Voice actress Sayaka Kinoshita has been announced to be joining the cast of the Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers TV anime series. The anime began broadcasting in Japan on January 6, 2026 and will run for two split cours.
Kinoshita is voicing Nasti Yagyu, who is a returning character from the original 1988 TV anime series and was previously voiced by Kaori Kusakabe.
She joins the anime’s main voice cast, which stars:
- • Hiiro Ishibashi as Gai
- • Junya Enoki as Kaito Uesugi
- • Ayumu Murase as Hojo Musashi
- • Shunsuke Takeuchi as Yamato Hojo
- • Kentaro Kumagai as Shion
Yoichi Fujita (Osomatsu-san Seasons 1-2, Good Luck Girl) is directing the anime series, with Shogo Muto (Thermae Romae live-action movie and Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Grease screenwriter) as series composer and screenwriter, Yuhei Murota (Love Live! co-character designer, Love Live! Sunshine! character designer) as main character designer, Tsukasa Kotobuki (Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin co-character designer) as villain character designer, Hideo Okamoto (Yoroi Den Samurai Troopers yoroi designer) as Yoroi gear draft designer, Takuya Suzuki (Valvrave the Liberator mechanical animation designer) as animation yoroi gear designer, and Hiroyuki Nishimura as main animator. Sunrise is handling the animation production.
Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers serves as a sequel to the 1980s Yoroi Den Samurai Troopers anime series (also known as Ronin Warriors in English). The series follows five young samurai warriors that come together to save humanity after the seal to the demon world was broken.
The original Yoroi Den Samurai Troopers anime series was created by Hajime Yatate and animated by Sunrise. It ran from 1988 to 1999 and inspired three OVA series and a manga adaptation. It is also streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Crunchyroll, RetroCrush, and Tubi. Discotek Media licensed the anime series for a physical Blu-ray release.
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Crunchyroll is streaming the new Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers anime in select countries and territories worldwide. It describes the main premise as:
Long ago, there existed an evil spirit that waged a war to conquer the human world. Defeat drove him back to the realm of darkness, but not before vowing to return and exact his revenge. A thousand years later, the world has all but forgotten the name of Arago, Emperor of Doom. When black clouds smother the bright city lights of Shinjuku, and a sinister laugh drowns out the dying hum of electricity, the people of the world plunge into terror, unprepared for the evil spirit’s return!
Sources: Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers Official Twitter, Official Anime Website, Crunchyroll News
