{"rewrite":{"id":"r_92c6f292d573cdd8500c2cfe","clusterId":"c_b2b59265e14aa485d88f38c3","slug":"liar-game-anime-adds-4-cast-members","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Liar Game Anime Adds 4 Cast Members","summary":"The Liar Game anime announced four new cast members on Tuesday. Daisuke Namikawa plays Solario, a masked dealer overseeing the next Revival Round. Yūya Uchida, Hiroko Ushida, and Minoru Shiraishi join as participants Sho Kikuchi, Tadako Kosaka, and Yuichi Nishida. The anime is currently airing its second part, which began on July 7.","whyItMatters":"The new cast additions flesh out the supporting roles for the Revival Round arc, which follows the conclusion of Round 3 in the ongoing six-month broadcast.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Liar Game anime has added four cast members as the story moves into its next phase. Daisuke Namikawa voices Solario, a dealer for the Liar Game Office who wears a mask with a sun design over his right eye and oversees the Revival Round that follows Round 3. Yūya Uchida plays Sho Kikuchi, a bespectacled participant; Hiroko Ushida plays Tadako Kosaka, a strong-willed woman with long hair; and Minoru Shiraishi plays Yuichi Nishida, a timid man in a tracksuit.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe series premiered on TV Tokyo and affiliates on April 6 at 24:00, effectively April 7 at midnight, and is set to run for six months without breaks. The second part began on July 7. Crunchyroll streams the anime worldwide excluding Japan and China.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Liar Game's new cast includes Daisuke Namikawa as Solario, a masked dealer, which shifts the series' focus from player manipulation to the authority controlling the game.","twitterPost":"Namikawa's Solario makes Liar Game's power structure explicit: the real opponent is the dealer, not the players.","threadsPost":"Liar Game adds four cast members, but the key is Daisuke Namikawa as Solario, a masked dealer. That casting signals the Revival Round's true threat is the house itself, not the rival players.","newsletterBlurb":"The Liar Game anime has added four cast members as the Revival Round approaches. Daisuke Namikawa voices dealer Solario, while Yūya Uchida, Hiroko Ushida, and Minoru Shiraishi join as participants. The second part of the six-month run is currently airing.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-17/liar-game-anime-adds-4-cast-members/.240668\",\"title\":\"Liar Game Anime Adds 4 Cast Members\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4709,"outputTokens":595,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1787027501,"createdAt":"2026-08-18T04:23:35.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-18T04:26:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-18T04:23:35.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_b2b59265e14aa485d88f38c3","canonicalTitle":"News\nLiar Game Anime Adds 4 Cast Members","representativeArticleId":"a_580638530663625268bf000b","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Liar Game\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Daisuke Namikawa\",\"Yūya Uchida\",\"Hiroko Ushida\",\"Minoru Shiraishi\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-18T02:44:59.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-18T02:44:59.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-18T04:26:44.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-17/liar-game-anime-adds-4-cast-members/.240668","title":"News\nLiar Game Anime Adds 4 Cast Members"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Liar Game"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Daisuke Namikawa","Yūya Uchida","Hiroko Ushida","Minoru Shiraishi"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}