{"rewrite":{"id":"r_165696df6737003ef603e9d1","clusterId":"c_671314bb1f0279cf5783756b","slug":"hotel-inhumans-season-2-adds-shoya-chiba-as-subaru-yoda","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Hotel Inhumans Season 2 Adds Shoya Chiba As Subaru Yoda","summary":"The Hotel Inhumans anime website named Shoya Chiba as Subaru Yoda, a high school transfer student who joins the piano club, for the show's second season. Season 2 premieres October 4 on TV Tokyo, then BS TV Tokyo on October 5 and AT-X on October 6. Tetsuro Amino returns as director at Bridge, with Shoji Yonemura on series scripts and Shingo Fujisaki on character designs.","whyItMatters":"The cast addition and the returning staff list confirm season 2 is running on the same production setup as season 1, with the premiere dates now fixed across three broadcasters.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eChiba joins a cast led by Yusuke Kobayashi as Ikuro Hoshi and Hinano Shirahama as Sara Haizaki, with Hina Yomiya voicing the new character Shiba Kirihara. Bridge\u0026#39;s Isle studio, established as a Bridge subsidiary in May 2025, is also credited for production. GAN performs the opening theme \u0026#34;Rasen\u0026#34; and Phantom Siita performs the ending theme \u0026#34;Sweet Pea.\u0026#34; The second season\u0026#39;s first episode is episode 14 overall, and a preview video for it is on the website but is not available in the U.S.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Shoya Chiba joins Hotel Inhumans Season 2 as a piano club transfer student, a second-season addition rather than a returning lead, while Bridge and director Tetsuro Amino keep the same production team behind him.","twitterPost":"Hotel Inhumans Season 2 brings Shoya Chiba in as a new piano club transfer student while Bridge and director Tetsuro Amino stay on the same production team.","threadsPost":"Hotel Inhumans Season 2 adds Shoya Chiba as Subaru Yoda, a transfer student in the piano club, and the announcement comes with the same core staff: Tetsuro Amino directing at Bridge, Shoji Yonemura on scripts, Shingo Fujisaki on designs.","newsletterBlurb":"The Hotel Inhumans anime website named Shoya Chiba as Subaru Yoda, a transfer student who joins the piano club, for the second season. Tetsuro Amino returns to direct at Bridge with Shoji Yonemura on scripts and Shingo Fujisaki on character designs. The season premieres October 4 on TV Tokyo, followed by BS TV Tokyo and AT-X.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-24/hotel-inhumans-anime-2nd-season-casts-shoya-chiba/.242145\",\"title\":\"Hotel Inhumans Anime's 2nd Season Casts Shōya Chiba\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4465,"outputTokens":605,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791081877,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T02:42:09.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T02:43:27.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T02:43:27.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_671314bb1f0279cf5783756b","canonicalTitle":"News\nHotel Inhumans Anime's 2nd Season Casts Shōya Chiba","representativeArticleId":"a_a4465547d412f84038306316","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Hotel Inhumans\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Shōya Chiba\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-24T14:45:02.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-24T14:45:02.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T02:43:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-24/hotel-inhumans-anime-2nd-season-casts-shoya-chiba/.242145","title":"News\nHotel Inhumans Anime's 2nd Season Casts Shōya Chiba"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Hotel Inhumans"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Shōya Chiba"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}