{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ff80cb5aa387947bc885816a","clusterId":"c_f8fab610595ddc1c3cc6e19b","slug":"yowaki-max-reijo-anime-casts-shizuka-ishigami-as-young-rufus","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Yowaki MAX Reijo Anime Casts Shizuka Ishigami as Young Rufus","summary":"Kadokawa announced on Friday that Shizuka Ishigami will voice Rufus Stan as a child in the television anime of Hiro Oda's light novel series Yowaki MAX Reijō nanoni, Ratsuwan Konyakusha-sama no Kake ni Notte Shimatta. The anime debuts in October, directed by Nobuaki Nakanishi at Jumondo, with Miku Ito as Pia Rockwell.","whyItMatters":"The new cast addition rounds out the announced roster ahead of the October premiere, with a visual video featuring a voice drama also streaming now.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eShizuka Ishigami joins the cast of the Yowaki MAX Reijō nanoni, Ratsuwan Konyakusha-sama no Kake ni Notte Shimatta anime as the child version of Rufus Stan, the prime minister\u0026#39;s son and the male lead. The announcement came with a streaming \u0026#34;visual video\u0026#34; featuring a voice drama titled \u0026#34;Aru Natsu no Hi no Futari\u0026#34; (Two People on a Certain Summer Day).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe romantic comedy follows Pia Rockwell, an ordinary grad student reincarnated as a 10-year-old background villainess in an otome game. Knowing the game ends with her engagement to Rufus called off and her banishment, she asks him to break it early, which only makes him more interested. He proposes a bet to see if he will call off the engagement in seven years.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiku Ito voices Pia, with Ryota Osaka as adult Rufus. Rina Hidaka, Sora Amamiya, and Haruki Ishiya round out the cast. Nobuaki Nakanishi directs at Jumondo, with Hiroko Fukuda overseeing scripts. The light novel series began on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in January 2020, and the project has 1.2 million copies in circulation.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Shizuka Ishigami voices young Rufus in the Yowaki MAX Reijo anime, debuting in October. A visual video with a voice drama is streaming now.","twitterPost":"Shizuka Ishigami joins the Yowaki MAX Reijo anime cast as young Rufus. The series premieres in October, with a visual video streaming now.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Kadokawa announced Shizuka Ishigami as the child voice of Rufus Stan in the Yowaki MAX Reijo anime, which premieres in October. A visual video featuring a voice drama is also streaming.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-14/yowaki-max-reijo-nanoni-ratsuwan-konyakusha-sama-no-kake-ni-notte-shimatta-anime-casts-shizuka-/.240578\",\"title\":\"News\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4721,"outputTokens":681,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1786713001,"createdAt":"2026-08-14T13:01:34.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-14T13:01:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-14T13:01:34.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_f8fab610595ddc1c3cc6e19b","canonicalTitle":"News\n'Yowaki MAX Reijō nanoni, Ratsuwan Konyakusha-sama no Kake ni Notte Shimatta' Anime Casts Shizuka Ishigami","representativeArticleId":"a_ea2aac58f4a41e91e9985876","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Yowaki MAX Reijō nanoni, Ratsuwan Konyakusha-sama no Kake ni Notte Shimatta\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Shizuka Ishigami\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-14T11:14:51.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-14T11:14:51.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-14T13:01:44.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-14/yowaki-max-reijo-nanoni-ratsuwan-konyakusha-sama-no-kake-ni-notte-shimatta-anime-casts-shizuka-/.240578","title":"News\n'Yowaki MAX Reijō nanoni, Ratsuwan Konyakusha-sama no Kake ni Notte Shimatta' Anime Casts Shizuka Ishigami"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Yowaki MAX Reijō nanoni, Ratsuwan Konyakusha-sama no Kake ni Notte Shimatta"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Shizuka Ishigami"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}