{"rewrite":{"id":"r_62696b31749ea1529f749b11","clusterId":"c_f7fcc1b0ef35a64b2d4be40a","slug":"koki-uchiyama-joins-bless-anime-as-akiharu-nakano","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Koki Uchiyama Joins Bless Anime As Akiharu Nakano","summary":"The Bless television anime's official website announced in a character promotional video on Thursday that Koki Uchiyama voices Akiharu Nakano. The series debuts in January 2027 on Fuji TV's Noitamina block, with Tomohiro Ono, Chiyuki Miura, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yoshino Aoyama, Momoka Terasawa, Kentaro Kumagai, Yoshiki Nakajima and others in the cast, directed by Shotaro Kitamura at A-1 Pictures.","whyItMatters":"With the January 2027 Noitamina debut set, the cast announcements are the main thing left to fill in, and Uchiyama is the kind of name that lands a supporting role a line in the trade press.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe role is Akiharu Nakano, revealed in a character promotional video posted to the anime\u0026#39;s official site and X account. Uchiyama joins a cast that already includes Tomohiro Ono as Aia Udagawa and Chiyuki Miura as Jun Sumisaki, the two leads of Yukino Sonoyama\u0026#39;s manga about self-definition in the fashion world.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShotaro Kitamura directs at A-1 Pictures, with Takayuki Kikuchi as assistant director and Fukurou Kamiza handling series scripts. The anime airs on Fuji TV\u0026#39;s Noitamina block in January 2027. Kodansha USA Publishing releases the manga in English.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Koki Uchiyama joins Bless as Akiharu Nakano, one name in a cast list that runs nine deep before the January 2027 Noitamina debut. The supporting roster is the draw here, not any single lead.","twitterPost":"Koki Uchiyama voices Akiharu Nakano in Bless, a cast that runs nine names deep before the 2027 Noitamina slot. The ensemble is the pitch.","threadsPost":"Koki Uchiyama joins Bless as Akiharu Nakano, but the announcement carries eight other cast names alongside him: Tomohiro Ono, Chiyuki Miura, Nobuhiko Okamoto and more. For a series that does not debut until January 2027 on Noitamina, the volume of casting news is doing the work a first trailer usually does.","newsletterBlurb":"The Bless anime added Koki Uchiyama as Akiharu Nakano in a character promotional video, joining Tomohiro Ono, Chiyuki Miura and a cast that now runs to eight named roles. Shotaro Kitamura directs at A-1 Pictures, and the series airs on Fuji TV's Noitamina block in January 2027. Kodansha USA Publishing handles the manga in English.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-15/bless-tv-anime-casts-koki-uchiyama/.242855\",\"title\":\"Bless TV Anime Casts Koki Uchiyama\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4612,"outputTokens":636,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792068734,"createdAt":"2026-10-15T12:46:58.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T12:51:07.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T12:51:07.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_f7fcc1b0ef35a64b2d4be40a","canonicalTitle":"News\nBless TV Anime Casts Kōki Uchiyama","representativeArticleId":"a_f4506af6ec64b52a7ad078cc","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Bless\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Kōki Uchiyama\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-15T11:23:04.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-15T11:23:04.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T12:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-15/bless-tv-anime-casts-koki-uchiyama/.242855","title":"News\nBless TV Anime Casts Kōki Uchiyama"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Bless"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Kōki Uchiyama"],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}