Crunchyroll has announced the English dub for the new anime adaptation of Hisaya Nakajo’s Hana-Kimi manga will premiere alongside the English subtitled version. The cast and crew for the English dub of Hana-Kimi episode 1 was also revealed.
Hana-Kimi English Dub Cast
- Katelyn Barr as Mizuki
- Wyatt Baker as Sano
- Dallas Reid as Nakatsu
- Joshua Waters as Nanba
- Reagan Murdock as Umeda
- Jaclyn Thomas as Julia
- William Ofoegbu as Juso
- Ethan Condon as Kayashima
- Adam Elliott as Kunijima
- Justin Briner as Nakao
- Tyson Rinehart as Nihonbashi
- Ben Stegmair as Noe
- Tom Henry as Sekime
- Josh Bangle as Baseball Guy
- Landon McDonald as Basketball Guy
- Doug Jackson as Janitor
- Christopher Guerrero as Track Captain
- Stephen Sanders as Rugby Guy
- Aaron Dismuke as Tennis Guy
English Dub Crew
- Voice Director: Jad Saxton
- Producer: Susie Nixon
- Adaptation: Heather Walker
- Mixer: Gino Palencia
- Engineer: Tina Son
Hana-Kimi premieres on January 4, and Crunchyroll will be streaming the anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, and India.
YOASOBI performs the opening theme song “Adrena” and ending theme song “Baby.”
The Japanese cast of the Hana-Kimi anime include:
- Aya Yamane as Mizuki Ashiya
- Taku Yashiro as Izumi Sano
- Kikunosuke Toya as Shuichi Nakatsu
- Yūichirō Umehara as Minami Nanba
- Jun Fukuyama as Hokuto Umeda
- Reiji Kawashima as Senri Nakao
- Kōki Uchiyama as Daiki Kayashima
- Wataru Komada as Kyogo Sekime
- Anan Furuya as Shinji Noe
- Kōtarō Nishiyama as Wataru Nihonbashi
- Yūko Natsuyoshi as Julia M. (Maxwell)
- Satoshi Hino joins the cast as Makoto Kagurazaka (new)
Natsuki Takemura directs the anime at Signal.MD, and Shigeru Ueda is the assistant director. Takao Yoshioka is in charge of series scripts, Shi Yi Su is the character designer, Masaru Yokoyama is the music composer, and Jin Aketagawa is the sound director.
Hisaya Nakajo published the Hana-Kimi manga in Hakusensha’s Hana to Yume magazine from 1996 to 2004. A total of 23 volumes were released in Japan, with VIZ Media releasing the English edition of the manga. Nakajo passed away at the age of 50 in October 2023, and her legacy continues with the new anime series.
Viz Media describes the series as follows:
Japanese-American track-and-field star Mizuki has gotten herself to transfer to a high school in Japan…but not just any school! To be close to her idol, high jumper Izumi Sano, she’s going to an all-guys’ high school…and disguising herself as a boy! But as fate would have it, they’re more than classmates…they’re roommates! Now, Mizuki must keep her secret in the classroom, the locker room, and her own bedroom. And her classmates–and the school nurse–must cope with a new transfer student who may make them question their own orientation…
