The staff of the upcoming Inherit the Winds anime has revealed new cast members for the series, alongside a new key visual. The anime will air in January 2027.
The new cast members include Daisuke Hirakawa as Niimi Nishiki, Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Kawai Kisaburō, Kappei Yamaguchi as Momoyama Kyūsai, and Toshiki Kumagai as Yoshida Toshimaro. They join the following additional cast members:
- Daisuke Sakuma (Snow Man member) as Tachikawa Jinsuke
- Yūki Kaji as Okita Sōji
- Aoi Yūki as Koganei Hyōgo
- Kōki Uchiyama as Hijikata Toshizō
- Yūichi Nakamura as Kondō Isami
- Nichika Ōmori as Kurosuke
- Ryōhei Kimura as Nagakura Shinpachi
- Ayumu Murase as Tōdō Heisuke
- Simba Tsuchiya as Harada Sanosuke
- Takeo Ōtsuka as Yamanaka Keisuke
- Yasuyuki Kase as Serizawa Kamo
- Takaya Kamikawa as Umeda Shinbei
Check out the new key visual for Inherit the Winds below:
Furthermore, scriptwriter and original creator Yutaka Narui is writing a novel for the franchise that Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd. will ship on December 24. Narui recently separately wrote a short story for the franchise is available in Japanese via the anime’s website. As previously announced, there will be advanced two-week early screenings for Inherit the Winds in Japanese theaters starting on November 13. Quruli and hitsujibungaku will perform the opening theme song “Kaze wo Tsugumono (Inherit the Winds) and ending theme song “Namida no Kawa (River of Tears).”
Yutaka Narui and Aniplex are in charge of the original story with cooperation by Azuki Mashiba. Tomohiro Kawamura directs the anime at Live2D Creative Studio and Drive Inc. Narui is writing the scripts, Fumi Ebina is the character designer, and Shigeru Kishida is composing the music. The story of Inherit the Winds takes place in the Bakumatsu era in Kyoto. A soldier who lost his memories is helped by Shinsengumi member Sōji Okita. Okita names the soldier “Junsuke Tachikawa” and enlists them amongst the Mibu soldiers.
Inherit the Winds was first announced during Aniplex Online Fest 2025, alongside a new teaser trailer for the new feature-length film Rakuen Tsuihō -Expelled from Paradise- Kokoro no Resonance (Heart’s Resonance).
