{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-22T21:19:40.160Z","story":{"id":"r_777b2d5d7e1a430796d80161","slug":"duke-s-son-anime-adds-ryohei-kimura-and-ryota-suzuki-to-cast","url":"https://yomimono.id/duke-s-son-anime-adds-ryohei-kimura-and-ryota-suzuki-to-cast","headline":"The Duke's Son Anime Adds Ryōhei Kimura and Ryōta Suzuki to Cast","summary":"The television anime adaptation of the romance fantasy manga The Duke's Son Claims He Won't Love Me Yet Showers Me with Adoration announced two new cast members on Wednesday. Ryōhei Kimura voices Aleksis Josef Ralt, the crown prince of the kingdom of Ralt and lord of Julius Royus. Ryōta Suzuki voices Jere Ekrous, an aide to Prince Aleksis. The series is scheduled to premiere in July on TV Asahi and BS Asahi. The previously announced cast includes Yui Ishikawa as Elsa Eukrainen, Sōma Saitō as Julius Royus, Kaito Ishikawa as Jarmo Parnilla, Chika Anzai as Serafiina Parnilla, Hibiku Yamamura as Rebeka Rikkonen, and Junya Enoki as Hannes Eukrainen. Hitoyuki Matsui directs at studios Zero-G and Grass, with Kaoru Suzuki credited for planning technical direction. Tomoko Konparu oversees series scripts and Yūko Yahiro designs the characters. MICHIRU composes the music. The manga, written by Kei Misawa and illustrated by Natsu Mizuno, began on the BookLive digital bookstore in February 2021. Flex Comix shipped the fifth compiled volume on March 13 and offers the series in English on digital platforms.","why_it_matters":"The addition of a crown prince and his aide to the cast list suggests the anime will expand beyond the central couple's household into court politics and wider kingdom dynamics.","published_at":"2026-05-16T13:59:36.000Z","source_count":3,"sources":["Anime News Network","Anime Trending","The Fandom Post"],"citations":[{"source":"Anime News Network","title":"The Duke's Son Claims He Won't Love Me Yet Showers Me with Adoration Anime Adds 2 More Cast Members","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-13/the-duke-son-claims-he-wont-love-me-yet-showers-me-with-adoration-anime-adds-2-more-cast-members/.237318"},{"source":"Anime Trending","title":"the dukes son claims he wont love me yet showers me with adoration casts ryohei kimura ryota suzuki","url":"https://anitrendz.net/news/2026/05/14/the-dukes-son-claims-he-wont-love-me-yet-showers-me-with-adoration-casts-ryohei-kimura-ryota-suzuki"},{"source":"The Fandom Post","title":"'The Duke's Son Claims He Won't Love Me Yet Showers Me with Adoration' Anime Expands Cast","url":"https://www.fandompost.com/2026/05/13/the-dukes-son-claims-he-wont-love-me-yet-showers-me-with-adoration-anime-expands-cast-3/"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":["The Duke's Son Claims He Won't Love Me Yet Showers Me with Adoration"],"manga_titles":["The Duke's Son Claims He Won't Love Me Yet Showers Me with Adoration"],"studios":[],"people":["Kei Misawa","Natsu Mizuno","Ryōhei Kimura","Ryōta Suzuki"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false}}}