{"rewrite":{"id":"r_74cf6d483405405cd3e10887","clusterId":"c_d33837d9deae805725769d42","slug":"tougen-anki-season-2-sets-october-2-2026-broadcast-and-adds-three-cast-members","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Tougen Anki Nikko Kegon Falls Arc Adds Kenichi Suzumura, Yuki Kaji, Kisho Taniyama","summary":"REMOW announced on Saturday three new cast members and an October 2, 2026 premiere for the Tougen Anki: Nikko Kegon Falls Arc anime. Kenichi Suzumura plays Kusabi Momoura, chief of the Momotaro Agency Kegon Falls Branch. Yuki Kaji plays Hizumi Momotsugi, the branch laboratory's 10th Unit Captain. Kisho Taniyama plays Senritsu Momoo, its 3rd Unit Vice-Captain. Hiromitsu Kitayama performs the opening theme \"Backlash,\" and TRACK15 performs the ending theme, titled \"Hand in Hand\" in some listings. A new key visual and promotional video also arrived. Recap episodes for the Kyoto arc air September 30 and the Nerima arc October 1. Ato Nonaka directs at Studio Hibari, with Yukie Sugawara on series composition. The arc runs in two split cours, with the second cour set for April 2027.","whyItMatters":"The three new roles are all Momotaro Agency staff at the Kegon Falls facility, putting voice talent the audience already knows on the opposing side of the season's central conflict.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe arc adapts the Nikko section of Yura Urushibara\u0026#39;s manga, following Shiki and the Rasetsu Academy students after Yaoroshi leaves to join the Oni Brigade. Their destination is a research facility built near Kegon Falls, where the source material places experiments on Oni.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStreaming outside Japan begins October 2 at 25:00 JST, effectively October 3 at 1:00 a.m., across Netflix, Crunchyroll, Amazon Prime Video, Rakuten Viki, bilibili, and other services. On Japanese television the series airs Fridays at 11:30 p.m. on Nippon TV\u0026#39;s Friday Anime Night block, with BS Nippon TV following on October 5.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe season\u0026#39;s previously announced additions include Nobuhiko Okamoto as Hagure Nekosaki, Kent Ito as Yu Innami, and Gakuto Kajiwara as Hayate Todoroki. The main cast returns with Kazuki Ura as Shiki Ichinose, Hiroshi Kamiya as Naito Mudano, and Koutaro Nishiyama as Jin Kogasaki. Sources differ on the ending theme\u0026#39;s romanized title, listing it as either \u0026#34;Hand in Hand\u0026#34; or \u0026#34;Te to Te.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Tougen Anki: Nikko Kegon Falls Arc splits into two cours, so the October 2, 2026 premiere only covers half the arc. The second cour lands April 2027, a six-month gap the casting news does not address.","twitterPost":"Tougen Anki: Nikko Kegon Falls Arc runs in split cours. October 2, 2026 is only the first half; cour two is April 2027.","threadsPost":"Tougen Anki: Nikko Kegon Falls Arc adds Kenichi Suzumura, Yuki Kaji, and Kisho Taniyama, but the arc is split into two cours. The October 2, 2026 premiere is the first half only; cour two is set for April 2027.","newsletterBlurb":"REMOW dated Tougen Anki's Nikko Kegon Falls Arc for October 2, 2026 and added three voice actors to the cast, all playing Momotaro Agency figures at the Kegon Falls branch. A new visual and promotional video came with the announcement, along with theme song artists and two recap episodes ahead of the premiere.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-19/tougen-anki-nikko-kegon-falls-arc-anime-reveals-more-cast-october-2-debut/.241963\",\"title\":\"Tougen Anki: Nikko Kegon Falls Arc Anime Reveals More Cast, October 2 Debut\"},{\"source\":\"Anime Corner\",\"url\":\"https://animecorner.me/tougen-anki-season-2-reveals-new-key-visual-english-trailer-additional-cast-october-2-premiere/\",\"title\":\"TOUGEN ANKI Season 2 Reveals New Key Visual, English Trailer, Additional Cast, October 2 Premiere\"},{\"source\":\"Anime Anime\",\"url\":\"https://animeanime.jp/article/2026/09/19/103078.html\",\"title\":\"Tougen Anki Season 2 ~Nikko Kegon Falls Arc~ Adds Kenichi Suzumura, Yuki Kaji, and Kisho Taniyama to Cast! 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