyashiro

Kidofuji (2023) Director: Atsuro Shimoyashiro @moshi_mo

Kidofuji Release Date: 2023 Duration: 11 mins. Director: Atsuro Shimoyashiro Writer: Atsuro Shimoyashiro (Screenplay), Music: Atsuro Shimoyashiro Starring: GON, Kumiko Tsushimi, Shohei Matsuzaki, Daisuke Arai, Risa Arai, Mamiko,  Atsuro Shimoyashiro is a multi-hyphenate talent who has worked on a variety of titles as composer, actor, writer and director. Since helming his last feature film, The…

[demonsofthefleetingblossoms]

A collection of amusing screencaps from Shinkai Souma-hen.

Source: hakumyu-fancom.livejournal.com

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Some sexy new shots from the dvd cut

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[Video] ミュージカル『薄桜鬼 真改』相馬主計 篇 (musical hakuouki shinkai ~souma kazue hen~)

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SOUMA-HEN 2021 CAST

Hi, humans and oni, all fans of Hakumyu!

Since Souma-hen is a thing again I’ve recovered my original cast announcement post and updated it. The info about the actors is a mix between what I’ve found about them and info from the official cast page, but I haven’t included every past myu/stage play in the official info, so I’d recommend checking it if you’re interested in seeing more of any of these people.

Without further ado, I present you the official cast for the 2021 version of Musical Hakuoki Souma-hen:

Mizuki Umetsu (梅津瑞樹) is Kazue Souma

28 years old, his Twitter is @MizukiUmetsu, and he’s been in Musical Touken Ranbu and the Sanrio Boys stage play .

Risa Matsuzaki (松崎莉沙) is Chizuru Yukimura

She’s a member of Roys, a Japanese female duo chorus group. Playing Chizuru in this myu will be her first time as an actress. Her Twitter is @risadegozaimasu and she’s 24 years old.

Hidetoshi Kubota (久保田秀敏) is Toshizo Hijikata

Has worked in films and dramas before, also has myu/stage play experience (Sengoku Basara stage play , Moriarty the Patriot myu, etc.). He’s 33 years old and his Twitter is @kubotahidetoshi.

Shuji Kikuchi (菊池修司) is Souji Okita

First difference with the 2020 cast! Shuji Kikuchi replaces Shogo Yamazaki, who first appeared in Hakumyu in Shitan Hijikata-hen. He’s 25 and his Twiiter is @kutisyu. He’s been in some stage plays before, like the Pirates of the Frontier UtaPri stage play .

Shoichiro Oomi (大海将一郎) is Hajime Saito

His Twitter is @shoichiro_oomi. The protagonist/”your” character in the Fate/GO Babylonia Myu, also has some experience as a seiyuu (in fact google doesn’t list him as an actor but as a voice actor) and is/was in a group called "Hi! Superb"��

Yuta Higuchi (樋口裕太) is back as Heisuke Todou!

His first Hakumyu was Shitan Hijikata-hen! He is 25 and he won a Junon Superboy contest (Most Photogenic) and according to Anime on Stage he’s been in other myus/stage plays, like Ensemble Stars and Yona of the Dawn. According to the cast page he’s been in  Ao no Exorcist and Hitman Reborn stage plays too. His Twitter is @higuchi24yuta.

Ryousuke Koike (小池亮介) is Nagakura Shinpachi

Second change in the cast, he’s replacing Yuta Kishimoto, who was Nagakura in both Shitan Hijikata-hen and Shitan Kazama-hen. He’s 25 and his Twitter is @ryosuke19951117. He was Akito/Agito in the Air Gear myu, and according to the cast page he wants everyone to think that Nagakura Shinpachi is cool (literally, 「永倉新八カッコいいな」kakkoii and everything)

Shouta Kawakami (川上将大) is Sanosuke Harada

He’s been in Tenimyu, Rice on stage, Hitman Reborn and Touken Ranbu stages/myus, among others. He’s 27 and his Twitter is @rjpmission. An anecdote: a few weeks ago someone I follow on Twitter went to see Rice on stage and he was one of the actors performing, which made me wonder if Souma-hen would happen since people from the cast were working on other things and I supposed that meant the situation in Japan was good enough to resume events like stage plays, included those that had been cancelled.

Teruma (輝馬) is back as Keisuke Sannan!

Sannan since Hakumyu Reimeiroku, he’s been in Kuromyu (William T Spears), Bungou Stray Dogs stage play, the Nanatsu no Taizai stage play and Tenimyu. His Twitter is @teruma_060 and he’s 31.

This makes me really happy! I still prefer Ryosuke Mikata, but he’s showed that he deserves the role, so I hope he stays in Hakumyu for many years to come! And I’m still mad that Teruma wasn’t in the Tango on the Campania Kuromyu...

Taizo Shiina (椎名鯛造) is back as Susumu Yamazaki!

First appeared in Shitan Hijikata-hen, and he’s been in some Sengoku Basara and Danganronpa stage plays, among others. He’s 34 and his Twitter is @TaizoShiina.

Taira Imata (井俣太良) is back as Isami Kondou!!!

Best dad since Okita-hen (second Hakumyu) and by this point, everyone’s senpai, what else can be said about this man??? If you’ve watched any Hakumyu other than Saito-hen, you already know him. Great man and actor, he’s 45 and his Twitter is @TAIRANT1975.

These are the characters/actors & actress that I covered in my first Souma-hen cast post. I actually wrote another one with the rest of the cast, but thanks to a broken mouse the whole post got deleted when it was almost finished. Time to redeem myself!

Syuya Sunagawa (砂川脩弥) is Saburo Miki!

Replacing Allen Kohatsu in the role of Miki, he’s 26 and his Twitter is @suna_syu_. It’s his first time in a musical, but he’s in the Kamen Rider Zero One drama. According to the Kamen Rider Wikia, he won the Avex Boys Award in 2016.

Masashi Sonomura (園村将司) is Risaburo Nomura!

He’s 22 and he’s @masashisonomura on Twitter. He’s been in Tenimyu and has done some stuff on TV (the cast page lists some things but I’m not familiar with them ;_;)

Masafumi Yokoyama (横山真史) is Kyuju Amagiri!

He’s 34 and he’s @masafumi21yoko on Twitter. He’s been in Touken Ranbu, Ikemen Sengoku and Toki no Kizuna stages.And as my friend and Amagiri’s biggest fan Lawrichai pointed out, he played Amagiri’s grandpa/relative in the Toki no Kizuna stage.

Takuma Sueno (末野卓磨) is back as Kyo Shiranui!

He’s 36 and he’s @sueno0724 on Twitter. His first Hakumyu was Shitan Kazama hen. Has been in the Sengoku Basara stage play and the Rantaro Shinobu myu (this one wasn’t that long ago so I remember seen funny pics of this on Twitter).

Hiroyuki Kawamoto (川本裕之) is back as Kodo Yukimura!

Egg dad since the times of Harada hen, he doesn’t have a Twitter account and apparently there isn’t that much info about him on Google D:

And... drum roll a big round of applause for our returning demon, the original, the one and only, SHOGO SUZUKI (鈴木勝吾) AS CHIKAGE KAZAMA!!!

I already spoiled this in my Souma-hen is back post but I’m sooooooooooooooo happy to see him back. He’s @Shogo_Suzuki_ on Twitter (where he’s posted photos of his Hakumyu-watching sessions more than once),he’s 31 and he played Kazama from the very beginning in Saito-hen until Live 2. During his absence from Hakumyu he didn’t stop acting, some of you may remember my post about his appearance in the Moriarty the Patriot myu.

Not that I dislike Yoshihide Sasaki (Hijikata in Reimei, and Kazama in Harada-hen and the 2020 Souma-hen cast), but I will always see him as my dear Viscount Druitt from Kuromyu. And let’s be honest, Shogo has his “own brand” of Kazama. He took the character and made it his own, having a unique way of portraying him and enjoying every last bit of it.

And that was the complete main cast! This time we had all the info from the start so I don’t think a follow-up post will be necessary.

As an ending note, I would like to dedicate this post to Serizawa’s actor, Akira Kubodera, who passed away last month. I’m sure he would love to see that everyone has been hoping for Souma-hen to return and that the Hakuoki Shinsengumi, or at least its spirit, can’t be defeated.

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Musical Hakuoki Shinkai-  Souma Kazue hen Cast announcement

The main cast has been announced for this new story version and with interesting new faces : 

Sōma Kazue: Umetsu Mizuki Yukimura Chizuru : Matsuzaki Risa Hijikata Toshizō : Kubota Hidetoshi Okita Sōji : Yamazaki Shogo Saitō Hajime : Ōumi shōichirō Tōdō Heisuke : Higuchi yūta Harada Sanosuke : Kawakami Shōta Nagakura Shinpachi : Kishimoto Yūta Yamanami Keisuke : Teruma Yamazaki Susumu : Shīna taizō Kondō Isami : Imata Taira (for the 10th time, the one and only)

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Hakumyu - Souma Hen Kitan Cast 1/2

Souma Kazue : Mizuki Umetsu

Yukimura Chizuru : Risa Matsuzaki

Hijikata Toshizo : Kubota Hidetoshi

Okita Souji : Kikuchi Shuji

Saito Hajime : Oomi Shoichiro

Todo Heisuke : Yuta Higushi

Harada Sanosuke : Kawakami Shouta

Nagakura Shinpachi : Koike Ryosuke

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THE IDOLM@STER M@STERS OF IDOL WORLD!!!!! 2023

Information regarding the MOIW 2023 live has been revealed! The live will occur in the TOKYO DOME on the 11th and 12th of February 2023. This live will feature all five brands of IDOLM@STER on the stage together after 8 years.

The voice providers participating in this stop are as follows:

DAY 1&2

IDOLM@STER 765PRO ALL STARS 　Eriko Nakamura (Haruka Amami), Asami Imai (Chihaya Kisaragi), Akiko Hasegawa (Miki Hoshii), Azumi Asakura (Yukiho Hagiwara), Mayako Nigo (Yayoi Takatsuki), Hiromi Hirata (Makoto Kikuchi), Naomi Wakabayashi (Ritsuko Akizuki), Asami Shimoda (Ami/Mami Futami), Manami Numakura (Hibiki Ganaha), Rie Kugimiya (Iori Minase)

DAY 1 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Triad Primus [Ayaka Fukuhara (Rin Shibuya), Eriko Matsui (Nao Kamiya), Mai Fuchigami (Karen Hojo)], Eldritch Loreteller [Haruka Chisuga (Ryo Matsunaga), Chiyo Ousaki (Koume Shirasaka)], Cyber Glass [Mina Nagashima (Haruna Kamijo), Rui Tanabe (Hina Araki)], Foreign Seaside [Nao Toyama (Mizuki Kawashima), Miharu Hanai (Tomoe Murakami)], from U149 [Asaka Imai (Chie Sasaki), Tomoyo Kurosawa (Miria Akagi), Hana Tamegai (Risa Matoba)]

IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Strawberry Pop Moon [Haruka Yamazaki (Mirai Kasuga), Azusa Tadokoro (Shizuka Mogami), Machico (Tsubasa Ibuki)], TIntMe! [Eri Inagawa (Tamaki Ogami), Akari Harashima (Iku Nakatani), Keiko Watanabe (Momoko Suou)], HanaSakuya [Yuu Kahara (Emily Stewart), Saki Minami (Tsumugi Shiraishi), Kotori Koiwai (Tomoka Tenkubashi)], Cleasky [Asuka Kakumoto (Elena Shimabara), Chouchou Kiritani (Miya Miyao)]

IDOLM@STER SideM 　DRAMATIC STARS [Shugo Nakamura (Teru Tendo)], Jupiter [Takuma Terashima (Toma Amagase), Daichi Kanbara (Hokuto Ijuin)], Beit [Shun Horie (Pierre), Tomohito Takatsuka (Minori Watanabe)], MofuMofuEn [Shogo Yano (Nao Okamura), Keisuke Furuhata (Shiro Tachibana)], C.FIRST [Yuri Ise (Shu Amamine), Masaya Miyakaze (Momohito Hanazono), Takeo Otsuka (Eishin Mayumi)]

IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　 Hokago Climax Girls [Hiyori Konno (Kaho Komiya), Haruka Shiraishi (Chiyoko Sonoda), Mariko Nagai (Juri Saijo), Wakana Maruoka (Rinze Morino), Akiho Suzumoto (Natsuha Arisugawa)], Straylight [Yuki Tanaka (Asahi Serizawa), Eri Yukimura (Fuyuko Mayuzumi), Sayaka Kitahara (Mei Izumi)], noctchill [Yuu Wakui (Toru Asakura), Rio Tsuchiya (Madoka Higuchi), Saran Tajima (Koito Fukumaru), Miho Okasaki (Hinana Ichikawa)]

DAY 2 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Threat Sign [Sayuri Hara (Mio Honda), Makoto Koichi (Haru Yuuki), Teru Ikuta (Natalia)], Dimension-3 [Kotomi Aihara (Shiki Ichinose), Shiki Aoki (Asuka Ninomiya)], flamme martini [Maki Kawase (Tsukasa Kiryu), Sayaka Harada (Miyu Mifune), Satsumi Matsuda (Syoko Hoshi), Minori Suzuki (Hajime Fujiwara)], HappyHappyTwin [Hiromi Igarashi (Anzu Futaba), Rei Matsuzaki (Kirari Moroboshi)], miroir [Hina Tachibana (Nagi Hisakawa), Rika Nagae (Hayate Hisakawa)]

IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Chrono-Lexica [Yuka Saito (Subaru Nagayoshi), Atsuki Nakamura (Roco Handa), Rika Abe (Mizuki Makabe)], Senkou☆HANABIDAN [Yuri Komagata (Sayoko Takayam), Nana Hamasaki (Noriko Fukuda), Yui Watanabe (Nao Yokoyama), Eri Ozeki (Minako Satake)], 4 Luxury [Arisa Kori (Kaori Sakuramori), Rie Suegara (Fuka Toyokawa), Emi Hirayama (Reika Kitakami), Minami Takahashi (Konomi Baba)]

IDOLM@STER SideM 　FRAME [Kentaro Kumagai (Hideo Akuno), Kento Hama (Ryu Kimura), Takuya Masumoto (Seiji Shingen)], Café Parade [Sho Karino (Yukihiro Kamiya), Takuya Kodama (Makio Uzuki), Daiki Kobayashi (Saki Mizushima)], F-LAGS [Yuko Sanpei (Ryo Akizuki), Shunya Hiruma (Kazuki Tsukumo), Takehiro Urao (Daigo Kabuto)]

IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　Illumination Stars [Hitomi Sekine (Mano Sakuragi), Mayu Mineda (Meguru Hachimiya)], L’Antica [Karin Isobe (Kogane Tsukioka), Chisa Suginuma (Mamimi Tanaka), Anna Yamaki (Sakuya Shirase), Shio Watanabe (Yuika Mitsumine), Yuina Mizuki (Kiriko Yukoku)], ALSTROEMERIA [Honoka Kuroki (Amana Osaki), Ryoko Maekawa (Tenka Osaki), Noriko Shibasaki (Chiyuki Kuwayama)], SHHis [Azusa Shizuki (Nichika Nanakusa), Aya Yamane (Mikoto Aketa)]

SPECIAL GUEST 　ZWEIGLANZ [Minori Chihara (Leon), Rie Takahashi (Shika)]

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Hakumyu Souma hen cast [1]

Souma Kazue: Mizuki Umetsu Chizuru Yukimura: Risa Matsuzaki

Hijikata Toshizo: Hidetoshi Kubota Isami Kondo: Taira Imata

Okita Souji: Shuji Kikuchi Saito Hajime: Shoichiro Oumi

Harada Sanosuke: Shota Kawakami Nagakura Shinpachi: Ryosuke Koike

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Chizuru-visits to HijiHen 2024:

Yoshida Hitomi (2012)

Mori Marina (2018)

Motonishi Sakiho (2019)

Matsuzaki Risa (2020, 2021)

Makiura Itsuki (2022)

Aoki Shion (2023)

+ Kaoru

Hoshimoto Yuzuki (2023)

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Imprint (2006)

Directed by Takashi Miike

Screenplay by Daisuke Tengan

Based on the novel Bokkee Kyotee by Shimako Iwai

Music by Kōji Endō

Country: United States, Japan(?)

Running Time: 53 minutes

CAST

Billy Drago as Christopher

Yûki Kudô as Woman

Michié as Komomo

Toshie Negishi as Madam of the House

Mame Yamada as Tout

Kumiko Imai as Mother

Hôka Kinoshita as Father

Shimako Iwai as Torturer Woman

Shihô Harumi as Labourer #1

Magy as Labourer #2

Shin'ichi Tokuhara as Labourer #3

Takao Handa as Yoshi, Labourer #4

Hiroshi Kuze as Boatman

Miyuki Konno as Dead Woman

Yutaka Matsuzaki as Gate Keeper #1

Hiroshi Fujita as Gate Keeper #2

Sachiko Matsuura as Shamisen Player

Noriko Eguchi as Whore #1

Megumu Takada as Whore #2

Yuno as Whore #3

Miho Harita as Whore #4

Tokitoshi Shiota as Elderly Woman

Risa Uehara as Girl with Blue Eyes

Miho Ninagawa as Pregnant Woman

Suzuno Nomura as Girl in Woman's Flashback

Seriyu Ichino as Buddhist Priest

Shinichi Tanaka as Pimp

Yasushi Tomobe as Woman's Customer

Katsuyuki Shimosugi as Boy #1

Haruo Fukuhara as Boy #2

Keita Murase as Boy #3

Dong Wook Min as Prison Guard #1

Takumi Matsumoto as Prison Guard #2

Takashi Miike’s bracingly unpleasant Imprint originally aired as the 13th episode of the 2006 TV series Masters of Horror. Or it did if you were in the UK, catching it on the Bravo Channel. If you were in America then Showtime shelved it because America is the Land of the Free, but only in certain circumstances. Concerns were raised, apparently, regarding the level of unpleasantness within it, but Imprint was later released on DVD; because making money means qualms get crushed. Which is apt since some of what Imprint is about (and Imprint is about a lot of things) is commodification, particularly the commodification of the human body. Which is why there are more whores in the cast list than in the last six Frank Miller comics. Imprint is also about insanity, and if you want to make connections between commodification, money as power, and the inevitable usurping of humanity by appetite climaxing in insanity, well, I won’t stand in your way. Heavy themes. Heavy stuff. It’s also entertainingly batshit in that magical and uniquely Takashi Miike fashion.

Imprint is set in 19th Century Japan, when gaijin knocking about the place were still a novelty. (Japan’s 200 year isolation had ended in 1853, when the namesake of Friends star Matthew Perry sailed 4 ships into Tokyo Bay.) Maybe we still are a novelty; we are quite funny looking. Anyway, fresh from the wild west and its enthusiastic ethnic cleansing of the native Americans, Christopher (Billy Drago), an American journalist with a penchant for histrionics, is searching for Komomo (Michié), a whore he promised to return and free. Which is mighty big of him. Along with a bunch of filthy labourers Christopher alights on an island populated by whores and whoremasters; you don’t go looking for a lovelorn Japanese whore in a Swedish furniture warehouse after all. A tiny tout with a delightfully syphilitic nostril claims Komomo never came this way, and convinces Christopher to pick a whore and stay the night. Christopher does so, selecting a distinctively faced lady of the night, The Woman(Yûki Kudô), to ply him with saki. The Woman turns out to know all about Komomo (apparently you can’t trust touts with syphilitic nostrils on an island of whores; who knew?) Through a long dark night of saki and stories, Christopher learns the fate of his procured paramour. Stories within stories, lies within lies; unfolding like the dark petals of that most poisonous flower – truth. Like life, Imprint ends badly for everyone involved.

Apparently unforgivably for a horror movie (since it was pulled from broadcast) Imprint is, really, really horrible. Horrific in fact. There’s really no ifs or buts about that. Imprint is definitely Ugh City. Mind you, I’m not sure what Masters of Horror were expecting when they let Takashi Miike sink his teeth into the horror genre. They were expecting horror, but not too much horror, I guess. Masters of a Certain Amount of Horror But Nothing Too Horrible doesn’t really have the same ring though. Also, Imprint is really, really horrible. Did I mention that? There is a danger of overselling it, resulting in the defensively adolescent approach of  “Huh! It wasn’t that bad. Pfft!”, like actually being affected by the horror in a horror movie is some kind of failing or weakness, instead of being the whole point. Personally I enjoyed the implacable ratcheting up of the horror, my reactions were kind of along the lines of  - “Oh, that’s okay.”, “This isn’t too bad.” , “Whoa, that’s harsh.” , “Hey now, hang on.”, “No. Don’t.” and ending with everyone’s favourite - “STOP IT! I WANT TO GET OFF! MAKE IT GO AWAY!” As horror goes, Imprint is the hard stuff. If Imprint doesn’t make you squirm it’s because a) you’re lying or b) you’re dead.  

Imprint is an ugly watch but it isn’t just ugliness for ugliness’s sake. Imprint has more about it than that; it’s ugly because it’s about ugliness, it’s just not shy about it. There’s a lot of physical ugliness on show from the initial syphilitic nostril to the scrunched up face of Christopher’s spooky Scheherazade; from the plethora of aborted foetuses to the extended torture of a woman more sinned against than sinning. But that’s the surface stuff, in Imprint the ugliness runs deep. The ugliness in Imprint isn’t just skin deep; the physical ugliness is merely a symptom of the psychological ugliness. Cages of women imploring filthy labourers to rut them up for money, the sadism of the brothel madame’s regime, the victimisation of the weakest among the whores, the nonchalant abortions, brother-sister incest, father-daughter incest, patricide, infanticide and…whatever you call palming your kid off on a pimp dressed like Willy Wonka; it’s all here and more besides! Ugly stuff because it’s an ugly world. Sure the ugliness is somewhat souped-up (it’s a horror movie!) but Imprint gets closer to representing the truth of the brutal world of our ancestors than most straight entertainment. Life was cheap as chips and kids were a burden, and not too long ago at that.

The most bizarre thing about Imprint (and that’s saying something; I’ve not even hinted at the pinnacle of the freakery within (hoo boy!)) is how visually gorgeous it is. Takashi Miike churns movies out, and sometimes, well, a bit more finish might have been desirable. But with Imprint there are no such reservations; it’s fantastic stuff.  Rich with cultural signifiers I am too bovine to plumb, no doubt; but even I can bask in the visual sumptuousness on display. And for all its knowing excess Imprint is subtler stuff than you might think; the chill when the meaning of the toy windmills strikes home is a showstopper. Basically, Imprint is the real deal horror wise and well worth seeking out.

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The official “A Good Look” music video – from the album and Netflix Original Anime film: SOUND & FURY – available now

Director: Jumpei Mizusaki

Unit Director: Shinji Takagi

Mechanical Design / M4 Storyboard: Daisuke Sajiki

Look Development:  Elsa Nakamichi

CGI Director: Takafumi Utsunomiya

Animation Director:  Takashi Ishikawa

Modeling Lead: Midori Kato

Additional Design:  Huang Chong Ya (Studio5), Tina Wang (Studio5)

Modeling: Suzu Kobayashi, Risa Okada, Benio Sugibayashi, Takeshi Ishiuchi, Thibault Tresca, Ada Ke (Studio5), Chen Li Ju (Studio5), Li Wei Tzu (Studio5), Yu Ting Wang (Studio5), Chen Yu Wei (Studio5), Han Tsung Chun (Studio5), Yoshi Wakayama

Animation: Kenta Yoshino, Syunya Iwamoto, Kentaro Moteki, Takeshi Ishiuchi, Masaki Takahashi, Yuya Matsuzaki, Syogo Konishi, Sari Nagano, Yuki Nakajima, So Nagata, Yu Chi Han (Studio5), Hung Tsai Lin (Studio5), Lu Chiao Wen (Studio5), Tang Haowei (Studio5)

Effect / UI Design:  Yuta Matsumoto

Key Animation: Maki Yamakoshi, Masaki Takahashi, Benio Sugibayashi, Tatsuya Asakura, Seijin Thomas, YukiHino (Liden Films), Hiroyasu Oda (Launch Box)

In-between Animation / Ink and Paint: Maki Yamakoshi, Masaki Takahashi, Benio Sugibayashi, Tatsuya Asakura, Seijin Thomas

In-between Animation: Sayaka Ishizuka (Liden Films), Tomoki Urata (Liden Films), Wang Xintong (Liden Films), Miyu Ohkubo (Liden Films), Lin Tzu Hao (Liden Films), Kouhei Hirasawa (Liden Films), Makoto Eto (Launch Box)

Ink and Paint: Yoshiha Nakamura (BeLoop), Reia Tanaka, Akihiko Uezuka, Ayaka Tetsuoka, Akari Tomari

Supervising Color Designer: Satoko Kimura

M4 Color Supervisor: Akira Hashigami (BeLoop)

Art Director: Yuji Kaneko (aoshashin.inc), Ken Nakamura (aoshashin.inc)

Art Setting / 2nd Key Animation: Yoshihiro Sono, Susumu Mamura

2nd Key Animation: Daisuke Sajiki

Background Art: Souta Kameyama (Aoshashin.inc), Ryoutaro Ueda (Aoshashin.inc), Taro Goto (Aoshashin.inc)

Texture Artist: Elsa Nakamichi, Benio Sugibayashi, Tomoe Nakano, Shiori Kato, Tsubasa Goto, Natsuko Takao, Yasuko Miura, Hiromitsu Saito, Yuki Narita

Compositor: Tomoe Nakano, Chen Yun An

Director of Photography: Jumpei Takatsu (LIDEN FILMS)

Cinematography: Mami Takamura (LIDEN FILMS), Tomoaki Suzuki (LIDEN FILMS)

Production Managers: Haruko Kitakura, Kaori Satake

Production Cooperation: Kohei Fujiwara, Chug Yi Jui (Studio5), Tomohiro Toyozono (Studio5), Kei Shimobayashi (LIDEN FILMS)

Producer: Kaori Satake

Episode 4: Dance Part Director: Elsa Nakamichi

Co-Director / Animation: Kenta Yoshino, Syunya Iwamoto, Takeshi Ishiuchi, Yuya Matsuzaki, So Nagata, Thibault Tresca

Animation Cooperation: Studio5

Animation Lead: Lin Yi-Ju (Studio5)

Dance Animation: Liu Jia-Wei (Studio5), Shen Yi-Shin (Studio5)

Flip Board Images: Daisuke Sajiki, Yasuko Miura

CG Production Assistant: Masaki Takahashi, Syogo Konishi, Sari Nagano

Backgrounds: RUNPU

Background Graphics: Shunsuke Ohyama (RUNPU), Kazunori Nakahara (RUNPU)

Effects: Yuta Matsumoto

Cinematography: Elsa Nakamichi, So Nagata, Tomoe Nakano, Chen Yun An, Thibault Tresca

Dance: SOLID CUBE

Choreographer / Dancer: Keiko Fukushima

Casting: Nami Harada

Coordinators: Yuki Ikegaya

Producer: Takayuki Sasaki

from SturgillSimpson

[demonsofthefleetingblossoms]

A screencap tribute to Chizuru and Souma from Shinkai Souma-hen (part 1)

Source: hakumyu-fancom.livejournal.com

[funjoushi]

the Souma/chizuru kiss making me feel some kinda way.....

[kaysutcliff-michaelis]

THE SOUMA-HEN CAST HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED

Or at least, most of it.

Hi, humans and oni, all fans of Hakumyu. This morning I woke up with a Twitter notification telling me that the official Hakumyu Twitter had posted something, and the tweets bore the long-awaited information: THE CAST!!!

It's my first time experiencing a cast reveal since I started watching Hakumyu, so I was really looking forward to it!!!!

Mizuki Umetsu (梅津瑞樹) is Kazue Souma

26 years old, his Twitter is @MizukiUmetsu, and he's been in Musical Touken Ranbu.

Risa Matsuzaki (松崎莉沙) is the new Chizuru Yukimura

She’s a member of Roys, a Japanese female duo chorus group. Her Twitter is @risadegozaimasu and she’s 23 years old.

Hidetoshi Kubota (久保田秀敏) is Toshizo Hijikata

He’s had roles in films and Tenimyu before. He's 32 years old and his Twitter is @kubotahidetoshi.

Shogo Yamazaki (山﨑晶吾) is back as Souji Okita!!

27 years old, his Instagram is @yamazakishogo, and he first appeared in Hakumyu in Shitan Hijikata-hen!

Shoichiro Oomi (大海将一郎) is Hajime Saito

I can't find much info about him in English, and in Anime News Network they only mention three previous roles. His Twitter is @shoichiro_oomi. According to said Twitter, he's been in the Hitman Reborn stage.

Both Yutas, Yuta Higuchi (樋口裕太) and Yuta Kishimoto (岸本勇太) are back as Heisuke Todou and Shinpachi Nagakura!

Their first Hakumyu was Shitan Hijikata-hen.

Yuta Higuchi is 24 and he won a Junon Superboy contest (Most Photogenic) and according to Anime on Stage he's been in other myus/stage plays, like Ensemble Stars and Yona of the Dawn. His Twitter is @higuchi24yuta.

About Yuta Kishimoto, he's been in the Hypnosis Mic stage and his Twitter is @YUTA_KISHIMOTO.

Shouta Kawakami (川上将大) is Sanosuke Harada

He's been in Tenimyu, Rice on stage, and Touken Ranbu, among others. His Twitter is @rjpmission.

Teruma (輝馬) is back as Keisuke Sannan!

Sannan since Hakumyu Reimeiroku, he's been in Kuromyu (William T Spears) and Tenimyu. His Twitter is @teruma_0606.

I'm really happy to see this! I still prefer Ryosuke Mikata, but he's showed that he deserves the role, so I hope he stays in Hakumyu for the years to come!

Taizo Shiina (椎名鯛造) is back as Susumu Yamazaki!

First appeared in Shitan Hijikata-hen, and he's been in Sengoku Basara and Danganronpa stage plays, among others. His Twitter is @TaizoShiina.

And last but certainly not least, Taira Imata (井俣太良) is back again as Isami Kondou!!!

Best dad since Okita-hen (second Hakumyu) and by this point, everyone's senpai, what else can be said about this man??? If you've watched any Hakumyu other than Saito-hen, you already know him. Great man and actor, he's 44 and his Twitter is @TAIRANT1975.

This is everything for now, here you have a link for the tweet in case you want to check sth yourself and I'll be making another big post when the rest of the cast gets announced or when we get pictures of the cast in their costumes.

https://twitter.com/m_hakuoki/status/1199160855641739264?s=20