{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e4bcd50135f6d66d6edc2cbd","clusterId":"c_6a33f3ad008a9c6dc486a02d","slug":"millennium-family-anime-casts-ryota-suzuki-as-hugo","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Millennium Family Anime Casts Ryota Suzuki as Hugo","summary":"The television anime of Sho Kasugai's Millennium Family manga has cast Ryota Suzuki as Hugo, the second son of the Benfield family. The series stars Rikuya Yasuda as protagonist Theo and Katsuyuki Konishi as Hayden, the eldest Benfield sibling. Masato Jinbo directs at PartsCraft and supervises scripts, with Hiroshi Yoneda as character designer and chief animation director. The anime airs on TBS and other stations.","whyItMatters":"The casting fills in the Benfield family's second son, and the production credits now sit alongside a manga that Sho Kasugai launched in Young King Ours in March 2021 with nine volumes out.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eHugo joins the Benfield family roster four days after the ninth compiled volume of Sho Kasugai\u0026#39;s manga reached shelves on July 30. Ryota Suzuki\u0026#39;s character is the second son, below Katsuyuki Konishi\u0026#39;s Hayden, the eldest, and above no one the announcement names yet. Rikuya Yasuda carries the lead as Theo.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMasato Jinbo directs the series at PartsCraft, working from scripts he also supervises, with Hiroshi Yoneda handling character design and chief animation duties. TBS and other stations carry the broadcast.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Ryota Suzuki joins Millennium Family as Hugo, the second son, while Katsuyuki Konishi plays eldest sibling Hayden. The Benfield hierarchy is now voiced top-down before the TBS premiere.","twitterPost":"Millennium Family casts Ryota Suzuki as Hugo, the second Benfield son, filling out the sibling order around Rikuya Yasuda's Theo.","threadsPost":"Millennium Family now has its Benfield siblings cast in order: Ryota Suzuki as second son Hugo, Katsuyuki Konishi as eldest Hayden, Rikuya Yasuda as protagonist Theo. The family structure is the casting logic, not a lone lead.","newsletterBlurb":"Ryota Suzuki will voice Hugo, the second son of the Benfield family, in the TV anime adaptation of Sho Kasugai's Millennium Family. Rikuya Yasuda leads as protagonist Theo and Katsuyuki Konishi plays eldest sibling Hayden. Masato Jinbo directs at PartsCraft, and the show airs on TBS and other stations.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-10/millennium-family-tv-anime-casts-ryota-suzuki/.241608\",\"title\":\"Millennium Family TV Anime Casts Ryōta Suzuki\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4276,"outputTokens":602,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789033465,"createdAt":"2026-09-10T09:38:51.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-10T09:43:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T09:43:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_6a33f3ad008a9c6dc486a02d","canonicalTitle":"News\nMillennium Family TV Anime Casts Ryōta Suzuki","representativeArticleId":"a_5f74ca17ca13e41b9fbc4c5b","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Millennium Family\"],\"manga_titles\":[\"Millennium Family\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Ryōta Suzuki\",\"Sho Kasugai\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-10T09:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-10T09:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T09:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-10/millennium-family-tv-anime-casts-ryota-suzuki/.241608","title":"News\nMillennium Family TV Anime Casts Ryōta Suzuki"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Millennium Family"],"manga_titles":["Millennium Family"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Ryōta Suzuki","Sho Kasugai"],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}